Re: camera won't automount [Solved]



On 08/02/2010 05:46 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 08/02/2010 02:41 PM, Claude Jones wrote:

No one responded on this query, but, for the sake of posterity, here's
the fix:
Many modern digital cameras have two modes in which the flash memory
operates, USB and PTP; I do not know what PTP means

I believe it means "Push-to-Print", permitting you to print photos
directly from the camera to a PTP-capable printer. The camera retains
control of the memory in that mode as opposed to becoming a USB memory
card reader in the "USB" mode.
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minor point, but, PTP may also be known as...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol

my recollection was a peer to peer definition, also wrong. :-)

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