Help on reading serial data

If I use the SoftwareSerial, than the RxTx for USB comm is going to be available? Because when I plugged the RxTx pins for the camera, I could not connect the Arduino to my PC. Guess I'll have to try it out.

With the LCD I can see that it comes as 'the real values', but I fear that the Arduino may read it as Decimal or even Hex, not the real thing.