Using a Digital Camera (like a Canon Powershot/Elph/Ixus) with iChat

Hello
Anybody know if its possible to use a small digital camera like a Canon Powershot with video capabilites with iChat - instead of an iSight or built in camera like on the new Intel MacBooks?
Thanks

My current camera on my G4 is a stills camera.
It is a Kodak DC4800 of some vintage now.
It has a PAL (or NTSC) TV signal that it can output.
From there I use a DV Converter to get it into iChat.
Effectively this means it depends on the Output and what you have to get it in to iChat.
If the camera can stream Video then it is better if you have a Firewire device.
If the Camera can be seen by iMovie but not iChat then try
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/ as it would then have Mac Drivers if it has a USB connector.
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