I have a small youtube channel doing gear unboxings.
I am looking for a simple point and shoot camera to make videos with. Doesn't need to be the highest tech or latest gear. Also, simplicity is key, I am not very camera tech savy , so I do not want to fiddle with setting and options. I just do unboxing and simple review vids on my table or bed nothing extreme.
I do want auto focus though, to show fine details on the stuff etc I review.
What do you guy recommed? Would you recommend the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS, seems to be relatively cheap and easy to use?
You
can do unboxing videos with that. The thing is though, what do you want your videos to look like?
If you're looking to resemble
MKBHD, then you're talking thousands in gear.
Something like this, a decent DSLR with some wide aperture lenses - you could probably do this for ~$1000 including lighting. For unboxings like this the key is in the editing as much as the gear.
Then there's the more straightforward
'someone talking into a camera with a few product closeups' review. Even this is done on a Sony A6000 in order for it to look as reasonably sharp and bright as it does.
Now, with something like an SX620 the small sensor really takes a hit in terms of image quality and also the look of the images. What you'll end up with is
something more like this. Extreme closeups look OK, but unless they're well lit they'll still look like mush.
I'd go with the A6000 recommendations that others have said if you want decent quality that you can also use elsewhere. If the setup's not going to move and it's exclusively for decent quality unboxings, an older DSLR (Canon T3i for example) might be a good idea. Neither are magic boxes - you'll need adequate lighting to go with it in terms not things not looking noisy or smeary, but the A6000's a great all-rounder and the T3i has been a vlog staple.
Oh, Edit: If you're doing unboxings you actually want to lock focus and exposure, unless your camera has a way to shift focus smoothly (cheap ones - and by that under <$1K generally - don't). If e.g. your hand temporarily gets in the way of the product, then the camera will try and track focus on the hand - and it'll shift the focus point, and also may try and shift exposure on the hand. When you move your hand away, it'll shift back - and that creates a distracting effect. So for unboxings and general static / face-to-camera shots, etc, you don't actually need AF, and as long as you can manual focus it won't matter how fast the AF is - it can be a liability in many situations like this, and it's a major source of amateur-looking footage.
