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This looks like it should compare favorably to the "real" camera + HDMI capture card solution. The lens is always the most important part of any camera setup,
by actually_a_dog 4y ago
This looks like it should compare favorably to the "real" camera + HDMI capture card solution. The lens is always the most important part of any camera setup, so if you get the right lens, you're probably gold.
- eropple 4y agoEhh. After a certain point that's true, but a lens doesn't help much with a garbage sensor, particularly one that has to be compensated for with huge exposure changes. (This is the core of why webcams are disappointing, not the lens.) I use a GH4 or G9 with a USB3HDCAP at my desk because I already have them and the glass, personally, and I know the sensor is not going to be a trailing problem behind the (cheap!) glass that I use.
- dekhn 4y agoThe sensor is an IMX179 which is a mainstay. I believe the sensor area is smaller, and probably higher noise than a DSLR or mirrorless, but for VC use, it's probably not going to make a difference.
- eropple 4y agoYeah, I looked--I am not a fan of most of the IMX series, but if it works for you, (unironically) great!
- dekhn 4y agoIn my case, the "lens" is a microscope objective and a long tube, but I've also tested it as a webcam. Arducam has a bunch of C-mount lenses, https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/35052708-55DC-4832-A0B6-A9451F99DF23/search?ref_=ast_bln&terms=c-mount https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/35052708-55DC-4832-A0B6-A... as well as nice USB webcams that let you choose from several sensors. https://www.arducam.com/sony/imx477/ https://www.arducam.com/sony/imx477/