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For anyone who is interested in older cameras I use a Canon Rebel T3i as a webcam and it works fantastically. In 2020 because of you-know-what Canon released a
by bentcorner 3y ago
For anyone who is interested in older cameras I use a Canon Rebel T3i as a webcam and it works fantastically. In 2020 because of you-know-what Canon released a webcam driver for a bunch of their cameras and the T3i is one of the oldest ones supported (the most recent version of their driver drops support for this camera but older drivers work just fine).
Paired with an AC power adapter and a mount for my monitor it's a nice webcam. I bought a 24mm lens for it that was reasonably affordable and I get a nice "real" bokeh effect in my background (it's not as blurry as the computational one but it's a nice to have). (FWIW I also push it through OBS to crop it).
- dadsquad 3y agohow do you use this with an AC power adapter? I have one and I've used it but I run out of battery quickly. is there a way to power the camera with AC??
- orev 3y agoMost cameras enable using an AC adapter with a dummy battery insert that provides a barrel power jack. A quick search for that for this camera shows that it seems to be the case for this one.
- poyu 3y agoThere’s a kind of power cord that has a dummy battery that plugs into the mains. The camera’s battery door also has a hole to run the cable through. Searching for “dummy battery $CAMERA_MODEL” would get you what you want
- estebank 3y agoFor anyone that might also already have a Nikon D5100 or D7000 to repurpose as a webcam, you can use a custom firmware[1] to clean up the HDMI output, an HDMI capture card and OBS to fix the aspect ratio. That's the setup I use. 1: https://nikonhacker.com/wiki/Supported_Models https://nikonhacker.com/wiki/Supported_Models
- giobox 3y agoMileage varies between cameras, but one small warning to anyone considering this if they spend even a couple of hours a day in meetings with the camera on from time to time - the sensors in some DSLRs/mirrorless models can overheat while live streaming and your video will cut out. Most of them were only specced to record up to 30 minute clips at a time in original guise and are passively cooled, so running for an hr or more can push the sensors beyond their original specifications etc. I've had this happen rarely with some m43 cameras I use as webcams via an HDMI capture card. There's a ton of youtube videos on this topic with all sorts of homemade cooling setups: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMSWWccQwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMSWWccQwQ
- nyjah 3y agoI have a canon r6 and I cannot for the life of me get the webcam utility to work. The camera utilities work just fine. I can even remote shoot from my pc. But I have not been able to get the webcam utility to work. The support around fixing it that I have found does not fix the problem, but is always suggested is to turn off the camera utility software but again, I’ve tried that and many other things and can’t seem to crack the code..
- bentcorner 3y agoI don't have any expertise in this area other than offering the 1.1 driver I used: https://canon.ca/en/Features/EOS-Webcam-Utility https://canon.ca/en/Features/EOS-Webcam-Utility While it looks like your camera is supported by both versions, maybe you'll have better luck with this one.
- nyjah 3y agoI appreciate the support. Been down this road too. Same result. It’s frustrating. Seems there are anomaly cases where people run into this issue.
- plugin-baby 3y ago> because of you-know-what Canon released a webcam driver What is this alluding to? Bingle are not helping.
- discordance 3y agoPandemic lockdowns/ work from home