Dear lazyweb
I have been looking for a small nice digital camera, one that of course takes nice pictures, but besides that have the following technical features:
- connected with a “generic” usb cable
- a usb mass storage device for the computer
- battery charged over the usb cable
- uses a generic memory card type (eg. sd)
I want it to be using a generic cable for charging and transfering pictures because I am not that good at not loosing cables and chargers and such so a replacement cable should be very easy to get. And I want it to be a usb mass storage because I want it working with any computer.
It kind of seems hard to figure out what devices to look at. Most “technical specifications” doesn’t contain information on wether it is a USB A => USB mini B cable or some vendor specific cable, nor do they contain information on wether it is a usb mass storage device or a device requiring mtp/ptp.
Canon looks like it is doing mtp/ptp over a generic cable – and with a external charger.
Samsung tells deep inside their manuals that it uses the usb mass storage driver. Samsung uses a vendor specific cable, but is also charged thru this cable.
Kodak seems to be using a generic cable, a external charger and undefined how the communication with the computer is.
Olympus seems to be using a vendor specific cable and a external charger. But it is a bit unclear. Seems to be able to do both mtp and usb mass storage
HP seems to use a generic cable, standard AA batteries and no charger bundled, seems to be configured to use usb mass storage.
Sony uses memory sticks which are just too expensive.
Casio seems to use a generic cable, a external charger and is a bit unclear about communication. Could be usb mass storage though.
Nikon seems to use generic cable, mtp protocol and a external charger
Argf. What have I missed?