Paul Minot
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 30 de junio de 2024
I've had this camera for a couple of years, working with it on and off, and have finally given up on it. The physical camera is outstanding for its cost--terrific lenses and sensor, with lots of control and no annoying automatic functions. Focus, brightness, and zoom are within your manual control, which makes it a great camera for a fixed placement--like my personal studio. And if you're satisfied with its regular 1080 HDMI output, this could be your perfect camera.However, its firmware has some major issues. It supposedly can record at 4k on an internal SD card, which was my aim so I could maintain quality of my video in the course of editing. But I never could crack the code on how to reliably start the internal recording function. The software menu was complete, but very difficult to navigate, and it gave you no visible evidence of when it was actually recording--no blinking camera icon, no clock progressing--I would just have to go on faith, and I repeatedly found that my faith was unwarranted. And the remote control is a cheap piece of plastic junk that worked sometimes, and other times didn't. The USB output is limited to 2.0, despite having a blue USB out--and is reliant on that flaky remote for its settings.Maybe you can crack the code that I couldn't, because a lot of people are very happy with this camera as is. It apparently functions very well as a streaming (not recording) camera--especially when used within OBS Studio, a popular freeware platform. (I tried recording within OBS Studio, but it couldn't do so in 4K--and when I recorded at conventional HD, individual glitch frames were for some reason inserted into the recordings, which made the clips useless.) And after many, many internet searches, I was NEVER able to find any guidance as to how to activate its internal 4k recording functions--which makes me wonder if anyone else even tried.However I was quite enamored of its optical hardware, and decided to purchase the MOKOSE 4K@30fps USB Camera--which apparently has the same kind of lens and sensor quality, but just a single USB 3.0 output to my computer that transmits 4K if I want it. No dysfunctional firmware, no flimsy remote, and regrettably no separate HDMI output--but 4K output to my computer, streaming into the software of my choice.
Customer
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 28 de marzo de 2024
The lens can be rotated so the screws face up as in the pictures. But do not try this unless you first loosen the 2 set screws which are located above and below the lens on the camera body. You will need a .05 inch allen wrench. Tighten set screws just enough to keep the lens body from rotating at the extreme limits of the 3 adjustments.
S. Hobbs
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 22 de marzo de 2024
I have 2 issues with it. I know nothing about lenses so the camera has to be far from me to get the size right. I have to look for the right lense to use it the way I want to use it. That’s not mokoses’s fault. Just make sure you understand lenses before buying.2nd. Using the remote to tum it off often has it turning itself back on. I have to unplug it to turn it off. Annoying
John
Comentado en el Reino Unido el 2 de febrero de 2024
good price for a camera with HDMI and USB out, Interchangebale C mount lenses easily available, whats not to like?
LizardPeople
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 12 de octubre de 2023
Update: I was getting the pieces of this together to return it and noticed there was a note with the instruction manual. See the picture. The last person they sold this to had returned it because of the missing pieces and put a note in the package (sepia was just a setting) and rather than doing anything about that they just resold it, without even taking out the note, presumably hoping the next person would just accept it with the missing pieces.I also find it interesting that it was on sepia, picture mode when the last person got it. Makes me wonder how many times this has been returned.This camera is ok - good because the internal hardware is in that range. If you look for hdmi cameras you will find several that look very similar and cost less and, as far as I can tell, have the same electronics inside. Menus look the same, video looks the same, etc.On the very negative side this doesn't appear to come with an AC adapter and requires 12 volts unless you're using the USB port, which I wouldn't recommend because the output is lower resolution. That's adding cost to a camera that already costs more than the it's near identical competitors.Worse yet is mine is missing two of the thumb screws that lock the lens in place for zoom and focus.I'll be returning this one.Don't do business with these people, I'm sick of getting used crap when I buy something new. I'm sure you are as well because it's becoming more and more frequent.