I own most CANON cameras, which do I ACTUALLY use? — Transcript

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1. 0:00I have bought or used just about every
2. 0:02Canon RF mount camera that's come out in
3. 0:05the past decade and I'm going to share
4. 0:06what I like and dislike about each
5. 0:09camera and which ones I use the most and
6. 0:11would recommend you buy. Let's dive into
7. 0:13it.
8. 0:15So here's a list of every RF mount Canon
9. 0:17camera that I've bought in order from
10. 0:19least expensive to most expensive. The
11. 0:21R50 V, the R10 which I'm letting someone
12. 0:24borrow right now, the R8, the R7 which I
13. 0:27sold, the R6 V which I did not buy but I
14. 0:30did use for a couple weeks, the R5 Mark
15. 0:33II which replaced my R5, the R5C, the
16. 0:36C50, the C70, the C80 which is shooting
17. 0:39this video and the C400. And the reason
18. 0:42I own all of these is because I test
19. 0:44gear and make tutorials for So no, I
20. 0:46don't need all of them but I have used
21. 0:48all of them so I have a good idea of the
22. 0:50pros and cons between each. Now this is
23. 0:52not going to be an exhaustive
24. 0:54comparison, just the main pros and cons
25. 0:56that are most important to me. But
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67. 2:15each of these cameras and what I like
68. 2:17and don't like. First up is the R50V.
69. 2:21This is as low end of a Canon camera
70. 2:23that I would recommend buying. Yes,
71. 2:25there are [music] some PowerShot cameras
72. 2:27cheaper than this and you have the R100
73. 2:29that's a tad cheaper, but the R50V is a
74. 2:32significant upgrade for just a little
75. 2:34bit more money. So, this is the camera
76. 2:35I'd recommend beginners to start out
77. 2:37with and I did a whole video showing
78. 2:39this camera in a professional interview
79. 2:41setting. I'll link that below. But, the
80. 2:43pros to the R50V is that it shoots in 4K
81. 2:4630 with no crop. It has up to 2 hours of
82. 2:49continuous recording. It shoots in C-Log
83. 2:51for those who want to color grade, but
84. 2:53also gives you amazing straight the
85. 2:55camera colors if you just use a standard
86. 2:57Rec. 709 profile. It's super small,
87. 2:59light, and easy to use and by far the
88. 3:01smallest Canon camera that I own. It
89. 3:03also has a vertical mounting option
90. 3:05which only about half of my cameras
91. 3:06have. And it has the basic video needs
92. 3:08like a mic jack, headphone jack, zebras,
93. 3:10and so on. But, some of the cons to be
94. 3:13aware of, there's not a lot of
95. 3:14affordable RF Canon lens options to pair
96. 3:17with this very affordable camera. So,
97. 3:19you'll probably want to buy third-party
98. 3:20lenses like this Sigma 30mm that's on
99. 3:23the camera right now. Also, the battery
100. 3:25life isn't great. I don't like Canon's
101. 3:27smaller E17 batteries. I'd prefer if
102. 3:30they'd make the camera bodies just a tad
103. 3:31bigger so they can fit their E6P
104. 3:33batteries cuz they have [music] twice
105. 3:35the energy capacity. Also, this doesn't
106. 3:37have 4K at 60 frames per second, only up
107. 3:39to 30. So, that's a bummer, but
108. 3:41understandable at this price point. It
109. 3:43can also overheat like most cameras in
110. 3:45this price range. And no, it does not
111. 3:47have IBIS which makes it less ideal for
112. 3:50vlogging or handheld shooting. So,
113. 3:52overall thoughts, I've had this for a
114. 3:53few months and I can safely say that in
115. 3:562026, this is my top camera
116. 3:58recommendation for beginners out of all
117. 4:00the brands, not just Canon cameras. So,
118. 4:02bang for buck beginner video camera,
119. 4:04R50V is it. But, if the limitations
120. 4:07mentioned are deal breakers, you'll need
121. 4:09to shell out more money. So, moving up
122. 4:10to the next price range, we have the
123. 4:12R10. I did an R10 versus iPhone video a
124. 4:14couple years back. I'll link that below
125. 4:16if you want more details on the R10, but
126. 4:18overall, I was not super impressed with
127. 4:21that camera, specifically for that
128. 4:23price. Now, some of the pros, it has a
129. 4:25viewfinder, which the R50V does not. It
130. 4:27didn't have C-Log 3 when I first bought
131. 4:29it, but it has added it since in a
132. 4:31firmware update. It does allow 4K at
133. 4:3360fps shooting, but that's with a 1.5
134. 4:36crop, which in my opinion isn't very
135. 4:38useful. And some of the cons to be aware
136. 4:40of, still no IBIS, still overheats, no
137. 4:42vertical mounting, which the R50V does
138. 4:44have, and really no other major
139. 4:46advantages for video shooters over the
140. 4:48R50V, but at twice the price. So,
141. 4:51overall, I would recommend getting the
142. 4:53R50V and save some money, or skip the
143. 4:55R10 and go to the next level, which is
144. 4:58going to be the R8. Pros of the R8 over
145. 5:01the R10, this is Canon's least expensive
146. 5:03full-frame R camera, if you don't count
147. 5:05the original Canon R, which is now 8
148. 5:07years old, so I wouldn't even recommend
149. 5:09that one cuz it's really old tech. So,
150. 5:11if you're wanting more background blur,
151. 5:12better low-light performance, the full
152. 5:14usage of nicer full-frame RF lenses,
153. 5:17this is your least expensive option, and
154. 5:19it can do 4K at 60fps with no crop.
155. 5:22[music] So, 4K slow-mo is important to
156. 5:24you, this is as cheap as I'd go. The
157. 5:26cons to be aware of is that it still
158. 5:28uses the smaller E17 batteries, so
159. 5:31battery life is not going to be great. I
160. 5:33think that was a big miss on this
161. 5:35camera. Also, it will still overheats.
162. 5:37There's also no vertical mount like the
163. 5:39R50V. And at this price point, probably
164. 5:42the biggest disappointment for a lot of
165. 5:43people is that it didn't come with IBIS.
166. 5:46I think this would have been a much more
167. 5:47popular camera had it had IBIS, but then
168. 5:49again, it would have been more
169. 5:50expensive. [music] So, you can't get
170. 5:52everything at these price points.
171. 5:53Overall thoughts, I haven't used this
172. 5:55camera much because of the lack of IBIS,
173. 5:57making it less useful for handheld
174. 5:59shooting, and because it doesn't share
175. 6:01the same bigger E6P battery as the rest
176. 6:03of my nicer cameras. It's just way less
177. 6:05convenient to use. So, overall, a great
178. 6:08first full-frame camera for the price,
179. 6:10but a couple big cons that prevent me
180. 6:12from wanting to use it professionally.
181. 6:14Well, the next camera in our lineup is
182. 6:15the R7. Again, I don't have it here. I
183. 6:17sold that. But, the R7 was the first one
184. 6:20that I've actually used on a
185. 6:21professional shoot. I shot my brother's
186. 6:23wedding with it as a B camera with my R5
187. 6:26being the A camera, and I was pleasantly
188. 6:28surprised with how much I liked it. The
189. 6:30footage was very comparable to the much
190. 6:32more expensive [music] R5. So, some of
191. 6:34the pros would be that it's the least
192. 6:35expensive Canon camera that has IBIS.
193. 6:38So, if IBIS is a must, this is your
194. 6:39starting point. It's also the least
195. 6:41expensive option that has the bigger and
196. 6:43better E6P batteries. So, improved
197. 6:45battery life and swappable with
198. 6:47higher-end Canon cameras. And like the
199. 6:49R8, this also has 4K at 60 with no crop
200. 6:52and C-Log 3. But, I was shocked to
201. 6:54discover that I couldn't get the R7 to
202. 6:56overheat. I shot in 4K at 60fps at that
203. 6:59wedding, and my R5 overheated several
204. 7:02times, but the R7 didn't even show signs
205. 7:04of overheating. So, it was my reliable
206. 7:06camera on that shoot. Biggest cons of
207. 7:08the R7 though is that it is an APS-C
208. 7:11sensor. That's probably why [music] it
209. 7:12didn't overheat because it's reading out
210. 7:14a smaller sensor. But, if you're not a
211. 7:15full-frame sensor snob, this camera
212. 7:17[music] is amazing. Also, there's only
213. 7:19IPB recording options, no All-I, which
214. 7:22basically means that bit rates are
215. 7:23lower, which is great for saving on
216. 7:25storage space, but your image [music]
217. 7:26will be more compressed. So, overall
218. 7:28thoughts, I do recommend the R7 as an
219. 7:31affordable camera [music] for weddings,
220. 7:32events, vlogging, handheld, etc. But, I
221. 7:34did end up selling this one as I do
222. 7:36prefer my full-frame options. And I'll
223. 7:38link my full review of the R7 below if
224. 7:40you want to learn more. Well, the next
225. 7:42camera in Canon's lineup is the R6,
226. 7:44which has now made a Mark II, a Mark
227. 7:46III, and just recently the R6V. So,
228. 7:48clearly this is a popular line for Canon
229. 7:51as they've put way more iterations into
230. 7:52this than any other line. Now, I've
231. 7:54never bought any of the R6s because I
232. 7:56like my R5s better, but I did spend a
233. 7:58few days testing out the R6V. And for
234. 8:01video shooters, that's definitely the
235. 8:03one I'd recommend out of those R6
236. 8:05options. First of all, because the price
237. 8:07points, you can save about $400 the R6V
238. 8:10over the R6 III. The III is going to be
239. 8:12better for photos, but the R6V has
240. 8:15better video features. Most notably, it
241. 8:17has a cooling fan so it's not going to
242. 8:19overheat. Technically, it can still
243. 8:21overheat, but I couldn't get it to
244. 8:22overheat in very demanding formats.
245. 8:24Whereas the R6 III and the R5 options
246. 8:26are going to overheat. The R6 line is
247. 8:27also the least expensive full-frame
248. 8:29Canon camera that comes with IBIS.
249. 8:34And unlike the R7, the R6 line gives you
250. 8:36a lot more codec options including raw
251. 8:38recording, making this a big step up in
252. 8:41professional high-quality imagery over
253. 8:43the R7. Also, this gives you 7K
254. 8:45resolution options, so it's the least
255. 8:47expensive Canon camera that offers
256. 8:49something higher than 4K. And it also
257. 8:51allows for 4K at 120 frames, whereas all
258. 8:55the cameras below that only go up to
259. 8:571080p at 120 frames. The R6 line is also
260. 9:00the least expensive Canon camera with
261. 9:02open gate, which I love using. And this
262. 9:04is also Canon's least expensive camera
263. 9:06that comes with C-Log II, which is
264. 9:08Canon's premium log for best possible
265. 9:10range. So, as you can see, the R6 line,
266. 9:12specifically the R6V, is the biggest
267. 9:15leap in professional video performance.
268. 9:17So, understandably, it's a very popular
269. 9:19line. On a side note, this price point
270. 9:22of 2 to 4,000 dollars is the most
271. 9:24popular price point for a camera body
272. 9:26among my full-time filmmaker members
273. 9:28that are running video production
274. 9:30companies. So, if you're wondering what
275. 9:31that point of diminishing returns is as
276. 9:33far as how nice of a camera you should
277. 9:35buy for professional use without
278. 9:37breaking the bank, I'd say the R6V is
279. 9:40that sweet spot. But a couple cons to be
280. 9:42aware of of the R6V and the reason why I
281. 9:44didn't end up buying it is that it
282. 9:46technically can still overheat in
283. 9:48extreme conditions, though I don't think
284. 9:49many will run into that. And yes, it
285. 9:51comes with IBIS, but it's slightly worse
286. 9:53IBIS than the R6 Mark III and the R5s,
287. 9:56and I personally didn't like the IBIS
288. 9:57performance as much as my R5 Mark II.
289. 9:59And there's a few other things that the
290. 10:01C50 offers that that doesn't that I'll
291. 10:03mention in a minute that makes me choose
292. 10:05the C50 over the R6V, which [music] made
293. 10:08it so I didn't need to buy it. But
294. 10:09overall, the R6V is really hard to beat
295. 10:11for the price, and if I'm starting a
296. 10:13video production company today, that's
297. 10:15the camera I'd buy as my A camera if I
298. 10:17didn't have the money to go up to the
299. 10:18much more expensive C50. So I highly
300. 10:21recommend. Let's move on now to the R5
301. 10:23line. Similar to the R6, this has seen
302. 10:26multiple iterations in the R5, the R5
303. 10:28Mark II, and the R5C. I have owned all
304. 10:30three, and I've loved all three. We'll
305. 10:32talk about the R5C first because it is
306. 10:34currently less expensive than the R5
307. 10:36Mark II, and I've shot many [music]
308. 10:38projects with the R5C, and it has been
309. 10:40an amazing camera. Some of the pros
310. 10:42would be that it has a beautiful 8K
311. 10:45image that's absolutely gorgeous. If you
312. 10:47just need pure resolution, Canon's R5
313. 10:50line rivals my RED cameras in clarity
314. 10:52and detail. It does 8K up to 60 frame
315. 10:54per second in raw, but in a very small
316. 10:57form factor given the specs, so it's a
317. 10:59great gimbal shooting camera. It's also
318. 11:01a hybrid camera, takes amazing 45
319. 11:03megapixel photos. And this is the least
320. 11:05expensive camera in Canon's cinema line,
321. 11:08which means it comes with a different
322. 11:09menu, different video-specific features
323. 11:11that you're not going to find on the R
324. 11:12line like shutter angle and a dedicated
325. 11:14time code port, or complete reliability
326. 11:17with no overheating because it does come
327. 11:19with a fan. Some of the biggest cons to
328. 11:21be aware of of this camera and the
329. 11:23reason why I no longer use it very often
330. 11:25is because it only shoots in C-Log 3 in
331. 11:28non-raw formats. So if I want C-Log 2, I
332. 11:31have to shoot in raw. And that's the
333. 11:33other big con is the 8K raw are
334. 11:34beautiful, but they are massive file
335. 11:36sizes and not easy to edit. So, you're
336. 11:39going to need a beefy computer and a lot
337. 11:40of hard drive space. Also, it does not
338. 11:43shoot open gate, nor does it have IBIS.
339. 11:46Also has a micro HDMI, whereas most of
340. 11:48Canon's newer cameras are coming with a
341. 11:50full HDMI. And it's a power hog, so the
342. 11:53battery life is not going to be great.
343. 11:55Though Canon's newer batteries have
344. 11:56improved on that a bit. But my overall
345. 11:58thoughts are that those cons that I
346. 12:00mentioned are showing the age of this
347. 12:02camera as it came out in 2022. Canon is
348. 12:05fixing a lot of those cons in their
349. 12:07newer cameras and even some of their
350. 12:09less expensive cameras. So, though this
351. 12:10is a very powerful and capable camera, I
352. 12:13would recommend the R6V or the C50 over
353. 12:15this all day. So, where then does my R5C
354. 12:18fit in the mix? Currently, I use the R5
355. 12:20Mark II more than my R5C, but if I'm
356. 12:23being honest, I keep this camera around
357. 12:25more because of the photo-first
358. 12:26capabilities as I do like having a
359. 12:29dedicated photo camera. So, that's the
360. 12:31biggest pro and reason to get this over
361. 12:32an R5C, an R6V, or even the C50 is
362. 12:35because it's going to take the best
363. 12:37photos. And for that reason, this is my
364. 12:39favorite photo camera I've ever owned.
365. 12:41It takes amazing 45 megapixel photos. I
366. 12:44use it regularly for documenting my
367. 12:45family and other things in work. Another
368. 12:47big pro over the R5C is that it has IBIS
369. 12:50and it has C-Log 2 in non-raw formats
370. 12:53>> [music]
371. 12:53>> and it has that full HDMI. And the
372. 12:55autofocus is slightly improved as well.
373. 12:57Biggest cons compared to the R5C or even
374. 13:01the R6V is that it does overheat. If I'm
375. 13:04shooting in 4K at 24 in fine [music]
376. 13:06mode, after about 30 or 40 minutes, it
377. 13:08starts to threaten to shut me down. So,
378. 13:10it's really not very reliable in long
379. 13:12format shoots. Another con is that this
380. 13:14camera has a softer 4K [music] at 60 FPS
381. 13:17image. The C50 and the R6V will be
382. 13:20noticeably sharper at 4K 60 as they can
383. 13:23do it in fine mode, whereas the R5
384. 13:25[music] Mark II maxes out at 30 FPS in
385. 13:274K fine. It also does not allow open
386. 13:30gate. So, because of those cons, [music]
387. 13:32and they are some big ones, I do not
388. 13:34recommend this for video shooters over
389. 13:36the R6V [music]
390. 13:37or the C50. But, as a hybrid photo-first
391. 13:40camera, this is [music] one of my
392. 13:41favorite cameras I've ever owned. But,
393. 13:44moving on now to the Canon C50. This
394. 13:46camera is relatively new for me, but
395. 13:48I've used it on several professional
396. 13:50shoots, and it is quickly becoming my
397. 13:51favorite and most used [music] Canon
398. 13:53camera. The reason for that is because
399. 13:55it still shares the same small size as
400. 13:57these other cameras, but it allows open
401. 13:59gate at 7K 60 raw and no overheating.
402. 14:03And, it also has the ability to attach
403. 14:05this XLR top handle, so I can use more
404. 14:07professional microphones, whereas the
405. 14:09R6V won't be able to do that. Also, this
406. 14:12is part of the cinema line, whereas the
407. 14:13R6V is not. So, this is going to have
408. 14:15shutter angle and a dedicated time
409. 14:17[music] code port. But, probably the
410. 14:18biggest con of the C50 is the lack of
411. 14:21IBIS. Battery life also isn't great.
412. 14:24Cinema cameras draw more power than the
413. 14:26R series. Yet, this is still using the
414. 14:28same battery as the R7. So, I'm often
415. 14:31plugging in a V-mount battery when using
416. 14:33a gimbal. Also, I wish the XLR top
417. 14:35handle enabled 32-bit float audio, but
418. 14:38it maxes out at 24-bit. But, overall,
419. 14:40the C50 is currently [music] my most
420. 14:42used and favorite camera that I own, but
421. 14:44there are still cons to be aware of that
422. 14:46have me leaning to other cameras for
423. 14:48certain situations, which leads me to
424. 14:50the C70. This is the oldest RF mount
425. 14:53Canon camera I own. It came out in 2020,
426. 14:57and yet I still use it 6 years later.
427. 14:59And, out of all of my Canon cameras
428. 15:00besides the 1DX Mark II, I've probably
429. 15:03shot the most footage on this camera.
430. 15:05And, the reason for that is because it
431. 15:06produces my favorite overall image out
432. 15:09of any [music] Canon camera. And, that
433. 15:11is due to its DGO sensor, meaning dual
434. 15:14gain output. There's something special
435. 15:16about the DGO sensor that gives you a
436. 15:18slight edge in dynamic range and color,
437. 15:21and it just looks better. Not a lot
438. 15:23better, mind you, but when I'm coloring
439. 15:25this footage, it just feels more
440. 15:26effortless to get it to look good.
441. 15:28Another big pro is that this is the
442. 15:29first camera I used extensively that has
443. 15:32built-in [music]
444. 15:33ND filters. It's really hard for me to
445. 15:35go back to smaller cameras now that I've
446. 15:38used built-in ND filters. So, every time
447. 15:40I pull out that C50, I am missing that
448. 15:43feature. Another big pro is that it has
449. 15:44a larger BPA battery. Battery life on
450. 15:47these are so much better than the
451. 15:49smaller Canon cameras. It also has mini
452. 15:51XLR inputs for nicer mics. And even
453. 15:53though it only shoots 4K, this is
454. 15:55actually my favorite camera to shoot raw
455. 15:58in because usually when I shoot in raw,
456. 15:59it means I have to use the max
457. 16:01resolution and the file sizes are
458. 16:02massive and slows down my computer. But,
459. 16:04these 4K raw files are very manageable
460. 16:07and easy to edit and not overly large.
461. 16:09The cons to be aware of on the C70,
462. 16:11though, is that it is not full-frame. It
463. 16:13is a Super 35 sensor, which means it has
464. 16:16a 1.5x crop. So, very similar to an APSC
465. 16:19sensor. It's not the end of the world,
466. 16:20but it does change the lenses I can use
467. 16:22and requires you to buy new lenses. Or
468. 16:24what I often did was use the RF to EF
469. 16:26speed booster so that I could get the
470. 16:28full-frame look. But, then I couldn't
471. 16:30use my awesome RF lenses. So, that's the
472. 16:32biggest con of this camera. And with
473. 16:34that speed booster, and even without it,
474. 16:36the 4K image is a little soft on the
475. 16:39C70. It's [music] definitely still
476. 16:41professionally usable, but for some
477. 16:43commercial work or YouTube talking heads
478. 16:45where I want to be able to punch in on
479. 16:46the image, I prefer the much more
480. 16:48detailed images of the RF 5, R6, and C50
481. 16:51cameras. Also, this camera has two SD
482. 16:54card slots instead of one CFexpress. Not
483. 16:56[music] sure why they decided that, but
484. 16:58CFexpress is a much preferred media type
485. 17:01as they are much faster and more
486. 17:02durable. Also, no open gates and no
487. 17:05possibility of firmware updating to open
488. 17:07gate, probably due to the SD card
489. 17:09limitations. [music]
490. 17:10And last con is that it's not great in
491. 17:12low light. It's not terrible, especially
492. 17:14with the speed booster, but there's a
493. 17:16lot of other Canon cameras that will do
494. 17:17better in low light. So, overall
495. 17:19thoughts, I still use this from time to
496. 17:21time just because I love the image. So,
497. 17:23I'd call this the best image quality for
498. 17:25the price from Canon, but I'd love to
499. 17:28see them do an updated version as it is
500. 17:30now collecting dust on my shelf due to
501. 17:32some of the other features that are
502. 17:33coming out in newer cameras. Now, the
503. 17:35next camera on the upgrade path is the
504. 17:37C80, which is what this video is being
505. 17:40shot on right now. I use the C80 most
506. 17:42for talking head interviews and
507. 17:44tutorials and YouTube videos like this,
508. 17:46but as far as taking it out in the
509. 17:47field, the C50 has kind of stolen its
510. 17:49thunder. So, I really don't use it as
511. 17:51much as I thought I would. Some of the
512. 17:52pros to be aware of, it has 6K raw at up
513. 17:55to 30 frames per second, not 60 frames
514. 17:58per second, which the C400 does. So,
515. 18:00it's a pro that it does 6K raw, but a
516. 18:02huge bummer that it doesn't do 6K at up
517. 18:05to 60 frames, which means I tend to use
518. 18:07my C400 over this for slow-mo. Compared
519. 18:10to the C70, it does have a sharper 4K
520. 18:13image, so it solved that problem of the
521. 18:15C70. It's also full frame, so it solved
522. 18:17the smaller sensor problem of the C70,
523. 18:20and low light is much improved as well
524. 18:22with triple base ISO, and it fixed some
525. 18:24other minor quirks from the C70 like
526. 18:26adding an SDI port, and it has a second
527. 18:28mounting option in the bottom, which all
528. 18:30cameras should have that so it doesn't
529. 18:32spin if it gets a little loose, and the
530. 18:34autofocus is slightly improved over the
531. 18:36C70 as [music] well. Some of the cons
532. 18:38though is that they took out the DGO
533. 18:39sensor, which was a thing I loved most
534. 18:41about the C70, so it doesn't quite have
535. 18:43the same look to the footage, and
536. 18:45unfortunately the C80 doesn't have open
537. 18:47gate either, and again because of the
538. 18:48dual SD card slots, probably not going
539. 18:50to have it in the future, so big bummer
540. 18:52there, and still no IBIS. And though the
541. 18:54body size of this and the C70 aren't
542. 18:57huge, they are definitely a lot harder
543. 18:59to fly on a gimbal than something like
544. 19:01the C50. So, for that reason alone, the
545. 19:04C50 tends to be much more useful in a
546. 19:06lot more situations for me. Also, the
547. 19:08price of the C80 is a huge con. You
548. 19:10could buy two R6Vs for the price of one
549. 19:13C80. So, price alone is going to push a
550. 19:15lot of people out. So, overall thoughts,
551. 19:17a C80 is hard for me to recommend. It's
552. 19:19not a great bang for buck camera. It
553. 19:21doesn't have some important features
554. 19:22that some of the cheaper cameras have
555. 19:24like USB-C charging, [music]
556. 19:25IBIS, open gate. It's obviously still an
557. 19:28amazing camera and is still my favorite
558. 19:30camera to use in studio situations. But,
559. 19:33for run and gun, I tend to lean more
560. 19:34towards the C50 and just deal with
561. 19:36needing to plug in a V-mount battery and
562. 19:39slap on an ND filter. Let's now move on
563. 19:41to the most expensive and final camera
564. 19:43in the C400.
565. 19:45This is another camera that I have not
566. 19:47fully embraced. It fills a very specific
567. 19:50need, but it isn't super versatile and
568. 19:52therefore not as useful as some of the
569. 19:54smaller cameras due to how large it is.
570. 19:57Now, some of the pros to be aware of, it
571. 19:59has 6K at 60 frames per second raw, same
572. 20:02triple base ISO, so great in low light,
573. 20:04same full-frame sensor. But, this comes
574. 20:07with a positionable, adjustable, and
575. 20:09removable screen that is nicer than the
576. 20:11built-in screens on all the other Canon
577. 20:13cameras, especially for handheld
578. 20:15shooting. I can put it up by my face
579. 20:17rather than having to stare straight
580. 20:18down all day. So, this makes it a much
581. 20:20better handheld option than all my other
582. 20:22Canon cameras. It also lights up the
583. 20:24buttons, so when shooting in dark
584. 20:26environments, you can easily see
585. 20:27everything. And the C400 does have a
586. 20:29CFexpress slot, so it solves that
587. 20:32problem of the C70 and C80. And because
588. 20:34of that, they were able to give it a
589. 20:36firmware update that allows for 6K open
590. 20:38gate. Some of the cons to be aware of,
591. 20:40however, is that the open gate only
592. 20:42works in raw, which is a bummer. Also,
593. 20:45this one too does not have the DGO
594. 20:47[music] sensor of the C70, does not have
595. 20:49IBIS, does not have vertical mounting
596. 20:51options. And though the positionable
597. 20:53screen is a pro, it's also a con in that
598. 20:56it's very bulky, not very good
599. 20:57technology as far as being able to
600. 20:59quickly position the monitor, and the
601. 21:00monitor itself is like 10-year-old tech.
602. 21:03Not sure why they couldn't have made it
603. 21:04bigger, brighter, and smaller bezels.
604. 21:07Also, the C70 and C80 have DC charging
605. 21:10via the cable that comes with the
606. 21:11battery charger, but the C400 instead
607. 21:14requires a very specific four-pin XLR
608. 21:17charger, which is great for securing the
609. 21:18connection, but they don't include one
610. 21:20of those cables with the camera, so you
611. 21:22have to spend $80 to buy one separately.
612. 21:24So, that was a bad move, Canon. For the
613. 21:26price, include the cable. And the last
614. 21:28biggest con is the size. You're not
615. 21:30going to be mounting this on a gimbal. I
616. 21:32mean, you can, but it's not meant for
617. 21:33that. And because I shoot a lot of
618. 21:35gimbal work, this makes this camera half
619. 21:37as useful as all my other cameras.
620. 21:39[music] So, overall thoughts, this is
621. 21:40probably my favorite camera to shoot
622. 21:42handheld with. The larger body size is
623. 21:45actually a pro for handheld because it
624. 21:46stabilizes the micro jitters. If you
625. 21:48don't have IBIS, you kind of need a
626. 21:50bigger body. That does make it more
627. 21:52fatiguing, but smoother. Again, the
628. 21:53positionable monitor makes this much
629. 21:55better for handheld as well, so I don't
630. 21:57have to crank my neck down the whole
631. 21:58day. Yes, you could just add an external
632. 22:00monitor to any of these, but as far as
633. 22:02what comes with the camera without
634. 22:04having to buy accessories, the C400 is
635. 22:07ready to go in that regard. And because
636. 22:09the monitor is removable, you can always
637. 22:10take that off and put an external
638. 22:12monitor as well. So, I do use this for
639. 22:14handheld shooting, and like the C80,
640. 22:16this is also a go-to camera in my studio
641. 22:19for talking heads and interviews. Having
642. 22:21those built-in [music] ND filters just
643. 22:22makes the C80 and C400 much quicker to
644. 22:25use in those situations for interviews
645. 22:27or handheld documentary work. So,
646. 22:29there's definitely a place for the C400
647. 22:31in my workflow, but it's not my most
648. 22:33used camera. Would I recommend it? For
649. 22:35the price, it's really hard to recommend
650. 22:38for most solo shooters like myself. For
651. 22:40a specific demographic like high-end
652. 22:42documentary or commercial work, the
653. 22:44price will be worth the features, but
654. 22:46for most of you watching, I'd recommend
655. 22:47just getting a smaller body and rigging
656. 22:49it up when you want the bigger, beefier
657. 22:51setup. So, there you have my thoughts on
658. 22:53all the RF Canon cameras I have used.
659. 22:56Now, I'm going to rank them by how much
660. 22:58I use each one and what percentage of my
661. 23:00shooting scenarios they get used on.
662. 23:02Keep in mind this is not going to total
663. 23:04100% because most of my shoots require
664. 23:06more than one camera. In last place is
665. 23:08going to be the R10. I use it 0%. That's
666. 23:11my lending camera for beginner family
667. 23:13members. Second to last place is going
668. 23:15to be the R8. I also use that 0% mostly
669. 23:18because I have much better full frame
670. 23:20options. If it had IBIS I'd probably
671. 23:22pull it out. Next will be the R50V. I
672. 23:24use this on about 5% of my shoots mostly
673. 23:26for beginner level tutorial content. By
674. 23:29the way, we have a full camera
675. 23:30navigation walk-through of that camera
676. 23:32and the C50 camera inside Full Time
677. 23:34Filmmaker so you can know all the
678. 23:35settings I use for best results on both
679. 23:38the R line and the cinema line. Next I
680. 23:40would rank the R7. I sold it so I don't
681. 23:42use it anymore, but it was a great B
682. 23:44camera when I had it. Next will be the
683. 23:46R5C. I do still use it as like a
684. 23:48permanent top-down unboxing camera so it
685. 23:51gets used maybe 5% of the time. Next
686. 23:53will be the C70. I use that maybe 10% of
687. 23:55the time as a fourth or fifth camera on
688. 23:57bigger shoots or I otherwise have it set
689. 24:00up as a permanent vertical camera for
690. 24:01Instagram [music] content. Next will be
691. 24:03the C80. I use that probably 30% of the
692. 24:06time as a first and second camera for
693. 24:08talking heads and interviews. Next will
694. 24:09be the C400. Same as the C80 around 30%
695. 24:12of the time, but it also gets used more
696. 24:14for handheld documentary style shooting.
697. 24:16Next I'd put the R6V. I don't own it
698. 24:19because of my R5 and C50, but if I
699. 24:21didn't have those it would probably be
700. 24:23my most used camera. Next will be the R5
701. 24:25Mark II. That is my second most used
702. 24:27camera at around 50% of my shoots. It's
703. 24:30usually coming with me as at least a
704. 24:31photo camera, sometimes a B camera or
705. 24:34behind the scenes camera because it's my
706. 24:36only camera I own with IBIS. It makes
707. 24:38for some great handheld BTS. And the
708. 24:40number one most used camera I own is the
709. 24:42C50. I use this on probably 80% of my
710. 24:45shoots as it's great for talking heads
711. 24:47and interviews, but also small and light
712. 24:49enough to do all my gimbal work and I
713. 24:51can rig it up for handheld work as well
714. 24:53as needed. So personally, the C50 is my
715. 24:55favorite Canon camera right now and the
716. 24:57one I'd recommend as the most versatile
717. 24:59for video shooters. However, bang for
718. 25:01buck, the R6V will give you most of what
719. 25:04the C50 offers at a much better price
720. 25:07point. So, that would be my top
721. 25:08recommendation if you can't afford the
722. 25:10C50 or if you just need that IBIS. So,
723. 25:14there you have a look at all the
724. 25:15different Canon cameras I use and own
725. 25:17and when I'd use them. Hopefully, that's
726. 25:19helping you decide which is right for
727. 25:21your needs. At the end of the day
728. 25:22though, any of these cameras can deliver
729. 25:25professional results worthy of paying
730. 25:27clients because what matters even more
731. 25:29than the gear is knowing how to use the
732. 25:31gear. And if you'd like to learn how to
733. 25:32better use your gear, make sure to check
734. 25:34out my free 1-hour filmmaking training
735. 25:36where I go over the top 10 mistakes
736. 25:38[music] that I see video creators making
737. 25:40that's preventing their videos from
738. 25:41standing out from the crowd and landing
739. 25:43them more clients. Link below to start
740. 25:45watching. Also, links below for more
741. 25:47in-depth YouTube videos about some of
742. 25:49these cameras. And before I get comments
743. 25:51asking why I don't just switch to Sony
744. 25:53because they have better cameras than
745. 25:55all of these. I actually pre-ordered the
746. 25:57FX5 because on paper it checks a lot of
747. 26:00boxes that none of these Canon cameras
748. 26:02offer like a bigger LCD screen, 32-bit
749. 26:05flow audio, a DGO sensor in a full-frame
750. 26:08body, potentially better battery life in
751. 26:10a small body, and 4K at up to 240 frames
752. 26:13per second in future firmware updates.
753. 26:16So, I'm completely open to using
754. 26:17whatever camera allows me to create most
755. 26:19seamlessly and most enjoyably, no matter
756. 26:21who the manufacturer is. Up till now,
757. 26:24every time I've tested other brands in
758. 26:25the past, the cons have outweighed the
759. 26:27pros for my shooting scenarios, so I
760. 26:29haven't felt the need to switch. But,
761. 26:30who knows? Maybe the FX5 can convert me.
762. 26:33Only time will tell. But, that's it for
763. 26:34this video. Hopefully, this was helpful
764. 26:36for some of you trying to figure out
765. 26:38which Canon camera to buy. They're all
766. 26:40great, just pros and cons, but if you
767. 26:42have any further questions, please let
768. 26:44me know.