Santa Libertas/Buy Santa a camera?
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Anyone rich, generous, charitable, and/or kind enough to buy a camera (or two, or three) for Santa Libertas?
On sale
- Canon EOS R50 V Mirrorless Camera - Black
- "Used - Like New"
- $799.99 CAD
- Nov 16-17
- Only 1 left in stock.
A limited time offer that I'd get in an instant if I had more than bus fare - but it seems the page[ Amazon ] has been updated since the screenshot (below) and someone already scooped that offer.
Obviously I'm hoping a sale like that comes up again. I keep watching and hoping I'll have enough for when lower prices occasionally come up, new or used-like-new, for under $900 - or even under $870, as has happens with more frequently recently.
![Screenshot of the Canadian Amazon.ca page for CANON EOS R50 V + RF-S14-30MM F4-6.3 is STM PZ KIT[ Amazon ], captured 2026-11-11.](/wiki/File:Amazon.ca_Canon_EOS_R50_V_Mirrorless_Camera.png)
Canon R50 V
A few years ago I started researching cameras for various productions, including the LeverMind Variety Show (to feature Santa Libertas, among others). I determined that the Canon R50 was the best fit for my creator needs - until Spring 2025 they released the Canon R50V minus the viewfinder and other photographer features, plus features found in higher-end Canon models - all specifically designed for podcasts and video production rather than photos. Thus the "V" for video in Canon R50V. The price has always varied from $900 to much more than $1000, though for about a year hovered just over $1000. (I'm wondering about the accuracy of Amazon's Rufus.ai price history.)
I figure that eventually if I had 3 Canon R50Vs and maybe 2 more action cameras, I'd be more than set for every situation (podcasts, rallies, shorts, skits, video essays, etc.). Anything more is not only excessive but unnecessary. I can rent specialist slow-mo or aerial footage professionals and cinematographers if ever necessary.
This is the (outdated) list of production gear.
Pragmatism
I've been helping a friend, Pete Malone and his Freedom For Journalists channel, to set up his studio space. He has two ~$6,000 Sony cameras but doesn't even know how to use them - so overly ambitious, misguided, and pretty wasteful unless well utilized. Also, Sony has expensive proprietary memory cards, etc. to rip you off. And he's also got a ~$4,000 video mixer and two ~$1,000 professional lights. That's not counting other lights, backdrops, cables, diffusers, sets, workstations, etc.
With much less than $18,000 I would have more than enough for all the gear I'd need and already be producing.
For bigger productions, as professionals do, if I ever were to actually require professional gear worth more than $1000 - I'd just rent them, as well as hire knowledgeable operators.
Loan or gift
Obviously, if you were to buy a camera to gift to the Santa Libertas production, I'd be eternally grateful and aim to make it a worthy investment, for goodness' sake.
But not everyone can do that.
Another option would be for you to buy the camera, and either have Amazon deliver it or you hand or send it to me - but we would still consider the camera your property, redeemable at any time. Then I would either pay back the initial investment in one sum eventually (regardless of how prices may change) - or alternatively - I would return the camera and ship it to you at my expense upon request. I will never pay interest on a loan, friendly or otherwise, as usury is evil. I avoid debt like no one I know, and haven't had a credit card since my first year of college.
Contact info
All of the new, old, and expired contact information for Jason Carswell is here: User:JasonCarswell/Contact.
Thank you
Thanks for reading and considering this.