Jun 2017

Without any camera connected to the Raspberry Pi, run this command:

  gphoto2 --auto-detect

You should see an output as follows:

Model                          Port
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Now connect your camera via USB to your Raspberry Pi, and again run the command:

  gphoto2 --auto-detect

Now if your camera is detected (and I am assuming that means supported) you should see a successful detection. Bear in mind that, after about 2 minutes your camera will auto shut-off, so if you have been reading this page your camera could already be off, just hit the shutter button to wake it up.

Model                          Port
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Canon EOS 700D                 usb:001,005

Here we can see that I have connected a Canon EOS 700D, and it is visible on usb:001,005. (the number does seem to change, the second time I tried this on my 700D I got usb:001,007).