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February 5, 2024
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Connecting an external Video Camera and Recording onto that camera at the same time.

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I use an external Sony FDR-AX700 video camera when I am conducting a Zoom gathering.  I would like to ALSO record with that same camera onto the SD cards loaded into the camera.  However, whenever I push 'record', the Zoom screen goes black. I am wondering:  is there a video setting that allows me to use an external video camera AND also record onto that external camera's SD cards?  I want to use the Camera Recording rather than using Zoom recordings, so that my subject (speaker) fills the screen for the entire presentation rather than just a tiny window on the side (when the presenter goes to shared screen).  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thank you.

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    bstrelko
    Community Champion | Customer
    Community Champion | Customer
    February 5, 2024

    This is very much dependent on the camera you use. There are plenty of cameras that can output a clean feed via USB/HDMI while recording to an SD card, but plenty that can't. 

     

    This is a question for Sony forums, not Zoom, but after some quick searching, it does appear that this camera can do what you need it to.

    https://helpguide.sony.net/cam/1710/v1/en/contents/TP0001492430.html

    https://www.reddit.com/r/sony/comments/d7w2nq/recording_and_broadcasting_4k_through_hdmi_ax100/