I’m starting a YouTube channel, and my first video has been giving me a lot of trouble, it’s a painting video, sped up but with all the little parts slowed down to highlight the process. I’ve got a pretty good lighting setup, decent microphone and beefy editing computer, I thought I could get this done with my old eos rebel t3i, but I forgot about the whole fat32 thing. I cannot film any more than a 4gb video at once and the camera software on the PC has no easy workarounds for that,so I’m constantly looking back at my camera to see if its still recording or has silently shut off.

Now another types of videos this may not be a problem but in these videos I’m literally sitting with the camera pointed at my work for 4 plus hours straight, that’s a lot of restarting and transferring stuff. I need a camera specifically made for long form video and I don’t have a lot to spend right now. I’m happy with a $200-$300 rig that has good enough quality, at least 60 fps and ntfs storage (or whatever the camera solution for this would be.)

I would assume I may need a camcorder Does one exist in my price range?

  • @jqubedEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    This is like art painting? You could possibly find a camcorder in that price range but even something like a GoPro might meet your needs.

    • @yokonzoOPEnglish
      2•4 months ago

      Im not aware of the key differences, I suppose It doesn’t matter but I haven’t actually ever used a GoPro, is it not the same thing more or less?

      Edit: also yes, oil painting, i do a lot of arts and crafts and figured it might be fun to film all my super long ass projects