[CentOS] Configuring a Kodak EZ200 Webcam in CentOS 4.3

Hi.  I hate to ask because I'm not sure if this is one of those 
questions that don't "deserve an answer" but here goes:  My friend gave 
me a Kodak EZ-200 Webcam (USB) recently and I'm trying to configure it 
for use under CentOS 4.3.  I did a little research on the web and found 
that the Kodak EZ200 is supported using gphoto2 
(http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html - search "EZ200" to 
see that it is in the list of supported cameras).

My system has gphoto2-2.1.4-7 installed (I think this a system package), 
but when I look for EZ200 support (using 'gphoto2 --list-cameras'), the 
EZ200 is not listed.  I also did an 'rpm -ql gphoto2' and noticed that 
there is no "shared object file" (libgphoto2_kodak_*.so) for the EZ200.  
Is it that the EZ200 is only supported in a "newer" version of gphoto2?  
Is it alright for me to install a newer version?  I noticed that the 
gphoto2 website (http://www.gphoto.org/) has a tarball (version 2.1.99) 
that includes a spec file which I can certainly use to build an rpm.  
(Mind you, I just don't want to "break" my system or anything like that, 
although I would really like to get some use out of this webcam).  Any 
help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque