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This article is missing some very critical details.

Do you have to use the software from Cannon? What about any other webcam software that runs on Mac?

Does Cannon's software support non-Cannon webcams? IE, is it standalone software that the author prefers to use over other webcam software?

Is this a case where most customers will never use the webcam software, thus Cannon is "passing the savings on to them" by charging separately for the software?

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Canon, and yes you do, the camera is not recognized without the drivers installed. Actually, it barely works even with the drivers installed. There is a free version that I have had working in the past, to glorious success, with the Canon 1DX, but the current 5Div does nothing, and I don't want to pay to find out that it still doesn't work.

There's half a camera's worth of features in these things that people won't use, but they still pay for them.

I use a Canon EOS 90D via hdmi & streamlink, so yes there are alternatives.

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