I know this topic is kinda old, but I wrote Microsoft with ideas and suggestions about the product. I pressed the importance of camera support for the G. Just one day later I received a reply. That really surprised me.

Here's what they had to say about the camera on the G:

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Hi Tom,

Thanks for your interest in Potrait and kindly suggestions.

We are investigating the feasibility of supporting the built-in camera in Hitachi G1000. Other suggestions are also helpful to improve the MS Portrait.

Thanks.

Regards,

Keman Yu
Microsoft Research Asia

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I hope they do support it. That would be very cool.

TomD.