With so many people now video conferencing While working from home, webcams have suddenly become difficult to find.a number of superior models are exhausted or have I seen massive price hikes. So, to help make video calling a little easier to set up, Olympus today introduces a new app that can turn your mirrorless camera into a high-quality webcam.
Olympus the new application is called OM-D Webcam, which you can download here free. While the app is technically still only available in beta, the program allows you to connect your Olympus camera with a wide variety of popular videosconference apps like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, or even connect it to live-streaming software like OBS. The only hardware you need, apart from a modern Olympus camera, It is a USB cable to connect your camera to your computer.
Unfortunately, because the OM-D webcam is still in beta, it is not compatible with all OM-D cameras. Currently supported cameras include the E-M1X, E-M1, E-M1 Mark II, E-M1-Mark III, and E-M5 Mark II.
Another potential drawback is that the OM-D webcam doesn’t pass audio from your camera to your computer, so you’ll still need a separate microphone. Fortunately, the OM-D webcam includes support for all Olympus LS-P microphones, so if you already have a fair amount of Olympus accessories, you probably have something that works.
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The introduction of the OM-D Webcam application continues than Canyon It has done this with its own applications, which also allow you to use your DSLR as a webcam. Alternatively, some cameras, including those of Nikon and others with USB Plug-n-Play support, allows you to use a selection of third-party video recording applications when trying to make video calls.
In addition to its new webcam application, Olympus also released a new roadmap for its upcoming lenses, including the M.Zuiko 150-400mm f / 4.5 zoom lens, due out sometime this winter, along with three new telephoto zoom lenses, a new 8-25mm f / 4 lens and a unspecified macro lens.
In any case, for a company that just announced that it will sell its entire camera division sometime this yearIt is encouraging to see that Olympus is committed to supporting its products both now and in the future.
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