DSLR or Camcorder

[Cayder]

I'm looking on opening a YouTube channel soon and I'm looking into a new camera to shoot video and take stills, my channel would focus on product reviews and gameplay with a overlay of myself in the corner. But my problem begins when I'm on the border of getting a DSLR for their wide usage and might be good for me getting good shots of my product I'm trying to review. But I don't know if the video quality will be as good as a comparably priced Camcorder, my budget is like $500-700 I had my eyes on the Canon t5i being able to look at myself while filming is key for me. Any suggestions would be awesome thank you

[SPAS-ID]

just get decent 1080p 60FPS Camcorder (some of them can take Picture too)  and a Good Mic, and you just started so High Quality Stuff is a Waste

[ALwin]

Check one of the links in my signature.

 

If you are willing to spend time, effort and a bit of money, a DSLR/Mirrorless type of camera can produce better quality video than a camcorder.

 

But if you want something easy to use, you can use anywhere without too much effort, a good camcorder will produce very good video too.

 

Using a photo camera for video will always require other accessories beyond just the camera body and the lens (stuff like memory cards and batteries are already included).  With a camcorder, quite often you don't really need that many extra accessories.

 

 

EDIT: Let me rephrase myself.

Both a DSLR/Mirrorless and a good camcorder will produce quality video.  The difference will mainly be the look and feel of the video, due to differences in sensor size.

[CyberHippie]

I went the DSLR route and its been fantastic as I use the camera for product shots etc.

 

I had to get a powered battery gizmo as I was running my batteries on the DSLR down to quick, so the gizmo thing I purchased is a fake battery that runs direct from the power socket....

 

A must have if your using a DSLR as a webcam...

 

Also, getting windows to recognize a DSLR as webcam is a pain and I used SPARKOCAM to fix that issue....