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.