How to suspend/kill ptpcamerad?

The ptpcamerad process is preventing a python script from accessing a connected DSLR by not allowing use of the usb ports. I would like to know how to suspend or kill the process without it immediately respawning. I have tried: 1. Quit/Force Quit in Activity monitor (immediately respawns; cannot quit the owning process, as it is owned by launchd) 2. sudo kill [PID] (immediately appears with new PID; also respawns with -9) 3. launchctl disable gui/$(id -u)/com.apple.ptpcamerad (does nothing) How can I stop this process from constantly respawning and preventing access to usb-connected cameras? MacOs 13.3.1 (a) MacBookAir M1