Re: Sony Alpha 7C camera support

Marcus Meissner <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:14:35 +0200

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On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 07:08:59PM +0200, Miguel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if Sony Alpha 7C was already supported by gphoto2. In order
> to do so, I followed your instructions from
> http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php (please notice I did this
> from a WSL2 ubuntu):
> 
> $ lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> *Bus 001 Device 002: ID 054c:0d29 Sony Corp. ILCE-7C*
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> 
> However, when running:
> $ gphoto2 --summary
> 
> 
> **** Error ***Could not detect any camera*** Error (-105: 'Unknown model')
> ****
> 
> It's a bit weird to me this camera is not supported since it was released
> after Sony Alpha 7-iii, and before Sony Alpha 7-iv.
> 
> Are there any plans already to add support? I'm open to collaboration and
> add support to it if necessary.

Can you report

	gphoto2 --version

If it was built correctly? (e.g. with USB support)

Is it in "PC Control mode"?

Ciao, Marcus