[Wylug-discuss] Digital Camera Compatibility

[John R Hudson]

When David Spencer gave a talk on this at Bradlug nearly two years ago he said 
that when using a USB cable Canon/Nikon required gphoto2 but that all other 
brands appeared as mass storage devices. In other words, any digital camera 
will work with Linux.

I later read a thread on a forum about very cheap cameras only working with 
Windows software but I doubt anyone would be considering one of those as a 
present.

John
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On Monday 28 March 2011 23:21:10 Kenneth wrote:
> As far as I'm aware all cameras I've come across are just glorified Mass
> Storage devices as far as the computer is concerned. The best way to check
> is if it lists Windows 95/98 in the compatibility list. There's an outside
> chance it works as an MTP device, in which case there's plenty of
> applications which support it (F-Spot being one of them)
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
> > Do all digital cameras work with Linux these days? If not, how does one
> > check whether a particular model does before purchasing it?
> > 
> > A non-techie has very kindly said she will buy me a pocket digital
> > camera for a present, and doesn't want to end up getting one that
> > doesn't play nicely with my Ubuntu laptop. Is there anything I can tell
> > her as a way of checking, or anything she should avoid (without her
> > telling me the model in advance, thereby spoiling the surprise)?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Smylers
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