On Jun 30, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Bob Axtell wrote: > I was not aware of any digital camera whose USB port > allowed you to actually snap pix with it. Some do, and some don't. I think it's become relatively popular to allow cameras to be used as "web-cams", although frequently at lower than native resolution. Other cameras can be controlled similar to the IR remote functions, but you can't retrieve the picture in real time. If you want to use the camera as a high-res webcam sort of thing, where the computer periodically snaps and retrieves a picture, you may indeed be very limited in your choices. > Is Olympus still making cameras? I thought they got > out of that business... > That was Minolta. Perhaps interestingly, one of the key factors in my selection of a Minolta A2 a couple of years ago was that it did have that capability, and Minolta even sold a fancy "Dimage Capture" software utility: I think there is open source software as well. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist