Sony NEX-EA50: Louis Rossmann's Original Office YouTube Camera
This is the Sony NEX-EA50 I bought in 2014, when I decided to take YouTube seriously. At the time I had fewer than 500 subscribers and about $15,000 in the bank. I spent $6,000 of it on gear to record board repairs & general rants, a microscope, a microscope camera, a capture card, and this camera. I hadn't figured out how to record a repair yet but I bought this stuff anyway. People thought I was nuts. The title of the first video I recorded on this camera tells you where my head was at.
More of the early board-repair videos from the office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cNg_ifibCQ
This camera shot the videos that built my channel. It sat on the bench next to the microscope, it came along to right to repair hearings & ran faithfully for years, everyplace that I took it.
What is included:
- Sony SELP18200 lens
- 1 battery
- External battery charger
- A dummy battery and charger combo. The dummy battery work, the charger half does not. It has a CAMERA/VCR switch on the side, which tells you how old it is. People were still using VCRs when this shipped.
- Lens cover
- Clinton the cat mousepad
- A signed statement from me
Why I am selling this: this sale, along with the second camera I am listing, pays for a new livestreaming setup and for repairs to my P-Trak 8525 particle counter. I use the P-Trak to measure air quality, and I want it working so I can livestream town halls about new datacenter installations. I'd like to do livestreams from town halls where they are discussing installing AI cameras and datacenters and speak to the residents, see how city council reacts, and have some fun along the way.
The camera is about 12 years old and has been used for that whole time, so it shows wear. The value here is what it meant to me when I got started!