
Does My Camera Have a Clean HDMI Output?Įven if your DSLR has an HDMI output, the signal from most cameras either A) only works to review photos and videos you’ve already taken, or B) shows a live feed of what your camera is seeing, including all those other bits of detail around the edges like settings, focus points, etc. We’ll look at a variety of HDMI-to-USB adapters in a moment, but here are some things you need to know about your camera before you try to make this work. To make it work, you have to use the HDMI-out port on your camera and then convert that to a signal you computer can recognize as a webcam. Just plugging the USB cable into your computer won’t work, though. The technology to easily use a DSLR as a webcam has only been available for the last 10 years or so.
It’s not quite plug-and-play, though, so let’s look at how to use a DSLR as a webcam for video conferences. One quick fix to immediately have the cleanest, highest quality feed in the meeting is to repurpose another camera you already have and use a DSLR camera or camcorder as your webcam instead. Beyond camera angles, background distractions from working at home and bandwidth challenges, there’s the horrible video quality you get from the webcam built into their computer. One thing the majority of employees and executives are quickly learning is that making a good, professional impression during a video conference is very different from a face to face meeting. In the flurry of company activity in response to the 2020 Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, many offices are scrambling to maintain continuity using video conferencing platforms and other remote productivity tools.
