On 16/06/2013 09:12, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> I'm looking for a simple-to-use camera that is Linux compatible. It's for
> my mum, who is in her 70s, so point, click is about as complex as it needs
> to be. Her PC runs Linux, supported by yours truly from 165 miles away, so
> ideally she would connect the camera to the PC with a USB cable and it
> would Just Work.
>
> Thanks
I think probably all of them now look like a USB memory stick.
I guess they're typically composite devices (MSD+Camera) as normally you
can also control them from PC.
One thing to check is that either it has a proper viewfinder, or the
screen is usable in bright sunlight. My wife's camera struggled with
that and we bought a pop-up sunshade for her camera:
http://delkin.com/c-147097-protect-pop-up-shade-universal.html
They're neat and work pretty well.
FWIW I've always been an Olympus enthusiast and Sue's that needed the
sun-shade was the only shortcoming, ever.
Gordon.
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