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I upgraded my video and audio setup during the pandemic since I figured even at up to $1k it was cheaper than the office space it was replacing. After about a

by quartz 4y ago

I upgraded my video and audio setup during the pandemic since I figured even at up to $1k it was cheaper than the office space it was replacing. After about a month of research I was surprised to find how difficult it was to evaluate options and how few of those options were plug-and-play. I had assumed the explosion in livestreaming over the last few years would mean best practices would be easy to find and great high quality cameras purpose built for streaming would exist, but didn't find that to be the case at all. Ultimately I took a chance on a heavily discounted open box ZV1 but it wasn't until I married it with a 4k capture card (USB streaming was meh), a key light (lighting matters so much!), a mic (& arm to hold it), AND an ali-express battery-to-dc connector (so it could run all day) that I finally hit the sweet spot of "clearly better" and "easy to use all day". Worth it in the end, but a lot of work.

clan 4y ago
Seen a lot of "meh" videos. But Julie Schiro has made a few actually good videos https://m.youtube.com/c/JulieSchiro/videos https://m.youtube.com/c/JulieSchiro/videos Personally I just wish that people would invest in a cheap $20 or so lavalier microphone.
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  Note that going that cheap on a lavalier only works if it is hard wired. If you are going wireless you are easily busting $150.
derekdahmer 4y ago
This is my exact experience, except with an A6000 that I already owned. I wouldn’t recommend it for most people since like you said there’s a lot of accessories required to get a good result, but for people like me who enjoy iterating on their home office setup it’s a fun project. My favorite feature of DSLR/MILC webcams is the depth of field effect. It’s pretty subtle, but adds an air of professionalism vs the default zoom background blur feature. I’ll probably get key lights at some point but in the mean time I’m using regular floor lamps with Hue bulbs, which does let me do things like play with the light color. I’ve found a very slight purple hue in the background really makes the foreground pop.

by quartz 4y ago

clan 4y ago

Seen a lot of "meh" videos. But Julie Schiro has made a few actually good videos https://m.youtube.com/c/JulieSchiro/videos https://m.youtube.com/c/JulieSchiro/videos Personally I just wish that people would invest in a cheap $20 or so lavalier microphone.

vorpalhex 4y ago
Note that going that cheap on a lavalier only works if it is hard wired. If you are going wireless you are easily busting $150.

derekdahmer 4y ago

This is my exact experience, except with an A6000 that I already owned. I wouldn’t recommend it for most people since like you said there’s a lot of accessories required to get a good result, but for people like me who enjoy iterating on their home office setup it’s a fun project. My favorite feature of DSLR/MILC webcams is the depth of field effect. It’s pretty subtle, but adds an air of professionalism vs the default zoom background blur feature. I’ll probably get key lights at some point but in the mean time I’m using regular floor lamps with Hue bulbs, which does let me do things like play with the light color. I’ve found a very slight purple hue in the background really makes the foreground pop.