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Apr302020

Canon cameras can be used as high-quality webcams for your video meetings

Perhaps you want to improve the video quality of your next video call tremendously? If you're using a recent Canon camera and have a Windows 10 machine, you can do just that. The camera maker released a beta of its EOS Webcam Utility in the US that allows you to plug in supported cameras over USB to your Windows 10 machine and have that serve as your PC's webcam. The cameras can work with major video conferencing tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Now, we're hoping the feature makes its way here as well. You can see the list of supported cameras under the cut.

Unfortunately, this option isn't available for Mac users. One way to use an external camera is by using a capture card with a broader selection of cameras. Now, if you don't have a Canon camera, The Verge reports that you can also use your camera of choice with an HDMI capture card or stick. But your camera should allow for clean HDMI video output.

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