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Digital Camera As A Webcam

  • 22-05-2010 12:46am
    #1
    Dezboz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi All,

    I was wondering does anyone know/can suggest a digital camera (compact,not SLR) which can be used as a webcam,with a fairly high resolution? Any suggestions?
    Any also what cables I would need to go from the camera to the PC?

    Dezboz


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  • #2
    firstprime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭firstprime


    http://www.ehow.com/how_2066824_use-digital-camera-as-webcam.html

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9Nr_gDfr4

    these should help you, they show yo what you need to look for in a camera, how to set it up and i think the video says what cables you need.

    all thanks to our good friends over at google ;)


  • #3
    Saggitarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Saggitarius


    Dezboz wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I was wondering does anyone know/can suggest a digital camera (compact,not SLR) which can be used as a webcam,with a fairly high resolution? Any suggestions?
    Any also what cables I would need to go from the camera to the PC?

    Dezboz


    Why do you need a Hi-res webcam? Any usually compact digit cam can do this job as webcam softwares allowed.


  • #4
    Dezboz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Dezboz


    Saggitarius wrote: »
    Why do you need a Hi-res webcam? Any usually compact digit cam can do this job as webcam softwares allowed.

    Webcam may not be the correct description, sorry, for long distance bird watching thru a scope with the camera attached to the scope and the camera to a laptop where others may view the natural beauty without having to take turns looking in the scope,if that makes any sence...

    Dezboz


  • #5
    Saggitarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Saggitarius


    Dezboz wrote: »
    Webcam may not be the correct description, sorry, for long distance bird watching thru a scope with the camera attached to the scope and the camera to a laptop where others may view the natural beauty without having to take turns looking in the scope,if that makes any sence...

    Dezboz

    Actually there are more ways to carry out this.
    1., Like you wrote firstly a webcam, some have fairly big resolution, but I have check it out, as I'm not sure it's just at taken picture so high or it's have in webcam mode as well
    2., A normal photo camera as webcam (my very old 2.1MPix know this function :) ) via USB
    3., A (HD?) video camera (composite video or firewire(?) ) and a digitizer in your computer (this is the most expensive solution)

    I just discovered on an another website that was my 2nd option, a Canon Powershot-S410 have remote capture over USB and high resolution 4MPix.


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