Help to access Digital Camera from C#

[AndersHolmstrom]

Hi, I need help to access the files on my digital camera. I have tryed to access it with

        String path;
        Shell32.ShellClass shell = new Shell32.ShellClass();
        Shell32.Folder2 folder = (Shell32.Folder2)shell.BrowseForFolder(
          this.Handle.ToInt32(), 
          "Select Folder...", 
          0, 
          Shell32.ShellSpecialFolderConstants.ssfDESKTOP 
        );
        path = folder.Self.Path;

path = ";;{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}\\devid:{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\\0000:" Unfortunately this path is not accessable with

            String \[\] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);

Any idea how to access the files?

[Luc Pattyn]

Hi, what is all this? when I want to access image files on my Olympus, I just explore I:\DCIM\100OLYMP\ either with Windows Explorer or with my own code as in Directory.GetFiles(@"I:\DCIM\100OLYMP\");. Obviously the drive letter may vary, and the specific folder path may be different for other makes and models. [ADDED] If you don't know the drive letter, you can enumerate all candidates using Environment.GetLogicalDrives and try the Directory.GetFiles for each of them (assuming the path is unique). [/ADDED] :)

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[Silvyster]

yeah, it's simple you don't need shell32. or maybe you asked the question in a wrong way.

[AndersHolmstrom]

One of my cameras "Canon PowerShot SD750" is not shown as a drive (x:\) as my Nikon D50 does. It appears as "Scanners and cameras" in the explorer.

[Christian Graus]

Well, some Canon cameras you can access directly with their SDK. Check out the wrapper that Ben and I wrote, it's here on CP. Or, look into using WIA.

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