If you have a Canon camera and it is within the list of compatible models, you already have a webcam for your Windows 10 computer. And be careful, go webcam, because the quality with which those with whom you keep video calls are going to see you it will be spectacular. Although you can also give other uses.
Turn your Canon EOS camera into a webcam
We recently told you how to turn your mobile phone or photo and video camera into a webcam for your computer. An option with which you could solve the shortage of decent webcams or at a reasonable price.
Well, now Canon goes and takes out an application with which you can convert many of its DSLR cameras and without mirrors into a webcam for your Windows 10 computer. The name is EOS Webcam Utility and although it is in beta, the truth is that for the Results shown works quite well.
Before you get excited to download and install it, let’s first see what camera models are compatible . The list that Canon has shared includes the following models:
- EOS 1D X Mark II and Mark III
- EOS 5D Mark IV
- EOS 5DS and 5DS R
- EOS 6D Mark II
- EOS 7D Mark II
- EOS 77D
- EOS 80D
- EOS 90D
- EOS Rebel SL2 (EOS 200D) and SL3 (EOS 250D)
- EOS Rebel T6 (EOS 1300D) and T6i (EOS 750D)
- EOS Rebel T7 (EOS 2000D) and T7i (EOS 800D)
- EOS Rebel T100 (EOS 4000D)
- EOS M6 Mark II
- EOS M50
- EOS M200
- EOS R and EOS RP
- PowerShot G5X Mark II
- PowerShot G7 Mark III
- PowerShot SX70 HS
Do you have a compatible model? If the answer is yes, you will only have to look for a cable with a MicroUSB or USB C connector, depending on the connector of the camera itself, and download the application (only for Windows) from the Canon website, previously selecting the model of your camera. I remember that the Rebel family corresponds to another nomenclature here in Europe . Once done, the process is as simple as running the application.
Once installed, to use the camera as a webcam, do the following:
- Turn on the camera
- Place the dial in video mode
- Make the necessary exposure, ISO, and shutter speed settings
- Connect the USB cable to the camera and then to the PC
- In your messaging application, select EOS Webcam Utility Beta as the video source
Done, if you had a webcam, you only have to compare the image quality to see the abysmal jump that using one camera or another involves. And if you did not have, you can already have conversations with other users or even give other types of uses such as streaming on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, etc.
Canon beats streamers
With the launch of this utility, Canon also makes it easier for many users to take advantage of their cameras for other uses such as streaming . And it may seem somewhat uninteresting to some, but to others it may be more than enough reason to bet on a camera from the manufacturer instead of other proposals.
And it is that, along with a color science that has always drawn a lot of attention, another of the strengths of the manufacturer’s cameras is its Dual Pixel autofocus system present in its cameras. That together with the wide range of lenses compatible with their frames make them interesting as an investment. In addition, you save what a video capture machine costs, that there are economic models, but it is always an extra.
