2019 was a bit of a snooze fest for the ordinary filmmaker. There were very few
notable notable cameras. I did some research to make sure I provide you with
accurate information. Facts are important to me. One of the first sites I came
across was from Digital Trends. I did not agree with their top 10 list.
They're trying to appeal to everyone with their list. I'm looking through the
lens of the ordinary filmmaker as such I disagree with most of this but let's get
into it.
Digital Trends recommends the Sony a7r for as their overall best camera. It does
have some stunning features. Eye auto focus is absolutely amazing.
It also has full sensor readout I can get behind these features, but this is
where I depart from the recommendation. You see four thousand six hundred
and ninety-six dollars with the 24 to 105 lens before taxes and memory cards.
It's at the upper reaches of the ordinary filmmakers budget that price
will only get you eight bit four to zero internal and autofocus still struggles a
bit in low-light while better than the a7 three most ordinary filmmakers need
trustworthy autofocus all the time poor autofocus cannot be fixed in post
but we can't blame a duck for quacking this is primarily a photographer's
camera with excellent video but if you are video centric like most ordinary
filmmakers and you can afford this price point why not wait for the a7 s3 it
should be out in the first half of 2020 but digital twit Digital Trends went on
to state that the Panasonic s1 is the best for 4k full-frame camera even
though the s-1 H is better in every way for studio work YouTube where your
subject is stabilized where you can shoot with manual autofocus yeah I'd go
with the s-1 age being able to shoot in 6k and punchin for 4k projects is a huge
capability for successful youtubers that can afford it for the ordinary filmmaker
I cannot recommend either the s1 or the s-1 H due to the depth of D focus
autofocus system it just does not work when your subject is moving it does not
work for run-and-gun if you are a Panasonic user wait for the
g8 6 which should be announced in the next 6 months
Digital Trends states that their best full-frame camera for beginners is the
Sony a7 t3 sure for beginners that can afford that huge price tag it's a big
ask for beginners I would not even recommend
full-frame for the ordinary filmmaker I would recommend the Fujifilm xt 3 or the
can 90 d i would have recommended the canon eos RF if it had not crippled
video features so much but both cameras have excellent
autofocus that works in low-light both provide 4k and the X III goes so
far as to provide high bit rates and h.265 if you don't own any glass I'd
recommend the X III over the Canon for beginners but if you take my
recommendation also consider waiting six months until the XT 4 comes out the gh 5
is also an excellent choice for youtubers that are comfortable pulling
focus manually I'm still using the 70d right now with a 51.2 when I trust the
AF so much that I leave it on all the time and yet I've never had an issue
that's what I call reliable autofocus and that's what the audit and that's
what the ordinary filmmaker wants Digital Trends claims that the Sony
rx100 Mark 7 is the best point-and-shoot camera well it is a very good camera but
it's not ideal for the ordinary filmmaker I really don't see the point
to a point to shoot camera when smartphones have common awfully long way
they have a fixed lens meaning it can't be removed so it's not going to grow
with you I think the smartphone offers a better excuse err experience as they
will go with you anywhere and do both photo and video well enough for the
ordinary filmmaker and be at the low end of the budget however if you can handle
a little extra weight and I want to have a camera that will grow with you get the
X III the camera is small and so are the lenses and that will be had for a pretty
good price as the XT 4 is due to come out in the next 6 months
the sony a7r four and a canon 90d were the most notable cameras released in
2019 the a7 r4n that it came out before the a7 s 3 and the 9 TD in that it
released a camera or the 90 that it came out without 24 frames a second when
Canon released the firmware update to provide 24 P or 24 frames a second it
did not provide 24 frames a second over clean HDMI the market once more many
youtubers believe that Sony relaxed in 2019 and that Canon continues to cripple
its cameras by not offering 4k with full sensor readout that Nikon is suffering
from financial hardship and is not far from bankruptcy if they stay on the
present course 2019 felt like a gap year Photokina took the year off but 2020
will be significant the Olympics are in 2020 all the camera companies are
Japanese and want to show off their cameras ready for the 2020 Olympics they
want their cameras in the hands of photographers Kenan has already provided
a detailed development announcement for their flagship camera the 1d x mark 3
shortly before canon provided their vague development announcement for the
d6 with much less detail fuji film will announce and release the XG 4 this will
be the camera to watch for the ordinary filmmaker the XT 3 was and still is a
great camera in 2019 I almost bought this camera in 2019 but held off do the
lack of image stabilized lenses the XE 4 needs to have ibis in order to make up
for the lack of these lenses with image stabilization I shoot a lot of running
gun work so stabilization is important for my youtube channel not so much the
market was surprised by Sony's release of the a7r for rumors indicated a camera
was coming out but many did expect it to be the a7 s3 but Sony won't hold out for
much longer with every camera company coming out with new bodies and lenses in
time for the 2020 Summer Olympics plan to see the a7 s3 announced and released
before the end of the first half of 2020 Kennan still has 50% of the market share
Canon will release no fewer than 4 our camera bodies in 2020 the 1dx mark 3
the canon 5d mark 5 the eos mark 2 and a mirrorless version of the 1d x the 1d x
mark 3 has to deliver the capabilities announced in the development
announcement without crippling them it needs to have uncropped detail 4k video
in fact I'll go as far as saying it should also offer 6k the EOS our mark 2
needs to exceed the mark 1 significantly it needs sharp 4k video without crop 120
frames per second in 1080p dual SD cards for photo users it needs to be a solid
upgrade over the 5d Mark 4 I'd like to see the canon eos RP mark 2 as well they
should provide the same capabilities as the 90 d but remove the lack of focus in
1080p and provide detailed 4k but please do your own research I do my best to
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