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Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.Sony

Sony ZV-E10 II

Sony's video-first mirrorless camera, often pressed into service as a webcam

Video comes first in this APS-C mirrorless body: flip-out screen, microphone jack, clean output over USB. People filming to camera at a desk run one in place of a webcam, usually with a dummy battery so it never stops mid-session. The same body records to its own card, which covers shooting away from the desk.

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  • Federico ViticciDoes it

    Apple writer · founder of MacStories

    Films with a Sony ZV-E10 II, listed under podcasting and YouTube on his setup page, running off a dummy battery with a 12-inch ring light beside it. It replaced an Elgato webcam and key light on that page in January 2025.

    Source: MacStories: Our Setups

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