I have used my Canon Powershot S-70 on both Gphoto and Digicam without any special setup or issues. Most Canon models share a common interface and will work with either of these programs.

On 9/3/05, moth28 <moth28@cox.net> wrote:
Siri,

I have an Olympus Camedia 8080 WZ, which isn't recognized by any program
I know about. I have a little Q-Stor card reader that Linux recognizes
as a USB drive. It's one extra step, but it's easy enough.

Just don't ask me how to do it from the CLI.

Bob Eaton
Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:

>I'm wanting to get a digital camera. I don't know anything about
>digital cameras or how to get them to work in Linux. I've never
>attached a USB device of any kind to my computer, I'm that far behind
>the times. My son has an Olympus Camedia C-50 and it takes great
>pictures. I've searched, but can't tell if it's supported in Linux.
>
>From what I've been reading, what I really need is a flash reader
>that's supported in Linux- the camera model doesn't matter so much.
>Do y'all agree? If so, what do I need to know about flash readers- or
>anything else camera-related-  before I buy one?
>
>Thanks for any advice you can give me.
>
>Siri Amrit


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