Re: DMC-FS62 Gphoto2 Camera Files

On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 08:57:09AM -0500, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> On 2021-01-05 5:11 a.m., Rich Biggs wrote:
> > P.S. Unsure if it is relevant but this is being ran on a Raspberry Pi 4
> > with Octopi 0.17.0 Operating System
> 
> But what version of libgphoto2?
> 
> 
> The summary file you attached says:
> 
> > Device Capabilities:
> >         File Download, File Deletion, No File Upload
> >         No Image Capture, No Open Capture, No vendor specific capture
> 
> It says the camera advertise it doesn't support capture, which isn't
> surprising given the model.
> 
> Unless there is a vendor supported software that support doing what you want
> to do with the camera, there is very little hope. The camera functionality
> is limited by its software so that you have to spend more money on a more
> expensive model to do remote capture.

The Panasonic DMC series usually has no capture or other remote control.

The GX8 and (Lumix) GH9 have these days, but most of the DMC do not.

Ciao, marcus