Software that turns Canon PowerShot digital cameras into webcams for video chat
EditBy: ExtraWebcam is the software that enables you to use Canon PowerShot series cameras as regular webcams for video conferencing, video recording, remote area monitoring, etc. You can use any Windows software that takes standard video Capture source as input. ExtraWebcam doesnt require from you any specific knowlendge for getting started, you only need to configure your video chat or other software to use ExtraWebcam Capture Source and have your camera connected to USB and powered on, the rest is done automatically - search for a connected camera and taking control over it.

Features

ExtraWebcam starts automatically when a chat or other application starts using ExtraWebcam videosource, or you can start it standalone at any time clicking on its desktop or menu icon. When it starts automatically its main window doesnt show up so if you want to check settings or use viewfinder click on ExtraWebcams tray icon to make the window visible.

Main window has Connect checkbox, when ExtraWebcam is being used by another application camera connects automatically, in this case CONNECT switches viewfinder video on and off, when running standalone CONNECT initiates camera connection/disconnection.
Videosource Box has four items: None disables video output, Live Viewfinder selects 320x200x30fps streaming video, Single Shot makes output of manually taken still images up to 640x480 resolution, Interval Shooting mode automatically takes pictures with a configurable interval, the resolution is up to 640x480.
AF Lock checkbox locks current Focus so interval shooting doesnt refocus before each frame, it takes less time of taking a shot and its useful when you want to make a video from saved pictures and wish to keep same focus for all frames.
Refocus button Forces camera to refocus in Live viewfinder mode.
Log tab contains a text log of connection/disconnection process, software update events.

Camera settings tab has various shooting parameters controls. you can free download ExtraWebcam 2.0.0.112 now.