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With all the technology nowadays, people can just whip out their phones and start vlogging. But if you want to take it seriously, you might want to consider a vlogging camera. Today, Nate Woodbury will be talking about the best cameras for vlogging. Tune in to learn more about it and find the best one for you!
So Nate, tell us what is the best camera for vlogging? Yeah, we’ve actually got a few options and I will show you what is the best. And hopefully this will help you decide what’s the best one for you. Alright. Hey, it’s Scott Christopher once again here with Nate “Be the hero”, Nate. Wow, no shirt. I mean you’re wearing a shirt. I’m wearing a shirt. You’re not wearing “The shirt.” I’ve talked with wardrobe consultant. Your wife? I’ve actually hired one higher than image consultant. Because… Nice. Anyway. That’s good. Things are… Things are rolling. So, this is simple t-shirt here. I don’t have “Be the Hero” on me. Now, today we’re talking about equipment. — Hardware. And before we even get into the question, we should tell you that we’re shooting on, right now, on a Canon 80-D and was this the first camera that you purchased? So, this is the first one. This is the this is the 70-D. Okay. And then the upgraded version is the one that we’re filming on right there. Right. And all of the two, you prefer that one? Or they just for different things? They’re identical cameras. This one’s just a little bit newer. And so, the feature of auto-focus is slightly better. This one still works fantastic. But that one can film at 60 frames per second. That’s really the only main feature difference. I almost got a second one of these because I liked it so much. But I thought “Oh, the 80-D is only a couple hundred dollars more.” And because I needed a second camera.
So, I just got the upgrade. I’m glad you said something about the auto-focus because I have a 60-d. Mm-hmm. And I have trouble with the auto-focus. The 70-d is the first camera that came out that had an autofocus feature which for videos pretty important. Because if you’re moving around, the distance is changing. Especially if you’ve got a high quality lens where it blurs the background. It’s got to stay and focus on your face. And so… I mean, watch this. I get close and it stays focused on my face. See, how Scott… I’m Blurred. Hi, it’s very… It does that, that automatically. Artsy-fartsy. So, we’re talking about vlogging, right? And this was the typical camera that Casey Neistat used for a long time. On the camera that you’re not seeing, there’s a shotgun mic on top. So, it’s attached here. It’s a mic that points forward. And then Casey would have his Gorillapod that he could hold it and vlog. Now, if I turn this on. Having a flip screen like this where you can actually you see yourself. That’s a big deal.Crisp. So, to vlog and to really… Because you’re taking a lot of selfie shots. But you know, you got to this… The 70-d the 80-TD, great, great cameras because it’s got the auto-focus and it’s got a flip screen. I really want to talk a lot about features. And I’ve got another camera here that I’m going to introduce. This is my new vlogging camera and I’ll explain why. But… Instead of saying, “Hey, you need to get this specific camera.” Because maybe you want to go with Nikon. Or maybe you want to go with Sony or some other brand. The features that you want, you definitely want a flip screen. You’ve got to be able to see yourself and you definitely want a good auto-focus. And then depending on done other things where they’re like… This doesn’t have any way to attach a mic, this one here. And so, it might be, you know, if you’re going to use a shotgun mic all the time. You can’t have one on this. So, that’s… Now, are you just categorically… I’m sorry to cut you. Are you just categorically omitting from vlogging, you know, the smartphones and the all those by virtue of the fact that they simply don’t have depth of field. They don’t have the good lenses. It’s just not even in the conversation. I mean unless that’s all you have, go for it. But I mean, because this, for a lot of people as you know, to get a gorilla thing like you were saying and all of that. I mean, that’s a hefty and almost like a professional feeling camera where some people might be kind of new timers going, “I don’t know how to pull focus.” Of course the auto-focus. But I mean are the aperture settings or f-stops or whatever I, you know, I mean, I don’t know how much that plays into it but I’m curious. So, if you’re getting started, you know, I do recommend starting with your phone. And the one challenge is unless you have the the newer version of the iPhone. This if I film in selfie mode where I can see myself, it’s not in 1080p HD. No it is not. it’s a it’s a lower resolution. Unless you have the 10. I think I the 10 might have. I think the 10 does.The iPhone 10 has it. That’s it. But I would recommend even then, filming the 720 HD. The lower level of HD. And film and selfie mode and just get the ball rolling. Like see what it’s like going on the ropes. And then upgrade when you’re ready to for a specific reason. And it’s just that look. The look. The overall end product with an SLR or DSLR camera is just far superior. Yeah. Because that the topic of this video, we wanted to say, “What’s the best?” Okay. And so, that’s why I’m like…
Well, this is a good place to start. But this is really good. Got you. This is really good. This is what, you know, a lot of them, a lot of the top vloggers will use as a set up just like this. Okay. It might not be the exact, you know, Canon camera. Right. A lot of them. And this was kind of a staple for a while then the 80-D came out. So, now I want to switch gears and kind of talk about why I switched over to this one just for vlogging. This is a point-and-shoot. It’s obviously really teeny. And it’s got a little adapter that I have security the bottom. Just so it and hook on a tripod or my gorilla pod or whatnot. But first of all it’s got a really good zoom lens. Right now, it’s… By the way it does have a flip screen which is critical. So, it’s real critical but right now it’s filming at a 24 millimeter. So, it’s a real wide-angle. And I can zoom all the way in. You can see that to 200. So, when I’m out and about. In fact, I’m just thinking of a video when my family went to Bear World. It’s kind of a little park off the freeway in Rexburg, Idaho. And you get to drive around and there’s hundreds of bears. And so, they come up, you can’t stop your car. You have to just keep moving or they’ll climb on top of your car. You can’t roll down your windows. But I was, you know, I was using this and I could zoom in for bears that were in the distance, we’re playing around, swimming in the water or I could zoom back out, you know, when I wanted. And this is not a digital pixelized zoom like you get from something like an iPhone. Correct. This is a real optical zoom. Optical zoom. They have something with that huge of a range. From 24 millimeter which is quite wide. This camera right now, we’re filming 24 millimeters. Now, it’s a good wide shot. But it can yet zoom all the way in the distance to 200. So, it’s got a great zoom and with that, it’s got an f-stop of 2.8 which, that’s a technical term. You might not know what I’m talking about there. I’m talking about the aperture where you can blur the background, okay? This isn’t as high end of a lens as that. But for a point-and-shoot with that bigger range, it’s really good. Right. It’s really, really good. For a vlogger to be hefting that around… I say heft. Its way of an overstatement because it’s… I mean, I know you have this little foot on it here. But I mean, it’s not terribly light but compared to… I hook this to my Gorillapod and my arm doesn’t get tired. You know, I’m just…. It’s out there in front of me and I can Vlog and turn it around and I don’t know why we film so much in our car. I guess I’m thinking of my wife and I when we’re driving somewhere. it’s like, we’re at Arches National Park and it’s like we want to get scenery on the way to the last place that we’re going to. And so, I’ll be you know, I’ll be driving and I’ll be like, “Oh, I got to get the camera and hand it to my wife and show her how to use and what to push.” And whatnot. And a big DSLR camera on the gorrilla pod and with the big mic on it, it’s like… It’s a little intimidating. This is actually pretty nice. You notice to be able to say, “Hey, here.” You know? And I’ve got a little pouch that I can actually hook it in my… Stick it to my belt if I want to. But it’s got the flip screen. The audio quality, it’s pretty good. I’m actually… I was concerned about the audio quality not having a nice shotgun mic on top but when I’m talking to it, it actually turned out just great. So I am not… That’s cool. I’m not going to complain. If there’s wind or something, I’m going to use the lapel mic with a with a little, you know, some of that dead cat fur, just the name. Right. Or whatever, windscreen just to protect from the wind for better quality. In fact, I did that with… I was mountain biking, not with this camera. Another tangent. But I was mountain biking and I had a big thing here and a guy on a horse says “You got a mouse on you’re…” Just a little side distraction.” Non-bikers, they don’t know anything.
So, you’re saying does this have, you know, the plug-in to do external mics? It doesn’t. It doesn’t do external mics. So, that would be when I use my H1N and to… Yeah, yeah. So, but this… I’m loving this, I’m loving this as a great camera for vlogging because it’s got the versatility of the zoom. It does have the flip screen, it does have the auto-focus which is it’s a real got auto-focus for point and shoot. It does have image stabilization. And I would imagine in that category, the competitors also have other offerings or not. I’m going to bring up one downside. This is a pricey camera for a point-and-shoot. 1,200 bucks. So, you probably didn’t expect that price range for this camera but it has a lot packed into it. So, but if you want to know what’s the best vlogging camera, that’s why we’re showing you this one today. Well, there you go. And compared to the 2 SLR cameras you have, you’re still saving with the lenses they have. That’s probably $1,000 less. Well, yeah. Because you have to buy the body and then the the multiple lenses the microphone and its yeah… And their batteries and you know, batteries for this or about half the price as the batteries for that. There you have it. Hopefully you found this episode helpful. And I had fun and it helped. It’s motivating me to make more money, so I can afford to buy better cameras. Because you want to vlog? No, I don’t vlog. See you tomorrow.