$30 billion company want's you to pay $5 for using your own camera as a webcam
  • Tramort@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You start to feel badly for legacy tech manufacturers like Canon.

    Then they do things like this, and suddenly I am happy to see them die.

    You can’t treat your customers with contempt and not expect them to return the sentiment.

      • Tramort@programming.devEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Well this policy seems like a good way for them to nip that in the bud. Customer contempt is toxic to brand loyalty.

        • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I’d be surprised if most people knew or cared, sadly.

          Especially if most big companies are moving in that direction, people get used to the suck and think of it as our new normal.

    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I have such fond memories of shooting on my old Canon DSLR.
      It’s been 20 years since I bought my last DSLR (life, you know?) and I recently started thinking that maybe I should buy another before they close out the DSLR product line.

      A huge disappointment to see this enshitification.

      • FellowEnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        There’s a reason mirrorless is here to stay, the autofocus is basically cheat mode compared to a DSLR. I do miss some aspects of the optical viewfinder though.

        • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, I know. And I know there’s way more market demand for mirrorless, as well as simpler mechanicals, so they have less failure points, but do I ever love the sound and that subtle feeling of a mirror slapping up and the shutter flicking out of place.
          The feedback that offers when you capture a photo feels like you’re doing something ‘real’ when you take a photo. Everyone knows that you captured that moment. Those photons are yours forever, trapped in your little art-making box.

          It’s kind of romantic, in a way. I feel like modern tech is great, but tends to be inscrutable.

          • FellowEnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Absolutely, while being able to silently capture a 30FPS burst is kinda magic, it just feels wrong. I still shoot with mechanical shutter (at least second curtain), basically for the feels (and the extra bit depth).

    • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Salesforce, that’s why. It started with them and now it’s the first thing regarded MBAs from Ivy league “top” universities consulting on behalf of McKinsey, PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte recommend to any Ctype position as soon as they are onboarded. If there was a virus that deleted consulting and marketing firms from the face of the earth, I’m positive we could end war and world hunger in a decade.

  • dan00@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I need to buy a camera for recording some easy shots indoor (explainer videos, tutorials, vlogs etc…). I already have an old basic canon for photos. Does anyone have any tips?

    • Amon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Remember that GNU was founded after RMS had to deal with proprietary software on peripherals

  • jaschen@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Sony gave us that webcam feature for free. Please don’t get any bright ideas, Sony.

  • Grimm665@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I found a way to use my old Nikon as a webcam using an HDMI capture card. Hooked it up to the camera’s mini HDMI port and wham! had a working webcam!

    But after thirty minutes, it would always switch off the live view, so i was left with a camera feed of the menus. Turns out this is an import restriction so it can be imported as a “still camera” and not a “movie camera” for significantly less taxes.

    Enter some wonderful soul who found a way to hack the firmware to allow live view to stay on continuously, so now it works great as a webcam!

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There are so many apps that will let you use your SLR or phone as a webcam. I’ve played around with a few, because I use 1 old phone and an older SLR as cameras for FBT in VR.

    Shit is kinda ridiculous that it doesn’t just show up in the OS as a fuckin’ camera without some “hacking.” It should literally work out of the box.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The funny thing about my camera (DC-G9), is that it obviously had the 30-minute limit, as required by the WTO. But at the end of that limit, it seamlessly stopped recording and started recording to a new file, thus making two separate recordings that you just had to stitch together later in post.

    Since 2019 however, it got a firmware update after the limit was no longer required by the WTO. It now records to a single file without limit. Or so I’m told, I use mine for stills only, and almost never take any video. Oh, and it obviously works as a webcam.

    • TunaLobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I used that to turn an HX into a church service streaming cam. The zoom and quality were fantastic! It was far better than that knock off webcam they had before. Literally saved thousands of dollars thanks to Sony releasing that software!