Re: Olympus Tough TG-6 can't capture images

On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 01:22:02AM +0000, DAVID STUMPH wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was trying to capture an image from an Olympus TG-6, using this command:
> $ ./gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download
> 
> *** ERROR ***
> Sorry, your camera does not support generic capture.
> ERROR: Could not capture image.
> ERROR: Could not capture.
> *** ERROR (-6: 'Unsupported operation') ***
> 
> It also told me to use --debug and --debug-file, and I got a 30+ kilobyte log. I won't post all of 
> it here,
>  but here are the lines that seemed the most relevant: 
> 
> 3.498190 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Device info:
> 3.498201 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Manufacturer: OLYMPUS
> 3.498209 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   Model: TG-6
> 3.498218 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   device version: 1.00
> 3.498227 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   serial number: 'BJ6A58034'
> 3.498237 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Vendor extension ID: 0x00000006
> 3.498246 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Vendor extension version: 100
> 3.498255 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Vendor extension description: (null)
> 3.498278 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Functional Mode: 0x0000
> 3.498286 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): PTP Standard Version: 100
> 3.498294 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Supported operations:
> 3.498305 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1001 (Get device info)
> 3.498316 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1002 (Open session)
> 3.498326 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1003 (Close session)
> 3.498336 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1004 (Get storage IDs)
> 3.498346 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1005 (Get storage info)
> 3.498356 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1006 (Get number of objects)
> 3.498366 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1007 (Get object handles)
> 3.498375 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1008 (Get object info)
> 3.498385 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1009 (Get object)
> 3.498395 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x100a (Get thumbnail)
> 3.498405 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x100b (Delete object)
> 3.498414 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x100f (Format storage)
> 3.498425 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1014 (Get device property description)
> 3.498434 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1015 (Get device property value)
> 3.498444 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x1016 (Set device property value)
> 3.498454 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x101b (Get partial object)
> 3.498476 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x9801 (Get object properties supported)
> 3.498486 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x9802 (Get object property description)
> 3.498499 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x9803 (Get object property value)
> 3.498509 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x9805 (Get object property list)
> 3.498517 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Events Supported:
> 3.498527 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x4004 (StoreAdded)
> 3.498537 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x4005 (StoreRemoved)
> 3.498547 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x4002 (ObjectAdded)
> 3.498557 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x4009 (RequestObjectTransfer)
> 3.498565 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2): Device Properties Supported:
> 3.498576 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x5001 (Battery Level)
> 3.498587 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0x5011 (Date & Time)
> 3.498597 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0xd405 (Device Icon)
> 3.498608 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0xd406 (Session Initiator Info)
> 3.498618 print_debug_deviceinfo      (2):   0xd407 (Perceived Device Type)
> 
> Now, just to clarify, does this mean that the camera itself doesn't support capturing images 
> from a computer, or does it mean that libgphoto doesn't have the necessary driver code?
> The Olympus TG-6 isn't listed on the website as a supported camera, so if a driver was written,
> could I capture images on it with gphoto2?

Juding from the above debugging output, it has no commands for remote control,
so the camera is not supporting remote capture.

This is a camera side limitation here.

Ciao, Marcus