I also used different cams like Canon 550d, gopro or just iphone 5s recently. The iphone does filming very well! Just some trouble with the focus when its to dark.
Editing afterwards in iMovie is easy! Even synchronising video with seperate audio recording of my tascam or logic works well as you can move audio clips and do detail cutting of audio and video in iMovie too,
I just posted in the other thread about a reasonably new 2 channel solution from IK Multimedia. The Duo. http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigproduo/
But Iām interested in peoples tripod setups. Iāve ordered a little clamp thing for my iPhone, but my DSLR is much heavier and wouldnāt be ideal in that situation. Feel like I need a big boom arm or somethingā¦
Found thisā¦ maybe this table-clamp mic arm could be cool? Dunno if you would need some kind of attachment for the camera end (rather than a mic)ā¦
I just use a mic stand with a boom and an adjustable camera mount, and some weights on the base 
Zoom Q3hd with line input
Nikon keymission 170
Iām toying with the idea of a youtube channel this year, Iām completely new to doing vids so Iām not looking at pro grade equipment. A cheap action cam seems best suited for convenience but the battery life is awful, Im not sure if its the same for normal cameras that do video.
Any recommendations or tips are welcome! 
Hell of a question! I never spent much money on cameras because ā¦ well, because you understand. This studio stuff.
My experience after a lot of videos: it depends a lot on the camera perspective, angles and and the light if your result is great or not. I recommend to do a lot of tests. Same camera, different angle, different time during the day, different setup on the table and so on. Fun fact is that my phone (iphone 5s) makes better videos than my 300ā¬ panasonic G6. But unfortunately audio and video is not in sync so even with a 10 minute session I have to manually correct this in post production.
Cheap action cams are not so cool, my Rollei (~70ā¬) has a lot distortion and noise. In this video you can see my iphone, panasonic and the rollei in action.
00:19: Rollei
00:50 Panasonic G6 with a special lense that I got for 30ā¬
01:14 iphone 5s
Just get a phone tripod and use the audio recorded into your audio interface. Cellphones can record 4K these days. Thatās more than enough camera power you probably already own.
Great Iāll check your vid now, Iām a noob with cameras so any help is appreciated!
Would you say that an iPhone is a good solution for convenience and recording time? Ive tried to stay away from them but getting one might be inevitableā¦
Yeah I might end up going the iPhone route, my current smartphone is awful! Thanks for the tip!
iPhone, Android, Google Pixel: the all have badass cameras.
Yes, absoluteley. Like I said I have a little problem with audio / video offset. But that might be due to my setup or a problem with the ios version that I use.
Great, so finally upgrading my phone could be the answer! I donāt mind having to do a little syncing, Iām going to be editing it anyway
Nice chords btw!
Thank you! Keep in mind that the iphone stores videos in an uncompressed file. I have to delete all music and photos before I record anything with my 16gb phone. So if you get something new or second hand try to find a 32gb or 64gb unit.
iPhones shoot great video, and especially the more recent models have excellent low-light performance.
You do want to use a tripod. Pretty much any model tripod will do since phones arenāt heavy. A Joby GorillaPod (https://joby.com/gorillapod-500) can be convenient if you want to shoot from weird angles and have shelving or other things higher up in your studio you can wrap it around.
The best tripod mount currently available is the Glif (https://www.studioneat.com/products/glif) which is not cheap, but a good investment because it works with any smartphone on both portrait as well as landscape orientation.
You can record audio separately and sync it up later, but you can also connect an USB 2.0 class compliant audio interface to the iPhone using Appleās Lightning to USB Camera Adapter to get high-quality line inputs. The Behringer UCA 202 (https://www.musictri.be/Categories/Behringer/Computer-Audio/Audio-Interfaces/UCA202/p/P0484) is a great inexpensive interface thatās perfectly suitable for this.
Theres some great info here! iPhone seems to be the way forward
Itās been a minute since Iāve come back to this thread, but Iām glad to see it is still kicking.
Iāve been fighting the GAS pretty hard for a Zoom Q2N lately. Does anyone have experience with one, or is there something similar youād recommend instead?
Well, to follow up on my previous post I got the Zoom Q2N, and so far Iām pretty happy with it. This is a quick video I recorded earlier tonight just to see how it did:
Unfortunately, IG definitely compressed it so it doesnāt look as sharp as it originally did, but so it goes. I ended up looking at some higher quality video cameras before I made my purchase, but didnāt really find anything I liked that had line in that wasnāt over my budget. No more crappy iPhone mic issues, just running the headphone out from one of my interfaces directly into the cameraā¦very glad that the kick from the EMW Analog Drum Synth isnāt lost in the mix.
Awesome tune.
A good webcam like logitech c920.
Iāve just started using my Sony A5000 with a 50mm 1.8 lense, n audio directly multitracked to ableton. video edited in imovie for the moment.
Only got the lense last week so just tried out a single still shot for this vid but the 50mm takes nice vids. Gonna do some steady cam stuff for some future vids too.
Hello everyone,
Can people please post pictures of their camera setup if you make YouTube videos?
I am trying to film some tutorials and also some live sets, but I am struggling to get a good overhead angle on the gear such that I can still sit properly in front and control the machines.
Curious how others are doing it and interested in seeing photos of your setup from an outside perspective showing the camera and mount and tripod.
Cheers.