Comment by jolmg
1 day ago
> and they should—due to the lack of standards—provide software that allows you to use their cameras as intended.
There is a standard:
1 day ago
> and they should—due to the lack of standards—provide software that allows you to use their cameras as intended.
There is a standard:
Yes, the articles complaints (no free way to use it as a webcam, 30 minute limits etc.) doesn't seem to apply to many camera brands apart from Canon.
And Canon's marketshare has been declining for years
https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/content/latest-from-mpb/2024-chall...
Sony encourages their use for vlogging/youtube because that's a huge market and let's you plug in HDMI to your computer without using special software
It doesn't apply to Canon's recent cameras either. The R1, R5 Mark II, R6 Mark II, R8, and R50 have built-in UVC support now.
devil's advocate, but this is not "using the cameras as intended". This is a camera for photography, I don't think a common person would see it and think "this is intended as a webcam".
On the one hand, perhaps this fixed software should be a one-time purchase and not a subscription. However, if this software was provided for free, what incentive would the management at Cannon have for investing into updating the software for MacOS when it inevitably breaks? I think there is a small subset of users using this camera as a webcam, and frankly I'm surprised Cannon even has an official app.