Abstract
libgphoto2 identifies a camera by two values:
How these may be specified is discussed in this chapter.
are named like serial:/dev/ttyS2 if you want to use the serial device /dev/ttyS2.
As USB works with auto detection, you do not have to specify a device file. Therefore you just use the gphoto2 port usb:.
The model name of the camera does not have to be specified when using the usb: port. Otherwise you can specify a camera model like Canon PowerShot G2. You will be better off choosing the model from the list of supported models rather than just trying to type your camera model.
[me@home ~]$ gphoto2 --camera "Canon PowerShot G2" --list-files