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Everything you need to know about your future vlogging camera!
Vlogging has had an explosive growth over the last 3 years! Ten and thousands of youngsters are grabbing their smart phones and cameras and vlog their everyday life. If you are also interested in vlogging, we highly suggest that you get yourself a vlogging camera that has good picture quality and more importantly great audio.
Even though you can vlog with your smartphone, it is not really ideal to vlog on your smartphone. A dedicated vlogging camera allows you to think outside the box and create better videos for your audience.
Canon PowerShot G7 X Digital Camera Wi-Fi Enabled
The Canon PowerShot G7 X is a top camera for professional vlogging. It features a high-sensitivity CMOS sensor, which is combined with Canon’s DIGIC 6 image processor.
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The combination of these components delivers stunning image and video quality. This camera comes equipped with a nine-blade iris diaphragm and 4.2x optical zoom. With a multi-angle, three-inch touch panel LCD, it’s ideal for selfies and vlogging.
The Canon PowerShot G7 X captures 1080p full HD video, and the video can be filmed up to 60 frames per second. To make professional vlogging easier, it comes with built-in Wi-Fi sharing, and it has a one-inch BSI-CMOS sensor.
Canon PowerShot SX730 Digital Camera
The top pick is the Canon PowerShot SX730 because it offers excellent value the money. With built-in Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth, it can transfer images to Android devices, PC and social sharing sites.
It has a massive 40x optical zoom and three-inch touch screen. Since it can shoot 1080p video, it’s a great choice for vlogging. You can choose to record video at 60p, 30p or 24p, ideal for different filming conditions. It has Digic 6 image processing which delivers exceptional processing power and speed. It doesn’t require artificial light sources, and it automatically removes image noise. If you decide to buy it, you’ll find that this camera is particularly useful in low-light conditions. It will capture 1080p video and stereo sound.
The Canon PowerShot SX730 is powered by an NB-13L rechargeable lithium-ion battery, so it can be used away from a power source.
Canon PowerShot S120 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera
The Canon PowerShot S120 is a popular choice among professional vloggers. With built-in Wi-Fi technology, it lets you wirelessly transfer captured video, and it makes it especially easy to upload the video to social sharing websites.
This camera captures video in 1080p full HD, and the built-in microphone records stereo sound. It has a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, which has been combined with the Canon DIGIC 6 image processor.
These features provide exceptional performance in low-light environments. The included f/1.8 lens has a wide-angle view and works well for vlogging. The Canon PowerShot S120 comes with most of the features that professional vloggers will find useful.
Canon PowerShot SX610 HS
At 1080p, the SX610 might just be one of the best budget cameras for vloggers. With features like you’d find on higher end models like image stabilization and auto focus, there’s a lot of bang for your buck in this little guy.
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It comes standard wifi enabled, and you can easily download the free canon connect app and send pictures directly to your phone wirelessly. It has long battery life, with quick recharges for on the go recording. The only cons are an internal noise that the microphone picks while recording, and it’s not the best in low light situations. At a price point between $200 – $250, this is a great value.
Canon EOS M6
Amartuer friendly mirrorless camera from Canon ticks all the right boxes for beginner vloggers who are on a budget.
With a flip-up screen and a microphone port, and Canon’s excellent Dual Pixel CMOS AF system on board to keep everything in focus during recording, the EOS M6 is a great choice for those who want to keep both their setup as compact and portable. Video is limited to Full HD recording, although you do have a 60p option if you need it, and built-in digital image stabilisation also helps when you’re recording on the move.
The current collection of compatible lenses isn’t the widest, but if you pair the camera with the EF-M 11-22mm f4-5.6 IS STM lens, you’ll have a useful 18-35mm focal range (in 35mm-equivalent terms) to work with, together with the benefit of Canon’s STM technology to keep focusing quiet. If you need 4K, the recent EOS M50 is also one to add to the list, although this does come with a handful of limitations, such as no Dual Pixel CMOS AF in 4K and a 1.6x crop factor.
Nikon Coolpix S7000
This Coolpix comes with several features we really like, including the ability to stitch short videos together into automatic montages, 18 scenes for shifting the image to match the conditions (with auto scene selection), and hybrid image stabilization that will help your video as much as your photos. It makes a great YouTube camera if your budget is a bit too low to afford more high-end digital cameras. However, the camera is a little too photo-focused to be perfect, and some features (such as battery life) won’t perform as well when you are taking video.
YI 4K Action Camera
If you think about action cameras, you immediately remember GoPro. After all they’ve been the kings for a while. Unfortunately for them, YI has made a 4k action vlogging camera for a cheaper price that works almost just as well.
One of the troubles I have with GoPro is that I know they could offer a camera that can record the best quality for a much cheaper price, but they just don’t want to do it.
I know that action cameras can be a lot cheaper because they don’t even include a zoom, and prime lenses are extremely cheap for their quality. They also don’t have to include more than the basic photography features.
Good thing is that YI took advantage of this situation to offer their own good cameras for a much cheaper price (I bet now GoPro is planning the release of a “budget” camera to be able to compete with them).
The YI 4k Action Camera is actually slightly lighter than the GoPro HERO 4, it can record 4k video at 30fps and 1080 at 120fps for extremely slow-motion videos.
And just like the GoPro, it has a wide-angle lens that isn’t zoomable, but comes with really decent battery duration. It can record up to 2 hours of 4k30 video, which almost doubles what the Hero4 could.
The downside when compared to the GoPro is probably its audio quality. This is something that doesn’t surprise me, as the camera already offers a lot for its price. This can be a huge deal when it comes to action cameras, since if you need it for an action environment, there might not be many ways for you to record with an external device. Be aware of this if you need to record really loud sounds (motorcycle racing would be a good example), or a lot of wind.
Still, if you want to do the typical vlog about your day and you’re not interested in extreme videos, you will do better with another camera from this list —even if it can only record 720p. The wide-angle lens from action cameras can make your viewers uncomfortable and even dizzy after a while.
Canon EOS Rebel T4i DSLR with 18-55mm EF-S IS II Lens
The Canon EOS Rebel T4i DSLR uses a 14-bit DIGIC 5 processor and can shoot 1080p HD video, which is ideal for vlogging. It has a nine-point AF system and offers five frames per second continuous shooting.
With an 18MP APS-C hybrid CMOS sensor, it has no trouble capturing video in low-light conditions, and it has a three-inch LCD touchscreen. The Canon EOS Rebel T4i DSLR is equipped with a built-in stereo microphone, but it also has an input for an external microphone.
Panasonic Lumix G85 / G80
With masses of features, a weather-sealed body and crisp image quality thanks to the lack of an optical low-pass filter, the Lumix G85, which also goes by the name Lumix G80, is one of our favourite budget mirrorless cameras even before we get to its video capabilities. And yet, even here it shines, with 4K recording, a mic input, flip-out touchscreen and fast focusing to recommend it even further. The camera is capable of using face detection to keep a lock on subjects as they move, and while it lacks on-sensor phase-detect AF, focus changes happen nice and smoothly while you’re recording. You also benefit from effective image stabilisation from both the sensor and the lens (assuming you’re using a lens with OIS), which is great if you’re planning on moving while you shoot.
Canon PowerShot G9 X
This is the price range where things start to get really interesting… The video quality of the G9 is absolutely superb. It’s very similar to it’s big brother, the G7x, yet $200 cheaper. The image stabilization is really good compared to the lower end Powershots, and the microphone quality is much better.
The clarity and auto focus on the G9 is improved for vloggers, and works better in low light settings. There are two main cons to this camera though, the price, and the lack of a flip out screen. For the money, I’m not sure this is the best buy, as it’s not as good as the G7X and not THAT much better than the Powershot 300 but twice the price. For $50 more, you can pick up the S110 below, which is a better camera.
Samsung NX Mini
Samsung’s NX Mini is designed for ease of use: The compact design and pop-up LCD screen make it easy to operate, while the many different connectivity options allow you to beam video to other devices without Wi-Fi, share files, automatically backup your content, and more. More advanced features are also great for professional vloggers who want great performance–such as the 325 minute video recording battery life, the remote viewfinder, and the surprisingly large 20.5 megapixel sensor. All in all, it’s a camera that can compete with models twice its price.
Canon EOS Rebel SL2 / EOS 200D
The EOS Rebel SL2, also known as the EOS 2000D, may simply appear as a compact, unassuming, entry-level DSLR, but for vloggers on a budget it makes a lot of sense. On top of the Full HD option that records to 60p, you get a flip-out touchscreen LCD with a respectable 24.2MP resolution, together with sensor-based phase-detect AF pixels – Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF system – to help keep focus smooth while you record. You can also hook an external microphone to the camera through the 3.5mm port at its side. The default EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM kit lens also has the advantage of using an STM motor for more fluid focusing during video recording, although something a little wider like the Canon EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM would be a better choice if you want to get yourself in the frame while providing environmental context, given the 1.6x crop factor of the sensor.
Canon EOS Rebel T7i / EOS 800D
The Rebel T7i, which also goes by the names EOS 8000D and Kiss X9i depending on where you are in the world, was announced just a few months before the EOS 200D (above), and it’s aimed at a similar user. In fact, with its 24MP sensor, Dual Pixel CMOS AF, Full HD video to 60p, a flip-out touchscreen and a mic port, its spec sheet reads pretty similarly too, although it’s a better choice for those who appreciate what the EOS 200D offers videographers but require something a little stronger for stills. That extra outlay gets you a much more capable 45-point AF system, each point being cross-type for enhanced sensitivity, in addition to a 6fps burst rate next to the EOS 200D’s 5fps. Not fussed about these? Go for the EOS 200D, particularly as you’ll benefit from a marginally better battery life and a more compact body.
