[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: digital camera question

[phrostie]

i had one of those for a while.
it was a cool little camera and then it started doing what you describe.

the camera went bad.

--- Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:

> steve wrote:
> 
> > Fred James wrote:
> >
> >> All
> >> I would appreciate any insight or suggestions.  Thank you in advance 
> >> for any help you may be able to offer
> >> Regards
> >> Fred James
> >>
> >> Vivitar ViviCam 3345 1.3 mega pixels
> >> Mandrake 9.2 Linux
> >> GIMP 1.2.3
> >>
> >> [Procedure for retrieving JPG files from camera]
> >> (1) Connect camera to USB
> >> (2) Make directory to put pictures
> >> As root
> >> (3) /sbin/modprobe usb-storage
> >> (4) mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable
> >> (5) /etc/rc.d/init.d/usb start
> >> (6) mv /mnt/removable/dcim/100media/*.jpg (new directory - see item 2)
> >> (7) umount /mnt/removable
> >> (8) chown -R fredjame:fredjame (new directory - see item 2)
> >> As self
> >> (9) view images in GIMP
> >>
> >> [Problem]
> >> Photos taken at high resolution come out "banded" - first part looks 
> >> like it might be OK, then it breaks into bands of image fragments and 
> >> different colors.
> >> Phots taken at low resolution come out fine.
> >
> >
> > My old Fujifilm camera had problems if you removed files from
> > it's memory using the PC.  You might try using 'cp' instead
> > of 'mv' at step 6, then delete the photos using the camera's
> > own menu system.
> >
> > My newer Olympus has no problems in that regard.
> >
> > Failing that, this sounds like the camera didn't finish storing the
> > photo for some reason.  Do those same pictures look OK in the cameras
> > own LCD display?
> 
> Steve
> The high resolution pictures are all bad (using cp or mv), but the low 
> resolution pictures are all good.  The camera (obviously cheap) was a 
> gift and does not have the ability to display the pictures on its LCD.
> Regards
> Fred James
> 
> 
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