Camera Tethering and Other Fun Things In Linux

This article is intended as more of a store house of interesting things rather than an actual article. We wanted to share this with others who might have similar interests.

"You have a camera, you use Linux, what more can you do with this awesome combination? "

Now that GIMP has come so far and is so professional what else is happening? Some raw formats open in Shotwell automatically for some versions of Ubuntu, for others there is UFRaw, RAWstudio, Darkroom, and RAWtherapee which are all available in the Ubuntu Software Center. GtKam can connect with over 1100 cameras if you install and set it up. Pitviti video editor comes installed on the newest version of the Ubuntu. gPhoto2 can be installed and used for anything from time lapse to camera tethering. There is even a Linux video camera security and surveillance solution called ZoneMinder. If you have a Canon camera you check out Capture. We also found Hugin a panorama program, Qtpfsgui: an Open Source Workflow for HDR Imaging and Fotoxx is a program for improving digital photos within the Ubuntu Software Center. Things are happening!

Resources:

1A Post on Tethered shooting with Linux using gPhoto2.

2A Post on Camera Tethering in Linux using gPhoto2.

3Camera Tethering and more with gPhoto2.

4A Post on Building a web cam with an old laptop, Canon camera and Linux.

5ZoneMinder the top Linux video camera security and surveillance solution.

6A Post on Timelapse photography on Linux.

7Capture is a tool for periodic image capturing with digital Canon cameras.

8USBIP USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network. To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates "USB I/O messages" into TCP/IP payloads and transmits them between computers.