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There is another option: You can buy relatively high quality PTZ cameras designed for low-end broadcast (HoW and legislative mostly). Some will output to USB, a
by 542458 4y ago
There is another option: You can buy relatively high quality PTZ cameras designed for low-end broadcast (HoW and legislative mostly). Some will output to USB, at the higher end you’ll need to capture SDI, NDI, or 2110.
I have a coworker with this setup and it’s easily the best video quality I’ve ever seen on a teams call even in his fairly dark room.
- joshspankit 4y agoI’d ask you to find and share the model number they used, but I feel like it would be OOS by the time I remembered to look, then come back at 3-6X the price.
- demuxxed 4y agohttps://www.photo4less.com/product/bzgear-ptz-full-hd-1080p-10x-zoom-hdmi-sdi-usb-3-0-live-streaming-camera/ https://www.photo4less.com/product/bzgear-ptz-full-hd-1080p-... The “professional video” category has quite a few
- spockz 4y agoThe insta360 sells at about €300-350 including VAT. This is $1000 EX. Is the video quality that much better? Or is there some other feature that justifies the price?
- 542458 4y agoA lot of PTZ cameras have fairly large sensors compared to webcams or phones, and unlike a phone or DSLR they’re designed to be operated continuously so they shouldn’t overheat.
- jtbayly 4y ago> is there some other feature that justifies the price? Physical lens zoom on most of those, with decent lens sizes, but that's not that helpful for a Zoom call, unless you've got a very weird setup.
- coryrc 4y agoPTZ = pan tilt zoom SDI is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface NDI and 2110 are video-over-IP standards. https://renewedvision.com/blog/guide-to-video-standards-sdi-hdmi-ndi-and-smpte-2110/ https://renewedvision.com/blog/guide-to-video-standards-sdi-... HoW I can't figure out.
- zerocrates 4y agoI think in this context it's "house of worship."
- phinnaeus 4y agoHouse of Worship maybe
- dylan604 4y ago> low-end broadcast (HoW and legislative mostly) I like how the original comment was kind of slagging HoW and legislative to the lower realms of quality. For the most part, that's going to be true, but there's definitely edge cases. I run in weird circles having grown up in HoW production and moving into cinematic production. One of the megachurches in town is one of Sony's flagship install locations. They always have the top end equipment that even some production houses can't get yet. The amount of money that flows through these places is flabbergasting. Their control rooms are better equipped than some of the live sports trucks I've been in. The only thing they are missing is the crew of slo-mo operators. They have a couple of seats for shaders, they have chyron ops, they have technical director, director, multiple sound boards (one for record, one for stage, one for broadcast), and just an incredible amount of gear overall. Yes, this is said from a state of jelly.
- 542458 4y agoWasn’t try to slag HoW at all[*]! Just a lot of cheap broadcast PTZs are built with more price sensitive customers in mind, who often come from legislative, corporate or house of worship. You can absolutely find high-end sophisticated productions in all those fields, but the field also has much more of a low-end (both in terms of cost and in terms of production complexity) than you’ll normally find in most more traditional broadcast verticals. * I actual have a love for HoW as a vertical because they’re much more willing to try wild or experimental things with their production since they often have a greater tolerance for things going wrong and often have entire days of downtime between shows to tinker. This is probably part of why they’re a Sony flagship - willingness to run beta software! I know of at least one other vendor who has churches as beta testing sites…
- tjoff 4y agoA much much more expensive option? PTZ is really nice but for normal webcam use doesn't add much.