**Choosing the Right Camera for YouTube**

When it comes to creating videos for YouTube, having a camera that can capture high-quality footage is essential. There are several types of cameras that can be used for this purpose, and one must consider what type of video they want to create before making a decision.

Cameras with a macro mode and close-up capabilities are ideal for capturing detailed footage of small objects or features. These cameras can also be used to create videos and double as still cameras.

**DSLR Cameras**

DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras are becoming increasingly popular among YouTubers who want more control over their video content. Canon and Nikon are two well-known brands that offer a range of DSLR cameras suitable for YouTube production. One of the most recommended DSLR cameras for YouTube is the Canon T3i, which offers advanced features such as an articulating LCD screen and better audio controls.

**Key Camera Settings**

When filming with a DSLR camera, it's essential to pay attention to three key settings: shutter speed, ISO, and aperture. Shutter speed refers to how fast the camera's shutter opens and closes, while ISO affects the brightness of the image. A shutter speed of 1/160th of a second is ideal for capturing smooth video at 30 frames per second.

**Shutter Speed**

A slower shutter speed can create motion blur, which may be desirable in certain situations, such as action photography or low-light conditions. However, for most YouTube videos, a fast shutter speed is recommended to minimize the impact of camera shake and ensure smooth footage.

**ISO**

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) refers to the camera's sensitivity to light. A lower ISO setting will result in a darker image, while a higher ISO setting will make the image brighter. However, high ISO settings can also introduce noise or grain into the image, which may be undesirable.

**Aperture**

The aperture is the camera's "eye" that controls how much light enters the lens. A wider aperture (such as f/1.8) allows more light to enter and creates a shallow depth of field, while a narrower aperture (such as f/22) reduces the amount of light entering and increases the depth of field.

**Conclusion**

Choosing the right camera for YouTube requires consideration of several factors, including the type of content being created, the level of control desired, and the quality of footage required. By understanding key camera settings such as shutter speed, ISO, and aperture, creators can ensure that their videos are of high quality and engaging to watch.

**Recommended Resources**

For more information on choosing the right camera for YouTube, check out our part two video on Marcus' channel, where we discuss microphones, lighting, and video editing software.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys so today we're here with a video on the best ccars and cameras for use on YouTube now this is going to be a collaboration with my good friend Marcus you guys will probably know him from the MKBHD YouTube channel and today we're going to be going over not only the Camas and camcs that are best suited for YouTube but in addition some general tips on how to use them the can Vixie series of Cam quarters have always been very popular on YouTube and our choice is going to be the hfr20 now with this you get full 1080p video qu capability which while not entirely necessary a lot of times 720p is going to be just fine for YouTube it's very nice to have the option that you can go ahead and bump it up to 1080p if you like you also do have a microphone input again very important if you're recording YouTube videos well the standard nboard mic is not going to be particularly terrible having the option to install something that's going to be much much better is always great it's always nice to have expandability options with cam cameras camcorders indeed anything like that now on top of that it does have 8 GB of storage built in and on top of that you do get two SDXC card slots so while that 8 gigs is going to be probably just fine for most filming if you need more you can install up to two more SD cards and really expand the storage out as much as you need so storage definitely will not be an issue with this camcorder it does have a touchcreen um personally I'm not a big fan of the touchscreen typically I just like to use the uh the physical controls however it is nice from time to time to be able to use that touchcreen just for really simple inputs all right so a great tip when you're looking for camcorders especially when you're choosing one to buy is Optical versus digital Zoom you're going to want to lean towards Optical over digital optical Zoom is actually the physical movement of the lens element on the camera itself to zoom in on the image while digital Zoom is literally just moving in on the actual picture so it tends to have a worse quality image Zoom so if you can always get the one with the higher amount of optical zoom that'll be more versatile and if you see something with something like a thousand times digital Zoom that's nothing much to be impressed about because that's all in the software one of the best parts of having a cancore is the fact that we'll have autofocus this is something a lot of dslrs lack and what this will allow you to do is of course keep your subject Always In Focus now with a DSLR you're going to be constantly manually focusing it trying to keep everything perfectly in shot and that can be kind of difficult however with a camcorder it will do it all automatically however when you are picking up a camcorder there's one thing you should look for and what is the minimum Focus distance now this may or may not be an issue for you but for example if you're going to be doing a lot of macro shots perhaps if you're going to have it you know really close to products on your desk if you're reviewing something or you're doing your own nature shots or whatever if you're doing going to have the camera very up and close to whatever your subject is just make sure that the camera does have a decent macro mode and we'll be able to focus fairly closely so there's an entirely different category of cameras cameras if you will that can be used to create videos and they can also double as your still camera and these are dslrs dslrs are actually getting more popular on YouTube for the YouTubers who actually want the most amount of control over the type of video that you get so dslrs are mainly made uh in terms of a consumer budget for Canon and Nikon and one of my favorite cameras of all time is the Canon T2i and what I'm going to recommend as a DSLR for YouTube is a Canon T3i which brings not only a similar budget but a much more uh vast video features it's more video centered if you will so you get the articulating LCD screen you get more audio controls and things like that a better body so overall the Canon T3i is a great choice for those of you who like Canon rely on Canon and uh really want to use it via DSLR for your video work on YouTube one of the most important things to keep an eye on when you're filming with a DSLR is your shutter speed and your ISO now shutter speed is simply how fast the shutter is opening and closing now this seems very simple and it is typically you're going to want if you're shooting at 30 frames per second video you're going to be want to have it at 1 160th of a second that will mean it will be able to open and close without causing any problems with your video now in most cases that's going to be the ideal situation if you're going to have the maximum amount of lighting it's going to let everything else in the best way of course sometimes you may want to kind of affect and change it around a little bit for example if you're shooting dark you may want to turn it down a little bit or if you're doing your action photography you may want to turn it up a little bit but generally you want to have it at 160th of a second now another thing is ISO now ISO is kind of like the digital gain on video so if you ever go into Photoshop you know you manually turn the brightness and up and down that's kind of like what it is on the camera so everything is going to be default kind of dark and as you turn the iso up it will brighten the image up now again when shooting with video you want to keep this as low as possible if you want to increase you know the brightness or whatever you want to do that in other ways other than ISO however in certain situations you may want to bump your ISO up some most dslrs today do have a pretty robust ISO feature where you can turn it up fairly high without having a lot of graininess or noise in your image but again ISO you'll typically want to have this as low as possible so another thing that you can change within the camera itself on a DSLR is the aperture so if you can imagine the iris in the back of a camera say this is the most open it can be the aperture when you control in the camcorder F22 would be sort of the smallest aperture and F say 1. 8 would be the most open the more open the aperture is the more light you're going to get and the more bright the image will appear and that also creates a shallow depth of field so it's more blurry when I reach out here or back there when the aperture is all the way closed or not all the way closed but almost all the way closed say F10 or f11 or 20 you're going to have a much lower amount of light getting in but much more in Focus so that removes selective focus but you do get much more in Focus if you do prefer to have that anyway guys that's it for our video on the best C cameras ccars and tips on how to use both however that's not everything we have a full part two video where you guys can check out on marcus' channel where we go over some microphones some lighting as well as some good video editor so definitely go check that out if you're interested in his videos definitely be sure to go subscribehey guys so today we're here with a video on the best ccars and cameras for use on YouTube now this is going to be a collaboration with my good friend Marcus you guys will probably know him from the MKBHD YouTube channel and today we're going to be going over not only the Camas and camcs that are best suited for YouTube but in addition some general tips on how to use them the can Vixie series of Cam quarters have always been very popular on YouTube and our choice is going to be the hfr20 now with this you get full 1080p video qu capability which while not entirely necessary a lot of times 720p is going to be just fine for YouTube it's very nice to have the option that you can go ahead and bump it up to 1080p if you like you also do have a microphone input again very important if you're recording YouTube videos well the standard nboard mic is not going to be particularly terrible having the option to install something that's going to be much much better is always great it's always nice to have expandability options with cam cameras camcorders indeed anything like that now on top of that it does have 8 GB of storage built in and on top of that you do get two SDXC card slots so while that 8 gigs is going to be probably just fine for most filming if you need more you can install up to two more SD cards and really expand the storage out as much as you need so storage definitely will not be an issue with this camcorder it does have a touchcreen um personally I'm not a big fan of the touchscreen typically I just like to use the uh the physical controls however it is nice from time to time to be able to use that touchcreen just for really simple inputs all right so a great tip when you're looking for camcorders especially when you're choosing one to buy is Optical versus digital Zoom you're going to want to lean towards Optical over digital optical Zoom is actually the physical movement of the lens element on the camera itself to zoom in on the image while digital Zoom is literally just moving in on the actual picture so it tends to have a worse quality image Zoom so if you can always get the one with the higher amount of optical zoom that'll be more versatile and if you see something with something like a thousand times digital Zoom that's nothing much to be impressed about because that's all in the software one of the best parts of having a cancore is the fact that we'll have autofocus this is something a lot of dslrs lack and what this will allow you to do is of course keep your subject Always In Focus now with a DSLR you're going to be constantly manually focusing it trying to keep everything perfectly in shot and that can be kind of difficult however with a camcorder it will do it all automatically however when you are picking up a camcorder there's one thing you should look for and what is the minimum Focus distance now this may or may not be an issue for you but for example if you're going to be doing a lot of macro shots perhaps if you're going to have it you know really close to products on your desk if you're reviewing something or you're doing your own nature shots or whatever if you're doing going to have the camera very up and close to whatever your subject is just make sure that the camera does have a decent macro mode and we'll be able to focus fairly closely so there's an entirely different category of cameras cameras if you will that can be used to create videos and they can also double as your still camera and these are dslrs dslrs are actually getting more popular on YouTube for the YouTubers who actually want the most amount of control over the type of video that you get so dslrs are mainly made uh in terms of a consumer budget for Canon and Nikon and one of my favorite cameras of all time is the Canon T2i and what I'm going to recommend as a DSLR for YouTube is a Canon T3i which brings not only a similar budget but a much more uh vast video features it's more video centered if you will so you get the articulating LCD screen you get more audio controls and things like that a better body so overall the Canon T3i is a great choice for those of you who like Canon rely on Canon and uh really want to use it via DSLR for your video work on YouTube one of the most important things to keep an eye on when you're filming with a DSLR is your shutter speed and your ISO now shutter speed is simply how fast the shutter is opening and closing now this seems very simple and it is typically you're going to want if you're shooting at 30 frames per second video you're going to be want to have it at 1 160th of a second that will mean it will be able to open and close without causing any problems with your video now in most cases that's going to be the ideal situation if you're going to have the maximum amount of lighting it's going to let everything else in the best way of course sometimes you may want to kind of affect and change it around a little bit for example if you're shooting dark you may want to turn it down a little bit or if you're doing your action photography you may want to turn it up a little bit but generally you want to have it at 160th of a second now another thing is ISO now ISO is kind of like the digital gain on video so if you ever go into Photoshop you know you manually turn the brightness and up and down that's kind of like what it is on the camera so everything is going to be default kind of dark and as you turn the iso up it will brighten the image up now again when shooting with video you want to keep this as low as possible if you want to increase you know the brightness or whatever you want to do that in other ways other than ISO however in certain situations you may want to bump your ISO up some most dslrs today do have a pretty robust ISO feature where you can turn it up fairly high without having a lot of graininess or noise in your image but again ISO you'll typically want to have this as low as possible so another thing that you can change within the camera itself on a DSLR is the aperture so if you can imagine the iris in the back of a camera say this is the most open it can be the aperture when you control in the camcorder F22 would be sort of the smallest aperture and F say 1. 8 would be the most open the more open the aperture is the more light you're going to get and the more bright the image will appear and that also creates a shallow depth of field so it's more blurry when I reach out here or back there when the aperture is all the way closed or not all the way closed but almost all the way closed say F10 or f11 or 20 you're going to have a much lower amount of light getting in but much more in Focus so that removes selective focus but you do get much more in Focus if you do prefer to have that anyway guys that's it for our video on the best C cameras ccars and tips on how to use both however that's not everything we have a full part two video where you guys can check out on marcus' channel where we go over some microphones some lighting as well as some good video editor so definitely go check that out if you're interested in his videos definitely be sure to go subscribe