In recent months, most manufacturers have equipped their cameras with a new functionality, due to the needs of users caused by the coronavirus and the shortage of webcams. While it is true that we can use a smartphone as a webcam, not the best option or the most comfortable.
Nikon, Canon, Olympus, GoPro y Fujifilm it already allows us to use some of its cam models as a webcam. The last manufacturer that has added this functionality is the Japanese manufacturer Sony, who, through software that we can download from its website, allows turn your cameras into makeshift webcams.
In recent years, Sony has managed to change the market for both digital and mirrorless cameras, thanks to the Alpha range, a mirrorless model that has allowed it to lead sales almost everywhere in the world.
In order to use any of the compatible Sony cameras as a webcam, we have to download the software Imaging Edge Webcam, a software that is available for both Windows and macOS.
The cameras compatible with this software are the majority that use E, A and DSC mount. If you want to check if your camera is compatible, I invite you to check it directly at the same link where we can download the application.
This software is available for download as totally free and its operation, once installed, is the same that we can find in any webcam that we install on our computer.
To this day, all the main manufacturers of digital cameras already allow us to use our cameras as a webcam which it will allow us to make video calls with the best possible quality without having to buy additional quality webcams, whose price never drops below 100 euros.