Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?

Canon's EOS Webcam Utility Pro provides full 60 fps video and most of the features you'd expect out of a webcam that cost hundreds fewer dollars .

If you pay $ 5 per month, or $ 50 per year, you can connect one camera, with one default scene, at 720p , 30 frames per second .