Can I use my digital camera as a webcam?

i know my computer has built in isight but its very limited to movement and angles, i was wondering if there is any way i can use my cannon powershot a610 as webcam? thanks!

Even if the camera can take video, I don't think so. This is because the camera has been programmed to save video and pictures to the memory card. Besides, even if you could export the video being recorded, I don't think any of the iMac's applications that use iSight will recognize the camera as a webcam.
Hope this Helps
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Dave,Welcome to Apple Discussions.
iChat in Panther allows the use of any camera with a Firewire connection. This little piece of software says it allows you to do the same with any USB camera (which I assume yours is).
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the iSight camera *****. I have a 12mp canon digital camera, can i use that in lieu of iSight to use in iChat and Facetime?
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Hi,
The External iSight camera has a 640 X 480 pixel picture as do the early internal ones.
Later versions of the iSight camera have 1.3mp resolutions and the latest are HD.
However iChat only sends a max size or 640 X 480 picture and that is dependent on your Processor and Internet Speed. (And to some extent that of your Buddies)
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It is mainly about what input the computer accepts and what the camera has as output.
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If the Video it may do can be sent of USB that will need to be USB 2.0
Again the format will need to be the type that iChat uses (or the OS software converts).
For most Stills cameras this is impossible.
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