Hi, Can anyone point me to some resources on how to connect up the average digital camera to a hard drive or pc in real time instead of having to save the pictures on the compact flash and then transfer them to the pc with a reader or usb?
In my home studio I would like the pictures to go right to a hard drive or pc when I take a shot.
Could I build some kind of cable that plugs into the memory slot and add a custom interface to my pc?
Thanks, Rob
Dosen't your camera have a USB or other type of output port built into it? Most cameras do. Otherwise it would be pretty difficult to construct a interface to the memory slot (especially if it was a SD or proprietary interface). You would basically have to construct a USB or IEEE-1394 host circuit to interface the memory slot to either a PC or a USB hard drive, however, you would have to have some code on the PC or HD end to emulate a memory card and create some kind of filesystem. It would be easier to build a camera from scratch with this capability.
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The answer depends on what kind of camera you have. Several Olympus and Canon models have this built in. See eg
-jiw
If the camera was designed for that function, it is as trivial as connecting the cable and starting the software. If the camera was NOT desgned to do that, it is, for all practical purposes, impossible.
There is no generic answer for "average digital camera" because such a thing doesn't exist.
Yes, and pigs could fly. But that feature doesn't appear to be implemented at this time.
This is off-topic for sci.electronics.design. Reply copied to rec.digital.photo Some Pro cameras will do exactly what you want. Software on the PC downloads each shot immediately after it is taken. The Canon remote facility is OK but you control everything from the PC so the camera need to be tripod mounted. I suspect it would not be hard to use standard Windows digital camera features to poll the camera and download and delete each new image as it appears on the flash card. If it can be done there is probably a product out there that does it.
Graham
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"The Sandisk Connect CompactFlash Wi-Fi Card (802.11b card without memory) allows *Laptop and PDA* users freedom to access the Internet, check email, send and receive from any available access points (hotels, airports, coffee shops, conference centers)."
Identify which cameras support file transfer via 802.11b with a card like this. I'd settle for just one. I HAVE seen flying pigs on TV, but it was likely CGI.
Uhh, yes it does. Was that a pig flying by your window?
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Does anyone make a CF card that incorporates WiFi? Seems like it could be very useful.
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It's not impossible. A CF card could incorporate a WiFi chip. I don't know if anyone manufactures such a thing.
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No. It has a RAM buffer for the data, and uses the power supplied to the CF slot. The description is that it is 'battery optimised', not that it has a battery fitted. It uses slightly lower power levels than normal for WiFi, but range is quite good (but power consumption rises at longer range). The buffer is small, but can hold a single normal network packet. Several other manufacturers offer similar cards. For instance:
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There are WiFI cards that fit in a CF or SD form factor, but cameras don't know how to use them (they are for PDAs -- cameras have the problem that the memory door generally needs to be closed, and the antenna sticks out).
Wi-pics.com makes a CF 'card' that has a wire than connects to a larger unit you wear on a belt that can copy the files to either a disk drive or use 802.11 to copy to a server. It is rather pricy for most users however:
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See my other post about Wi-pics. Also, high end Canon (1D mark2, 1Ds mark 2) and Nikon (D2H, D2X) DSLRs have a unit that plugs into the camera and transfers pictures in the background to a server.
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This isn't exactly what you're asking for but it may solve your problem:
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