How to use video camer as Webcam?

I have a Sony PD150 and want to use it as a webcam. Does anybody know how to do this? Can this be accomplished with some free software?
Thanks
chephoto

Plug the camera into the mac via firewire. Put the camera into camera mode - as opposed to VCR mode.
Open iChat. It should recognize any firewire input videocamera. iSight is firewire.
The problem you will have, depending on your application, is that after being in standby mode for a while, with no action, will force to camera to sleep. Maybe you can tweak this in the PD150 though and force it to supress the sleep mode. Don't know.
But you've already got everything you need - hardware/software related. Just a matter of whether or not the potential quirks can be eliminated/dealt with.
EDIT: PS - Welcome to the forum....

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