Video conferencing and online classes are globally on the rise due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which means webcams are important pieces of hardware all of a sudden. Despite various advancements in technology, the quality of inbuilt webcams on a majority of laptops is still not up to the mark and that results in an inferior video calling experience. Moreover, high-quality webcams are becoming scarce in the market due to increasing demand. With all this in mind, Canon has released a new software dubbed EOS Webcam Utility Beta that lets Windows 10 users utilize supported Canon cameras for video calls.
- EOS-1D X Mark II
- EOS-1D X Mark III
- EOS 5D Mark IV
- EOS 5DS
- EOS 5DS R
- EOS 6D Mark II
- EOS 7D Mark II
- EOS 77D
- EOS 80D
- EOS 90D
- EOS Rebel SL2
- EOS Rebel SL3
- EOS Rebel T6
- EOS Rebel T6i
- EOS Rebel T7
- EOS Rebel T7i
- EOS Rebel T100
EOS Mirrorless Cameras:
PowerShot Cameras:
If you own one of the aforesaid cameras, all you have to do is visit EOS Webcam Utility Beta’s page, choose your camera’s model, download and install the software. Once it is installed, set your camera to Movie mode, connect via USB cable, and choose EOS Webcam Utility Beta as the webcam on the video-conferencing platform.
Canon mentions that the software is supported just in the US and will not be supported in other regions just yet. Also, Mac users are out of luck here at the moment. However, Canon says “additional operating systems may be available at a later date”.
