From LQWiki

Use gphoto2 to get those files from your digital camera. Start like this:

mkdir camera
cd camera
gphoto2 --get-all-files

This will obviously get all files, pictures and videos, from your camera to your current directory. Very advanced users can go on like this:

gphoto2 --help
man gphoto2

See also

• http://www.gphoto.org/ - Official homepage