Re: Canon SX150 IS not working as webcam

Hubert Figuiere <[email protected]> Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:54:31 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.gphoto.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2020-08-22 16:38, Sumagna Das wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Canon Powershot SX150 IS. I cannot get it to work as a webcam
> using gphoto2 though it is on the supported list. i tried connecting using
> the steps mentioned in the page http://www.gphoto.org/doc/remote/
> 
> While connecting it via gphoto, i got the following errors
> "Sorry, your Canon camera does not support Canon Viewfinder mode:"
> 
> Please guide me in fixing this error.

It's unlikely to be possible. It's not even listed on that page that is 
for remote control (capture) "Supported" mean that at least we can 
download the images from the camera storage, which is the primary 
function of libgphoto2.

Cheers,

Hub