... and I'd love to have this if it just modified the firmware of my camera to act as a webcam native webcam.<p>As is, this is a cumbersome kludge.<p>Perhaps future cameras will have this option. But I doubt it. My expectation is that the camera market will continue to shrink as companies like Sony have completely missed the concepts of ecosystems, open standards, compatibility, and people wanting to do anything Sony didn't predict. At the same time, the imaging market will continue to grow with lower-quality but standard, compatible devices like cell phones and webcams.<p>It also leaves most A-mount users out. Even cameras one generation back are left out (A99, A77). Sony basically shat on its entire userbase in the move to E-mount. Perhaps Canon, Nikon, or Panasonic will pick them up. But I doubt that too.<p>There's an increasingly narrow niche which big cameras are forcing themselves into. Older users aren't always moving from dying mounts. Newer users expect apps and interoperability. I'm wondering how much longer this whole house-of-cards will last.<p>Olympus just gave up claiming "market conditions." The problem is always outside....
Soo many questions.<p>Why is this not a firmware addition? Why is this windows only? Why the ILCE-5100, but not the ILCE-6000 which is _super_ popular? Why is the PlayMemories App stuff still a unusable mess?<p>Sorry, was maybe a nice idea in the beginning, but the execution is disappointing. I'll stick to my capture cards and stay on the lookout for a proper camera. The zcam e2-m4 is looking better every day I have to work with this stuff...
At this point I would just buy a $12 HDMI to USB dongle and side step the need for any of these apps. Way better, no new software required, no OS specifics.<p>Ex: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daS5RHVAl2U" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daS5RHVAl2U</a>
I own Sony cameras and like them, but all the software they make to connect to the camera is bad period. They should just enable the camera to act as a webcam via firmware update.
Was pretty surprised no mac option or even a timeline for mac availability but looking at the resolution supported which isn’t even HD seems we are not missing out on much and more just a feature that want to be able to say they have like the competitors even if not useable.
SIGMA fp works as a UVC camera, out of the box and without special drivers[0]<p>[0]: <a href="https://blog.sigmaphoto.com/2020/the-sigma-fp-as-a-live-stream-web-camera/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.sigmaphoto.com/2020/the-sigma-fp-as-a-live-stre...</a>
Aside from the lens, sensor size, and the huge amount of power to run a consumer camera compared to a webcam on your laptop, are there major differences in the output format or video processing? Turning one into the other always seems like such a big deal/problem.
If the raspberry pi with its new 12MP sensor could run as a webcam, someone could make a ton of money packaging them up for HN users.<p>=========<p>EDIT - for a Mac