Intel PC Pro Camera, in my opinion, is a good choice for XP. I think it has good quality images (plus, you can hook up your camcorder to it). I suggest on researching on that and other cameras as well such Logitech, for example. Hope this helps & Happy Holidays

Ginger "Angelique Valeriano"
Dell Inspiron 7500
6 GB (Primary)
25 GB (Secondary)
Toshiba CD\DVD-ROM Combo
288 MB RAM
Rage Mobility (Video)

Hello-You can do some research on your cameras in the XP sections here: MS Support Articles for DV

Are we talking web cams or digital cameras? I've tried two different web cams and software is just to buggy, took them both back for refund, waiting for better drivers. As far as digital, most new ones work fine with XP, I have JVC DV camcorder with still picture. I plugged it into the firewire card and turned it on and XP recognized it right off. I use Pinnacle Studio 7 software, works great.

Pentium 4 1.9 Gig / 478 pin 400Mhz FSB
Shuttle Motherboard
Via chipset P4x266 VT8233 DDRam Support
Windows XP (home edition)
DDRam 768 Meg
WD 80 gig HD ATA 100
Gainward GF3 Powerpack Golden Sample/64 meg
LiteOn 24x10x40 CD-RW
Pioneer DVD 500m
Pinacle Firewire Card
Santa Cruz Sound Card (4127 beta drivers)
Linksys Lan Card
Dell 991 Monitor
Microtek 3700 Scanner
HP 1100 Printer
Logitech Pro 3000 web cam

Other:
XPSB1000r
XP home
384 megs PC700 Rdram
60 gig maxtor HD
DVD-Rom
Sony CD-RW
Gforce 2 pro 64meg