Re: Nikon D5100 burst error

Hi,


On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 08:01:54PM +0300, Slava Garelin wrote:
> Well I've found a workaround tested on 5200, which demonstrated the same
> issue.
> 
> If I switch back to
> 
> set-config capturemode=0
> 
> and do
> 
> capture-image
> 
> after that I can work with
> 
> set-config capturemode=1
> 
> w/o issue, for the shots amount which fits internal memory. In a case 5200
> that's 2 small images in NORM quality which is 2992x2000 (1.1 MB)
> 
> Pay attention though that capture-image-and-download catches last shot only
> and you have to call get/delete for the first one yourself.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Slava
> 
> 
> On 14.08.18 18:32, Slava Garelin wrote:
> > 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I need to do quick doubleshot through libgphoto and I perfectly can do
> > this with SD card.
> > 
> > But if I try to avoid using it I have an error for first shot. Each next
> > one in burst seria is ok, but each first one is failure.
> > 
> > Can you suggest me how to operate in this case avoiding the failure?
> > 
> > 
> > gphoto2 --auto-detect --shell
> > Model Port
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > Nikon DSC D5100 (PTP mode)     usb:002,013
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> set-config capturemode=1
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> set-config burstnumber=2
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> set-config capturetarget=0
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> capture-image
> > ERROR: Could not capture image.
> > ERROR: Could not capture.
> > New file is in location /capt0000.jpg on the camera
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> capture-image
> > ERROR: Could not capture image.
> > ERROR: Could not capture.
> > New file is in location /capt0001.jpg on the camera
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> set-config capturetarget=1
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} /> capture-image
> > New file is in location /store_00010001/DCIM/103D5100/DSC_0012.JPG on
> > the camera
> > New file is in location /store_00010001/DCIM/103D5100/DSC_0013.JPG on
> > the camera
> > gphoto2: {/home/slava} />
> > 
> > gphoto2 --version
> > gphoto2 2.5.17

Yes, to get the rest of the images in "burst mode", you need to run
wait-event-and-download=5s, as the capture call can just get 1 image usually.

(replace 5s by the time the camera needs).

Ciao, Marcus

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