Jerry J Legend wrote:The reason that I want to upgrade is, that I hear & read that the dslr or mirrorless camera have much better quality video and photo than a phone.
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My aim is that my video quality and my work flow will be improve within the budget that I have (€1000 to €1200).
Does mirrorless produce better quality than an iPhone? That is VERY debatable and answer is: Yes. No. Maybe, it depends. Just like one can’t say F1 is a better car than a compact, and compact better than SUV, in every possible way in every possible situation it will depend on which tool is a best fit for a task at hand.
Which lens for my Sony FX30 can give me as wide field of view as ultrawide on my iPhone? I don’t know of one. Can mirrorless give me as big depth of field as iPhone when that is what I need? I don’t believe so (on the flip side iPhone can’t give me as shallow DOF when that is what I want). Is sensor in mirrorless camera better for low light situations? In general yes, but that also calls for fast lens (expensive), in turn creating shallow DOF, while iPhone will give me bigger DOF with equally fast lens, which might hit sweet spot. And so on.
So far I haven’t heard you name a single thing that you _NEED_ that iPhone can’t do, it more sounds like a lust for better than what you already have after somebody made generalized statement. If process improvement is your goal iPhone footage is just fine, I have seen plenty of examples of great work from it.
Jerry J Legend wrote: Can you also explain to what log means and what it does.
If you look up articles on log recording they will explain it much better than I can but my quick and dirty oversimplification is: It is an approach that allows for recording of bigger dynamic range. Downside of it is that user needs to know how to record and edit particular log type their camera uses. In turn it isn’t beginner friendly so that is another area where using iPhone in default mode might have an advantage over “better” camera, iPhone will try to automatically squeeze biggest dynamic range and grade footage to look its best SOOC for you.
Jerry J Legend wrote:I was wondering and want to experience how Xavc video codec will run within DR 18.5 on Windows 11 pro.
Sony has 3 codecs (depending on model): XAVC HS, XAVC S, and XAVC SI. Each one has its quality/storage/performance pros and cons. It is impossible to say will you find performance with them acceptable (not just because people have very different machines but also because what is acceptable is very personal criteria) but on my machine (which might be slower than yours) I find work with HS acceptably slow/fast as long as my footage is 30fps or less, bearable at 60fps as long as I tune things in DR, and SI fast enough (for me) even at 60fps. I encourage you to find some downloadable footage to experiment with and decide for yourself.
Jerry J Legend wrote:The option to upgrade what I read as far are:
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Sony A6400
If you end up deciding to exceed your budget I encourage you to look into A6700 for just $200 more than A6400.