Good camera for live streaming outdoor events?

kulmmii wrote:

mkfed wrote:

A more compact solution would be camera with USB streaming support, e.g. Sony A7M4, attach to android phone and stream online. But I think there are caveats like no Audio, and of course I don't see how that can run for hours. Maybe with a battery adapter to keep the camera going but the camera won't charge the phone AFAIK. The FX6 can charge the phone while attached via usb-c but that's not exactly a cheap camera 😅

Or get the Sony Xperia pro phone, it has HDMI input, separate usb charging input and comes with software for streaming from HDMI. Expensive device too but allows for a compact set-up with any camera.

haha yeah FX6 is a bit over my budget

I have Vmount D-tap 95Wh battery that I can use with cameras and phones..

That one should last you for 5 hours given you use some mirrorless camera and a low power HDMI to stream converter.

I just need to find perfect camera that has clean HDMI

I know my laptop maybe doesn't survive OBS-studio for hours but I was thinking if Yolobox could do it? or maybe a smaller computer that has bigger battery life like macbook air M1?

ATEM Mini pro (proposed in my first response) is similar to the yolobox but a bit cheaper, you can look into that one too. It can live stream to youtube, facebook, twitch and more. I personally am a fan of devices that do one job and are designed for it. Yes computers can do all of this but since you'll be taking photos at the same time you probably prefer a "set it and forget it" equipment, laptops might have changed configuration and go to sleep after a while, some other app eats cpu/ram and makes the stream choppy,...

For Macbook Air M1, I have one, I'll try to see what happens to the battery life if I stream with the OBS beta for apple silicon. I don't need to live stream in the field, but it's an interesting topic.

Fyi the Sony fdr-ax53 camcorder supports live streaming over phone wifi, however just to some weird IBM cloud it seems. It has 20x optical zoom, 4K and doesn't break the bank price wise (bigger problem will be availability). Maybe there are sane streaming implementations of other handycam manufacturers.