V002 Camera Live – Zoom with Your DSLR as a Webcam via USB

Post by jammmety » Fri, Jun 05, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

Post by dgorges » Fri, Jun 05, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

Post by tomatocracy » Fri, Jun 05, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

dgorges wrote: post #4

> The camera sends the image used for Live View - the dimensions will not match the camera's movie recording settings. This sounds like a bummer. I want to try this anyways to give my old Powershot a new purpose. Did anybody check this out yet?

Post by jeffmcjunkin » Fri, Jun 05, 2020, 6:06 PM UTC

s09dfhks wrote: post #3

jammmety wrote: post #2

Why not use Canon's own EOS Webcam Utility? https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/about/news...

It looks like they only support newer DSLRs

Post by atonse » Fri, Jun 05, 2020, 6:10 PM UTC

tomatocracy wrote: post #6

dgorges wrote: post #4

> The camera sends the image used for Live View - the dimensions will not match the camera's movie recording settings. This sounds like a bummer. I want to try this anyways to give my old Powershot a new purpose. Did anybody check this out yet?

The Elgato Cam Link is worth checking out if you're serious about this - it's an HDMI video capture device which presents itself on the computer end as a UVC compatible USB webcam and will accept the HDMI streams DSLRs usually send. They're expensive though. There are other similar devices on the market too but not sure how good they are for this situation.