John> I'm considering the purchase of a Kodak ds-20 digital camera,
John> and was wondering if anyone had explored the possibility of
John> developing a SANE interface for one of these devices.
Yes, I'm very interested in this myself! Unfortunately, I've not had
the time to look into it seriously.
John> From my preliminary investigation, I've learned that this camera
John> interfaces through a standard serial port, and that there are
John> binary object libraries available for Wintel, Mac and Mac PPC
John> platforms. I've been unable to turn up any source code or
John> description of the serial protocol used.
Have you tried contacting Kodak? I'd hope they wouldn't mind making
the protocol specs available. If you do contact them, be sure to
explain how making the specs available could (positively) affect their
sales. In my experience, companies are more willing to make docs
available once they understand what you're up to.
John> Developing a SANE interface seems like it could be an
John> interesting project. I wondered if anyone else had explored
John> this possibility further, and if so, what was discovered.
Yes, digital cameras are starting to become an interesting alternative
to film cameras and it would be great to have support for them in
SANE.
--david
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