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In times of crown lockout, numerous jobs were transferred to the home office. Sometimes it would make sense if you could use a webcam and continue working on the PC or laptop without media interruption and didn’t have to work in parallel with the smartphone camera every time. Now it is surprising that good web cams have become scarce. However, for a professional video conference or private video chat, you can also use the existing camera with video function.
Photo: Canon
A live image can be dragged from the camera to the computer or laptop using the free Digicam Control via USB. Or you can use the EOS Utilty Suite supplied with the camera, which is available for Windows and Apple operating systems. At Nikon you can use the Camera Control Pro program, which is subject to a fee. Also, you still need tools like ManyCam, which is available for both Windows and Apple operating systems.
Photo: Canon
With the new Canon EOS Webcam Utility software, which is available as a beta version for Windows 10 (64-bit), the image of EOS models with or without a mirror, but also PowerShot compact cameras via USB can be viewed with just one Get the calculator program. In another step, the camera can be selected in the respective video conference program. The application is compatible with Skype, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, among others.
Currently, the software is only available to the US market. USA And only for Windows 10 (64 bit). Therefore, the following list also contains the names of the American cameras. It is not yet known if the utility will be available for other operating systems in the future.
EOS DSLR Cameras
EOS-1D X Mark II
EOS-1D X Mark III
EOS 5D Mark IV
EOS 5DS
EOS 5DS R
EOS 6D Mark II
EOS 7D Mark II
EOS 77D
EOS 80D
EOS 90D
EOS Rebel SL2 (EOS 200D)
EOS Rebel SL3 (EOS 250D)
EOS Rebel T6 (EOS 1300D)
EOS Rebel T6i (EOS 750D)
EOS Rebel T7 (EOS 2000D)
EOS Rebel T7i (EOS 800D)
EOS Rebel T100 (EOS 4000D)
EOS mirrorless cameras
EOS M6 Mark II
EOS M50
EOS M200
EOS R
EOS RP
PowerShot cameras
PowerShot G5X Mark II
PowerShot G7X Mark III
PowerShot SX70 HS
Here you can find an initial guide to using the EOS Webcam Utility.
More information It can be found here
Christoph Jehle
