CaminoMatto
Member
Greetings all,
I would like to present my dilemma to the group for some input if that is alright, please keep in mind I am very technologically inept and know basically nothing about photography or smart phone technology.
My camino is coming up in January of 2015 and as part of my experience, I plan on taking a short little video each day to document the journey. In addition to the video, I of course want to take lots of pictures also.
I know nothing of cameras of any kind. I know even less about video cameras. I have never owned a camera of any kind beyond my smartphone. I currently have an iphone 4 (locked) which has served me well enough for the past few years but I am not happy enough with the quality of pictures it takes to make it my "official camino camera". Of the three devices mentioned above (camera, camcorder and phone) the only one I am dead set on taking to Spain is a phone.
I am torn between the following options,
1) Buying a video camera, a still camera, AND a new phone?
2) Buying a good digital camera that takes decent video and keeping my old phone?
3) Buying a brand new unlocked premium smartphone that will also serve well enough as my camera for stills and videos?
Money is not really an issue, not nearly as much as weight that is. I am not technically gifted and don't want to get caught up in a big mess of cords/bells/whistles/files/conversions/shutters/lenses etc etc. All I want to do is take a quick minute or two video a few times a day and then upload them every so often so my family can watch my journey. I understand I may have to carry a small light weight trip pod gadget and I am ok with that.
Personally, I am leaning towards option 3. I DO need a new phone and to my understanding the camera and video capabilities on most smartphones these days are more than enough for the very casual user such as myself. I saw a tutorial online about adding a mount and a lightweight tripod to a smartphone for the purpose of youtube videos and I thought it looked pretty clever.
Perhaps someone with some more photography/smartphone knowledge can lend a hand? If someone out there has made a camino video using their smartphone could you please let me know what equipment you used and what the result were? What is the best camera-phone out there these days?
Thanks for any help! I know this probably seems like a silly question!
I would like to present my dilemma to the group for some input if that is alright, please keep in mind I am very technologically inept and know basically nothing about photography or smart phone technology.
My camino is coming up in January of 2015 and as part of my experience, I plan on taking a short little video each day to document the journey. In addition to the video, I of course want to take lots of pictures also.
I know nothing of cameras of any kind. I know even less about video cameras. I have never owned a camera of any kind beyond my smartphone. I currently have an iphone 4 (locked) which has served me well enough for the past few years but I am not happy enough with the quality of pictures it takes to make it my "official camino camera". Of the three devices mentioned above (camera, camcorder and phone) the only one I am dead set on taking to Spain is a phone.
I am torn between the following options,
1) Buying a video camera, a still camera, AND a new phone?
2) Buying a good digital camera that takes decent video and keeping my old phone?
3) Buying a brand new unlocked premium smartphone that will also serve well enough as my camera for stills and videos?
Money is not really an issue, not nearly as much as weight that is. I am not technically gifted and don't want to get caught up in a big mess of cords/bells/whistles/files/conversions/shutters/lenses etc etc. All I want to do is take a quick minute or two video a few times a day and then upload them every so often so my family can watch my journey. I understand I may have to carry a small light weight trip pod gadget and I am ok with that.
Personally, I am leaning towards option 3. I DO need a new phone and to my understanding the camera and video capabilities on most smartphones these days are more than enough for the very casual user such as myself. I saw a tutorial online about adding a mount and a lightweight tripod to a smartphone for the purpose of youtube videos and I thought it looked pretty clever.
Perhaps someone with some more photography/smartphone knowledge can lend a hand? If someone out there has made a camino video using their smartphone could you please let me know what equipment you used and what the result were? What is the best camera-phone out there these days?
Thanks for any help! I know this probably seems like a silly question!