Camera Advice
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- Gucci
I'm going to be a daddy soon. Yay!
What should I get to record video?
What should I get my wife for a point and shoot?Any help would be appreciated.
- monospaced0
Film the birth in slo-mo with the iPhone 5S
- mg330
Just get an underwater housing for an iphone to protect from slobber and drool.
In all seriousness, you sound like a good candidate for one of the Samsung cameras with WiFi, like http://www.samsung.com/us/photog…
You're both gonna have your hands full, and for your wife wanting a point and shoot, seems super convenient to be able to upload photos to the web (I think) right from the camera. Don't these allow uploading to Facebook and emailing?
- monospaced0
But seriously, this little Canon VIXIA is coming out in a couple weeks and looks like a good buy for what you are doing.
- formed0
Get a good one.
I just got a Canon M (and one for my father). So far, it is good for what I bought it for. I am a Nikon guy, but this was a pretty good deal:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Comp…
I'd prefer a Fuji, but at 3 times the price, I'll wait. Fuji should have a full frame mirrorless (or Sony) soon. Then I'll rethink things, for now, this Canon is so light it'll work fine (compared to my Nikon D800 w/ battery)
- Gucci0
I thought about a new iPhone (my contract is up pretty soon anyway), but these are all good suggestions.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- doesnotexist0
point & shoot, guys...
i'm biased towards canon, love the powershot s95:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Powe…can throw it in manual mode and use the ring for whatever. i use it for aperture. great auto-mode though.
- shoots video too, some tilt-shift effects for video... other shit i never usedoesnotexist
- hey does the ring work for select focusing?sea_sea