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Thank you so much! It's Nikon Z7 ii, but if I'd be picking a camera today I wouldn't take this one. The big selling point of this camera for me when it just ca

Thank you so much! It's Nikon Z7 ii, but if I'd be picking a camera today I wouldn't take this one. The big selling point of this camera for me when it just came out was a generous 45.7 MP sensor that meant I have a decent freedom for cropping stuff or printing my works on billboards (never happened) if I ever need to. But now all the AI upscalers like the ones from the Topaz Lab disrupted the market and it's no longer an advantage really. It's still a great camera for pictures, don't take me wrong! But if I'd be in the market for a video camera, I'd be looking at cameras from Black Magic or RED. They give you a cinematic look and actually have a proper RAW video file format for color grading. If you want to achieve a similar look, here is a small lifehack we've used for most of the videos: smoke machine. You can get one off Amazon for like $50. It creates this cool deepness and light diffusion in the atmosphere. Just need to play around a bit with the distances between smoke and subjects, intensity and lights.

endofreach 2y ago
Thanks for the reply. Back in the day when i was more into actually making videos, i dreamed of a red or blackmagic. But i was kind of hoping you were using a much cheaper cam & that the cheap cameras just became much better. Even the nikon is out of my price range for this project. Just wanted something ok, fiddle with the lighting & have it mounted on the ceiling to film a few hours during a few days. In case you got another tip for me other than a gopro. But thank you. Also thanks for telling me about topaz labs. Looks interesting & haven't heard about them at all before.
- 1ikigai 2y ago
  You might be able to get something like a used Blackmagic Design Pocket 4K in mid-hundreds, hopefully. If you're looking closer at low hundreds, perhaps some great Sony camera can be found on the marketplaces? Or generally any DLSR for that matter, really.

endofreach 2y ago

Thanks for the reply. Back in the day when i was more into actually making videos, i dreamed of a red or blackmagic. But i was kind of hoping you were using a much cheaper cam & that the cheap cameras just became much better. Even the nikon is out of my price range for this project. Just wanted something ok, fiddle with the lighting & have it mounted on the ceiling to film a few hours during a few days. In case you got another tip for me other than a gopro. But thank you. Also thanks for telling me about topaz labs. Looks interesting & haven't heard about them at all before.

1ikigai 2y ago
You might be able to get something like a used Blackmagic Design Pocket 4K in mid-hundreds, hopefully. If you're looking closer at low hundreds, perhaps some great Sony camera can be found on the marketplaces? Or generally any DLSR for that matter, really.