What Do You Need To Use Your Camera As a Webcam?

[TechMasterMind]

I have a Panasonic GH1.

It does not have USB unless it is some alien revision of it. It has a mini hdmi out.

I do not have a 4k capture card.

It does not support panasonics new software for this.

 

So basically all guides so far have been useless to me. Please help.

 

When I tried this with my phone you simply needed a usb cable and software.

 

Thanks a million in advance.

[jaslion]

Get a capture card plug the hdmi into it, put the capture as the to be displayed image for the webcam and done.

[TechMasterMind]

11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Get a capture card plug the hdmi into it, put the capture as the to be displayed image for the webcam and done.

So, no usb?

Hdmi out -> capture card -> usb in on the motherboard of my pc?

Won't a £10 capture card be worse quality than bascically any other solution?!?

[GDRRiley]

2 hours ago, TechMasterMind said:

Won't a £10 capture card be worse quality than bascically any other solution?!?

I've got one of the super cheap 15$ 1080p 30 ones and it looks pretty good.

best your going to get anyways is 720p 30 or 1080p24

[Action_Johnson]

Easiest might be to use the Panasonic program, and buy the cheapest supported camera?

I use OMD Webcam with great success, it's nice to be able to just plug it in with one cable, and have it just work. Been using an E-M1.2 with a 17mm f/1.8 mounted to my desk using a magic arm. ISO 400 @ 1/60th f/1.8, and be there. It's neat.

 

For lighting, I just turn off the florescents in the room, turn on a desk lamp in the background, stick a D1 on a C-Stand, bounce it off the wall above the monitor, and turn on the modeling lamp. Done. Looks super pro.