Hi all you fantastic people, I’m hoping someone here has any experience and maybe a solution to this problem.
I just got myself a new (old) camera, a Canon 5d mk ii and I’m trying to import pictures off of it. I’m connecting the camera with a usb-cable as I don’t have a cf-reader.
The camera is recognized and listed by lsusb, but does not mount as a disk so I can import any images.
I can however connect it to my phone, and it is recognized as a camera and I can import just fine there, but it’s a bit of a hassle to first import on the phone and then transferring them to the pc
And I’m thinking, if my android-phone can do it, my linux-box should be just as capable.
I tried a quick google-search and couldn’t find anything useful.
There are two ways to mount cameras: as mass storage, or as picture sources (“MTP” protocol IIRC). Some cameras only behave as one or the other, some can behave as either depending on settings, and some more behave as either depending on function (I had a Lumix camera that would use mass storage in “Print” mode and MTP otherwise.
Apps can also only support both modes or only one.
I appreciate that the solution has been found but I’ll offer a thought …
Plugging USB cables into cameras puts a strain on the in-camera jack port. At some point, the tension can loosen the internals of the camera’s jack connection.
A much safer (and more consistent approach across platforms) is to simply pop out the data card and plug that into whatever you’re transferring your images onto.
This habit avoids straining the camera body’s connection jack (which, depending on the model, you may need for other purposes someday, like firmware updates). It also treats the data card as the object as opposed to the camera, which protects it from poorly-performing overly agressive software glitches, stray static charges, etc.
Cards are much more replaceable than camera bodies.
Og course, but as I said, currently I don’t have a CF card reader. So for now this is there only option I have. The camera only sports CF cards, and there’s no wifi or any fancy features like that, it is a camera den 2008 after all.
