01-18-2025, 01:39 PM
special,
I was outraged initially. However, after reading the article, I'm not annoyed nearly as much. Canon is selling hardware and offers an app that provides additional basic features free of charge. Want more features? Pay the fee for the higher level functionality. This is nothing unusual these days and, in actuality, something companies have been doing for decades.
Do I like it? No. Then again, would I use a $900.00 camera like a Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II as a webcam? No. I'd pay a one-time fee for a cam that is designed and intended to be a web cam. There are any number of great webcams out there for under $100.00 that'll do the job nicely and it won't require special software (non-subscription or subscription) for full functionality.
This assumes the cam is being used in conjunction with a computer. If not, then I'd find a free or cost effective alternative to using the $900.00 camera as a webcam, i.e. my iPhone.
Robert
I was outraged initially. However, after reading the article, I'm not annoyed nearly as much. Canon is selling hardware and offers an app that provides additional basic features free of charge. Want more features? Pay the fee for the higher level functionality. This is nothing unusual these days and, in actuality, something companies have been doing for decades.
Do I like it? No. Then again, would I use a $900.00 camera like a Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II as a webcam? No. I'd pay a one-time fee for a cam that is designed and intended to be a web cam. There are any number of great webcams out there for under $100.00 that'll do the job nicely and it won't require special software (non-subscription or subscription) for full functionality.
This assumes the cam is being used in conjunction with a computer. If not, then I'd find a free or cost effective alternative to using the $900.00 camera as a webcam, i.e. my iPhone.
Robert