Camera Advice
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- Hombre_Lobo0
You could get 1 camera which meets both purposes -
Sony RX100.
Video is as good as the Canon DSLR's in terms of sharpness and detail. low light is not far off either. Sony are a dark horse of compact quality video which stems from their HX9v (more on that here - http://www.eoshd.com/content/293…).And when it comes to stills its incredible. of course its a compact camera so DOF is not gonna be great, but it will be much better than other compacts due to its larger sensor size. You do pay a premium for it though.
Has all the fancy stuff, 1080p 60fps, 10fps stills etc.
The image quality and noise at high iso is insanely good (you can even do decent astronomy photography). The next best camera to the rx100 is a big step down, its incredibly good.
the hx9v is still a good option for a cheap pocket video camera, the video is very good. But the stills arent great, low light it struggles slightly its a small aperture (ty zoom lens) + smaller sensor, but the worst thing is the bad white balance and color tones.
Hope thats helpful.
- there is an mkII model out now too btw.Hombre_Lobo
- http://www.qbn.com/t…ORAZAL
- Hombre, it took you two pages to post!!! Son, I'm disappointed! ;)goldieboy
- Haha goldie! You know i love my cams! Been a bit busy :(Hombre_Lobo
- Gucci0
I thought about a new iPhone (my contract is up pretty soon anyway), but these are all good suggestions.
- utopian0
Whatever you do...
Don't purchase and or use the shitty POS iPhone 4/4s/5/5c camera to capture the event.- get the lumia. it's for proper photographers ;)hans_glib
- You're a terrible father if you don't use a top-of-the-line SLR with a lens that costs at least $3,000.monospaced
- CyBrainX0
I don't see why we're ruling out higher end cameras. SLRs all have video now. You can get something awesome you can set up and be prepared for or just take the phone out for more spontaneous diaper sagas.
- GRAC0
- nice camera.robotron3k
- I heard that the guys at adobe that test cameras for lightroom LOVE this camera.err
- cruddlebub0
right gents, advice is needed.
i want to upgrade my camera and am seriously looking into getting a 6D. does anyone on here use one?
and what are the pros of full frame?
i will be shooting weddings mainly.
- omg0
How about getting a camera that posts directly to your Facebook account, so that ALL your friends can enjoy and experience every single little cute detail your baby does from now til he/she gets his or her own Facebook account.
- pinkfloyd0
I heard the 6d performs well with low light, and a good autofocus system. A full frame is a large sensor so better image quality.
- its a step up for sure, im using a 40d at the mo, and i've vertually run it into the ground.cruddlebub
- ok_not_ok0
- $$$$$doesnotexist
- < this, yes. I love mine. But prolly don't need this for what you're doing.monkeyshine
- uan0
- cruddlebub0
70d has pretty amazing video recording...
- vaxorcist0
I've shot music videos on DSLR's like Canon 5D mark II and various Nikons, these are great if you can control the situation and do manual focus and ask the talent to do things over and over until its right...
Most DSLR's would be difficult to shoot baby and kid videos, unless the kid is very still, or you have a newer tech AF system, as Canon's "Dual Pixel AF" seemed very good in my few minutes of testing... more like a "conventional video camera" than a DSLR in the focussing, but still a DSLR for the low light and depth of field control....
- cruddlebub0
the 70d has tracking focusing... and its amazingly accurate and quiet.
- I tried it in a store and was impressed... anyone here use one on a real project?vaxorcist
- unfortunately no, i am looking at getting one in the near futurecruddlebub
- We have one. It's a fucking beast. I wouldn't want it near a child.monospaced
- Continuity0
'and what are the pros of full frame?'
Err ... the big one off the top of my head is not having your field-of-view cropped. So that, you know, 50mm — for example — is actually 50mm framing and not, say, 1.6x smaller.
But yeah, other than that minor niggle, I can't think of any other pros.