New PODCAST 🎧 ep99 - What's the camera of the future? Trying out new features on CineD.com Listen or watch now!
LISTEN to PODCAST 🎧 ep99 🎬
What's the camera of the future?
Education for Filmmakers
Language
The CineD Channels
Info
New to CineD?
You are logged in as
We will send you notifications in your browser, every time a new article is published in this category.
You can change which notifications you are subscribed to in your notification settings.
Olympus OM-D Webcam Beta is a new application for Windows 10 computers that enables select Olympus OM-D cameras to be used as a webcam via the included USB-C tether cable. Currently working with the E-M1X, E-M1, E-M1 Mark II, E-M1 Mark III, and the E-M5 Mark II the app can be downloaded free of charge.
OM-D Webcam Beta for Windows. Source: Olympus
Even though Olympus recently announced the sad news about selling its imaging business until the end of this year, it obviously doesn’t stop them from bringing new updates. After almost all the other big camera manufacturers in recent months did this, Olympus now also released their software to add webcam capability with direct USB connection to its cameras – the OM-D Webcam Beta. What are its features?
The new Olympus OM-D Webcam Beta enables select cameras to be used as a webcam for streaming or videoconference. It only requires the camera to be connected via the USB-C tether cable to the computer. According to Olympus, this cable is included with every supported camera. The app is only available for Windows 10 computers at the moment.
Currently, the OM-D Webcam app supports the following cameras:
There is a useful video guide on Youtube that can help setting up the OM-D camera as a webcam via the OM-D Webcam Beta and use it with common applications such as OBS, Zoom, and Teams.
It is also worth noting that the OM-D Webcam Beta software does not output sound from the camera. You can use the internal microphone on a laptop as your audio input or connect a separate USB microphone.
The OM-D Webcam Beta software can be downloaded free of charge from this Olympus Support website.
Do you use an Olympus OM-D camera for your work? Are you going to use it as a webcam? Let us know in the comment section below the article.
Δ
Stay current with regular CineD updates about news, reviews, how-to’s and more.
You can unsubscribe at any time via an unsubscribe link included in every newsletter. For further details, see our Privacy Policy
Want regular CineD updates about news, reviews, how-to’s and more?Sign up to our newsletter and we will give you just that.
You can unsubscribe at any time via an unsubscribe link included in every newsletter. The data provided and the newsletter opening statistics will be stored on a personal data basis until you unsubscribe. For further details, see our Privacy Policy
Jakub Han is a freelance filmmaker based in Vienna. He is interested in new tech and trends in filmmaking and passionate about action sports and short documentaries. Jakub has over 10 years of experience with camera work and post-production.