Best Budget Cinema Camera Under $500 | Head To Head Comparison

where on earth are you getting a FS100 for under 500 bucks? they're clearly over $800-1200 everywhere on the net

It's hard to even find an E1 for $250 anymore, the form factor was fantastic and the most sensor you can get for the size. The price for them skyrocketed back to $400+

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Great video! I didn’t even know you could get your hands on a real cinema camera for less than 500 dollars.

Fascinating video... the work you put into this will assist new videographers for years to come. BTW: despite having had many Sony mirrorless cameras the one I now use the most is my NEX5 and Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8 lens.... very light and superb IQ powerhouse combo!

Nice detail, don't see much other content on budget cine cameras. Thanks man!

31:14 Zcam E1 looks significantly better than the others. Almost looks like the FS100 and BMPCC are out o focus.

Very helpful video. I learned a lot but I have to learn some of the terms that is used in videography

My first video camera was a bmpcc and loved the image in terms of how organic it looked and flexibility in correcting and grading. Shot some music videos with it, love how it renders skin tones too. The battery though 🙈

Hi there, great Video! Just wanted to say that you actually can zoom in the picture display of the Black Magic Pocket Original, you just have so double press the "OK" Button

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I would still choose BMPCC today (of course ONLY with OLPF from RAWLITE). OG BMPCC/BMMCC is a small Arri Alexa. The Fairchild sensor has the same dual gain technology as the sensor from Arri. In combination with CinemaDNG it is a great thing. Compared to newer Blackmagic cameras, the look of the OG BMPCC is more cinematic.

Solid, appreciate you putting in the hard work

If you shoot films indoors, the FS100 is absolutely great. The color scheme can also be adjusted in all directions. In Europe, however, it costs significantly more.

Thanks for this. I'm trying to tell my friend how micro marketing commercials need more than a cell phone.

I use the FS-100 and FS-700 to teach kids and teens filmmaking. Both cameras are very capable, have almost all of the features from a starter cinema cam you’d need, and the sensors still resolve great images. I have the 4K + Slow motion upgrade for the FS-700 and it’s a good step up filmmaking-wise from my Canon EOS R. I love having dedicated buttons for every function and the built in ND filters of the 700 are life saving outdoors. I’m very impressed by these 10 year old cameras! It’s like all of the high end features from back in the day are finally trickling into mirrorless again.

It's amazing, but in my country, all three cameras cost the same - about $ 400 and up. I had BMPCC og and at first it just blew my mind, but now in your examples I see how imperfect the picture is and how much I like the picture from Sony more. What upset me the most was this colored moire (this is especially noticeable in the example of the tree at 30:53), the noise that was due to the lack of an olpf filter. Thank you for continuing to do reviews and comparisons of the old but cool cameras.

thank you for the videos bro!

Thanks for the great content! Made it to the end! Thanks again!

Great video. It was very helpful and detailed!