Friends, I appreciate the help and suggestions that I've received 
so far on this matter ... but I'm still confused. 

Following is a recap of various of steps that have been recommended 
by various sources.  I can't figure out which are necessary and which 
are not needed (or incorrect): 

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices 
cat /proc/scsi/scsi 
fdisk -l 	# to find out what /dev to use, i.e. /dev/sda1 
	# but what does all this mean: ev/sda1 * 2 999 15963+ 1 FAT12 
mount -t usbdevfs usb /proc/bus/usb 
	# or # 
mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb 
	# Which one? What's the difference in 'usb' and 'none' ? 
modprobe usb-storage 	# What is this for? Do I need it? 
mkdir -p /mnt/camera (or) /mnt/film - I understand this one. 
edit /etc/fstab 	# to add this: 
	# /dev/sda1 /mnt/film  msdos ro,noauto,user 0 0 
	# or # 
	# /dev/sda1 /mnt/film   vfat    rw,noauto,user 0 0 
	# I understand 'noauto' so it doesn't try to mount at boot time 
	# but I don't understand msdos -vs- vfat or 'ro' vs 'rw' 
mount /dev/sda1		# to mount the camera directory 
	# or # 
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/film 
	# or # 
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera 
	# can't figure out which of the three 'mount' syntax's above to use? 
cp /mnt/camera/dcim/100media/* /home/name/photos/041015 
	# dcim and 100media are sub-dirs on some camera file systems 
	# or # 
	# /dcim/camera-related-name-string (another had 100cnxnt) 
	# or # 
cp -rav /mnt/film/* ~/photos/ 
	# can't figure out what the correct cp syntax should be? 
umount /dev/sda1 
	# or # 
umount /mnt/film 
	# I understand the 'umount' command, but why do some say 
	# umount /dev/sda1 and others umount /mnt/film ? 
	# are these two the same? 

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My original question was: 
>> What is the most efficient way to download photos from
>> a "mass storage device" digital camera to a Linux system?
>> When the camera is plugged in to USB and turned on,
>> cat /proc/bus/usb recognizes the camera, cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>> recognizes that it is on host scsi3,  and fdisk -l reveals that
>> the camera is on /dev/sdb1.
>> What command-line syntax can I use to copy all the images
>> from the camera to a designated directory on the hard drive?

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> One response said: 
> mount /dev/sdb1 using "vfat" as the file system type 
> make a directory called /camera or /mnt/camera 
> use "mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /camera" 
> copy files as you want 
> Maybe add that mount info to your /etc/fstab 
> (adding "noauto" option so it doesn't attempt to mount at boot time also). 
> Do a google search on this too -- many webpages explain further 

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> Another response said: 
> mount /dev/sdb1 /something 
> cp /something/dcim/*/* location you want files 
> umount /something 

The other syntax examples listed above I found on the 'net. 

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