GoPro turns your Hero 8 Black into a wide-angle webcam

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, you may not have had the chance to use your fancy new GoPro Hero 8 Black as much as you had planned. The good news is that it can now double as webcam. Following its DSLR and mirrorless counterparts, GoPro has rele...

Fujifilm’s webcam software is now available on Macs

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When Fujifilm released software that transformed X-series and GFX cameras into very fancy webcams, it only worked on Windows PCs and not Macs. Later on, the company said it would rectify that quickly by releasing a macOS version sometime in mid-July....

Olympus rolls out PC app that turns some of its cameras into webcams

Posted on 03/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Olympus may be selling its camera business — to the same company that bought Sony’s VAIO PC division — but it’s not abandoning its products just yet. It has just released a new beta application called OM-D Webcam, which gives Olympus cameras webcam c...

Panasonic mirrorless cameras now work as webcams

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Webcams tend not to have the sharpest picture quality, so in some instances, it might be a better idea to use your DSLR, mirrorless or compact camera instead. However, most computers aren’t equipped to interpret the video signal coming from a camera’...

You can now use your Canon camera as a Mac webcam

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Canon recently unveiled a utility that lets you use its cameras as webcams, but to the disappointment of locked down Mac users, it only worked on Windows. The company has now rectified that omission with the release of the EOS Webcam Utility Beta on...

Fujifilm’s app turns your X series and GFX cameras into webcams

Posted on 27/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Fujifilm has joined Canon by releasing software that allows you to use select X series and GFX medium format mirrorless cameras as webcams. After you install the Fujifilm X Webcam app and connect a camera to a USB port on your computer (Windows only)...

How to use your high-end camera as a webcam

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’ve recently joined the work-from-home brigade, you’ve probably discovered the joy (or pain) of using video conferencing apps like Zoom, Skype and Google Hangouts. You may also be meeting up with pals or family members by video to ease COVID-19...

Canon software turns your EOS camera into an overpowered webcam

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’ve been video chatting more often during the pandemic, you’ve probably noticed that most PC webcams are... not great. Canon might have a solution if you have one of its cameras hanging around, at least. Its newly released (via DPReview) EOS We...

The work-from-home gear you should actually buy

Posted on 10/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You may feel out of your element if you’re one of the millions of people that have recently transitioned to work-from-home life. Being productive when not in a typical office environment can be a challenge even in the best of times, but there are a n...

Safari flaw let intruders hijack cameras on iPhones and Macs

Posted on 06/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you're working on a Mac at home or reconnecting with friends on an iPhone, you'll want to be sure you have the latest security updates. Security researcher Ryan Pickren has detailed recently patched Safari vulnerabilities that allowed int...

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