Please recommend best camera for my pc hardware review channel

[frank25]

Im thinking of making a youtube channel that does PC Hardware reviews and I would appreciate recommendations of
the best camera to get to film the different components I'll be reviewing. Most important is
that the camera stays in focus if I pan it.
How is the Samsung galaxy s3 or galaxy note? or should I rather just get a camera by samsung or the gopro?

What about the Samsung WB250F or the Samsung WB2200F
Which is better?

 

[iGas]

Red Epic if you must have the best, other wise use what ever at hand and make it work for you.

 

[CuriousMike]

Most important is
that the camera stays in focus if I pan it.

You'll probably want a camera that has the ability to MANUAL focus.

Most inexpensive cameras use AUTO focus - it will initially focus on the object you half-depress-the-shutter-button focus on -- but it could capture focus on something new as the scene changes.

Manual focus will ensure that the focus stays put at the same focal plane you want, no matter if you pan laterally(imperfectly) or not.

 

[schmuckley]

Fuji ax650

 

[piscas]

Hi,

I would go for the Nikon CoolPix L820, don't go for action cams... they have good stabilization, but also very large lens to capture scenarios like if your riding the bike.
So if you want to capture on the screen details from small pieces it will not work.

Hope it helps!!

 

[Rdmkr]

First thing that needs to be said: don't ever use a smartphone camera for any work that's remotely serious. Even if you need something in a similar price range you have much better options.

As far as I'm aware samsung is not known for making quality cameras outside the smartphone world. Their idea of a good camera is to take a smartphone's sensor and put a bigger lens on it.

Samsung WB250F is a superzoom with tiny sensor. It's OK if you make use of the zooming and probably deeply sub-par if you don't. It probably gets to 30x zoom in name only and isn't really useful at the respective focal length. 30x28mm would be 840mm equivalent, meaning the rule of thumb states you need a 1/840s shutter speed to get good images. No amount of image stabilization is going to fix that and with a sensor that small you can't resort to higher ISOs to get there either.

Samsung WB2200F - first review I find of this has 2 out of 5 stars and criticizes it for having poor autofocus. It's also monumentally ugly. Look somewhere else.

In a similar price range you find the RX100 I. I know a video reviewer (MKBHD) who used to use an RX100 for all his recordings and you'd never have known he wasn't using a DSLR or something. For 1080p video you don't need a huge amount of sharpness so an RX100 gives you all you need in an extremely convenient and compact package.

 

[pyrolyser]

Maybe a camera with a touchscreen might offer the flexibility to switch focus on the go. I've personally been looking into Sony mirrorless cameras but the RX100 is also a safe bet.