Got our old DSLR (Rebel XSi) going as a webcam, and I appreciate the ~AESTHETIC~ but it’s hard to get it really close to the screen like a built-in webcam is. I have a WEBINAR in a couple weeks so might use it for that but not for daily meetingspic.twitter.com/qfjKXX0scT
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Here’s the same lighting and everything but with built-in MacBook webcam. Not sure the DSLR is worth the effort (Camera Live -> Camtwist -> Zoom, plus having to keep a battery ready for the camera)pic.twitter.com/AKeSkXUYrP
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Replying to @mendel
I have the same general approach - I use my mirrorless camera when doing presentations, recordings, etc, but I don't use them for regular video calls. also, you'd have better results if you didn't have that bright window behind you, but I suspect you know that :)
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Yeah, there’s blinds I didn’t bother closing. I’m surprised it worked at all, it’s the generation of Canon DSLR right before they had video (which also means no constant autofocus!). It _does_ go straight USB though, no HDMI adapter!
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If I did more than one event per… several years, I’d put more into it, but I think it’ll be a nice option to have around just in case
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On the upshot, your tweet got me to spend a little time on some more content in my Epic Blog Post Of All My AV Shit, so it might eventually get done at this point. (WIP link - https://github.com/mattstratton/writing/blob/master/dev.to/my-av-gear-2019/my-av-gear-2019.md …)
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wide boi also i am surprised you don’t have a fancy nerd keyboard
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well there’s always time!
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