Sunny Lenarduzzi: As you know, I am in Europe right now.
Buongiorno, from the Vatican.
Even though I'm half-Italian, I'm so bad at Italian.
But I wanted to quickly pop in and let you guys know that I am loving the camera that
I bought.
In this video, I'm using it right now, and it has been so epic to take photos with and
to do videos while I'm in Europe.
So, stay tuned to figure out which one I went with.
It's awesome.
And also, follow along on Instagram to see all of my European adventures.
Ciao for now.
In this very moment, as we're doing this, I'm in Vancouver, prepping to go to Europe.
What I really need to do is, get a camera.
I want to get a camera that I can capture the memories with of this dream trip that
I've really dreamed of my whole life.
I want something easy to travel with, small, minimalistic, no bells and whistles.
I am not a techy person, and I am between a few options.
I've done my research, but I wanted to bring you along with me, because one of the biggest
questions that you ask me is about gear.
And, I am the queen of saying, "You don't need crazy, fancy gear.
You can shoot with your phone."
And, I totally believe that.
And, I think whatever you have right now, you can get started with that.
I started with a webcam and my iPhone, but I'm at a place now where I'm like, "Okay,
I can upgrade a little bit."
And, I want to have something that I can travel with that's going to take a little bit nicer
footage than what my phone can capture.
And also, quite frankly, I'm clumsy.
I might lose my phone.
That would be a problem.
So, I don't want to do that either, so I'm trying to have backup.
So, we're going to go and do the shopping together for this camera, because I know a
lot of the questions I have, you're going to have, as well.
So, we're going to decide on which [inaudible] camera I'm going to get.
And, it's also going to be for, not just this trip, but also for content I'm going to shoot
on my own here in Vancouver, so that I can create some new styles of content for the
channel.
If you watched last week's video, you'll know why, and you'll know that this is all going
to make a lot of sense.
So, let's go shopping.
The cameras I'm trying to decide between are the Sony RX 100 MK V, and then the Canon G7X
MK II.
The reason that I like these both so much is that, they're both very similar in size.
They're point and shoot.
They're really simple to use.
So, the big difference between these two is price.
This one is about 11 hundred, and this one's about eight hundred, so I need to know why,
and if this is actually worth it to spend a little bit more money, and what the big
differences are in how they operate and function.
So, the big things that I want to know and maybe you want to know too is, can they shoot
in low light?
That's a big thing for me.
In terms of low light, they're both, I'd say, about equally matched.
Okay.
Just for the simple fact that they both have a one inch sensor.
One inch sensor is basically, what takes in the light.
So, they both have the same surface area of sensor, which is going to take in light.
Okay.
And, they also both have an aperture of F1.8, so that's how wide it opens to let light in.
Okay, light in, yeah.
Exactly.
So, in terms of light, they're pretty equally matched.
But, this one will read out iso a little bit better, just again, because of the expertise
that Sony has for doing it for so long.
So, I wanted to test low light, so I thought I'd bring it into this random part of the
store that's super dark.
And, you can see what it looks like.
I mean, I definitely can notice a big difference with this.
I feel like this is a lot more realistic and shows up better in low light, and this one
is a lot sort of, grainier and darker.
So, this one wins here, for sure.
The auto focus features, meaning that I want to know if it can focus on me and have the
blurred out background sort of look and how high quality that looks on both cameras.
RX 100 MK V has 300 auto focus points.
Okay.
So, 10 times the amount of auto focus points in comparison to this one.
And, what the auto focus point does, basically, is reads out the entire frame, what's on camera,
and it picks out what should be in focus.
But, it's able to pick from 400 points, versus 30 points.
Got it.
Sorry, 300, 300 points, versus 30 points.
So, we're testing the auto focus.
So, a little trick that Peter just taught me ... Hi, Peter ... is, put your hand right
in front of it and see how long it takes to readjust.
Not bad.
It kind of had to readjust in the very beginning, but it looks good.
Nope, this one's definitely faster.
And then, the other thing that I want to know is, as far as the flip screen goes, which,
I can show you in a second, what do they look like?
How do they work?
And, are they going to be blocked if I want to have a mic or anything rigged up to it.
I wanted to know, I know this is really important to me.
It might seem trivial, but, as far as the ...
Yeah, oh, yeah.
... screen ...
So, they both go up.
Okay, so they both go up.
This one also goes ... Okay, got it.
Mm-hmm (affirmative), yes, so actually, that's one of the common strength, they both have
the same tilting screen.
Okay, got it.
Which, I think this one actually goes even lower.
Tilt it towards you.
So I mean, the in camera recording audio, right?
Yeah.
In camera audio is, it does the job, but it's never going to be as good as an external mic.
Yeah, is it possible to have an external mic with these guys?
Yes.
You're going to just have to get an adaptor.
Okay.
That's really it, with both of these, you'll have to get an adapter.
Okay.
Which, I don't want to lie to you.
Don't lie to me.
You're on camera.
Yes, I'm on camera.
And I think ... Oh, and then shooting capacity, so I think pretty much standard, it's going
to be for both, like, 30 minutes on each.
But yeah, those are most of the questions that I have, that I want to know, and have
to ask before I get a camera for this trip.
My other question is, and I know that you probably want to know this too, is battery
life.
Battery life, same thing.
They are pretty much the exact same.
Same, okay.
Yeah, Canon has a tiny bit of edge on the battery life, but it's just very, very little.
Okay, got it.
And, the reason why it's also, if you look at these, it's really hard to tell the difference,
but the Canon is actually larger than the Sony.
Okay.
So, able to fit a tiny bit of a bigger battery.
Okay.
I totally understand why he's trying to sell me on the Sony, because obviously, it's more
expensive, and that's his job.
But also, that he made some really good points, and I got all my questions answered.
And, once I did my little tests and everything, I do think the Sony's the one I want to go
with.
Both of them are great, honestly.
I don't think it's a huge difference, and I don't think one is like, the hands down
winner.
That's just my opinion.
But, I'm curious which one you would pick based on what you saw today.
So, which of the cameras would you go for?
Comment below and let me know.
And, I think the winner for me, and I think the one I want to go with is the Sony.
All right, I'm going to go with the Sony, and I'm super excited about it.
I have never really had a official Vlog camera.
Because I don't really Vlog.
But, I really do want to capture memories while I'm on this trip.
If you guys liked this video, hey, give it a like below.
Share it with somebody else who might be looking for the right Vlog camera for them.
And again, I'm not [inaudible 00:07:57].
I am not super technical, and I didn't need anything with a ton of bells and whistles.
I wanted something minimalistic, so this is perfect for me.
You might be looking for something a little more in depth and a little more intense, but
for me and for my needs, this is exactly what I'm looking for.
So, I'm very, very excited, and I'm excited to shoot some great footage while I'm away
and share it with all of you.
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