Hi,
My partner and I are going overseas and want to get a digital camera. We would be looking to spend in the $400 to $600 bracket, and that would probably need to include a reasonable memory chip/card (or whatever it is, either packaged with or bought separately). I will, of course, be wanting it to be fully interoperable with a linux system, as I hear they have computers where we are going ;-).
I don't know much about digital cameras but would prefer it to be able to work as a webcam and possibly take video as well. Is this unrealistic for the price? Are there issues with linux drivers?
Any advice on wheres, whys and hows are much appreciated.
Cheers
If it meets USB standards it should work with any linux that has USB support. Latest versions of Windows will automatically configure most memory cards to look like a disk drive without requiring driver installation; I don't know whether linux support meets the equivalent yet.
Webcams use a technology called "USB streaming", alternatively the video output can be used with a capture card in your computer. USB streaming must be supported by the camera itself as well as the appropriate drivers in the operating system you are using.
