[olug] WebCam scarcity (was: Re: RHCSA Bad New/Good News)

[Jon Larsen]

Most of the stand alone camera manufacturers have release webcam software
to use their Mirrorless or DSLR cameras as webcams.  I've tested both the
Canon and Olympus software.  Olympus has given me fewer headaches in OBS
Studio than the canon software.

Sony
Olympus
Canon


Jon L.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:08 AM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
wrote:

>
> https://www.theverge.com/21281765/webcam-phone-tablet-android-ios-pc-mac-how-to
> might
> also be helpful if you need a webcam, it's been YEARS since I've used it
> like that, but I can't see how it wouldn't work.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:00 AM Christopher Cashell <topher-olug at zyp.org>
> wrote:
>
> >  On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 9:29 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm setting an empty office at my wife's office for a test site.
> >  Nothing
> > > on the walls, etc.   With the crunch of Covid related remote learning,
> > > external Web Cams have gotten expansion and scarce.    Hopefully I'll
> be
> > > done with this in the next few weeks.
> > >
> >
> > Interesting timing, I was talking to some coworkers about that just the
> > other day, and one of the guys shared a video he'd taken with a cheap
> > little Wyze camera of some animals on his property.  That got me thinking
> > that it's too bad you can't use a Wyze camera as a webcam, and a little
> > Googling found mention that the Wyze folks have released an
> updated/hacked
> > firmware for exactly that purpose:
> >
> >    -
> >
> >
> https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21202022/wyze-firmware-update-webcam-security-camera-transform-solution-guide
> >    -
> >
> >
> https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041605111-Webcam-Firmware-Instructions
> >
> > I haven't tried it yet (planning to give it a shot tomorrow), but it'll
> be
> > useful if it works!  I'm guessing I'm not the only one with a cheap Wyze
> > camera or two floating around.
> >
> > --
> > Christopher
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