I'm going to show you how to make select Canon DSLR, mirrorless, and PowerShot
cameras into high-quality webcams, without needing any extra hardware and
it's completely free.
Hi I'm Tosh Lubek from DIYVideoStudio.com and the great news is that
you can stream video from any one of 25 Canon cameras to a PC with nothing more
than a USB cable and the new Canon webcam software. I'll tell you where you
can download the software and how to install it. So keep watching until the
end of this video. But first, if you find this video useful please like it by
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button and remember to click the Notifications Bell. In my last video I
talked about charging the EOS R's battery inside the camera using the USB
C port. If you're interested in seeing that video I'll put a link in the card
over there. But Canon has enabled new functionality through the USB C port. At
least it has on 25 of its DSLR, Mirrorless, and PowerShot cameras. Here's
a list of those cameras. If any more are added I'll have an updated list of
compatible cameras on my website. The link will be in the description below.
But you can see the list includes cameras that are popular amongst
YouTubers, like the Canon 77D, the 80D, 90D, the M50, the R & RP. Right now, during
the lock-down, big brand webcams are like gold dust they were sold out early on.
And so are many video capture devices like this Elgato camlink 4K. During
this period, home workers have been relying on video calls to stay connected,
so not being able to get hold of a good quality webcam has forced many to either
use a smartphone or their laptops internal webcam which, generally speaking,
isn't very good. But now you can connect many Canon cameras to a 64-bit Windows 10
computer and use it as a super quality webcam.
You can get DSLR video quality, and even blurry backgrounds, when you do video
meetings or life streams. All you need is a compatible canon camera, the USB cable,
and Canon's free EOS webcam utility beta software. I'll put a link to the software
down in the description. Use the link to head over to the Canon EOS webcam
utility beta web page. Scroll down, and you'll see the 25 compatible cameras
listed. Each one is a link to the support page for that specific camera. Find and
click the link for your camera, and once you're on the product support page click
on the drivers and downloads tab. Or if you prefer, just scroll down. If the
software tab isn't already selected click on it. In the operating systems
drop down list, if it's not already detected, choose Windows 10 x64. Now find
EOS Webcam Utility Beta for Windows. On the right side of the screen click the
select button, and when the red download button is revealed click on it to start
the download. When the download is complete locate the software in your
downloads folder and run the installer. Now once the software is installed
you'll need to reboot your computer before you can use your Canon camera as
a webcam. After the reboot your camera should be recognized as a video source
by many videoconferencing, streaming, and recording applications. The next bit is
simple. It's setting up your camera to work with your PC. Now turn on your
camera and change it to the movie or video shooting mode you want. On my EOS R
I'm using, I'd press the MODE button and then the INFO button to change from
photo to video mode. Then I would choose the setting I want. Normally that's TV or
Shutter Priority AE, but mostly M, that's manual exposure. Then make sure that you
turn on autofocus. I normally use face and eye detect.
You next want to adjust the exposure settings to get everything looking the
way that you want. You can now move on to linking your
camera and PC. So uncover the USB socket on the side of your camera and connect
the USB cable. Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your PC.
I'm using a USB 3.0 port since that'll give me a fast connection.
Although on this laptop I also have a USB 3.1 type C port that is theoretically twice the speed. So that would also work well.
Once the camera and PC are connected. Windows may
ask what you want to do next. Don't worry about that just ignore it and the
notification will disappear. But on the camera screen, or at least on my EOS R
screen, a picture of a computer monitor appears, indicating the camera and PC are connected.
That screen will change once the camera has been selected as the
video source in the settings of your application that you're using. So how do
you get your camera now to appear in your app? Well, open your meeting,
streaming, or recording app, and in the video settings choose EOS Webcam
Utility Beta as your video source. The camera screen will become active again
and the video feed will appear in your app's video display. Notice the difference
between the screen on the camera and the video display on your meeting app.
The camera is sending a clean signal. That means you don't see all your camera
settings overlaid on the image. I've installed the webcam software on both my
desktop PC and my laptop and I've used my EOS R camera with Zoom ,the meeting
software, and Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS, the streaming application. But so
far I've not been able to get Skype to show EOS webcam utility beta as a video
source on my laptop. Because the software is a beta version you should be aware
that it might contain bugs or it might not behave as you might expect. Also,
Canon states that the software is intended for use in the U.S. only. If
you're based outside of the U.S. and decide to download
and install the software, it will work but Canon will not offer support
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