DigiCam 1.0

Short:        Tool for some Digital Cameras
Author:       remuss@cs.tu-berlin.de (Volker Remuß)
Uploader:     remuss cs tu-berlin de (Volker Remuß)
Type:         comm/misc
Version:      1.0
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

   DigiCam V1.0

   With DigiCam some digitalcameras can be used with your sweet little Amiga. It
   implements the protocol figured out by Eugene Crosser <crosser@average.org>.
   The protocol is used by a family of cameras that share the same chipset and
   operating-system. Please have a look at http://www.average.org/digicam/.
   There you can find all the information about the protocol and there is also a
   list of cameras that are known to work.

   As in the moment of writing this guide, the list looks like this:

   - Agfa ePhoto line of cameras
   - Epson PhotoPC, PhotoPC 500, PhotoPC 550, PhotoPC 600
   - Olympus Digital cameras line
   - Sanyo VPC-G200/G200EX, DSC-X300
   - Nikon Coolpix 900 (Coolpix 600 is not compatible)
   - Sierra Imaging SD640 (compare this one with Epson PhotoPC ;-)
   - (probably) Toshiba PDR-2

   Sanyo VPC-X350EX can be added to the list, since this is the only camera I
   could get my fingers on to test DigiCam.

   DigiCam is similar to Eugene Crossers program called PhotoPC for linux, but
   it is no port of it.

   Since I had to implement the protocol for an university project,
   (see. http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/forschung/TubRob/index.html if you are
   interested in a competition-winning, flying robot) I decided to write this
   program first as training, base and to figure out some more elements of the
   protocol (didn't found much though).

   I've to admit that I only used to days to write this program some months ago
   and I have now two additional days spend on testing, debugging and writing
   the guide. Mainly because the Sanyo is only lend from the university and is
   originally bend under modelhelicopter that is our flying robot called MARVIN
   (what else :)) acting as onbord-camera. There are probably some bugs left.

   Please note that DigiCam is only tested with a Sanyo VPC-X350EX, but almost
   everything* the protocol specifies is implemented, even if the Sanyo doesn't
   support it.

   If you use it with a different camera, you will probably come across functions
   and settings that do not exist at this particular model.


   * upload of pictures is not implemented
     therefore download of animations is :)