[GLLUG] SD flash memory cards

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

a simpler idea is a PCMCIA adapter...

Marr wrote:

>On Thursday 20 April 2006 5:28pm, Charles Ulrich wrote:
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>>Hi all,
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>>I recently purchased a really nifty camera that unfortunately has less
>>than stellar Linux support. (gphoto2 supports it, but only in the
>>development branch. Their latest stable release was almost a year ago
>>which does not bode well for near-future support for my camera.)
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>>The camera uses SD flash memory cards which are nice because they're
>>small and insanely cheap. Unfortunately, I read somewhere that SD card
>>readers have no open source drivers because the interface for them is
>>proprietary. I don't know if this applies to USB SD card readers. Does
>>anyone know if a USB SD card reader will be recognized as a standard USB
>>mass storage device or if even those need special drivers?
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>Hi Charles,
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>USB-based SD card readers are properly recognized and don't need special 
>drivers under Linux.
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>I've got a SanDisk 'ImageMate' multi-format USB card reader (model 'SDDR-73') 
>and I've successfully used it (plugged into my Slackware PC) many times to 
>read both SD and CF format cards over the last 3 years.
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>As for 'gphoto2' (and 'libgphoto2'), I've used it (and even contributed a few 
>patches a few years ago), but I've found, like probably a lot of other users, 
>that it's easier to just pop the storage card (CF in my case) out of the 
>camera and plug it into a card reader. In fact, my latest PC case (Antec 
>'Aria') even has a multi-format card reader built right into the front panel 
>(which plugs into an on-board USB header on the motherboard).
>
>Bill Marr
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