Use a Sony Mirrorless Camera (A7) as a Webcam 📸

[nelsonic]

https://youtu.be/V3GvGJ-4VLQ
See description / comments for Mac instructions.

[nelsonic]

Mac setup: https://youtu.be/OCwRY06cAW4

[nelsonic]

Image Edge Webcam software: https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/webcam/en/download ⬇️
According to @kojiwakayama the latest version is "plug-and-play" for recent Sony A-series cameras. 🙌

[nelsonic]

Downloaded:

Installing it now:

Lame that it requires me to restart my Mac before I can use it ... 🙄
Might have to leave this till later today.

[nelsonic]

Restarted Mac, but sadly my camera is not recognised by Zoom ...
It appears as one of the options in the Video source selection:

But the image does not appear:

So I'm watching this tutorial now: https://youtu.be/Yx_LCnT2AGI

[nelsonic]

After much head-scratching and retracing steps, I read through the comments on YT and decided to try a different USB cable!

Camera works now!

Ignore the unattractive subject. The point is that the camera works as a Web Cam! 🎉
Sadly the A7 (MK1) is not supported. But that's OK. There are still plenty of other uses for it. 👍