What else you need to use it
Worked out from Canon’s own specifications and box contents for this model.
You need
- An HDMI capture card. Its picture reaches the computer through its HDMI output; the maker documents no USB webcam mode. Capture cards
Check first
- A clean picture setting. Set Output Onscreen Displays to Off and only the picture goes out over HDMI.
- A tripod or mount. Place it where it frames you, with its cables and power reaching it. Camera and microphone mounts
In the box
- An HDMI cable. It is in the box, with a mini HDMI plug at the camera end.
- A mains socket nearby. CA-110 compact power adapter, in the box. Auto power-off: only when running on its battery, after 3 minutes without use.
When this model makes sense
- Send its HDMI output to a capture card, because the maker documents no USB webcam mode.
- Zoom and frame the shot from across the room, where a webcam’s fixed wide lens can’t.
- Run it from mains power and turn off its on-screen information, then rehearse for the full length of your stream.
The Webcam versus camera guide weighs it against the other ways to fill the same role.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- Canon VIXIA HF R800
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Cameras
- Connection
- Connector shape
- Mini HDMI (Type C), output only; Mini-USB (mini-AB); 3.5 mm AV and headphone
- Video outputs
- HDMI, picture and sound
- Power input
- CA-110 compact power adapter, in the box
- HDMI output
- Yes
- Clean HDMI picture
- Set Output Onscreen Displays to Off and only the picture goes out over HDMI
- Auto power-off
- Only when running on its battery, after 3 minutes without use
- Sensor
- 1/4.85-inch CMOS, 1920 × 1080
- Lens
- 32x optical zoom, 38.5–1232 mm (35 mm equivalent), f/1.8–4.5
- Size and mounting
- Dimensions
- 53 × 58 × 116 mm without grip belt
- Weight
- 235 g body; 305 g with battery, card and grip belt
- In the box
- Included parts
- VIXIA HF R800 camcorder; CA-110 compact power adapter; BP-727 battery pack; IFC-300PCU/S USB cable; HTC-100/SS High Speed HDMI cable, mini HDMI to standard HDMI; Quick Guide
Check these conditions first
Not yet confirmed from Canon’s documents: USB webcam mode. We leave it out rather than guess.
For a camera, test the whole chain for as long as you stream: its HDMI or USB output into OBS, with the on-screen information turned off and the camera running from mains power. A camera made for recording can still switch itself off, overheat or stop its output partway through, and only a full-length rehearsal shows it.
What is included, and what may be missing
- VIXIA HF R800 camcorder
- CA-110 compact power adapter
- BP-727 battery pack
- IFC-300PCU/S USB cable
- HTC-100/SS High Speed HDMI cable, mini HDMI to standard HDMI
- Quick Guide
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Camera HDMI outHDMI cable → capture card HDMI in; capture card USB out → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a camera’s HDMI output going through a capture card into the computer. The camera capture checker asks what decides whether the VIXIA HF R800 stays live for a whole stream: a clean output, its power and any automatic power-off. The pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.