Canon cameras can now be used as webcams
Canon USA has recently launched a software that allows cameras to be used as webcams. For now, this only works with Windows PCs.
There’s an easy way to use a regular Canon camera as a PC webcam. Canon has launched the EOS Webcam Utility, which is currently still in a beta phase. It’s installed on Windows 10 and allows you to use your camera as a PC webcam. Just connect it with the USB cable and it should work. Unfortunately, I can’t test this right now, as I don't have a Canon camera at hand. If you do, please give it a try and let me know how it went by commenting below this article. Thank you!
Officially, the software is only available for the USA. This only means that Canon doesn’t provide support for other countries, but you can still download and use the tool.
There are photographers who do photo sessions via video chats. Such tools could help to improve quality – the idea might even outlast the corona crisis.
Supported cameras
The entry-level SLR cameras have different names in the USA than in Europe. Therefore, here’s a list of all compatible devices with European designation:
- 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 200D
- EOS 250D
- EOS 1300D
- EOS 750D
- EOS 2000D
- EOS 850D
- EOS 1200D
- EOS M6 Mark II
- EOS M50
- EOS M200
- EOS R
- EOS RP
- Powershot G5X Mark II
- Powershot G7X Mark III
- Powershot SX70 HS
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