I want to make an N900 application to take RAW pictures and save to a file, with preview. I looked at the other threads about raw photo (SLR controls over N900 and other threads) but none of them actually helped me.

I'm rather new to Linux development, but I am experienced in close-to-the-hardware development, particularly when it comes to TI platforms.

- is this functionality exposed yet in GStreamer (or any plug-in) ? I looked at camerabin and digicam but didn't find anything. Any relevant link appreciated.

- do I have to write a GStreamer plugin myself ? is this something that can be done at the user level or kernel level ?

- if I need to make a plug-in, I could somebody point me to how I could do that using ESBox ? there are not many links about how to use it to build GStreamer and plug-ins

- ideally, I'd prefer doing all this in python rather than C, is that possible at all ? Are camerabin and other plug-ins exposed through Python bindings ?

Thanks all.