Hey, I used to have a really nice setup for video comprising of a Sony a6000 with a Zeiss f4 24-7m lens. I’ve started making videos using a GoPro Hero 5 Session for onboard footage and want to supplement this with another camera with less lens distortion, and with the option for separate sound recording. I’ve no longer got the Sony, and don’t really want to spend more than 300-400, and would prefer a compact system. Any suggestions?
Sony RX0 mkI is available for about £400. Kind of similar style to a GoPro, but bigger sensor and not such a wide lens. So should avoid the fisheye distortion. Has a mic input.
Interesting camera, how would you say it compares to the Hero 7 Black?
How compact does it need to be?
GH4 is pretty much the one to beat for filming with a mirrorless camera. Not sure how cheap they are 2nd hand yet but they should begin to fall as people buy the gh5s (the gh5 is not a good camera for video as the image stabilisation can't be fully turned of)
FWIW GoPro have mostly just been adding features since the hero4, the image quality hasn't much changed. The hero7's stabilisation party trick is their first really usefull feature (caveat I've not really done much to test it, previous GoPro have had horrendous jello effects due to the rolling shutter and image stabilisation in video can go horribly wrong in certain scenarios like the gh5).
So my suggestion would be a 4 Silver (with the screen). Cheap as chips on eBay. And set to one of the cropped settings you will lose the fisheye distortion.