Where is my camera mounted?
 

I plug in my digital camera via usb. What I would like to do is just find out where it is mounted on the filesystem, and go to a directory where all of the images are stored- I'm assuming the directory is on the camera memory chip somewhere but how do I find the file path?

Thanks,

ab

Look in /media for the camera. This is where most distros will mount it. A sub directory will be created, the name may vary.

So, have look before you plug it, and then after.

Some cameras don't mount in the file system but need software like Digikam installed before you can access them.

What is the make/model of your camera?

There are basically two protocols used to communicate with digital cameras 1, UMS i.e mass storage where the camera appears as a flash drive and 2, PTP Picture Transfer Protocol. As stated with PTP you need to run an application to access your pictures such as f-spot and digicam.

http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php
http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html

Hi All,

I'm using a Canon Power Shot Elph 300 HS. I tried checking out the /media directory both before and after the camera was automounted, but saw no entries either way. I'm thinking this may be a PTP. Thanks for the responses, resources and giving me a push into the right direction.

-ab

The results of a quick search does look like your camear uses PTP

I have had two cameras that were configurable with in the camera. Both were Nikons, they could be mass storage of PTP.

Another option is to remove the storage media, buy the appropriate memory card device, most are USB, and the memory is just like a USB memory stick. You can drag and drop your pictures or videos.

Finally!
 

Okay, I installed gphoto2 (command line app), attached my camera, ran camera discovery, went to the directory I wanted the files downloaded to and via command line entered:
--get-all-files

Voila! All images and movies downloaded with no hassle- problem solved. No need to mess with photo apps until needed.

Thanks for all the help!

-ab

You might want to mark your thread as "SOLVED" for the benefit of others. That will help a lot. Thanks.