There were big announcements last night from Canon Sony for the aps-c sized
sensor cameras. They have the m6 mark II the 90d, which is a standard DSLR. And
then Sony, the a6600 and the a6100. Gonna focus more on the mirrorless
cameras. Of course, with youtube.. videos with youtube creators.. we.. kind of our job
is to nitpick things. Find little features that can make a big difference
to some people. Look at different use cases. So the goal isn't to be critical
for the sake of being critical. It's just to find things to talk about. Find things
to improve efficiency for some people. Make things higher quality when you can.
Different modes.. different features.. Very specific things to improve the situation
with your tools. Let's start with m6 mark II. It looks like a very nice camera, but
it has one feature that I would personally need to consider it...
So no 24 frames a second modes with any of the video. That is a feature I do want
in a camera. I do a lot of photo and video. Of course, actually I spend a lot
more time on the video side than the photos side. So for one video I might
spend 10.. 15 hours making the video and around 1.. 2 hours doing the photography
side of it. So It's just.. I really want a camera that is very hybrid centric. It's
got a really nice feature set of video stuff and the photo stuff. With the m50
it's a.. they're very nice cameras. They do well in a lot of situations. I was on a
photo outing recently that I'll be making a video on. With people photos..
cosplay photos.. And the 32 millimeter lens is amazing. It focuses
well. It's consistent. It looks really nice. I like this lens a lot. But I did
have some issues with adapting lenses. Actually the EF 85 millimeter. I've been
posting that in the community tab a little bit. It's always a process. It's
always learning new things,, trying things. Trying to improve your techniques and
all that. But in general the m50 is a very nice camera and for the moment
I'll be sticking with these. If the camera works well for you and you don't
have any specific reason to change things... don't.
So with the m6 mark II not having 24 frames a second I'm not going to
consider EF-M, moving forward. Because that camera is basically an (amalgamation) of the
m5 and m6 apparently, according to the rumor sites. And it does have the EVF
they could buy as an add-on, which is nice if you want that feature. So for
photographers that want a kind of a camera that can be smaller when you want
it (to be). larger whe.. when you want it (to be) and very fast. It has high frames per second.
It has a burst raw mode for 30 frames or so. Where when you press the shutter you get
some frames before and after the capture, which is (a) very nice feature. If the m6
mark II is something that appeals to you definitely check it out and see if it
will work for you with the specific features that it has. It doesn't have the
shake reduction in the body yet. I think Canon will eventually put those in there,
we'll see. Of course, the camera I am more interested in at the moment is the
a6600. It has a lot of features that I would like on the video side, which again,
is a big draw for me for what I do and spend a lot of time on. With the a6600 it
has their larger battery so you're getting like 700 estimated shots per
charge. A lot of video.. that's a huge benefit for video stuff is having larger
batteries in the camera. You don't have to change them out as much it's just very
nice to have that. Of course they're cheaper cameras won't have that. The
a6100 has the smaller battery. The a6400 has the smaller battery. So if I were to
transition to Sony I would really want to have 2 of a6600 because I definitely
need two cameras for what I do. I need one to take photos, one to
film.. and it's just how things work with the video side. But besides the battery it
has the flip up screen, which is a very key feature for what I do again. Now, the
flip up is fine in a lot of situations there actually some benefits to the
standard flip with photo which is nice. And flip up, of course, with the
microphone you have to deal with that. But Smallrig makes a little bracket for
the a6400. I'm sure they'll make a little bracket for the a6600. Anyways,
the point is with the flip up screen I think it's just fine. It's definitely
good enough. One of the bigger features with a6600 is the in-body shake
reduction. Now, we'll see if it is a improvement over the a6500. Hopefully it
is a vast improvement. But that will depend on the people that get hands-on
time with it that I can test it. Of course, I don't have access to it so this
is how things go with small youtubers. But it looks very very appealing based
on the specs. Of course these cameras are not cheap. It makes it kind of in a weird
situation with a6600. It's announced at $1400 US currency for the body itself.
Which I was expecting, but it seems a little high for situations where you
have like the Canon EOS RP, which is a full frame camera. Now, the specs aren't
quite the same. The a6600 has better 4k modes and of course autofocus with 4k.
The 120p has audio and it's you know it is better in a lot of situations.
But with the RP you get that full-frame sensor, and it's cheaper. So that's a
weird position to be in. I'm pretty fine with aps-c stuff right now. And maybe
eventually I'm gonna consider that 6600 for my personal use cases. The point of
this video is really to focus on what things work for you. A lot of the stuff
with the YouTube videos is finding those minute details, those small use cases...
Were a small little difference in a control layout or different system... the
autofocus can make a big difference in the end of result, the quality of what you're
doing. The efficiency of what you're doing. So that's one of the big reasons I
do focus on gear is because those small little things can make a big difference
in the long run. It is interesting to see new gear releases. I do like looking at
newer stuff. Trying different tools. Improving my efficiency. Trying to make
things higher-quality when I can, and of course I should be talking about audio a
lot as well. I need to improve my audio situation in the future. Feel free to
posts in the comments about your opinion on these new releases.. If you think it'll
work for your specific use cases. What you do...
Of course, with the photo side I think both of them are just fine. Cameras have gotten so
good lately that the deciding factor is getting your hands on the camera and
trying it out in person. So it is challenging with the situation where
camera shops are not prevalent these days. But at least in my case I'll be
able to check out the Sony cameras most likely. Again, thanks for checking out my
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Thanks again! I'm Scott of Photography Banzai.