Using digital cameras as Webcams
Using Sony cameras as a Webcam A5100 Use HDMI to Thunderbolt converter. Use digital zoom to remove skin smoothing. Chris Marquardt 3.61K subscribers The Sony alpha 5100 is a promising camera. It has an APS-C sensor, it's small and affordable and for use as a streaming camera, it provides clean HDMI output. HOWEVER, there are several issues with it that you have to overcome first to use it as a studio camera. Issue 1: supply permanent power. Issue 2: focus jitter with certain 3rd-party lenses. Issue 3: overheating. Issue 4: a firmware bug that makes it near impossible to disable skin smoothing on the HDMI output. It is NOT USEFUL as a vlogging camera due to its overheating issues and the lack of a microphone input. It works great as a stationary studio/streaming camera though. Chris shows how to tame the Sony alpha 5100 for this specific use case. Listen to the podcast episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mitl6... Amazon.com affili