Can I attach an external camera

[Whistlewood]

I love my Assus Nexus 7 and the fact that it didn't have a rear facing camera was not a deal breaker. However one would be nice so my question is can you attach a camera eg webcam etc via the mini usb. Not a techie I'm still trying to recover from the introduction of remote controls so this may be a stupid query. Thanks anyway.

[peterk]

I think this will have little relevance to what you want.
It depends on your camera! Chainfire, the "USB expert" who wrote StickMount (enabling external memory stick/cards on the Nexus 7) has an app on the store called DSLR Controller that works with Canon DSLRs and that would be a case of attaching the tablet to a camera ( see photos here [Android 2.3.1/3.x/4.x][27.09.2012] DSLR Controller v0.96.0 BETA [USB HOST REQUIRED] - Page 201 - xda-developers). The app only works with Canon cameras using DryOS but recent Canon compact cameras use DryOS see list here DRYOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It may be that they haven't been tested

[robdog2232]

With enough duct tape, any camera would attach nicely. Couldn't speak towards the functionality of it though. :-( Seriously though, I don't think it would be as simple as you're hoping. Surely someone smarter than me will chime in and explain how I'm wrong. (don't call me Shirley)

[level300]

Helicon is also pretty good. It supports raw for an extra 30 dollars or so. They both are pretty good at remote controlling a nikon digi cam. They also support canon.

[Beaverpuncher]

Not a total fix but you can still screenshot this way.

I use ip cam viewer pro on my nexus then on my phone i use ip webcam. I can then see anything my phones 8mp cam does and take a screenshot thats actually pretty good.