Reddit mentions of Sony Alpha a6500 Mirrorless Digital Camera w/ 2.95" LCD (Body Only)

You aren't going to get the a7sii at a pricepoint of $2000 with lens....

You could get an a6500 and have enough money for a good lens with your budget. But then you'll be camera-broke.

What is camera-broke? When someone blows their budget on a nice camera/lens and doesn't take into account accessories, camera support, lighting, audio, transport cases, tools, etc..

You are going to want $1000 in audio gear, for instance (wireless lav will cost $400, NTG-2 is $270, external recorder is another $300... plus boom pole and cables and shock mounts and dead cats....)

A good case is another $180...

Do you have a proper computer to be able to edit the footage? Do you already own Adobe Premiere? What is your archival solution like?

My point is that a camera is a small part of a production's expenses, so make sure you take that into account. You may want to consider renting some of the more expensive things like camera, and then purchasing the essentials like tripods/c-stands/lights/audio.

Hope this helps!

/u/Johnnyschuler - as others have said, there's no affordable way to get 120 fps from a Canon camera.

Assuming you already have Canon glass, the most affordable option is probably a [$798 Sony A6300] (https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Alpha-Mirrorless-Digital-Camera/dp/B01BFD1CYI//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) with an [inexpensive EF to E mount adapter] (https://www.amazon.com/Viltrox-EF-NEX-Adapter-mount-Switch/dp/B078JHGNFW//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20), which can give you results like this with adapted Canon mount lenses:

• [Sony a6300 + Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 (120fps Test) - by YCImaging] (https://youtu.be/XFLahxvTZAM) (shot with a Fotodiox adapter and a Canon mount Sigma 18-35 1.8)
  
  
• [Sony a6300 Wedding Reception Dancing 120fps by Adventures in Wedding Cinema] (https://youtu.be/-kdC5kvLEQw) (shot with a Metabones adapter and Canon 35 1.4 and Canon 16-35 2.8 lenses)
  
  If you prefer a camera with internal stabilization for smooth handheld shots, you can [spend a few hundred dollars more for the Sony A6500] (https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Alpha-Mirrorless-Digital-Camera/dp/B01M586Y9R//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20), and get 120 fps slow motion results like [this] (https://youtu.be/XPizFzjuSHg) or [this] (https://youtu.be/mgdl-CTRbXk) with adapted Canon glass.
  
  Hope this is helpful and good luck finding the right slow motion camera for your needs!
  
  
  

I will try to keep this short and to the point even though your question is quite in depth.

What is vlog? 
Its a Video blog. There are various types of vlogs. Some youtubers like shaytards and casey neistat are really good storytellers. So they post their day to day lives online sharing interesting parts of their day. 

What are the unexpected challenges of making vlogs? 
For many you tubers who vlog without setting boundaries and respecting those boundaries have ended up in broken relationships. 2014-2016 I have seen some long time you tubers (some who have been doing it from 2006) ended up separating or divorced because of this. So choose wisely.

What camera to use? 
The nikon d7000 you have is a good starting camera for entry level video Production. But it is not a good vlogging camera when you are starting out. It is too heavy for the initial vloggin application.


Any one of the three cameras that she wants would suffice for her application. I currently use the sony rx100 mVI. 

This is my recommended list for vlogging cameras. If you have good budget.

1. Sony rx100 mV http://amzn.to/2gilEAC
   
2. Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II http://amzn.to/2gh0Btq
   the list below might be an over kill. But will allow for her to grow into higher production value in the long term.
   
3. Canon EOS M5! http://amzn.to/2hcEB52
   
4. Sony A6500 http://amzn.to/2gHGTIp
   
   Make sure you get a gorilla tripod or a flexible tripod that she would find it easy to carry around and also a ton of third part batteries. You can find them cheap on amazon.
   
   For video editing. I would suggest starting with Sony vegas movie suite. http://amzn.to/2gHJoua
   This is what I started on after doing Movie maker for years. It has plenty of built in tutorials with guided editing within the application. So you would learn some advanced techniques. This will prepare the mind for other complex systems like hit film final cut and adobe. Sony’s editing software is really robust. they are just not good at marketing it well.
   
   
   Hopefully I answered all your questions. If I missed something or if you need clarification do not hesitate to reach out. 

Good luck!
   
   

That may be an issue, but if you get the Sony A6500 it's advisable that you shoot 4K anyways, then downscale the footage after if you're only releasing it at 1080.

Thanks for the follow!

This was shot with a Canon 70D with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM Lens.

That said, I have some additional thoughts on gear. You truly can't go wrong with any Canon, Nikon, or Sony kit these days. My camera is 5 years old, and I've been looking to upgrade for a while now. The successor is the 80D for $1k. It's a great mid-level crop sensor DSLR that has some sensor improvements over the 70D. The 90D is supposedly coming later this year too.

If I wasn't already invested in Canon lenses though, I'd take a hard look at Sony. The a7iii just came out and has some really impressive specs at a decent price. It's $2k for just the body, which is a bit over your budget. Sony also tends to charge less for the body and more for the lenses than Canon, so in some price comparisons they can seem cheaper. a6500 is within your budget, with room to buy a lens or two. I'd recommend going to a camera shop or somewhere where you can get your hands on the gear and see what you like and dont like. A couple times a year Mike's Cameras brings a ton of gear to the Denver Zoo and lets people try it all out. That'd be a good event to check out.

Hope that helps!

In stock just about every where else
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1289585-REG/sony_alpha_a6500_mirrorless_digital.html
http://www.adorama.com/isoa6500.html
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Alpha-Mirrorless-Digital-Camera/dp/B01M586Y9R/

I'm looking at a few different suggestions for you right now for other gear, but if you're serious about the A6500, it's on sale at amazon for $1200 right now: https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Alpha-Mirrorless-Digital-Camera/dp/B01M586Y9R

Thought you might want to know, I'll post some other idea if I have time.

a sony A7S2 or A6500 would be great shouts. depends on your budget

some say the sony a7sii "makes light", rather it is just great at low light capture and has amazingly clean images/video at a high iso. That combined with a lens with a wide aperture and you get great performance. I would recommend you get a sony a7s mk1 or mk2 or a sony a6300 or a6500, depending on your budgets as all have fairly good low-light performance with the a7sii being the best of them. As for a lens, you could go for an adapter to use your canon lenses but if you do not have a canon lens with a nice wide aperture like f/1.8 or better, it would be good to pick up a lens like that. If you choose to move entirely to sony as so many people have recently, you will want a good all around lens too. Let me know if you need more help!

Are you shooting 4k or 1080? To be honest, all photo cameras will get hot shooting 4k video.

If you shoot HD then you can try an upgrade to a more recent Alpha version, like A6500. You could keep your lenses and sell the A5000 to recoup some of the cost, or put it towards better lenses.

Also consider buying used, from a safe source.

Edit: also consider whether you'd be better served by a video camera. There are devices that put taking outstanding video first, like GoPro.

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I think the Sony A6500 at $1,298.00 will be a nice upgrade to your 70D. It can shoot clean 1080P at 120 FPS as you can see in this video shot using the Sigma 18-35mm.
You can use the VILTROX EF-NEX IV to adapt your Sigma 18-35mm to Sony A6500. It cost just $136.00.

We had a G85 and loved the video quality for the price, but the video autofocus was not great. I didn't realize how not-great it was until we were at a small orgy with some friends and a guy had a Sony a6500. The a6500 tracking AF was (is) far superior. Eventually I saw a floor model or refurbished a6500 and picked it up for about $100 more than I sold the g85 for on Craigslist. One or two of the NSFW videos in our posting history has likely been shot with the G85.

The G85 had a much better touch screen implementation, but the a6500 has considerably better 4K image quality and much better tracking AF. For stills photographers, the difference is likely low, but for video, the Panasonic contract-detect AF is often wobbly and out of focus. In different ways, both the G85 and a6500 are "almost there" cameras.

Edit, forgot to mention that the G85 also has a better rotating screen.

Overall, the G95 looks like a camera that is going to suffer against the a6500, let alone whatever the a6500 successor might be. Already, used a6500s are about $800 - $900. The G95 looks like a little too little, particularly given its weak AF during video performance.

Sony. get the A6500 and a sony lens. Maybe the 18-105 F4 if you really want that focal length coverage. That lens isint going to be great for low light but the 6500 is a low light beast. If you really need that fast glass you could go with the sony 35mm f1.8. In my opinion Sony is where its at right now, super portable and blowing anything in its price range out of the water!

A6500 used on Reddit : $1150

A6500 NEW on Amazon : $1098

What, do you think you added value to it by using it??