Dear Vlog Camera Review Channels, STOP 🌲
Dear camera review channels. Please stop doing the "vlog test" from the forest.
Stop going into the forest for the "vlog test" after you spend 80% of your review video talking about the camera you're reviewing into your $5000 Sony A7S setup with some big expensive lens.
Also, just stop going into the forest.
Who TF vlogs from a forest? No one.
People who vlog do stuff. As such, we want to see how a potential vlog camera performs in real-life situations:
How does it sound with ambient noise around? You know, like other human beings. Cars, wind noise.
Is the audio good natively on the camera?
Is the camera lightweight, reliable, durable and easy to use?
Does it have a wide angle as people who vlog don't care about having a "cinematic" blurry background.
We're vlogging, not making a movie. We need a wide lens to make interesting and engaging videos.
Is the color science good right out of the camera? What does the 4k look like?
How about battery life?
Is the stabilization acceptable? No we're not going to mount a vlog camera on some complicated gimbal or oversized tripod. That defeats the point of having a small light camera.
It's just annoying to have camera review bros who don't vlog, give vlogging advice. It would be like having me, a guy who vlogs with a Sony X3000 review the Sony A7S.