Sony Alpha 7
A 35mm mirrorless camera used as the studio webcam for virtual talks
Sony's Alpha 7 line of interchangeable-lens cameras. People running video from home use one in place of the built-in webcam: a bigger sensor, a real lens, and an HDMI output that feeds a capture box into the computer. It costs more and takes more cable than a laptop camera, and the difference on screen is hard to miss.
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- Seth GodinDoes it
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Listing what his studio holds, he names a Sony Alpha 7 35mm camera with a portrait lens. It is the video source for the virtual talks he does instead of travel, and he says he has done more than 300 Zoom calls in production environments with no issues.
Source: seths.blog: Seth Godin's Rider
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