On Linux you can use gphoto2 + v4l2loopback and use the Sony camera as a webcam over USB: https://superuser.com/questions/870768/can-i-use-my-dslr-as-webcam-th

On Linux you can use gphoto2 + v4l2loopback and use the Sony camera as a webcam over USB: https://superuser.com/questions/870768/can-i-use-my-dslr-as-webcam-through-gphoto2-v4l2loopback https://superuser.com/questions/870768/can-i-use-my-dslr-as-... sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1 exclusive_caps=1 card_label="porphyracam" gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f v4l2 /dev/video0