Its not a hobby - though I believe many (far too many) make any OS a
hobby instead of a tool. I have found WINE works for some things but for
most it does not. When I first moved to ubuntu I wanted many of my MS
apps to work on linux. I learned that that was not an obtainable goal -
nor should it be.

I use several cameras under Ubuntu. Your camera is a tool - as is this
OS. You dont have to use the windows software to get the data on the
camera tool - you choose to. And that is fine. However, perhaps it might
be asked why you do not just important them into a folder and use those
pictures for whatever you use them for?