MacBook Air can not "see" an old-ish (2011) camera which is connected to it via USB

I have a MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running Ventura 13.5.2, and am trying to connect my camera (Canon PowerShot SX220 HS, released 2011) to it via USB. The Mac only has USB-C ports, and the camera only has a USB-A cable, but I join them using an adapter. No matter what I do, the Mac does not "see" the camera, either in "Finder", or when I type ls /Volumes at a command prompt. Sometimes "Disk Utility" can show an external drive which is not automatically connected, but that does not "see" the camera either. I know the adapter is okay because I have tested it independently. I know the cable and camera are okay, because I can connect the camera to either a Windows laptop or my old Linux desktop. Is there anything I do to make my Mac "see" this device which I know is connected to it? *** **Extra information**: It appears under System Information -> USB devices USB 3.1 Bus: Host Controller Driver: AppleT8103USBXHCI Canon Digital Camera: Product ID: 0x322c Vendor ID: 0x04a9 (Canon Inc.) Version: 0.02 Serial Number: [redacted] Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s Manufacturer: Canon Inc. Location ID: 0x01100000 / 1 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 2 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0 Also, according to this Canon page the file format is "Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version1.1) compliant", whatever that is.