- Hey guys, welcome to another unscientific camera review
and today we're gonna talk about budget cameras.
When you're starting out on something
like filmmaking you need to make some investments in gear
and usually that's gonna be pretty budget gear
when you're first starting out.
For example for me the first camera I ever owned
was the Canon 60D and then I think
I got the 5D Mark II after that and the Mark III and then
it kinda just kept going from there,
and I was actually 22 or 23 when I got my first camera.
I had gotten into filmmaking
and I saved up and bought the 60D.
So let that be an encouragement to you guys if you're young,
there's lots of time to save up for a camera.
But what got me interested in talking about budget cameras
is I started thinking can you get a really cinematic image
for under, let's say, $500?
So I called up, who am I kidding?
I texted Canon and I asked for a camera
that's nice and cheap, budget range,
but still has interchangeable lenses.
I think that's a really important thing
to be able to change the lenses.
So they sent me this on loan.
The Canon EOS M10 and this thing is tiny.
I've never owned a camera that's this small
and you guys probably are thinking
why am I always talking about Canon cameras?
And right away somebody yells because he's getting paid.
That's actually not true, I have never been paid by Canon.
The only thing I got from them was the 6D Mark II
and that was after I did a review
and they just happened to like it
and a lot of people ended up buying 6D Mark II
so as a thank you they sent me a 6D Mark II,
but I'm not being paid to say any of this
and therefore I can stay as unbiased as possible,
but right now I do like Canon cameras.
I feel like they just really
work well for YouTube filmmaking,
and I've already been shooting docs and commercials
on the C300 Mark II which I'm using right now.
So Canon is just my preferred camera right now
and that's just for my kind of filmmaking
and then the second more practical reason is that
I know somebody at Canon.
I don't know anybody at Sony or Panasonic
or any of the other companies.
So it's just easier to ask them
if they can send me a camera on loan for a bit.
But of course people still won't believe me.
For example, people could not believe
that I would use the 6D Mark II without getting paid
and I could see why because I first thought it
was such a bad camera too
but after using it, it's not so bad.
It's actually pretty good for YouTube.
So that's my little spiel about Canon
but the real question is can this thing, this little guy,
actually produce a nice cinematic image?
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So the first thing I like about this camera
is that you can change the lenses.
This is a really important thing
because it essentially means that
you can upgrade your camera.
You can buy new lenses, better lenses,
and make your camera better.
Also when you invest in lenses,
those carry on and have a longer shelf life
because you can use them on different cameras.
Camera bodies come and go, but lenses will stay with you.
I always recommend for people
to get a camera they can change lenses on.
I just think it's a really important thing.
Now unfortunately, it is an EFS mount,
so your normal EF glass isn't gonna fit on here
unless you use something like this
an adaptor but with this adaptor
and then a big EF lens, it kind of defeats the purpose.
So it is a different kind of lens system
but they're really tiny lenses
so it kind of fits this package well.
The second thing that I really like
is that it's an APS-C size sensor.
So that's a pretty big size sensor
for a small camera like this.
It's not quite full frame.
It's a 1.6 crop but it's still pretty big.
I'm use to small cameras like this,
having a Micro Four Thirds sensor
which is never quite as cinematic
as something like an APS-C size Super 35
or a full frame sensor.
Also, I like that it has a flip LCD screen.
Really good for vlogging, for filming yourself.
This works really well and it's nice and big,
so I like the LCD screen on this thing.
Now the recording formats are very, very lackluster.
It only does 1080 and 30 frames per second
and 24 frames per second and then to do 60 frames per second
it's only 720 so nothing exciting there,
but I've definitely learned that specs are one thing
but then putting it to actual use
is a totally different thing.
Maybe Canon's auto focus and color science
can save the day and after taking it on a little shoot,
a little walk with my family,
here are my thoughts on this camera.
So first off it's definitely not a 6D or a 5D
or even an 80D but it's not bad.
It actually looked really good at times.
I was really surprised that this little guy
had the kind of image it could get.
One thing I found that the auto focus definitely
wasn't as good as on the bigger DSLRs, this smaller guy.
I don't know what's the difference,
but this was definitely not as good, not as reliable.
I don't know if it has to do with the lens
or the camera itself but it wasn't quite as good.
I'd say it's somewhere in between
the GH5 and the 80D, it seemed to miss every once in a while
but once it did find it's place,
it kind of stuck to that pretty well.
The color science is definitely there.
That's where Canon is kind of king right now.
The codec, it's not too good.
So it definitely starts falling apart
a lot faster than some of the other cameras
and I didn't have a MD to fit the small lens
so the image definitely could of looked
a little bit more cinematic with the right shutter speed
but in 60p paired with this IS lens,
I wasn't using any other stabilizers,
I actually got kind of some cool shots
that I was surprised at.
I do wish the 60p was in 1080.
I feel like that should be a thing,
and vlogging wise, this is actually a pretty nice camera
because you have the flip LCD screen.
It's an APS-C sized sensor
so you don't have to have your hand way far out.
You can have it pretty close
and still be getting everything at the same time
and paired with this IS lens,
it's a really nice small package
for when you wanna go unnoticed
or maybe you're just starting out
and you need some sort of camera to vlog with.
The audio definitely isn't anything spectacular
but it did all right with the wind
and the wave sounds in the background.
All right guys, I'm here in my favorite place,
the beaches in Toronto.
I haven't been here for a little bit
and for obvious reasons.
It's not really very beach-y right now,
but it's really cool
and they have some nice ice and stuff like that
but it's been super, super cold in Toronto
for the last week or so, two weeks.
It's been like minus 30 degrees celsius
which is just crazy cold.
Now it's only like zero, not that bad at all.
So here you can hear the mic test mic checking.
Does it sound good, guys?
There is no audio import which is kind of crappy.
But if you're just starting out vlogging,
I could see this being a pretty nice little setup
and here's a couple of comparison clips
with the EOS M10 and then the 6D Mark II.
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I tried to use the same lens
and then I just kind of corrected the focal length
because of the difference in sensor sizes.
Now this is a perfectly lit controlled environment
but you can see what the difference is
in between the cameras would be.
Now is the EOS M10 a tiny cinematic beast of a camera?
Mostly no, I would say you can get
some really nice footage from this camera,
and if you're starting out,
this is a really nice starter camera,
but am I gonna switch over to this or use this for vlogging?
Probably not, unless I really needed a really small camera.
For example, if I'm flying or something like that
and I don't wanna be pulling out a big DSLR all the time,
I could see this being really handy
for that kind of stuff but I
felt it was a little bit limited
and I don't like fighting with the camera.
I feel like if I have to fight with a camera
to get what I want, then it's not the camera for me.
Again, a camera is a tool and if that tool
is hindering your filmmaking process,
then you need to find a better tool,
but if I had this camera starting out with the sensor size
which means you can get nice depth of field.
Canon color science, this small foreign factor,
I would be pretty happy with this and it's cheap.
In Canada right now,
this package is $399 I think they said which is crazy cheap.
In America right now I think
it's actually more expensive at around $500.
So if you wanna test the waters of filmmaking,
this is a great little starter camera
if you just you had no idea
if you actually even liked filmmaking.
But if you already know that you really like filmmaking
and you kinda wanna take it a little bit more serious,
I would probably say start off with something
like the Canon 80D or something along those lines.
It's gonna be a little bit better of an experience I think.
So this guy is definitely going back to Canon.
I will not be buying this camera for myself
or anything like that but if
you don't have a camera right now
and you're looking at cameras, try it out.
See if it's good for you.
Again the key here is that no camera
is perfect for everybody.
We all have different budgets and different needs
for our filmmaking so make sure you get the right one
that fits your filmmaking style
and your budget and that's why I kinda wanted to test out
these smaller budget cameras and see
which ones are really good.
So if you have any suggestions
for a camera that you think I should review,
make sure to comment them down below
and I'll try to hopefully get my hands on
some different cameras but I'm so excited to see
what kind of cameras come out this year.
I'm a bit of a gear head deep down inside.
I like cameras, I like talking about them
so I'm really excited to see what cameras come out.
I'm gonna try to make it out for NAB this year.
Where they unveil a lot of the new cameras,
and we already had the Panasonic GH5s come out
but I think that camera
was a little bit of a step backwards.
They actually took out one of the best, if not,
the best features of the camera
which is the IBIS, the in body stabilization.
That was really good in the GH5
and then with the S they added better low light
but they took that away, I don't understand that.
They should of definitely kept the IBIS,
but maybe I'll get my hands on one later
and check it out myself.
Anyways, that's my little unscientific review
of the Canon EOS M10.
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