Unlike other technological products, webcams have not necessarily changed significantly in recent years. Their image quality does not compete at all with current smartphones and other cameras. This is also why many streamers and Youtubers use cameras to film themselves rather than webcams.
However, converting your camera to a webcam is not necessarily within everyone's reach. This is why Panasonic has developed software, Lumix Streaming, to help Internet users in this process. With the software, users just have to connect their hybrid camera to their computer, run the software and launch themselves into Lives or videoconferences.
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The software is actually derived from Lumix Tether, a program designed to control a device and take pictures remotely. In the state, the software did not allow to use his camera as a webcam since it displayed everything that was visible on the screen of the device. Essential information for taking photos and videos, but parasitic when using a webcam. This is why Panasonic modified it to give Lumix Streaming. The latter therefore allows filming without any information on the screen and with very high image quality.
Currently in beta, the software can be downloaded from the company website. Unfortunately, for now, only the Lumix camera models DC-GH5, DC-G9, DC-GH5S, DC-S1, DC-S1R and DC-S1H are compatible with the software.
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Note that Panasonic is not the first to offer such software. Other manufacturers before him had already developed similar programs, including Canon and Fujifilm.
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