Best Budget Camera Phones 2021 - Smartphones For Video & Photography - YouTube

it may seem like you need to buy some expensive  gear to make good videos but in reality it's not  

the case if you're just starting a youtube channel  or want to post quick videos on social media  

all you really need is a smartphone and not  specifically an expensive one i will show you  

the five best budget smartphones with a good  camera for shooting photos and videos let's go

hi my name is arthur and welcome to the  movavi vlog and number five is the oppo  

a53 that costs around 150 us dollars the 13  megapixel camera with f 2.2 aperture and the 16  

megapixel front facing camera with f 2.0 aperture  the rest are the 2 megapixel depth sensor and the  

2 megapixel macro sensor there's the ai tag built  into it ai beautification as they call it and  

the flashlight of course and here is my opinion  based on the test footage that i saw on youtube  

the photos are looking really good for the camera  at this price a good amount of details in the  

image it's not oversaturated unlike samsung  smartphones for example the overall color  

temperature is drawn closer to colder shades if  we crop the image we'll start noticing the areas  

where the picture is washed out and a little noisy  and this is in daylight i like the dynamic range  

on this camera and the ability to turn on the hdr  mode is also very nice but nothing too exciting  

this mode just brings up the shadows a little now  let's move to the close-up shots i was expecting  

the autofocus to work better but in reality it's  not stable and you need to pay a decent amount of  

effort to catch the correct focus point i was very  surprised by its portrait mode i expected to see  

worse results with this phone skin tones are very  close to reality face detection and edge detection  

also works well and it's very surprising  because even iphones are not perfect at this  

low light filming is possible but the scene needs  to be evenly lit with light the more shadows you  

have in the image the more noise you're gonna  get i can quickly call this footage unusable  

even the f 2.2 aperture doesn't help to fix  this and there is no night mode in this camera  

a53 shoots video in 1080 resolution with up  to 30 frames per second and overall quality is  

average it's not bad and you can shoot videos on  youtube with it but don't expect much from this  

camera low bitrate no optical stabilizer  which may be why some of you will decide  

not to buy the smartphone front-facing camera give  you some nice photos ai beautification kinda works  

only for some quick selfies but really not more  than that i would not shoot a video on this camera  

just something really quick for instagram stories  so all that makes oppo a53 a good beginner camera  

phone for those of you with a minimal budget but  if you have a bit more than that take a look at  

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the samsung galaxy a50 which costs around 200 us  dollars the main 25 megapixel camera the ultra  

wide 8 megapixel camera the 5 megapixel depth  camera and the 25 megapixel front facing camera  

if you want to make some sexy slo-mo videos you  can do it but there are some limitations 240 fps  

available only in 720 and normal speed shooting  up to 30 fps in 1080 yes no 4k just full hd there  

are seven shooting modes panorama pro which is not  so exciting to be honest you can control iso white  

balance and exposure not too much for the pro mode  i would suggest downloading some third-party apps  

for this live focus or in other words portrait  mode where you can change the amount of blur in  

real time or later in the editing process then  the photo mode video mode slo-mo and hyperlapse  

there is no optical stabilization in this camera  and the autofocus in the video mode is very very  

slow they've also added this button to activate  this fancy ai mode it automatically color correct  

your image brightness etc i don't see this feature  as very practical but you should definitely play  

around with it i really like this small feature  when you make a top-down shot a50 will help you  

balance the camera with the help of the dot in  the middle of the screen overall performance of  

this camera i would say good for its price  it's a little bit over saturated that most  

samsung cameras are guilty of portrait mode looks  sketchy the blur might jump around the subject  

occasionally however expected to see worse results  low light shooting is where the image falls apart  

i mean it's not really bad but i would not shoot  my youtube videos in low light with this camera  

but when this scene is properly filled with light  the quality and the details really start to pop  

out wide angle photos and videos are looking very  good with a small amount of distortion however you  

start losing information with this mode close  up shots are looking better than wide shots  

giving you this nice blur in the background in  summary good lighting good footage but i would not  

recommend it for shooting any low light scene good  size wide angle camera close-up shots but the rest  

somewhere in the middle not very exciting  but definitely a decent starter camera  

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next up is the honor 10x lite which sits at  around the same price as galaxy a50 148 megapixel  

camera with f 1.8 aperture and the wide angle 8  megapixel camera with f 2.4 aperture and we get  

a 2 megapixel depth sensor and 2 megapixel macro  sensor not surprised i don't know who really needs  

this macro sensor unless you just want to play  around with it and it has a flashlight of course  

you can record 1080 videos with up to 30 frames  per second and you can stabilize while recording  

but in the process of filming you can switch to  wide angle which is very nice you get realistic  

colors and average dynamic range not many details  to be honest if they would change the main camera  

to the google camera that would have been a  great camera phone but comparing it with some  

other cameras in that price range it's an average  level camera the ai mode works well it's not that  

useless wide-angle shots look good when shooting  a bright scene but in low light the quality drops  

dramatically besides autofocus does not work on  the wide angle lens the same thing goes for the  

night mode so in summary i would say the honor 10x  light is a good camera phone that is definitely  

worth its money the second is the moto g9  plus which sits at around 250 us dollars  

not cheap but still can be considered as a budget  camera phone this is one of my favorite camera  

phones primarily for its quad lens camera the  main 64 megapixel sensor is more than enough  

for shooting amazing photos for social media  motorola also added this fancy ai smart mode  

but it's really handy ai smart will suggest to  you which camera mode is helpful at any given time  

for you to make the best shot possible the  camera holds contrast really well there are  

a lot of details in shadows and highlights the  result is solid you get a well color balanced  

not oversaturated image even the photos in motion  are not blurry the g9 holds up well portrait mode  

works fine i didn't notice any noticeable issues  this mode should definitely be used indoor shots  

may seem a little washed out but a night mode  cuts away all the noise bringing up contrast  

when it gets completely dark they added the wide  angle lens but i don't like what we're getting  

out of this lens a little blurry and noisy and yes  moto g9 plus shoots video at 4k with clean audio  

autofocus is pretty quick and stabilization  works really well there are many upsides to  

the smartphone's camera and if you have that kind  of budget it would be a good choice for a solid  

start to your career as a content creator before  we get to the first place i want to share with you  

one very exciting camera it's not a smartphone  but a device that attaches to your smartphone  

this camera supports micro four thirds lenses  and gives you a professional image quality high  

dynamic range and incredible low light performance  to shoot with this camera you need to pair it with  

your smartphone using the olympus air app the  app looks like many third-party apps for shooting  

videos on your smartphone so you will find it very  familiar but the fact that you are able to connect  

your smartphone with the camera this way is just  amazing there's the guy robin wong that made a  

more in-depth review of this camera i just wanted  to let you know about this exciting camera it  

costs around 300 us dollars that's why i decided  to include this camera in today's list however  

it's very hard to buy it by the time i record  this video still it's definitely the future of  

smartphone photography and videography let's hope  to see more cameras like this one in the future  

next up google pixel 4a for 350 us dollars almost  in any pixel smartphone you will get a solid  

camera with great optics in pixel 4a there is just  one but an excellent 12.2 megapixel rear camera  

you will get high contrast photos natural  colors high dynamic range a lot of details  

and surprisingly good low light capabilities in  terms of photo details the pixel 4a might win a  

battle with some of the more pricey smartphones  you get fast dual pixel autofocus and optical  

stabilization however in the a model you don't  get the coprocessor for faster image processing  

for example if you make series of photos it  will take a while for the smartphone to process  

these images but they've added some useful  software features you can switch from photo  

to video mode by holding the button you can adjust  highlights and shadows and there is the super res  

zoom feature the portrait mode is very impressive  given some beautiful results even though there  

is no depth sensor we have the front facing  8 megapixel camera 4k up to 30 fps and here  

is what i feel missing in this camera there is  no wide angle lens and there is no optical zoom  

but let's face it it's a budget smartphone  with a really good performing main camera  

i appreciate that there are no kind of useful  features that were added just for the sake of  

adding them and will rarely use them in practice  i recommend this camera if you don't care about  

other ai features and this depth and macro sensors  it's not a very cheap smartphone but might be a  

great option for some of you and it's worth every  single dollar if you want to learn more check out  

an article on the top 10 best camera phones on the  movavi learning portal check out the link in the  

description and check out one of this videos if  you want to learn more about the content creation  

process let me know in the comments which camera  you're shooting with or what camera you plan to  

shoot with hit the like button if you found this  video helpful and i will see you in the next video

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