Peter McKinnon here, and today

we're talking about a one thousand dollar camera

versus an eight thousand dollar camera.

What's the difference?

Why is it so much money?

Oh my god.

Okay, we got a lot to talk about

and not a lot of time, so let's jump into it.

First things first, which cameras are we comparing today?

Well, we will be talking about the Canon 80D

versus the Canon 1D, which is

what I'm actually filming on right now.

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Let's get acquainted with these cameras.

This is the Canon 80D, the newest in it's class

with the dual pixel AF auto focus.

What does that mean?

I'll break it down.

Essentially Canon, oh, Canon smashes everybody

when it comes to the auto focus in their cameras.

It is so fast, so accurate,

you're not going to find lots of hunting.

What's hunting?

It's kinda when the lens it trying to find

something to focus on.

It might be trying to focus on the background,

and then a different part of your face,

or it's just workin' too hard, too much.

Canon has this system on lock.

Woohoo, part of the reason I haven't jumped ship yet

is because that auto focus is just money.

I have grown to use it on professional shoots.

I rely on it now, which actually could be a problem,

the fact that I count on it so much.

If I go to something without it,

I'm like (gasp), what?

This is an APSC size sensor.

It's a one point six crop, that means

the image sensor, the actual part inside

that processes the image, that captures the image

it's cropped by one point six times

opposed to a full frame sensor.

That means, this is a 35 mil lens.

If it's a cropped sensor,

this has to be timesed by one point six,

35 times one point six is a 56 millimeter lens.

Double check my math on that.

So you gotta keep that in mind.

Now, that is great if you're shooting sports

or anything with telephoto,

because you are actually getting more range

out of your lens, not just a seventy-two hundred,

now it's a one twelve to three twenty.

So you're actually getting more.

But if you want wider lenses, that's where

it starts to hurt you a little bit

because you might pay for a 14 millimeter

or a 16 millimeter, and you're not going to be getting

that ultra wide angle.

So that is the one drawback of having

an APSC size sensor.

However, it's not the end of the world at all.

It's a full HD camera, does 1080P,

does 60 frames at 1080P, but that is as much as it does

as far as frame rates go.

You're not going to get that super buttery

120 frames slow motion.

60 frames is still great.

However, that's one thing that this camera

is lacking on, in my opinion.

And a lot of the Canon cameras are lacking on,

in my opinion is the introduction

of higher frame rate video across all of the bodies.

So we got that three inch screen

that spins around, great for vlogging,

great for holding it out so you can actually see

what you're doing when you're filming yourself.

Hello.

The battery life's pretty good,

takes the classic Canon LPE6 battery,

which is the same in the 5D Mark Three,

and the 5D Mark Four, and the 5D Mark Two.

Great battery, great battery life, happy with that.

Now, the shutter speed, the frames per second on this,

it goes up to seven frames a second.

So as far as high speed shooting goes

when it comes to photos, you're only getting

seven frames a second.

I mean the iPhone, I think might even be faster than that.

This is what I recommend most people get.

If you want to start making films,

if you want to start making vlogs,

if you want to start a YouTube Channel,

this is a solid, solid camera.

It has that slow-mo, it's not 120 frames a second

but it's still something that's there at 1080P.

It's a great, great camera to start with.

Now some of the drawbacks, it doesn't shoot 4K.

It's 2017, 4K is kinda just one of those things now

that is, like, standard.

I mean, you've got the Sony RX105

which is a small, little point and shoot camera.

That shoots 4K, my iPhone shoots 4K.

Why doesn't this shoot 4K?

That's a big reason a lot of people are switching to Sonys.

But, for the price, this is a thousand bucks,

or ten ninety-nine on Amazon.

You gotta put a lens on it still,

but you are getting great technology

inside this camera for ten ninety-nine.

So, really, really, recommend it.

But how does it differ from something like the 1D?

Well, I'm shooting on the 1D right now.

I'll snap my fingers and we'll be on the 80D.

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Okay, now we are on the 80D.

It's not 4K, but we are using the same lights,

the same mic, it's set up exactly the same way

on the tripod as the 1D was,

and it looks pretty damn good.

If you're just starting out

or you're serious about film making

and you want to dump some money into a camera

but not too much, this is a great option.

Now this, is the 1D.

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Now this is a big camera.

This camera is heavy, that is one of the drawbacks.

However, it's heavy for many reasons.

There is a lot going on in this thing.

This thing is a beast.

It almost doesn't matter what time of the day

you're shooting at, you can crank that ISO up

and you can shoot video, photos

at practically any time of the day.

Now the reason it's also a much bigger body,

is because it's got a grip on the bottom

so you can take photos here,

and you can also be taking photos here.

So without having to buy an extra battery grip

to plug into the bottom, this is just built in.

Another reason this is so big is 'cause it's got

this big, fat, let me see if we can see this here.

It's got this giant battery in it.

You can see that battery is huge.

These are giant batteries.

They last so long, this thing never dies.

I only have two batteries because

I've never actually needed to have three.

It also comes with a giant charger

that charges both of the batteries

at the same time, which is awesome.

Unlike the 80D that does seven frames a second,

this camera does 16 frames a second.

So if we're shooting in camera mode,

and we put this over to high speed frames, you'll see

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That's a fast camera.

You can even see how many times the mirror...

I shouldn't be doing this, but check this out.

Watch that mirror go.

There, you can see me right there.

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That's the best thing I've ever seen in my whole life.

This camera is fast.

Now, in order to keep up with those speeds,

you need to use what's called the cFast card.

Now, that's one big drawback of this camera.

These cards are amazing, that's a cFast card.

These cards are amazing, but a 128 gig card

is going to run you, like, $800.

(crowd groans)

These things write at 550 megabytes a second.

What's nice is you have both card slots inside here,

so when you're shooting something important,

you can have it writing to a cFast card

and a CF card at the same time

which is great for back ups,

especially if it's an occasion like a wedding

or it's an even that you need to know

before you leave that event

that you've already got a backup in camera,

before you even get to taking your laptop out.

So another big win.

A lot of the pro cameras do have two slots.

This thing is weather sealed.

You can get this thing pretty much soaking wet.

I wouldn't recommend it, but it can take a beating.

When you combo that with L Series lenses,

which are also weather sealed.

If it's raining, if it's snowing,

if your getting tons of mist,

whatever the occasion, I don't ever worry about it.

It's always fine.

This thing has been completely soaked from the snow,

from rain, from all of the above.

No issues.

Now let's talk about B-roll and frame rates,

because that's what interests me a lot with cameras.

I shoot a lot of my B-roll at 120 frames a second.

Now the 1D does 120 frames per second at 1080.

It also does 60 frames a second at 4K.

So those are two incredible options

that are built into this camera,

and it looks so good, as you guys have seen

in a lot of my vlogs and videos,

the B-roll is just buttery smooth.

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Now, what does the 80D do, as far as B-roll.

Well, it does 60 frames a second at 1080, and that's it.

So, in terms of frame rates, this thing is a beast.

But that's also why it's so expensive.

There are not many cameras out there right now

doing 120 frames a second at 1080

that look as good as this.

You guys have seen the proof.

Also, 60 frames at 4K is incredible.

There's a reason this costs so much money.

But can you still get good B-roll

with a camera that's only a thousand bucks?

100%, you can still shoot 60 frames a second

and get a nice, slow, cinematic sequence.

We went out and just shot a couple things.

It was super cold today and snowy,

but we went out and shot a couple things

to show you the difference between 120 frames a second

using this, and 60 frames per second using the 80D.

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And we're back in the 1D.

Can you see the difference?

Like I've always said, the best camera

is the camera that you have with you when it counts.

So that's it for me, guys.

I hope you guys enjoyed this little comparison

of a $1,000 camera versus an $8,000 camera.

It's not exactly an equal comparison

being that they're such different cameras

intended for such different uses.

But that's what out there.

That's what people are using right now,

and I leave it to you to decide if it's worth it or not.

For me,

it's worth it.

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and I will see you guys in the next video.

Hooo, missing my hat again.

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