Best cinema cameras

best cinema cameras
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Welcome to Digital Camera World's guide to the best cinema cameras. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or are looking to start creating video professionally, a lot hinges on the quality of the footage you capture. 

Everything from smartphones to DSLRs right through to mirrorless cameras can record decent quality footage at up to 4K, but if you want to go beyond best cameras for vlogging and the best cameras for filmmaking and want a high-end system for broadcast then you will need to look what cinema cameras can offer.

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Basil Kronfli

Basil Kronfli is a freelance technology journalist and content creator with a number of specialisms. He started his career at Canon Europe, before joining Phone Arena and Recombu as a tech writer and editor. From there, he headed up and runs Tech[edit], a technology YouTube channel, and has worked alongside this role at Future as a Senior Producer, sharpening his considerable video production skills. 


His technical expertise has been called on numerous times by mainstream media, with appearances and interviews on outlets like Sky News, and he provides Digital Camera World with insight and reviews on camera phones, video editing software and laptops, on-camera monitors, camera sliders, microphones and much more.