today we're going to talk about this, the
sony fdr-x3000
that's quite a mouthful but trust
me this camera is a great addition to
any live streaming setup
there are three main reasons that we
love this camera one
you can mount it just about anywhere two
the video quality is
awesome for both live streaming and
recording purposes and
three it outputs a good clean signal to
a video switcher or an encoder,
okay let's break it down a little more
so like i said you can mount this camera
just about anywhere
it's got a quarter inch screw mount
located directly on the body of the
camera
this gives you the flexibility to mount
the camera on a tripod
a light stand a wall mount or even an
inexpensive clamp like this
i mean look at that alright so more
importantly let's talk about the video
quality
the fdr x3000 can record 4k video
at 30 frames per second which looks
great if you absolutely need to record
in 4k
but if you're using this as an action
camera or for live streaming purposes
you'd probably be happier recording in
1080p and getting 60 frames per second
for live sports and action shots 60
frames per second is gonna look smoother
plus you can slow it down in post if you
need to
no matter what resolution you decide to
use i think you're really gonna like how
this camera looks
so far we've used it in a variety of
scenarios and always been happy with the
color
image quality and it even performs
halfway decent and low light considering
that it's a consumer grade camera
oh and let's not forget you can also
record in 1080p at 120 frames per second
if you want that
super super slow motion effect
the fdr x3000 also has a built-in
balance
optical steadyshot or boss for short
basically
the lens itself moves to compensate for
any excessive movement or vibrations
which enables smoother stable videos
now compared to what i've seen with the
latest gopros i'm not really blown away
with this feature
but it's not bad, so probably the most
important feature of this camera for the
live production users is the ability to
output a clean signal over hdmi
we've had mixed results when trying to
output a signal from various gopros so
we're actually pretty stoked to find an
action camera that can output a clean
signal
and it'll do it over 1080p 1080i or even
4k if you need it
now one thing to consider with this
camera is the field of view is
super wide to the point where it makes
everything in your frame seem really far
away
so you'll want to put the camera really
close to your subjects to get a decent
view
that being said you do have the option
to select between two other settings
that will zoom in
and narrow the field of view but you're
going to lose a little bit of video
quality as you get more narrow
to show you what i mean here's a shot
that's fully wide
this is on the medium setting standing
in the same spot
and here it is on the most narrow
setting
and another very underrated feature this
camera can be powered over micro usb
so if you're using it for long form
content you can just attach a usb power
pack and it'll run forever
and check this out there's an eighth
inch mic input here too which can
definitely come in handy for setups
without a separate audio mixer
we primarily use this as a bonus shot
when we record and live stream multi-cam
events
usually it makes for a good
behind-the-scene shot or we'll show an
entire room to set the stage for your
viewers
or whatever else you can think of to
immerse your viewers into the experience
we also actually use it as an overhead
view for a cooking show that we produce
and we love how easy it is to hide it in
the kitchen right in front of our hosts
a lot of times we'll mount it to a light
stand like this with a battery pack
which is
very professionally rigged to the pole
to keep it charged throughout the event
then we'll either output the video to a
wireless hdmi transmitter
which shoots a feed to a switcher on the
receiving end or we'll just convert the
hdmi output to sdi and run a really long
cable
it really all just depends on the event
we're streaming so that's about it
to learn more about this camera or any
of the other gear we talked about in
this video
check out the links in the description
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