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Hi! As always I'm putting lots of hope into you as I need help in finding a right camera or tool to make videos. I have my a6000 that I use for photos, I'm very happy with it but when I shot some video from a trip ofc I wanted to improve the shaky effects. Then I got a gimbal for a smartphone as my phone records 4k and I made a nice video but firstly there gimbal was basically in the way for the whole time and putting a phone on and off was just too troublesome secondly a phone footage despite choosing 30p was all over the place with FPS I guess because of the shutter speed, I guess I should've set the shutter speed myself.
Anyways, I'm looking for something small I can put in my pocket that will give me good quality video with stabilisation. I looked at rx100 iv and v and damn they're expensive but the videos especially slow motion look super steady and gorgeous. Is there any other solution you'd think?
All best,
Luk
 
Wookie123 said:
Hi! As always I'm putting lots of hope into you as I need help in finding a right camera or tool to make videos. I have my a6000 that I use for photos, I'm very happy with it but when I shot some video from a trip ofc I wanted to improve the shaky effects. Then I got a gimbal for a smartphone as my phone records 4k and I made a nice video but firstly there gimbal was basically in the way for the whole time and putting a phone on and off was just too troublesome secondly a phone footage despite choosing 30p was all over the place with FPS I guess because of the shutter speed, I guess I should've set the shutter speed myself.
Anyways, I'm looking for something small I can put in my pocket that will give me good quality video with stabilisation. I looked at rx100 iv and v and damn they're expensive but the videos especially slow motion look super steady and gorgeous. Is there any other solution you'd think?
All best,
Luk
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What lens were you using on the A6000 and couldn't you just use a gimbal for that instead of your phone?
 
I'm using 18-105. The gimbal for the phone was much cheaper than the one that would be fine with the weight of my camera. Also I want my a6000 to be off gimbal since I can't imagine me putting it on and off all the time when I want to take a photo.
 
Have a look at the Panasonic gx85, it's just about pocketable and does great 4k footage.
 
paul.w said:
Have a look at the Panasonic gx85, it's just about pocketable and does great 4k footage.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I was actually thinking about changing all my Sony stuff for em5 ii with 12-40 2.8. i loved my old Olympus and I saw the video is nicely stabilised. I'm only scared about 16 vs 24 mp. I am not a photographer and I'm cropping quite often.
 
have a look at camcorders, I have a panasonic HC-X900M no out of production as new version on the market. When I was in Egypt I kept it in my trouser pocket unless i was using it, thieves would have snatched it otherwise. his model does still as well as videos and my guess is exactly what you are after.
Wind noise will be a problem with any video work so a good dead cat on and extrnl mike I would recommend. How good is this one I have? taken from cruise ship with it. camcorder mike only used. Size is about a long as a glasses case. I don't often recommend a product but this deserves it

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqpZIBwJL_E


ZooM? watch this i took on the Nile hand held
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zocBr0JOGUk

 
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