Using a Minolta Dimage 5 camera under Linux

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Using a Minolta Dimage 5 camera under. Linux. Abstract:. Recently I decided to buy a new digital camera. As usual I looked for …

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LinuxFocus article number 240
http://linuxfocus.org
by Guido Socher (homepage)
About the author:
Guido loves Linux not only
because it is fun to discover
the great possibilities of this
systems but also because of
the people involved in its
design.
Using a Minolta Dimage 5 camera under
Linux
Abstract:
Recently I decided to buy a new digital camera. As usual I looked for
cameras supported by Linux first. I never buy any hardware unless it is
supported by Linux. I generally recommend that strategy to everybody,
even if they still have another operating system installed. It gives you
more freedom and flexibility. You will not need to buy new hardware
when one day you decide to work only with Linux. www.gphoto.org
provided the answer: Yes, Minolta Dimage 5, one of the cameras that I
had in mind, was fully supported.
I bought the Dimage 5 and wanted to get the images out off the camera
into the computer but surprise, surprise: All Linux sites talking about
Dimage 5 said it would work with Linux but I could not find a single
word on how to get it working @!?%!
That was the moment I decided that…