Originally posted by JPT Can anyone here give me some advice about using the K-01 as a webcam?
The HDMI output Only works in Playback mode, making it impossible to use it as a webcam or drive an external monitor.
Plugging in the HDMI cable swaps a K-01 in to playback mode too.
It's one of the Big Four Firmware faults we reported on from the day the camera was released, none of them have ever been addressed.
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Originally posted by kypfer Just checked with my K-5 (the nearest I've got, age-wise, to the K-01) and the LiveView screen appears on the computer monitor, no problem. I rarely use LiveView on the K-5, so there's all sorts of icons and stuff littered all around, but it does work, would just need tidying up for web-cam purposes.
Would that be from the Analog output - IIRC, the K-5 doesn't have HDMI at all.
Analog isn't high enough quality for Zoom or Skype or Teams.
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Originally posted by JPT Great advice about doing a test with my monitor before buying a capture card. I think I'll do that. I can do a test of the output quality and how long the battery will last.
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You can even ask me about the Pentax KA 35 f2 in front of my Sony NEX-VG900E, and access knowledge on lighting and sound specific to streaming.
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Originally posted by JPT Something weird just struck me. With a massive lull in the traditional camera market and huge demand for webcams in 2020, not one of the camera companies thought to start producing consumer webcams. When I look at the options, it's basically Logitech or little-known Chinese makers. With the brand image they have, they could probably charge a premium.
How hard could it be for a company like Ricoh? They should be able to make an above average webcam. It would be be like making half a Theta. And for a company in the office automation business, they surely have a channel to sell it to businesses as well.
Yup, y'd think it would be a no-brainer.
Sony cameras with Wifi can be set up to do it, Canon quickly pushed out a firmware update to stream out of the USB port in to a PC or Mac or even a phone!
Sony has released the brand new Xperia Pro phone that does HDMI in and can control and upload media in the background off a Sony MILC's USB while viewing the image by the HDMI.
Pentax would need to fix the Video firmware before they could add any sort of streaming output, which honestly, should be possible at 720 and 1080 via the USB2, or 720 alone via the WiFi enabled SD Cards