[wellylug] digital camera

[Cliff Pratt]

Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> Lyndsay Mountfort <lyndsaym at paradise.net.nz> writes:
>>
>>> As I understand it, most digital cameras will just appear in Ubuntu
>>> as a usb drive, once connected and in data-sharing mode.
>>
>> No.  "Most" is definitely not the case here.
>>
> I disagree. I've plugged many sorts of cameras into my machine and it is 
> just a matter of drag and drop (or mv 'blah/* photos/').
> 
> The only one that didn't work was a very early one that needed drivers 
> even on Windows systems.
> 
While I disagree with Daniel, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't check 
first. Also, someone suggested getting a camera with a removable memory 
and a memory card reader. That's good advice.

Cheers,

Cliff