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Best phone for filming?

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luckypenny
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yeah I film on my phone!
Jul 23 2020 12:34AM
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Non_State_Actor
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luckypennyyeah I film on my phone!


Probably the iPhone 15 pro or whatever the newest most spendy Iphone is?

Probably more cost-effective to keep your current phone and get a proper camera.
Jul 23 2020 1:07AM
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ScaryDumpTruck
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You should get a decent camera and keep your current phone instead
Jul 23 2020 3:26AM
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J_Christoph
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I don’t think it gets better than iPhone clips when it comes to using a phone to film.

I’ve stacked some clean shots on the X and 11
Jul 23 2020 1:33PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I bet the new sony phone is the way to go. It's extremely expensive for a phone and you could easily get an actual camera for that price.
Jul 23 2020 4:44PM
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Celery
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Nokia
Jul 23 2020 5:33PM
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ScaryDumpTruck
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a_pla5tic_bagI bet the new sony phone is the way to go. It's extremely expensive for a phone and you could easily get an actual camera for that price.

Samsung and Apple's phones have better camera's than sonys phones. Sony doesn't focus on their mobile division anymore because they have a very small percentage of the market.
Jul 23 2020 6:09PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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ScaryDumpTruckSamsung and Apple's phones have better camera's than sonys phones. Sony doesn't focus on their mobile division anymore because they have a very small percentage of the market.


I mean that's up to debate. Sony makes not only cameras, but many other camera companies sensors as well. The sony phone has full manual controls and doesn't go for the marketing tactic of high megapixel count and instead uses larger pixels for higher S/N. Their software and autofocus algorithms are also very good.

That said, you could also just get the new Sony ZV1, a vloggling focused camera, which is of similar size to a smartphone but the sensor is comparatively huge. It's cheaper than both the phones anyway.

I guess it doesn't actually matter if you're just posting to insta though.
Jul 23 2020 10:33PM
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gravel
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idk what these kids are up about, at this point in time a phone is better than most cameras. don't buy a camera, you'll be bummed about the process taking it in/out of a pack, having batteries, lenses, etc. buy a nice $1k phone and you'll have an ace camera in your pocket ready to go at all times. idk anything about models but i'm sure any phone released in the last 2 years will work good. iphones are good, samsungs are good, probably plenty more.
Jul 24 2020 2:55PM
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J_Christoph
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toastidk what these kids are up about, at this point in time a phone is better than most cameras. don't buy a camera, you'll be bummed about the process taking it in/out of a pack, having batteries, lenses, etc. buy a nice $1k phone and you'll have an ace camera in your pocket ready to go at all times. idk anything about models but i'm sure any phone released in the last 2 years will work good. iphones are good, samsungs are good, probably plenty more.

Doesn’t get any more true than this right here. There’s a reason so much action sports is filmed with an iPhone on a stabilizer these days. SLVSH can attest to that I think.
Jul 24 2020 3:43PM
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ScaryDumpTruck
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J_ChristophDoesn’t get any more true than this right here. There’s a reason so much action sports is filmed with an iPhone on a stabilizer these days. SLVSH can attest to that I think.

I thought they filmed with gopros
Jul 24 2020 6:10PM
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J_Christoph
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ScaryDumpTruckI thought they filmed with gopros

I’m almost positive they’ve used both on a stabilizer setup
Jul 25 2020 12:51AM
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ASAPCarter
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That’s a Sony fact!
ScaryDumpTruckSamsung and Apple's phones have better camera's than sonys phones. Sony doesn't focus on their mobile division anymore because they have a very small percentage of the market.
Jul 25 2020 2:01AM
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gravel
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J_ChristophI’m almost positive they’ve used both on a stabilizer setup


SLVSH was testing using iphones for filming matches but it didn’t work very well. every released game is on gopro as far as i know
Jul 25 2020 10:32AM
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ColoradoDogfart
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iPhone 4s PERIOD
Jul 25 2020 9:08PM
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Knapzach
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ColoradoDogfartiPhone 4s PERIOD

With fish eye attachment
Jul 26 2020 3:29PM
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SenBilverglate
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Keep ur phone and get a Lumix FZ-300. Its like $400 and has a crazy good lens for the price. I've been filming with it for 2 seasons (check all the vids on my profile if u wanna see the quality) its really a good camera. It shoots 4k at 24fps and 1080p and 60fps. Lens is a 25-600 f/2.8 which, if you dont know much about cameras, is really good.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1188237-REG/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz300_digital_camera.html/?ap=y&gclid=CjwKCAjw9vn4BRBaEiwAh0muDJy3XZxq_ARZ5nVZvuk2X4DkTJTmgLDOND4n4GinJm1YnQX082nfAhoCB5MQAvD_BwE&lsft=BI%3A514&smp=y

**This post was edited on Jul 27th 2020 at 6:18:54pm
Jul 27 2020 6:16PM
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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I recently bought a rhinoshield case that has optional wide angle and fisheye lenses. Anyone knownif they are any good? Plz lmk
Jul 30 2020 8:39PM
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