stop-motion tools for try

http://code.google.com/p/gphoto2-java/
http://www.mondobeyondo.com/projects/stopmojo/
http://www.qstopmotion.org/
http://smcapture.sourceforge.net/
http://www.ubuntuphotographer.com/2012/08/tethered-shooting-ubuntu/
http://www.benholmen.com/blog/2010/07/create-a-timelapse-video-with-free-and-open-source-tools/