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Monday, March 1, 2010

Can we use Digital camera as web cam ?

wanted to video conference or chat with your friend aboard but don't have web-camera or your camera is out of toss? recently i wanted to talk with the cousin in US but my webcamera was not working then one thing flashed in my mind why cant i use my digicam as the webcam?

i learn't that most of todays digital or digicam supports the webcam functionality check out for the instruction in the manual for the detailed procedure and luckily my sony digi cam had active video output and mother board had input for video that helped me in using it as the webcam make sure that you dont stream video in high quality more than 1.3MP else you could go out of Bandwidth, and also if your digital camera doesn't support this functionality there are few third party applications that can be used to convert your digital camera into webcamera but often these software comes with $20+ price tag and with the great set of features such as motion detector, survelliance software, security etc but if your moto is only to video chat or confrence then buying the webcam that hardly cost between 10$ to 50$ is the only and recommended solution.

and folks if your digital camera is canon this youtube Video hack helps you convert your digital camera into a web cam with quite a few software.

and bottom line most new and recent digital camera have a webcam and video streaming functionality but if your web cam is year or two old just go buy a webcam this is the only and best solution.

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