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jim-easterbrook / python-gphoto2

Python interface to libgphoto2
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Capturing and deleting file on camera #83

Closed sinhau closed 5 years ago

sinhau commented 5 years ago

Is there a Python equivalent to gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download? My goal is to the capture the image from a camera but only save the image on my PC and not on the camera itself. Currently, I am using gp_camera_capture followed by gp_camera_file_get and gp_file_save to capture and save the image on the PC, but a copy of the image is also locally stored on the camera itself. I'm using a RICOH Theta S, so there's no way for me to remove the internal memory card. How can I delete the local image on the camera or have it not save locally in the first place?

Thanks!

jim-easterbrook commented 5 years ago

Can you set your camera to record to memory only? I can do this on my Canons but I've no idea what the interface to your Ricoh is like. Try the config gui example to see what settings are available. The set-capture-target example shows how to set the capture target (on my Canons). The time-lapse example shows its use in a more complete program.