capture (c) 2004 Petr Danecek
A simple tool for remote/periodic capturing with Canon PowerShot A60/70/400/etc.
Based on
ptpcam (c)2001-2003 Mariusz Woloszyn <emsi@ipartners.pl>
ptpcanon (c) 2003 Nikolai Kopanygin
* INSTALL *
- Download libptp2-1.0.1 library from http://sf.net/projects/libptp and install it. Note: most Linux distributions will have a package for this.
- Optionaly comment out
HAVE_GTK = -DHAVE_GTK
HAVE_READLINE = -DHAVE_READLINE
if you don't have GTK-devel or readline-devel installed.
The perl script `job' included with the distribution uses perl module ParseDate.pm. You need to install it if you want to use the `job' script. (For your convenience, it is included with the capture distribution - copy it to your PERL_PATH/Time path.)
3) Type `make' to compile `capture'
4) Run ./job or ./capture and see what happens.
5) Type `su -c "make install"' to install
* NEW IN 1.0.3 *
- New SourceForge web site, new mailing lists.
- More complete Makefile
- Ability to build with/out HAVE_GTK
- Added 'vftrans' and two new 'vfalign' modes
transparent (true transparency) pseudo-transparent (pixel interpolation)
- With 'vftrans', you can adjust opacity for 'transparent' mode.
- Viewfinder won't close anymore while shooting.
- New 'debug' command.
- SIGTERM handler for server
- Quicker image resize with vfalign
- Possibility to change image (after each shot, with the previous one, for example), with 'vfalign'. Also, 'vfalign' won't reload an image if you give it the exact same filename (so you can switch combine mode).
http://capture.sourceforge.net/
About this software
The latest version of this software is available at http://capture.sourceforge.net/. You can also see the original website at: http://www.pdesign.cz/plantgrowth.
"capture" is a tool for remote capturing of Canon cameras. Commands can be specified as command line parameters (useful for scripting) or can be entered in an interactive mode. It can
- take a shot
- set various properties of the camera
- open a viewfinder window (works like a webcam)
"job" is a sample perl script which i use for long-term periodic capturing of plant movement and growth. It takes shots in periodic intervals and saves the images in a specified directory. It supports automatic turn-off and turn-on.
For more details on implemented commands type `./capture --help' and `./job --help'.
Supported Cameras
These cameras where reported to work with capture:
Canon PowerShot S50
Canon PowerShot A60
Canon PowerShot A70
Canon PowerShot A75
Canon PowerShot A80
Canon PowerShot A85
Canon PowerShot A95
Canon Digital IXUS 400 (aka PowerShot S400)
Send a report if you want to have your camera included in this list!
* BUGS *
After a long series of capture commands (like 400-1000 images) the camera gets into an unknown state and needs to be restarted manualy. We're looking into it.