Best cameras for video recording in 2024 that will meet all your filming needs

There's no such thing as a camera that just takes photos any more.

Ever since the mirrorless revolution killed off DSLRs, and the ever-increasing quality of smartphone snaps overtook the compact camera, we’ve been able to shoot both still and moving images on our cameras.

While many take up a position on one side of the other of an imaginary line between stills (Sony’s high-res A7R series, for example) and movies, there are some cameras that straddle it proudly. This list is about cameras you might want to buy if you want to make YouTube or Twitch videos, as well as filming your family and pets so you can bore your friends with endless home movies of your trip to Clacton in the summer.

There are professional quality movie cameras easily available, but they’re expensive, require similarly costly lenses and editing equipment, and tend to be