HOW TO… Usey our digital camera as a webcam
What you need: A digital camera Time required: 30 minutes
Webcams aren’t the best devices on which to chat with friends. With tiny lenses and small sensors, their image quality can be poor, and the angle from which they film you forces friends and family to stare at a magnified forehead or look up your nose.
And if you don’t have a webcam built into your laptop, you might also have found it difficult to buy one this year. When coronavirus took hold and lockdown first began, tech shops quickly sold out. It was understandable. With so many office workers setting up in a spare bedroom to comply with social-distancing rules, businesses snapped them up, leaving consumers wondering where all the webcams had gone.
Fortunately, if you have a digital camera, you may not need a webcam. Here, we’ll show you how to set one up for use with programs like Skype, Zoom, YouTube and Google Meet. Even if you have a webcam built into your laptop, we’d urge you to
