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I'll just cut to the chase and list all the secret things you need to know to use this camera effectively as a vlogger: 1. Just to be clear, the Mark II features completely clean HDMI with AF enabled. I used it yesterday. 2. You can get a special battery from Canon or any number of third-party suppliers that allows you to plug the camera into a standard wall socket so you never have to worry about batteries going dead. 3. Most non-camcorder-style consumer cameras include a 30-minute auto-shutoff "feature". They do this to avoid paying EU import taxes on video cameras (yeah, I know). Paying another $1,000 or even switching to another brand won't help you to avoid this particular cripple hammer. However, Canon engineers did have mercy on us and wrote the fix for this into the Canon EOS Utility software (free download from canon.com). Just connect the camera to any Windows or Mac computer (via USB) and run the utility. Note this is a completely different app from the Canon EOS Webcam Utility. 4. The Canon webcam utility is a joke. Just get a USB-HDMI dongle for $20 and use OBS or whatever to capture the video. You don't need the Elgato expensiveness unless you're actually serious about recording in 4K. The cheap ones will stream 1080P just fine. Hope this has been helpful. Happy vlogging!