> Obviously it will need to be Linux compatable, and as I > stuffed up recently when I bought my (non-linux > supported) Canon i550 printer, I thought this time I > would get the good oil first
If you have a linux laptop with usb, bring it with you when you go camera shopping. Plug the camera in, boot linux and if it shows up as a usb mass storage drive then make note of the model. Rinse & repeat. Mandrake will tell you during the booting stage that it has detected a new drive (it did this when I booted up with a new usb floppy drive, so I guess it will also do the same for any other drive) (to your computer, the camera is just a drive and the pictures are just files on that drive). Either that, or walk into a camera shop and ask. Unlike five years ago, the shop assistants today will at least have heard of linux. They may call over their resident linux expert to "close the sale". Last week I was doing the rounds of camera shops with my wife, and all of them had heard of linux, but none of them knew for sure if their cameras were supported. Most of them showed me the URL on the brochure to find out myself. One shop had a shop assistant who would probably know but was out to lunch or something. If enough customers ask specificly for a camera that works with linux, this will eventually filter back to the manufacturers. Even if you order a camera online, it's worth having a look in the shops to find out what you like. Yuri
