I very often use my a6000 at 3200 without any problem. Was hoping the replacement could do at least half as good; and for gym footage it will most likely have to be around that ISO as well. So high ISO really is important. Like I said, these are for daily vlogs, the more i have to do in post, the longer it will take to render (mid range pc from 2011 with i5 2400 and amd card) and that is makes it all slow. Noise reduction takes a good while. In terms of robustness, how well does 700D with higher bitrates through hacks stand up to sharpening and grading? A6000's footage falls apart so badly, sharpening it isnt quite easy either. So currently, I just have the in camera sharpening to +3 and Contrast and Saturation at 0. And IF I decide to put film convert on it, its usually under 50% strength. Getting XAVC should help. My current workflow is like, import footage from both cameras, transcode the avchd to dnxhd, import the audio from phone. Then sync the audio in Premiere Pro and then put the whole thing together. Then I will grade on an adjustment layer, sometimes put some sharpening, maybe correct white balance with lumetri colors and export as H.264 with 15Mbits target and 20Mbits Max. The whole idea is to shorten the time for all this, and have better gym footage, and see myself as I talk so I can see whats going on (so crucial, had to redo a few long shots over again because i forgot to change a setting). d5300 is $525. More than what my a6000 cost me. And quality wise its much the same. And doesnt do justice as a backup camera to it for photography since i will only use kit lens. dont plan on buying any lens for it. and as for vlogs, i have only been doing it for a month, its a hobby, dont think i can spend that much on it. and again, even if i do, id feel terrible to 'not put it into good use' since i will only use the kit lens and make videos of myself talking into it and placing it somehwere in a dark gym to film myself workout.
Oh yea that would be great! Do you have the bitrate hack installed? Also, i forgot to mention, d5300 does not have the hack, so low bitrate of around 24Mbits if I am not wrong, same as sony's. Now I am not complaining about sony, the quality is great. but grading is not easy, but the fix is already there, i just have to get a new sd card. How does it stack up with regards to post processing torture?