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amey
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But why? When I already have the cameras and everything to use a DSLR as a webcam for the time when I'm not actively using them for photography.
That's the key part, I don't buy this stuff for this ridiculous usage of it but as I do buy it anyway because I love photography then yielding additional value from it is a no-brainer.
Plus, no iPhone or Mac - so that would be an outlay of £2.5K for a worse solution. But your point is right, if I did happen to own both then making use of it makes sense. Which is the same point I'm making, I happen to be buying this lens and will make use of it as a webcam lens too!
Velocio
It's going to be my webcam lens, I do about 7-8h of video per day every day... in addition to being the daily carry and travel lens.
And yeah yeah, if you want a travel lens get a zoom lens, etc — I have a zoom (SEL2470GM2) and I still find a good 50mm is great, a lot of my street and travel photography is evening, dusk, and night so yeah I went for the silly fast lens.
It amortises so ridiculously because of the crazy use that this is all fine. That zoom I consider far more crazy a purchase as there's no way it amortises similarly. Because I have it I've been using it as a cat cam.