Re: [tlug] downloading pictures

["Bruno Raoult" <braoult@example.com>]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Nguyen Vu Hung <vuhung16plus@example.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Nick Bikkal <nickbikkal@example.com> wrote:
>> I have a problem downloading pictures from my digital cameras to Ubuntu.
>> I lose the dates; they get changed to the moment I download from the
>> camera. Is there a way to fix this setting?
> It is not a good idea to download files directly from your camera to Ubuntu.
> I usually plug my CF card into a card reader, mount it with "defaults"
> option in /etc/fstab,
> then copy files to my computer. In this way, time stamps of files are preserved.

In fact, my 8.04 imports automagically my camera pictures in
~/Photos/yyyy/mm/dd,
the corresponding date being the date when the picture was taken, and
every file hat
itself the correct timestamp (ie also when it was taken). F-spot is
doing the job.

br.

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