Re: Image capture from USB digital cameras?
Re: Image capture from USB digital cameras?
- Subject: Re: Image capture from USB digital cameras?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:55:41 -0500
From: Howard J. Fink
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:32:24 +0000
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Subject: Image capture from USB digital cameras?
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From: Ken Tabb <email@hidden>
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To: Cocoa-Dev List <email@hidden>
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Hi,
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is it possible to control USB-based still cameras, with a view to
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"please take a picture right now and give it to me (as JPG / TIFF /
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whatever)"... I'm aiming to write a time lapse app in Cocoa and want to
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know if I fail at the first hurdle.
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I'd be happy just being able to say "take photo now" & "give me the
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photo file". For extra brownie points, being able to specify a
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particular image resolution to take it at would be good.
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I'm guessing this is actually impossible, but am hoping some bright
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spark can say "well that's where you're wrong".
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I tried looking for the (probably Carbon) Image Capture sample code /
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framework on developer.apple.com/samplecode, but I couldn't find
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anything there. That may not do what I'm asking but I thought it would
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be a start.
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Cheers,
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Ken
Well, that's where you are wrong! Not only can you do this programatically,
but even as a hidden feature in the ICA application. If you look at
configuring the ICA toolbar you will see a non-default icon that you can
add to your toolbar that lets users take pictures with a click. The more
likely limitation that you will run into is that not many cameras support
this capability. If a camera supports it, it is even possible to specify
various camera properties including the image format (programatically)
through the ICA API.
Blatant plug: Anyone that is lucky enough to have a Kodak DC4800 can use
this feature...
- Howard
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