The best Amazon Prime Day camera deals on Sony, Canon, GoPro, Panasonic and more

GoPro’s Hero 12 Black is a relatively mild update over the Hero 11, but at this price it’s easy to recommend. It can record videos at up to 5.3K at 60fps in 10-bit color and capture that uses the entire sensor. The battery lasts around 10-15 percent longer than before, and it has a new quarter-inch tripod mount. The Hero 12 still has the best digital stabilization (aka Hypersmooth) of any action camera, a full-color front screen and the best image quality, overall, of any cam in its class.

DJI's Action 4 action camera has a much larger sensor than the GoPro Hero 12 1/1.3 compared to 1/19), though less resolution at 4K 120p than its rival. It comes with a 1.4-inch 320x320 front screen and 2.25-inch 360x640 rear display, both bright enough to use on sunny days. It also offers DJI's Rocksteady 3.0+ stabilization that smooths out jolts well, though not as well as the GoPro Hero 12. With this deal, you can get it in a kit with three batteries for just $40 more than the bare camera.

Sony's latest compact vlogging camera is the ZV-1F. Based on the RX100 V, it has a 1-inch 20.1-megapixel sensor and fixed 20mm f/2 prime lens. It also offers a lightweight body, built-in high-quality microphone (plus a microphone port), flip-out display, best-in-class autofocus and excellent image quality.

The 20-megapixel ZV-1 II is Sony’s first RX100-series is a compact camera designed for vlogging. It does that job well thanks to a lightweight body, built-in high-quality microphone, flip-out display, 4K 30p video, best-in-class autofocus and excellent image quality. The 18-50mm f/1.8-4.0 lens is sharp and wider than on the ZV-1, so it’s better for vlogging. One very nice feature is the built-in ND filter, but it does lack optical image stabilization and a headphone port.

Canon's EOS R100 is the only modern mirrorless camera you can get with a kit lens for under $500. It comes with a 24-megagpixel APS-C sensor that delivers great picture quality with Canon's pleasing skin tones. Though it's not the quickest camera in the world, it's very compact and weighs just 356 grams. 

Sony’s 24.2-megapixel A7 III is still a great camera after all these years. You can fire bursts at 10 fps, capture sharp images with excellent dynamic range day or night and autofocus accurately on fast-moving subjects or portraits. It captures sharp 4K video, albeit without log or 8-bit resolution. Priced at $1,298, it's a great full-frame option.

Though it's been superceded by the Z6 III, the $2,000 Nikon Z6 II is a solid buy at this price. On top of solid video specs and great handling, it actually offers better image quality than the Z6 III.

Content creators should take a hard look at Panasonic’s full-frame S5 II. It’s the company’s first camera with hybrid phase-detect AF designed to make focus "wobble" and other issues a thing of the past. You can shoot sharp 4K 30p video downsampled from the full sensor width, or 4K 60p from an APS-C cropped size, all in 10-bit color. You also get a flip-out screen for vlogging and updated five-axis in-body stabilization that’s the best in the industry.

Canon's powerful R5 hybrid mirrorless camera is about to be replaced by the R5 II, but that means big savings of $1,000 can be found on the original. It still offers 8K video at up to 30 fps, or 4K 120p with a crop. And that 45-megapixel sensor makes it a fantastic camera for everything from landscapes to sports to wildlife. It does suffer from overheating issues at 8K and some 4K modes, but the latest firmware updates make those less severe.