I need camera to make crochet tutorials for YouTube. I have Canon S5IS and I'm not pleased with the quality. What should I buy for macro videos?
1985330
The T5i makes great quality photos. I have shot over 3000 photos since purchasing mine about 2 months ago and am extremely satisfied. I have not used it for videos, however, so am not qualified on that aspect.
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T3i, t4i and t5i should all work well for you. I believe the 5d would be more than you need. I'd also maybe look at getting a gopro. It's much smaller incase you needed to mount the camera in a tight space to film your hands.
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Also I believe what Michael says is slightly wrong. These d-slr's work great for video and in my opinion better than some video cameras. I've worked on a number if tv shows and commercials that you my have seen and you'd be surprised at how many shots were done with cannon 5d's
1985333
If you are doing videos, you are better served getting a video camera. Although many of the digital photo cameras can do video, it's not their primary design and thus will never give you the quality a dedicated video camera could. Either way, for extreme closups you would need some sort of macro lense.
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Well, I just bought the video camera today online, and I have heard about Cyberlink Power Director 7 being really good. It's about $60 but some of the videos I researched and saw on YouTube turned out really really good, in High Quality. Maybe someone else has some recommendations too.
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You can use it on macro pics. I used it with a dragon fly on a plant it looked awesome
1023115
It has a good close up setting - I use it to take macro shots and they turn out well. The details are sharp and clear for my use but the macros my daughter takes with her inter-changeable lens camera would fall under the category of professional.
622314
I purchased the Canon sx200IS and I can tell you the Macro settings are fabulous,not only the regular Macro but this camera has Super Macro,you have to use the P mode and take it from there,to set up.Before purchasing this camera at a photo store I had them print out some Macro shots I took right there,I bought the camera and absolutely no regrets,I also own a high end pro camera and I think this one will get the most used.
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I have taken some incredible photos with the macro mode...and I photograph insects in the field on a regular basis for my job. The supermacro is simply sent from heaven...it works wonderfully!
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I found the macro capability as outstanding. However to get good results you'll need to shoot in manual mode and understand some of the basic setups and lighting conditions. Different situations require using different settings.
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This will work fine for macro photography with your D3100. This is a very simple set of tubes - not much can go wrong with them short of mishandling them. Be aware that you will have to manually focus your lens with this set. The low price for this tube set is good if money is a very important issue. If - after using it - you enjoy this and wish to upgrade to a set of auto-focusing set of tubes you can then justify the higher cost - from $60 to $200.
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I miss my old Canon A60- an early 2000 design. Mine finally bit the dust recently after 9 years of no issues. And the Macro Mode was great, not fantastic though. But compared to all other cameras I've used, its Macro was best. Even better than cameras several hundreds dollars more than it. But like the saying "they just don't make 'em like they USED to." Cameras are no exception- as nearly EVERYTHING is either made of cheaper quality materials, or mfg's skimp seriously nowadays.
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I need a camera that takes good action pictures indoors. My daughter is a dancer and my point and shoot pics are always disappointingly blurry.
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Pretty much any camera that advertises "macro focus" (the ability to focus on objects within about an inch of the lens -- necessary if you're selling anything *small*) will be fine these days: All of them have plenty of resolution and perfectly good image quality for eBay/Amazon usages. You'll have no problem finding many cameras <$100 to choose from these days that will work just fine.
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Thanks so much for the excellent review info..especially the macro section!!..You just sold me on this camera!...after weeks of searching!
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This is my fave macro camera. My other cameras are Leica's and I prefer this one for macro shots. I get fab bokeh with it.
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Go for the canon 50 km prime that's around $100. Search for videos on YouTube. It's great for video!
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I've not tried it for macro, so can't help you there, My friend has mine in Europe now so I can't try it. Maybe if you google the question, they will know or the manual may pop-up. Aside from my SLR, this takes great telephotos.
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Subject: Re: Y. Callewaert commented on your answer to the question "Being a Mac user, will this camera work with my Mac and iMovie program?"You're welcome. I think the camera is great. Really nice hs pics. I did buy the cannon mike that mounts on top on the shoe and if u have the extra $150 I think it is well worth it audio wiseThe mic is made for the camera. We use it to record our church services so I needed better sound than the built in micDave
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I can't say it would be perfect as a video blog camera but I have found it to be entirely useful and would recommend it to anybody for a pocket camera, still and video. I have always used a Canon pocket for point and shoot and the only time I went off-brand with a Nikon I was extremely disappointed.