Use LUMIX as a Webcam in Zoom & Teams via LUMIX Tether

Modern LUMIX cameras blow consumer webcams out of the water — a five-year-old GH5 with a kit lens looks better in Zoom than any €300 USB webcam built in 2025. The trick is getting that feed into Zoom or Teams. LUMIX Tether plus OBS Virtual Camera is the cleanest path; no capture card required.

Why not "Panasonic LUMIX Webcam Software"?

Panasonic's standalone LUMIX Webcam Software was retired in late 2023 because its features were merged back into the main LUMIX Tether app. If you find old guides telling you to install it separately, ignore them — Tether v2.x handles webcam mode natively.

Setup in seven minutes

Install LUMIX Tether v2.12 and OBS Studio (both free).
Connect the camera over USB-C, set USB mode to PC (Tether).
Launch LUMIX Tether → View → Hide GUI. The preview window goes borderless.
Resize the LUMIX Tether window to 1920×1080 and put it on a second monitor or virtual desktop you won't touch.
In OBS, add a Window Capture source pointing at the LUMIX Tether live view. Crop the title bar with Alt-drag.
Click Start Virtual Camera in OBS.
In Zoom / Teams / Meet, change the camera dropdown to OBS Virtual Camera.

Settings that actually matter

Set the camera's photo style to Standard, not Cinelike or V-Log — Zoom will compress to oblivion regardless and a flat profile only makes it look muddy.
Shutter at 1/100 s, ISO auto capped at 3200, aperture f/2.8 or wider for that "I have a real camera" depth-of-field.
Turn off the camera's auto-sleep — Zoom calls last longer than the default 5-minute timeout.
Power the camera from a dummy battery or USB-PD. Mid-call shutdowns are how people learn this lesson.

Latency

End-to-end latency is roughly 150–250 ms — fine for talking-head calls, noticeable for music collaboration. If you need sub-frame latency, drop LUMIX Tether and use a hardware HDMI capture card (Elgato HD60 X or Cam Link 4K) reading the camera's clean HDMI out instead. You lose remote camera control but gain about 100 ms.