digital camera as WEBCAM

[gopo]

Hi,
I am looking for solution how to use digital camera e.g.A610 or any other
as webcam.
I know it is more expensive, but I need good optics to handle
low distances from monitored object 5-15 cm. Available webcams are not suitable for this. This is for my project and so far I am not able to google anything useful.
Is anyone able to help with this?:confused:

thanks,
gopo

[Jon]

The PowerShots won't do this. AFAIK you'll need to get a video camera if you want a Canon which can.

[Graystar]

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[ib2loud]

i looked into doing this a while back and it's not very widely supported. Some people managed to make certain cameras work but as stated above, it's not really possible without a workaround and extra hardware

I did find one program called PSRemote that let me see a live view from my S3 and do remote capture and work the zoom,aperture, shutter, etc..

but the pc didn't recognize it as a webcam which was the only thing I needed it to do

[gopo]

I agree, I did not found any solution. ok,will buy camcorder then.
Thanks,
Gopo

[gopo]

Hello again,
I have canon elura 70 for testing, but it is not working with USB.
I tested with Sony TRV22 and it worked OK. I can not find any USB driver for ELURA 70. Any suggestion?

Thanks,

Gopo

[Jon]

IIRC the Elura wants to use FireWire. Most video cameras use FireWire for video transfer and restrict USB to still image transfer and some camera settings.