With an adapter, you can turn your Fuji Finepix camera into a webcam.
The FinePix A820 is a digital camera from Fuji. It has 8.3 megapixels and came out around 2007. You can use the camera as a webcam provided that you have a USB video capture adapter. This inexpensive device will allow you to connect your camera to your PC and use the video feature on it the same way that you would use a webcam.
Instructions
1. Plug your audio video cables into the A/V jack on your camera. This is on the control panel on the back or side.
2. Connect the color-coded cables from the USB video adapter into the corresponding colors on the A/V cables that you connected to the camera. So the yellow goes to yellow, white goes to white and red goes to red.
3. Turn your PC on and connect the adapter to an open USB port on your computer. You will get a message that says "New Hardware Found." A window will appear asking you to install the drivers. Click "Have Drivers" and "Browse." Insert the CD that came with the USB adapter into the CD ROM drive, click "Next" and wait for the drivers to finish installing. Click "OK" when the installation is complete.
4. Turn your Fuji Finepix camera on and go to the "Menu" and switch it to "Video" mode.
5. Go to the "My Computer" icon. Look under "Removable Drives" and there will be an icon for the Fuji FinePix camera. Click on it and a screen will appear with a picture of whatever the camera is seeing.
6. Go to the "Start Menu" and launch the video chatting software you use. If you don't have one, consider using Skype, ICQ or MSN Live. Once it is open, go to "Options" and "Video Settings." Find your camera in the drop-down menu and select it. Click "Save."
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