Where are cameras mounted?

With Ubuntu 12.10 I didn't have any luck with ~/.gvfs... However, I'm able to access my camera on the command line using

/run/user/<username>/gvfs/gphoto2:host=%5Busb%3A002%2C008%5D/

Assuming your camera connects over PTP, GPhoto will be responsible for the data transfers. I guess the ~/.gvfs directory will contain a virtual folder pointing to your camera.

Mount it using gphotofs

Install gphotofs package:

sudo apt-get install gphotofs

Then create a directory wherever you prefer (i'm using /home/<user>/camera)

mkdir /home/<user>/camera

And use the following to mount it

sudo gphotofs /home/<user>/camera

notes

• replace <user> with your username