4k easy to use camera for videos up to $1500

[User108]

Good day to all of you nice people, I could use an advice from the experts.

I'm looking for a very good but easy to use automatic 4k camcorder/camera for educational videos.

1) 4k 30fps or preferably 60fps, with good enough quality for a local television.
2) Very good automatic filming with a good auto-focus too, as it's for my aunt professor, she is not the best with technology. She will be doing free educational videos for students, YouTube and television.
3) Duration of filming sessions: 1 - 2 hours.
4) Support of an external microphone. USB 3 or C would be nice, but for some reasons most cameras stuck with an old USB 2 which is useless for 4k data transfer, but it's fine to transfer with SDXC.
5) She will be using tripod, so good image stabilization (while very nice to have) is not absolutely necessary. Will also use proper lighting, so camera good for a low light filming is not absolutely necessary, but again - it's nice to have camera suitable for every occasion.
6) It would be good if camera has a flip screen, so aunt could see herself in the camera screen, as she won't always have someone filming her.
7) Some green screen filming.
8) Camera for a reasonable price, i.e up to 1500 £/USD. If there is a much better option for 2000 £/USD, good also.

We will be buying within next couple of weeks in UK.

 

[User108]

Thank you Andy, but Panasonic GH5 a little too complex for newbie, and as EsaT mentioned most photo cameras have duration limitation. For example I was seriously looking into Sony RX100 VII, but it can only film for 30 minutes or just 20 minutes at 40°C, its ridiculous. Its one of the reasons why I'm looking at camcorders.

 

[User108]

No need to talk down like this, Russi.

Where do I say good quality isnt needed? It will be aired on a local TV too. I can imagine you are using equipment worth of hundreds of thousands, but there are more options in between than a webcam, which is useless for the task at hand.

And yes, duration will frequently will be in 1-2 hour range, she is a professor. What duration were your lectures at Uni if you find this odd?