During the lockdown period there was a surge in the need for webcam and many, finding cameras with very high potential from the point of view of image quality in their hands, have wondered why they cannot be used for videochat, videoconferencing and webinar . A legitimate question to which the various producers have tried to answer as quickly as possible.
Many of them have made available in a short time applications and drivers to use reflex and mirrorless cameras in a simple way as webcam , making them recognized as such by the various programs ( Zoom, Slack, Google Meet, Skype, Microsoft Teams ) once connected via USB . Support initially arrived for Windows users , with the promise to please Mac users as well in the shortest possible time.
Sony had launched Imaging Edge Webcam for Windows at the end of August in version 1.0. Now the Japanese giant is making an update available for Windows users (version 1.1) and also releases the Mac version for Apple users , compatible with macOS 10. 13. 15 . The desktop application can be downloaded via this link.