Your essential guide to livestreaming events.
Livestreaming in high quality provides the audience with an equally engaging experience, helping them reach out to people throughout the globe. Here’s how livestreaming can give event organizers the edge over their peers.
Event Solutions
Corporate
Corporate
Corporate events generally happen on a big scale with multiple stakeholders, taking turns to address the audience Using livestreaming, organization leaders can not only address employees located in different regions, but also arrange for a QnA session where the employees are able to share their views and clear their doubts. Whether it’s a launch of a new product/service or an annual event to recognize the hard work put in by the employees, the advanced features of Sony cameras ensure the quality is maintained at all times. The Real-time Eye AF detects the subject’s eye when the shutter button is half pressed and helps you concentrate on the subject rather than focusing.
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Cameras
Performance Arts
Performance Arts
Performance art events such as music festivals and stand-up comedy have a lot of lights and sounds involved. Each aspect of these events is as important as the other in delivering maximum impact on the audience.
With Sony cameras and gear, you have the tools to make the most of such events and reach a wider audience. The Bokeh effect on Sony cameras creates beautiful lighting blurs to give your videos an artistic touch, enhancing the overall output of your livestream.
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Weddings/Birthdays
Weddings/Birthdays
. These days livestreaming events such as weddings, birthdays and anniversaries can be telecasted live so that family members who are living abroad can also be a part of itFor example, when the groom enters the wedding venue, while the bride sits in the waiting room, the entire ceremony outside can be telecasted live on a screen to help the bride be a part of it. Livestreaming destination weddings is also a popular trend these days, enabling the celebrations to reach beyond boundaries, in high-quality and crystal clear audio.
Sony’s fast and intelligent AF and bokeh effect are also some of the other smart features that improve the quality and output of livestreaming such events.
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Cultural/Religious
Cultural/Religious
Livestreaming cultural and religious events enables the hosts to reach a wider audience, reducing their dependency on on-ground events. It is also saves you the hassle of making on-ground arrangements and reduces the overall costs, substantially. Livestreaming also makes it possible to connect with a wide sets of audiences, available on different types of screens, be it mobile phones, laptops or cable TV.
Cultural and religious events with high footfall often require adjusting to different light settings. The clever AE transition makes rapid adjustments to different lighting conditions and softens the ambient lights. Sony’s reliable eye tracking in all conditions provides unimagined freedom of composition, enabling you to explore your creative expression like never before.
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How to do Livestreaming using Sony Products
FAQs
When looking to live stream using a single camera, one can opt for any of Sony Alpha or Professional camcorders. The entire process of live streaming through these two are quite simple and explained very well below. Live Streaming Solution using Sony Alpha Cameras
Live Streaming Solution using Sony Alpha Cameras
When looking to live stream using a single camera, one can opt for any of Sony Alpha or Professional camcorders. The entire process of live streaming through these two are quite simple and explained very well below.
Live Streaming Solution using Sony Alpha Cameras
While most live streams use multi-camera configurations, there are numerous situations where only one camera can suffice.
Step 1: To start with, Download and Install the Sony Webcam Utility Software.
Step 2: Connect Your Sony Alpha Camera to your Computer using the USB cable.
Step 3: If you are using external microphone, plug it into the computer / Laptop mic port.
Step 4: Open any one of the compatible video conferencing software ( Zoom, Microsoft teams, google meets, Facebook, YouTube, Skype ).
Compatible Alpha models are Alpha 6100 , Alpha 6400 , Alpha 6600 , Alpha 7M3 , Alpha 7RM3, Alpha 7RM4 , Alpha 9 , Alpha 9M2. Alpha A1, Fx3, A7S3
Events such as online learning modules, press conferences, electronic news gathering and internal corporate broadcast can be successfully conducted and captured with a simple one-camera set-up that uses a wireless camera to stream content. For this purpose, Sony India offers a wide range of Alpha cameras.
Live Streaming Solution using Sony Professional Camcorders
You do not need any additional device or software to live stream using PXW Z90 and HXR NX80. The wireless professional camcorder setup is widely applicable when you are in a situation where you do not have your desktops/laptops. The solution is ideal when you are away from your studio or workstations. Click here to know more about live streaming using professional camcorders.
If users are looking to live stream using multiple cameras, the Sony switcher is the right selection. It is an ideal choice for a wide range of live and recorded application ranging from pop concerts to weddings, educational seminars to corporate presentations, and meetings at houses of worship. Using the MCX-500, you can go beyond simply capturing an event to transforming it into an engaging and remarkable experience.
In the Multiple camera live streaming setup, the switcher is designed to expand the operations for full control of a multiple-camera shoot from different angles.
There is no need to worry about swapping out inputs during the production – the MCX-500 features no less than 8 video inputs (plus dedicated Title input) to easily accommodate any small-to-medium sized production.Remote commander is used to control camera settings including zoom in/zoom out, recording and manual settings like Aperture, Shutter speed and ISO. You can control up-to 3 cameras simultaneously using this remote commander.
It also has a unique feature to simultaneously live stream both on Facebook as well as on YouTube.
| Category | Model | USB Streaming - Laptop | USB Streaming - Smartphone | Wireless Live Streaming | Streaming via Capture Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point & shoot | ZV-1 | Yes 1 | Yes 2 | No | Yes 4 |
| RX-100 VII | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| RX-100 V | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| RX-100 III | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| RX-10 IV | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Mirrorless Camera | Alpha 1 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 |
| Alpha 9 II | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 9 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7S III | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7S II | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7S | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7R IV A | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7R IV | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7R III A | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7R III | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7R II | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7C | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7 IV | Yes | Yes 2 | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7 III | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 7 II | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 6600 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 6500 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 6400 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 6300 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 6100 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Alpha 5100 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| ZV-E10 | Yes 1 | Yes 2 | No | Yes 4 | |
| Professional Camcorder | FX9 | No | No | No | Yes 4 |
| FX6 | No | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| FX3 | Yes 1 | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| Z90 | No | No | Yes | Yes 4 | |
| Z190 | No | No | Yes 3 | Yes 4 | |
| Z150 | No | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| NX200 | No | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| NX100 | No | No | No | Yes 4 | |
| NX80 | No | No | Yes | Yes 4 | |
| MC88 | No | No | No | Yes 4 | |
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1 Only video, audio to be capured by laptop. 2 Android 11 & above * Only video, audio to be capured by mobile. 3 Need to purchase a separate network license (CBKZ-SLNW1). 4 Third party accessory. |
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