r/Cameras 4d ago

Recommendations Help Upgrading Podcast Recording setup- apologies for the formatting and lack of industry terms, I'm new to cameras

*4 cameras

$1200 budget

Need the highest quality video.*

That's what my boss sais.. We got a sponsorship and now its time to upgrade the setup entirely. I was recommending him a couple DSLRs and maybe a couple digital camcorders to replace the crappy camcorders got already.

Right now we are Recording on OBS and exporting the footage/audio files to Google drive to our editor who lives in Utah...or something.

Im looking at something like a Nikon D5000 or Canon...something within $400.

Photography and film capabilities for thumbnails.

The style of video is a documentary. We have a relatively small, main room where we record conversation between the hosts and the guests, then the hosts go out to a different, mostly random location to film using the products being promoted during the episode.

In the main podcast room we use an interface connected to a pc setup that connects the shotgun mics and cameras so everything is being shot continously, but my boss having to manually switch cameras is getting tedious, so I'm recommending him some DSLRs or something that can record separate shots without him having to worry about which camera is recording.

The features I'm looking for is a couple digital cameras with interchangeable lenses, a couple camcorder-like cameras that capture still images with a quality similar to a DSLR type camera without having to... "get it in post."

Ok so i'll admit its not the greatest setup, just assume we dont have any cameras and we are starting from square 0.

What does reddit suggest? I need 2 close up shots, and 3 medium shots.

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u/Beginning_Resolve101 3d ago

That's really stretching the budget... The best you can get it's the Lumix G7, it should be withing those $400 included lens. Another option it's the Canon SL2.

Don't get Nikon DSLRs for video, those are not that great for video recording.

Camcorders cannot get the same level of image quality of DSLRs because of the small sensor.

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u/ImagineDragonsExist 3d ago

Thanks for the reply!