- Today we're talking about what kind, which camera should I buy? Question, should I buy an airplane? Oh course an airplane would come in right as I start talking. And now cue ambulance. Of course it's a whole
'nother, like, emergency scene going on right here. Dude this is the last time
we're filming in downtown. (laughing) Let's try this again. We're talking about which
camera should you buy. Probably the most common
question I get asked. But before you figure out
what kinda camera to buy you have to figure out
what you wanna do with it and also what's your budget. So let's go over how much you
spend on a camera in 2020. Look at this mess of
cameras that we brought. Oh God, we took it too far I think. So you got all this and also the camera that
Sam's filming on right now. There's just so many options
and some are fairly inexpensive and some are really expensive. So let's head back to the studio and try to break it down a little bit. What can you get at each price range. You know, if your budget 1,000 bucks, what can you get for that? But if you have $2,500 or
4,000 bucks, 6,000 bucks like what can you get each tier and what's the benefits
that you'll start to see when you pay more money? So I basically a gigantic list
of some of my favorite gear as well as some of the hot
new cameras out right now. Starting with the under $500 category, I mean if you're looking
for an all around camera, I would say put that money
towards a better phone. There used to be some inexpensive
point and shoot cameras that I might have recommended
but phones have gotten so good to the point where it's like, it's better to put $500
towards getting a better phone. But there is definitely
some cool toys in there that's not really meant for everyday use but it's definitely fun. And then from the $500
and $1,500 category, you can start getting into
some compact mirrorless cameras and that's where you're
really gonna start to see an improvement over something
you can get out of your phone. By the way I am including
the cost of the lens as well. So I'm talking about camera
packages not just the body or not just the lens 'cause
you need both of them. In the 1,500-$2,500 range is
where you start getting into either the high end
compact mirrorless cameras or kinda entry level full
frame mirrorless cameras. So for this price range
you can go full frame but you are going to be
sacrificing a little bit on either the body or the lens. Like you get a decent camera body, but then you're probably
gonna be getting a cheap lens or a nice lens but not the
most sophisticated camera body. And we'll dive into how
to navigate that in a bit but 2,500-$5,000 is
where you start entering the higher end full frame cameras. So something like this EOS are
where it's a pretty nice lens and a pretty nice body. 2,300 bucks for the lens and I think about 1,700 for the body now. And then five to $20,000 is where you could start getting into some of the more professional cameras. I mean this one's a great one
for shooting documentaries and then of course 20,000 and over is where you start getting
into the big movie cameras that are designed to shoot
Hollywood blockbusters. So let's dive in at the shallow end and see what we can get
for under 500 bucks. Like I said, camera phones
have gotten really really good especially in the last generation. I mean this is the iPhone 11 pro Max and I really like this. It's got three lenses, we
got a normal wide angle, we got the ultra wide
angle and the telephoto. The image quality is
constantly impressing me. It's versatile, you always have it on you. So if you're planning on
buying an inexpensive phone and then also a few $100 towards a camera, I would say just bunch that together and just get a better phone. Like on my vlog channel,
I shoot most of it on here but sometimes I'll
intercut footage from here. So this has become a tool that I actually use pretty regularly. And I wanna the iPhone 11 pro, this specific one is when I
really started using it a lot because of their ultra wide angle lens. So this is definitely where I would start and it has a little something
for anybody you know, you have your regular
wide angle lens built in and then you can zoom out
to an ultra wide angle which I love for vlogging and
then you could punch in close especially if your filming
your kids is soccer practice and you got the bleachers way in the back. So do not underestimate
the new phones coming out. Yeah this is kind of an
expensive phone but you know, even the iPhone 7, like how
much can you get a used one for? But of course phones are still kind of just like a nice blanket camera. They're OK at everything
but a master of nothing. So what else do we have on this list? One of the most exciting
things you can get for under 500 bucks is
probably a little drone. As long as you live in a place where you're allowed to fly them still. But Mavic mini 399 and I got
a couple videos on this thing. Really impressive what this can do. And of course it's unique
'cause you know, it flies. Thinking of DJI they
also have the DJI pocket. Is never really a
personal favorite of mine, but it is very compact
and it's on a gimbal, so you can travel with it very easily and get very stable shot,
so that's always cool. And of course if you fall under that extreme athlete category, then GoPro's probably already
at the top of your list. And you can also add
microphones and stuff to these to make it a little bit
more vlogging friendly. But the street price on
these is under 400 bucks for the newest one which is the Hero 8. Now they have done some
touches to the Hero 8 to make some improvements, but my biggest downside with the eight is I'm so worried about
scratching this lens because you can't just easily
swap it out on your own. With the six or seven which
are both really good GoPros and I might even recommend those two 'cause they are both stabilized. With those if you crack a lens, you could just swap it out very easily. And they're going to be a
little bit less expensive. I don't think I'll do anything
before the Hero 6 though. Yeah, the six and seven
were both pretty solid too. So you'll probably be
pretty happy with these but the eight does have the option for the media mods on there. So you know that little extra microphone that hangs off the side,
the optional selfie screen so you can watch yourself
while you're vlogging which is a nice touch. In addition we have the
Insta360 ONE R as well which is nice 'cause this is a 360 camera. Saw a thorough a link up
there for an in depth video in case you're interested. But what I like about the Insta360 ONE R is that you can switch
it out from 360 camera or just put on a regular
action camera head onto that to make it kinda like a GoPro. So, the Insta360 advantage
is that it's modular so it can be used in
many more different ways. But the advantage of the GoPro is that it is the most solid action
camera I've ever used. So if you know you're not gonna be using any of these extra features that the Insta360 has to offer, then I'd probably go with GoPro. Now this is the Insta360 GO, the cheapest camera on the
list at 199, I believe. It's not a camera for everybody,
but it can be really cool just because I really consider
it to be a wearable camera. It just sticks on magnetically, you could actually throw
this underneath your shirt, slap it on there, you got a camera. And it's only gonna record for 30 seconds. So now you can see what
the footage looks like. It's actually pretty well stabilized too but it only records in 30 second verse. So of course it's got its limitations. What's nice is you could
set it up in interval mode. So maybe every five minutes,
it'll turn on automatically, record for 30 seconds and then cut. And then at the end of the day, you download the footage onto your phone and then you might have some
pretty cool moments captured. It drops into this case and
it kind of works like air pods where every time you put in the case, it recharges for a while. And then there's a lightning
port here or micro USB here to connect it to your phone, download the clips on your
phone and there you go. So, now let's say we
have about 500 to $1,500, then I would be really looking at compact mirrorless cameras. I'd say that's where it's at right now. There's a whole bunch of companies making mirrorless cameras. I'm most familiar with Canon but of course Sony's a big
player, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Nikon the list goes on. DSLRs are gonna be traditionally
a little bit more popular but really now you can
get a mirrorless camera that will give you same performance but cheaper, smaller and more
compatibility with lenses. I think compact mirrorless cameras is really where you gonna get
the best bang for your buck. For example, for 599 bucks.
you can get a Canon M50 with a basic kit lens which it's the kit lenses aren't
going to be amazing usually but for 599 you're gonna
have a camera and a lens and it has good autofocus
it has little flip screen. It's the camera I was using to start this YouTube
channel for a little while. It was a pretty decent option for vlogging 'cause when your vlogging
you're looking for a few things. You're looking for a flip screen, so you can monitor yourself and you also want really good autofocus 'cause you don't wanna be tryna vlog and then worried about your focus. So the Canon M50 had that,
although only in full HD and not 4K. but M50, I also had an
ultra wide angle lens which I got for 349 bucks, so that was an 11-22mm zoom lens, so it was ultra wide. So when you hold a camera out like this while you're vlogging, definitely wanna have the option to have it record everything so that everything is not
really up in your face. And other options that I
like in this price range, Canon M6 Mark II, you get that with a kit
lens for just over a grand, a6400 which is Sony. I don't wanna get too
specific with model numbers, just because I don't know, if you watch this video in six months, then all these cameras might be outdated. But definitely compact mirrorless cameras would be where I'd be looking
with an APS-C size sensor which is smaller than full frame. Full frame, more professional but APS-C has lots of benefits in there. It has more and more lenses
are designed for APS-C sensors. You're really gonna be able
to get the desired look that you want out of a camera
with just a smaller package. With that being said, there
are now full frame sensors that are becoming accessible
at this price range. For example you get EOS RP
with a 24-240mm lens for 1,499. The 24-240 mm, I mean it's an f/4-6.3, so it's not great in low light. But I played with it before and the zoom capability of it is nuts. You can stand really far away and the image stabilization
works really well. So I was just hand holding
these shots of the monkey and it looks pretty smooth, doesn't it? So, when you have the
right amount of light, it's a pretty good option. But wow, I'm surprised you could get
the combo for 1,500 bucks 'cause if you buy the RP
it's 999 bucks for the body and then if buy that
lens, that's 900 bucks, so that should be 1,900 bucks. But I guess when you buy it together, you can get it for 1,500 bucks. That's, it's not bad. Sam's got one, let's go ask him. How you like you RP? - You mean this RP? - Yes, this RP. - Yeah, I bought it with the
package with the 35mm f/1.8. I think it was about
1,400 for this package. - For the package, so
camera and the prime lens. Actually, let's see what
this looks like real quick. Here we go, we actually
put the wide angle lens from the R unto the RP
but now we're on the RP. - Can't even tell the difference. - Looks pretty good. So, overall pretty happy with it. There's a few things
that you wish you had. There is a bee on your
shirt right now, don't move. It's like getting ready. I put it to you chinned up. But anyways, yeah, in full HD, you still get that full frame sensor, you get that you get that
dual pixel autofocus. So, lots of things good about this camera but just a few things missing. All right, cool. We're moving on. So yeah you can enter full frame territory but what you don't wanna do is end up spending all your money
on the full frame body and then not having
enough money for lenses. 'Cause I would rather
have a good set of lenses with some decent mirrorless cameras than to have a really good camera body and whatever in lenses. And also lenses depreciate
in value a lot slower so you know you have a camera body, you use it for three to five years, you try to sell it, it's gonna be a fraction
of what you bought it for but good lenses will retain
their value much longer. So you know, even if you
spend 1,500 bucks on a lens, you can probably still
sell it in five years for you know, 1,000 bucks assuming that lens is still relevant. Since we're starting to talk
about mirrorless cameras, I made a little checklist
here of things to lookout for. I thought there was only gonna
be like six or seven things so I wrote big and then
I ran out of space here. Number one is the look, the most important part of any camera 'cause every camera kind
of has their own look. So, if you think about buying a camera, definitely look at what kind of footage people have shot using that camera. Is it along the line of what you want? Of course a flip screen,
especially if you're a vlogger but really anyone. I like the cameras that come
out to the side like this because then I could put
the microphone on here and it doesn't get in the way. Some cameras flip up like this
but if you put a mic here, then you have to figure
out a way to relocate it or else it's gonna block your screen. So that's kind of annoying. And some cameras just don't flip at all. So I don't know if you're a vlogger, I wouldn't recommend it. Autofocus, pretty much every camera has it but some are great some are terrible. I still say cannon dual
pixel autofocus is the best. It's what I use all the time, I love it. It's super reliable. Sony is also getting really
good, I mean this is the a6600. And this is as of right now,
one of their newest cameras and definitely seen a big
improvement in autofocus in this camera. So I'm assuming the newer the camera gets, the better this autofocus is gonna get. 4K limitations. Mostly of these mirrorless
cameras can shoot 4K but some are gonna have limitations. Sony's pretty good about not
having limitations on their 4K. I mean in this camera,
it crops in a little bit if you shoot at 30 frames per
second but it's pretty minor. This Canon EOS R, I don't shoot
in 4K because it crops in. So even with the same lens,
it'll look more like this. So I don't really like that. I like my shots wide. So I just shoot in HD. You know, some cameras
completely lose autofocus if you shoot in 4Ks, so it's important to know that if you really care about 4K,
what features you're gonna lose or sacrifice by shooting in that mode. Lens options, that's a big one 'cause too many people get
too excited about the body and then they forget about
what lenses they're gonna get. There's been a lot of times
where I've wanted to switch away from my camera bodies but I didn't really love the lens options that was available for that
camera, so I didn't do it. Reliability, that's an obvious one. Some cameras are weather sealed, so even if a little bit
of rain gets onto it, not a big deal. Also, certain cameras are known to overheat more than others. Like this a6600 has been
pretty good about overheating but certain older Sony
cameras have overheated a lot. Cannon made a point and shoot
camera, the G7X Mark III, overheats like crazy. It's the downside of cameras that have too much power inside of it is that it creates so much heat that it just ends up shutting itself off. And at that point, it doesn't
matter how good your camera is 'cause it won't even turn on. Is there any sort of stabilization? If you plan on doing
a lot of handheld work like this with a small camera, you definitely want at least
some sort of stabilization in either the lens or
the body, ideally both. The bigger the cameras get, the less you need that stabilization because bigger things
just don't jitter as much and that's really what
you're trying to get rid of. It's kind of just that hand held jitter that happens when you're
using a small camera. Audio of course, very important. Ideally you have a mic jack
as well as a headphone jack. A lot on the cameras only have a mic jack and some just don't have anything at all. And some cameras have this attachment that you can put on top of it, and then you could plug in XLR inputs which are professional microphones. So, if you're doing professional work, it's very useful to have that feature so you can plug in, you
know professional lavaliers as well as boom mics, stuff like that. Of course, slow motion
as well as frame rate. 120 frames per second is
a nice feature to have, but again every time you
go up in these frame rates, a lot of times you
sacrifice something else. So maybe there's a crop,
maybe you lose autofocus, you lose certain features. Sensor size. Are you shooting full frame or cropped in? Codex and color profiles. If you plan on doing
your own color grading. Ease of use, that's important. Some cameras are very easy to use, like I really think this Cannon
EOS R, very simple to use. Some cameras incredibly complicated. Can't even read my own handwriting. What is that? What does that say? Oh, record limit. That's what it said. OK, majority of mirrorless
cameras right now have a record limit. So if I hit record right now,
then within 30 minutes or so, it will automatically cut itself. So then you have to come
back and hit record again. Some cameras only have like
a 16 minute record limit. And something I love about the a6600 is that there is no record limit. So you hit record, and it'll keep going until the memory card gets
full or the battery dies. Monitors. Some cameras react differently if you hook it up to an external monitor. So how's that react? Then there's the shape
and size of the body. So that's gonna affect you mostly if you plan on using a gimbal. Then there's memory card slots and some cameras can use two memory cards and record unto them simultaneously. So if anything happens to one memory card, you still have the other. That's a feature that a
lot of people really want. It's a feature that I don't really personally
care that much about because as long as you get
really high quality SD cards, you should be fine. I highly recommend SanDisk. I think it's more important than having dual memory card slot is your downloading
media management workflow 'cause 99% of the time when
I hear people lost footage, is because they didn't
properly download it or downloaded part of it
and accidentally you know. Usually it's human error, unless
it's a crappy memory card. I really trust these memory cards. 256 Gbs, really you just need one and most the time, you're set. Battery life, how long can
it record on a single charge. I generally like my cameras to have at least two hours of recording time. Anything over three,
I'm really happy with. Of course low light performance. Once it gets dark, how grainy and crappy
does it start to look? And just some cameras just have
just little bonus features, you know, little things
like this EOS R for example, see how that sensor is exposed. I usually don't want that, so when I turn the camera off, see that? It just has a little protective shutter. So, little nice touches like that. So here is the check this
I recommend you review before making your purchase. All right, moving on. So now what can we get if we
put up a little bit more money? Well, 1,500 to $2,500 is where it starts to make more sense to enter the full frame sensor world. But you're not gonna
get the best setup you. You can get a nice body but then you won't have
enough for a really good lens or you might get a really
good lens and have an OK body. So, let's see what we can get. We can we get the EOS RP with a 24-105 which is this lens here
which has a 24-105, so it's got a good nice mid range zoom and it stays consistent at f4 which is pretty good for this range. So it's kinda like an entry
level body with a decent lens. And for right around two grand, you can get a Sony a7 III with a 28-70 but it's an f/3.5-5.6. You're dealing with a
pretty solid camera body. The a7 III is fantastic but
then the lens itself meh! Also within this price range is my favorite drone at the moment, which is the Mavic 2 pro. Very good image quality out
of that drone, it flies great. So, if you're into drones, that's something you can look into. And the cameras we're going over are pretty well rounded cameras, they're generally pretty
decent at everything, they have autofocus, they
have good color, compact, easy to work with. But if you're more on
the cinematography side, if you fall into that category, then I would look into the Black
Magic Pocket Cinema Camera. I did the math here you
could get the pocket 4K with a speed booster with a Sigma art lens like this 18-35 f/1.8 lens. And you can get that
package for 2,153 bucks. I mean you definitely gonna wanna get more accessories for it. So you be probably closer to 2,500 bucks but you know, you're not
gonna get things like a flip screen, it's little bit big. You're not gonna get autofocus. So, you're not gonna get any
of these convenient features but if you're looking for a really professional looking image with great dynamic range, I
mean, this is one way to get it. So, these are all systems
that I would recommend getting if you plan on adding
more and investing more into your camera system in the future. But if $2,500 is your cap and you're not planning
on spending anymore for future lenses and all that then I would probably still stay with an APS-C compact mirrorless camera. Like this is the a6600 and
the lens I have on here is the 16-55 f/2.8. This package here is 2,499
so right at that upper limit. With this setup here, you
could do a whole lot anything from vlogging to making
something look professional. 'Cause you're getting one
of the really high high end APS-C size compact mirrorless cameras as well as a really solid lens. And sure, you'll probably eventually wanna get more prime lenses and get some unique stuff for this camera but this alone just by itself right now, is really really capable. So if 2,500 bucks was my cap and I knew that I wasn't gonna
be able to buy anything else for a good while, I'd probably be looking
at either the a6600 or the Canon M6 Mark II and
then just get some dope lenses and you'll be set for a while. And you could use them to vlog because they both have a flip screen, decent autofocus and really the main thing
you have to keep in mind if you're planning on vlogging a lot is what focal length
you get for your lenses. So this is 16mm right now. Now it's a 16mm with an APS-C sensor. So I think the crop factor
on this is either 1.5 or 1.6. So if we take 16 and
multiply by 1.5, that's 24mm. I'm actually kind of impressed that I did that math correctly. (laughs) So, if I hold it straight out, a 16mm on this sensor looks like this. So this is probably an acceptable range. But then full frame cameras
don't have a crop factor. So if it's 16mm on a full frame, it's not gonna look like this,
it's gonna look like this. So here we are. Now we are on full frame, so notice that everything looks wider because now I'm on a 16mm on a full frame. So again, 16mm on full frame and if I go into let's say 24, that's what a 24 ish looks
like, so this works too. And this is what a 35 looks like. I don't really recommend
going up to 35 for vlogging just 'cause it's so close and if you wanna show
other people in your frame, you really have to squeeze in with them. So I'd say 24 is where you can start
vlogging pretty comfortably. But I really like being all the way. This is at 15. This is the widest lens I have. So this makes it so I can
comfortably hold it out and still get everything
around me, so I like that. And also the benefit
of having it super wide is all the camera shakes are less obvious when you're out wide. See if I do that same
amount of shake at 35, it's like (yells) So, if you're vlogging, just remember those are the focal lengths you're gonna want. But make sure you do that
crop factor math right. If you get a 1.5 crop factor on this, make sure that you know that a 16 is a 24. Like a 10mm on here would be equivalent to like a 15mm on a full frame. So, just make sure you do that math. And also with compact
mirrorless cameras, keep in mind you want some sort of image
stabilization somewhere, whether it's in your body or in your lens. Because if you hold it like this, something this small jitters a whole lot. Once you go past like a 35 or a 50mm, you really start to see those jitter. You're not nearly as stable as you think. So, the beauty of a6600 is that it does have IBIS inside the camera body. For cameras that don't have
image stabilization on the body, then I definitely suggest
using lenses that do. And the ideal situation
is something like this. Stabilization on the camera and also stabilization on the lens. So, I'm getting two
layers of stabilization. When you have zero stabilization, you need to get a somewhat tight shot, I definitely suggest tripod or
a gimbal like this WEEBILL-S. All right, so now let's get into the higher and mirrorless
stuff which is 2,500 to $5,000. This is my general
everyday vlogging setup. It's the Canon EOS R with the RF 15-35. I did the math, it came out to $4,088.00
for this combination. The lens cost more than the body. But again like I said, you have to feel as bad about
spending money on lenses because you know that if you ever need to, you can sell it and get
a majority of that back. Again the reason why I went with the 15-35 is because I want that 15 'cause again I'm a vlogger so
I want it to be nice and wide. But if you don't care that much
about filming yourself then, you can get it with this
K here it's like a 24-105. So this is good mid range lens. It's an f/4 all the way through. So not as good with low light as this, but this is a very good all
around general purpose range. So you could get that lens
with this EOS R body for 2,699, you also get the Sony a7
III with some solid lenses, like a 24-105 f/4. That's actually just like this lens but the Sony version for 2,999. So there you go, you got a
good body and a good lens. Yeah I would say 3,000 is
really around the point you wanna be able to spend if
you wanna go into full frame. For cinematographers out there, there's the Black Magic Pocket 6K. If you get this, with the 24-70
f/2.8 Canon L series lens, that combination's gonna
cost you 4,094 bucks. And again whatever I say
cinematographer's camera, I mean take all the convenient features like autofocus, flip screen
all that stuff out the window. You're dealing with a camera that you are gonna be manually focusing. You're not gonna be
filming yourself with it. These files are gonna take
up all your hard drive space but it's going to look amazing. So if you're in that
cinematography category, then it's hard to beat these
Black Magic Pocket Cameras for the price. Now for the five $20,000 range, you can start getting into
the more professional cameras. This is the C500 Mark II. The body alone, 16,000 bucks. What do you get out of
this that this doesn't? Well, better image quality,
more power, more performance. Just all around better
but it's also bigger and you have buttons for
everything which is great. You have buttons for ND filters. So you just press a button opposed to taking a variable ND and throwing it onto your lens every time. Another notable one right
now is the Sony I think FX9. I can never remember if it's PX9 or FX9. What is that camera? Sony FX9, the body there is $10,998 and these are both full
frame size sensors. So it's kinda taking the nice
large sensor out of these and just turbocharging it
with a lot more processing, better code, it's just
all around more better. But of course there's
cameras like the Canon C200 which is the little brother of this. It's a smaller sensor, not as powerful, but you can get that for
6499 bucks for the bodies. But you know, with these cameras, you are getting really good autofocus with you know, really
good image qualities. So it's really good for documentary. You have a lot of the convenient features, you have XLR plugins right here, so you can plug in really
professional microphones. You don't need that many accessories with this thing you know, like everything you need
is just already in here. And final category, the
super expensive cameras. We a Red cam right here and a Arri Alexa. And these cameras just have so much power behind their sensors. Literally just taking as
much information as it can as the light enters the lens. These become so much more exponentially substantially expensive. But if you want the very
very best image quality you can possibly get out of a camera, these are other ones to go to. And I think I'm done. Hopefully, that helped
you know, figure out like what's the difference between a cheaper camera
and a bigger camera? Maybe I didn't even answer anything. Oh my God, this video is
what, 25 plus minutes? I was like I could
probably make this video in under 10, maybe 15 minutes. 25 minutes, oh my gosh. Let's wrap this up. Carrie as long as we got the shot, she's definitely a keeper. Yeah, in my last video, she
fell off the mountain bike, got pretty messed up but she's good. Thanks everybody for the concern. Carrie's thinking as she's falling "This would look sick in
240 frames per second." Hits the ground. That is actually very true. The fall would have looked
amazing in 240 frames per second. 10:34, this could become a new meme. #icantbreathe - I can't breathe. (hiphop beat)
