# SLR as a Webcam

DevFeed: [SLR as a Webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/slr-as-a-webcam-36974.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/slr-as-a-webcam/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2020-05-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webcam.md>), [hdmi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hdmi.md>), [zoom](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zoom.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>)

Tags: [camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/camera.md>), [hdmi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hdmi.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webcam.md>), [zoom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zoom.md>)

## AI overview

This personal technical account explores using an SLR camera as a webcam for Zoom without an HDMI capture card. It discusses Camera Live, CamTwist, iGlasses, and a macOS codesign command, while noting that the workaround affected Zoom microphone access and required downgrading Zoom.

## Source excerpt

As I built out my home studio to record videos for my distributed classes, I was lucky enough to be able to find an in-stock HDMI capture card, but those are harder and harder to find. As it turns out, you may be able to avoid the need for that with a mix of apps.