Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Date: 12 Jan 2025 21:11:01 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net XUqqmjlx7XquT94UlnNe9wr+tecxwyXbsd6F3YANYQUIhyIKNc X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:QRnHKghYrlOzxX946+1/IPuideQ= sha256:h6lGqFc3KgGEgBW7gYCjUxOhuRAFjJy3BHhE1t31+H4= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:16236 T wrote: > On 1/12/25 8:31 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > > T wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> A customer was looking for a picture gallery program > >> to read his digital camera. > > > > As *he* looks for such a program for *his* camera (singular), I > > suggest he or you does/do exactly that. Most if not all camera > > manufacturers have such programs for their cameras. I have them for my > > old Olympus cameras and for my current Nikon DSLR. > > > > Such programs are manufacturer specific and 'know' the camera, more > > than any general purpose program can. > > > > OTOH, if you are looking for a solution for multiple customers or/and > > multiple brands/models of cameras, a general purpose program is probably > > better. > > > >> Windows Explorer reads his camera just fine. > >> > >> I tried Gigikam, Darktable, and Shotwell. They would > >> not read his camera properly. Shotwell did not even try. > >> (Shotwell and cameras work like a dream in Linux.) > >> Gigikam, Darktable found the camera but would not > >> read it. > >> > >> Anyone have a recommendation for something that > >> actually works? > > > > Chris mentioned the Windows Photos app. That has a camera button/icon. > > I tried it with my smartphone acting as a PTP camera, but that was a bit > > messy because it did not only get photos from the camera (DCIM\Camera), > > but also all kinds of other images, screenshots, etc.. Can't be bothered > > to try it with an actual camera. > > > If it works from Windows Explorer, it should work > with everything else. Not really, because File Explorer has built-in PTP and MTP support and handles cameras, smartphones, etc. as special 'devices', not as part of the file system. This is clear when you try to access such 'devices' from a Command Prompt window, etc, you won't be able to, because they have no drive letter (and aren't Network Shares either). > Shotwell states it does not support MTP devices > on Windows, but works seamlessly with them in > Linux. I was surprised as it is usually the other > way around That proves my point: The program needs to have at least PTP support built-in, so it does *not* "work with everything else". Back to my original point: Why not let the customer use the software of the manufacturer of his camera? (That is normally free - as in 'no cost' - software.)