It's 2024, and this video is still helping new people (ME!) 😅. Thank you, good sir!

Really good reviews!

Awesome comparison!

Nice video, i liked the calm way you described what you were doing and seeing. Usually these tec videos are screamy and jump on you like mad . But I am surprised you did not notice (or did not mention) the visible latency difference between the cheap capture stick and the avermedia. Especially if someone wants to Do live video conferencing this leads to his audio (coming from a microphon or Headset) to be out of sync with the video from the camera.

@MarkOakleyComics

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice that! Syncing is one of the main bugaboos with these cards. -OBS allows you to micro-manage delay offsets. That Avermedia card needs the user to put a 300 millisecond delay on the audio in order to line up. I didn't even think to try to adjust the cheap card correctly. Nice catch!

Thank you

It occurs to me that the differences between the two cameras had more to do with the old FD lenses I had mounted on them than the cameras themselves. The lenses were both made by Canon more than 20 years ago, but one was even older than the other and its glass is of a different quality. Maybe because of that, I think the a5000 performed better in a few areas than its big brother in these tests.

@adokapo

2 жыл бұрын

I love your style. I hope you do more tech stuff soon.

How many fps does the camera feed to the hdmi?

Thanks. I love my secondhand a5000. It's cheap and I've learned a lot about cameras using this crappy camera. And yes definitely a5100 looks better. I guess we can't ignore huge 4million pixel difference. But a5000 is still holding up good enough for youtube videos.

I’m not the sharpest tool in the box so….. I want to know if I order the SonyA5000 will it be good quality for streaming & KZread or is the A5100 worth it for quality? I already have the ElGato Cam link purchased, just want high quality but best price like most. Also the key thing that worried me was the part were you say the A500 displays the battery life & things & needs fixing to get rid of, is that a hard process?? As it’s making lean towards the A5100

@MarkOakleyComics

2 жыл бұрын

The a5100 is a better camera and personally, I think it's worth the extra if you can afford it. Though, realistically, most people won't be able to tell the difference. You have to pixel-peek to notice where the a5100 is stronger. Things like on my mic, there's a metal grill made out of criss-crossing wire mesh, and on the a5100, you can see it as it really is. On the a5000, however, it depending on the distance away from the lens, it creates an interference pattern due to some kind anti-aliasing effect. That might be where regular people would notice a difference. Otherwise, the difference is very slight. In the menu, you get a few more options on the a5100 and a more powerful color control with smaller divisions between gradients you can select, allowing you to get closer to the colors you are after. Also, the a5000 does need the clean HDMI hack run, (see the link in my description; I did a whole tutorial about how to do it).

@V10Vernon

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkOakleyComics Thank you for your video & response 😃

OMG Hysterectomy hahaha Watching this since we have an old A5000 and would love to make it as my webcam. Thanks, Mark :)

@MarkOakleyComics

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. -Be sure to watch 'part 2' to get the most out of it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaGizq-CYrWulpM.html Cheers!

hey, i've been looking for a way to turn off face smoothing. how do you do the digital zoom?

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

The face-smoothing thing is an irritation which may one day be solved. In the mean time, the digital zoom is activated by a convenient left/right rocker switch on the camera next to the shutter button.

@nohead_

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkOakleyComics on my cam it's normal zoom, do i then have to zoom all the way in to 50mm to get the digital zoom?

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

@@nohead_ Yes. -You zoom all the way through the mechanical zoom to its limit, where the next level of zoom is purely digital. Then you just nudge it by 1 percent, and skin smoothing goes away. -I use prime lenses, (with no zoom ability at all), so all that's available is the digital zoom. Works great!

I had a5100 in terrible condition. Sold it and kit lens and bought 2 a5000 in mint condition and one had nice lens with it. A5100 is really not worth that price difference. I wonder why they are so much more expensive? It is 90% same features.

While it's great that everybody is letting everyone know about these cameras, they've driven the prices up to rediculous levels. The a5000 retailed for like $600 with a lens. 🙄

Hello from Saint-Petersburg

Hey :) Can you suggest a Good wire too Charge it at the same time as mine Looses battery then Gains

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. The last good one I bought came from a convenience store spinner rack. Cost about $15.

I just found out that the digital zoom fix doesn't work when using kit lenses on a5000 and a5100, they wont allow a digital zoom until you fully zoom out optically first is not usable. I found a better fix though u may already know but if you turn off face detect (keep auto focus on though) as well as turn off soft skin in settings and together they will remain off while keeping the camera zoomed normally.

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

REALLY?? That's awesome! I'll have to try that out.

@TheCrispyChip

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkOakleyComics yep! I didn't even realize skin smoothing was still on for my last video and I was like ok I need a better fix xD I hoep it works for u!

How many fps does the camera sends to your pc? Also i could see some stuttering/frame frops. Is it just because of the live feed? Or is how it it sent to your pc?

@MarkOakleyComics

Жыл бұрын

Set the camera to the movie mode and alter the settings for video, (one of which is the FPS). For some reason, using the HDMI output in any of the other still photography modes results in poor video quality.

@ekstyeksty8238

Жыл бұрын

I mean in your video when you are comparing both cameras, there are frame drops and are very noticeable.

@MarkOakleyComics

Жыл бұрын

@@ekstyeksty8238 Your eye must be better than mine! It looks smooth to me. I can't recall the FPS setting I was using. Either 30 or 24. **** Edit Oh! I see it now! ("When you are comparing both cameras") Yes, there are frame drops! -Your eye IS better than mine. I had to look closely. Perhaps an artifact of whatever editing process I was using in Davinci Resolve? -It seemed to be happening with both the $15 capture card and the Avermedia card. It might also have been due to my computer. -I recently discovered a CPU hungry process which would sometimes eat up as much as 30% of the available cycles. I have since figured out how to kill that process.

@ekstyeksty8238

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkOakleyComics i agree. what Cpu do you use?

@MarkOakleyComics

Жыл бұрын

@@ekstyeksty8238 My new system has the problem solved. A quad-core i5, -with that cycle-hungry process killed. Much more reliable capture/rendering.

Sony a5000 seems to be more pink, while the a5100 seems a little bit green.

Have you a link of how to do that clean hdmi hack ?

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

Yes; I just added it to the description. Tutorial video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaGizq-CYrWulpM.html Cheers!

@PhilipJoyceMusician

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkOakleyComics that's brilliant. Can't wait to try this. Thanks.

Do these camera auto turn off after 30 mins? My cannon does that

@MarkOakleyComics

Жыл бұрын

They can be set to stay on always, or power down after a few minutes.

what is the firmware hack called?

@MarkOakleyComics

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it has a name, but I did do a video tutorial on it here... kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaGizq-CYrWulpM.html

to be honest i thought the a5000 looked better picture :)

Does a5000 turns itself off after a certain time??

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

When recording to an SD card, there is a half hour time limit, (which I believe can be removed with a hack). It also overheats after 10-20 minutes and will automatically shut down. However, when recording direct to hard drive over HDMI, they never shut down. I use a dummy battery for wall socket power, and just used one to record a 2 hour interview today. Worked fine.

@jannieschluter9670

3 жыл бұрын

Could you pretty please make a video about how to do the HDMI/HDD fix you talked about? Would mean a lot!!

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

@@jannieschluter9670 Okay. Give me a couple of days.

@MarkOakleyComics

3 жыл бұрын

@@jannieschluter9670 Okay. I just put a tutorial together and posted it! Check it out here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaGizq-CYrWulpM.html Cheers!