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Hey,

I'm using an a7SII for live streaming through an HDMI capture device. I'm shooting a wide landscape, but the image is quite soft. Strangely, when you focus and the image digitally zooms it appears sharper than when not zoomed in.

Does the camera provide a lower quality preview through HDMI, but improves it temporarily for focusing? If this is true, then is there anyway to improve the preview quality?

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Is it only the PREVIEW quality that's bad or is the output quality bad as wall?

Use the same camera with external monitors/recorders and the signal DOES NOT degrade over HDMI. If you're relying on a digital (false, fake, phony) zoom to increase your reach then that's where your image will fall apart.

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Thanks for your response.

I'm not recording, so it's just the live video feed going through HDMI into an external monitor.

My issue is that the digitally zoomed image (for focusing purposes) appears sharper than the standard wider shot when viewed over HDMI.

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