theEgg Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 For video in decent lighting (indoors with good, but not pro lightning, and outdoors in day) will there be a large difference in quality with these types of cameras? I mainly will be shooting reviews of electronics and short interviews outdoors. All of the videos will be uploaded to YouTube. So that will likely entail some changes to the video as its encoded by YouTube after the upload. My budget is $500. I'm trying to stay as compact as possible. Had been looking hard at rx100m1 and lx7, but now wondering if nex 5n or gh2 may give a substantial boost in image quality on YouTube... Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenogears Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Between the Nex 5n and the GH2, i will recommend you the GH2, maybe is not the best for lowlight situations, but the image is much more cleaner than the Nex 5n, the GH2 do not overheat, has no time record limit, and have mic input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damphousse Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 My budget is $500. I'm trying to stay as compact as possible. Blackmagic pocket cinema camera is $500 off at the moment. Out the door price is $495. http://www.adorama.com/BMCCP.html http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/964117-REG/blackmagic_design_blackmagic_pocket_cinema_camera.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inazuma Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The RX100 is nice. Great video detail and it's not too bad in low light. But the lens produces strong purple colour fringing, or at least mine did anyway. Between the NEX and GH2 I would recommend the GH2 as the video detail will be better and it has a flip out screen. And in my experience, the Panasonic menus are far better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablogrollan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Blackmagic pocket cinema camera is $500 off at the moment. Out the door price is $495. Well, not really. To that you have to add the price of a lens, plenty of memory cards and additional batteries. Not saying that it is expensive -though it would pretty much double the price-, but the RX100 with its fixed lens is more of a ready-to-go camera. Other options under 500$ would be the Canon EOS M -kit with 2 lenses- which is a Rebel T2i in a compact body, the Sony a5000 which is pretty much a replacement of the NEX 5 (with video limited to either 24p or 60i) or even the Panasonic GM1 with kit lens -now listed at 750$ though I've seen it at 500$-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theEgg Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Thanks. I should note I'm in Thailand. Anything shipped from abroad will see a 20-30% duty... I also need to apologize, the GH2 is too big. I didn't look before posting. Definitely portability is a big factor. Would gh2 produce 'that' much better video than for example rx100? I have considered Panasonic HV550 as well, but it's $300 in USA and $600 in Thailand :-/ no way I can pull the trigger on that. Mic inputs and such not important. Though sound needs to be at least acceptable. Zoom not important at all I'm mainly looking at picture quality once its been processed and on YouTube and portability. The smaller the better and decent image stabilization. Can anyone comment on for example RX100M1 or GH2 video quality in decent (not pro) lighting compared to a low/mid range camcorder such ad Panny 520/550? Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theEgg Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 The GM1 has now entered the mix, but the one I'm looking at is 24/25/60. Not quite sure 24p/50i will cut it. I have found one for $400 with warranty until November. Does anyone know if there is a hack to swap PAL to NTSC so I can shoot at 720p60 and 1080p30? Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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