(This is in reply to a message originally posted to current-users.  Since
DIeter explicitly asks for 1.5-related support, however, I assume that
he's running a regular release rather than -current, and am posting the
followup to netbsd-help.)

The question of which cameras are supported isn't an easy one to answer
(not if you want a real, useful answer...(^&).

The core NetBSD system has little, or no, support for digital
cameras. Just like it has no support for 3D modeling, or many other
tasks.  Cameras, in general, are supported by programs out of the NetBSD
package system.  (I think that someone was talking about a kernel-level
driver for some USB camera a ways back; that would be the only exception
that I know of.)  Given the wide range of cameras, protocols, and methods
of attaching them, trying to build camera support into the OS probably
doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

However, the various packages provide support for a number of cameras.  I
have an Olympus D-360L, which which I am pretty happy.  It is supported by
PhotoPC.  (gPhoto claims to support the 360, too, but the actual gPhoto
package must be a version or few behind---I have never been able to get
gPhoto to work with the Olympus 360.)


I'm not aware of any cameras working with USB on NetBSD.  (On the other
hand, people have recommended a Kodak model that lets you pop the memory
card into a PCMCIA port on a laptop...)

My 360L has a jack that accepts a plug for (it looks like) a 3-wire cable
that connects to the serial port.  I have no problems transfering pictures
to/from the computer at 115200bps---no problems, that is, other than the
fact that this is relatively slow.  But, I can tolerate the speed.  (^&


  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rauch@eecs.ukans.edu