[CALUG] modest camera for linux ??

[Gavin H. Watson]

Walt,

I bought a camera a couple years back for about $100.
It is a Nikon coolpix L6 6.0 Megapixels.
It works great on Linux and the newer versions should as well.

Gavin

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:38:13 -0400, Walt Smith <waltechmail at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Looking for modest camera that works on USB for F12.
>
> Recently bought cheap $20 Vivitar to play with that isn't seen by linux.
> Meaning, nothing mounts.
> googling showed nothing.
>
> So, I'm looking for a linux compat camera with some pretty
> basic requirements.  I guess it may depend as much on brand.
> Would like to buy off the shelf in local box store.
>
> price: expected about $80-$120
> 8 megpixels or better, I would guess  ( whats the res on this ?)
> 3X optical zoom "is good 'nuff"
> I would hope for stable pix..  It's hard holding the camera steady.
> is daylight readable LCD possible? size doesn't matter.
> webcam or D/L pix modes.
> Should store reasonable number of images? say, 50 minimum ??
> I don't care about other fancy features unless there's
> something I missed for the casual user.
>
> Oh, and my gnome has gthumb, gimp, and eye of gnome...
> What do I need to "capture" or D/L  software ??
>
> Walt......
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