What cameras do video not in h.264 or h.265 format?

It started out as my search for perfection in my editing experience. In a lot of way, I was fooled by some of the Youtube tutorials where the OP scrub their clips back and forth at high speed and yet the playback was creamy smooth (now I am convinced that most of them were transcoded footages).

I built my PC a couple of years ago to make my video/editing hobby fun. And it did in a lot of way. But I was annoyed that it stuttered when I fast forward/backward and scrub the source in search of the exact moment.

It's not easy to get a full pictures of the situation and the potential scenario. But the exercise brings me to realize that I can forever chase for the perfection which may or may not be that much better than what I have.

The editing experience is a combination of . . .

• Codec of the camera
• Software (NLE)
• Hareware: GPU/CPU/RAM
• Workflow

Codec: Since most of the consumer grade camera are all recording in H.264 or H.265, it is not something I can change.

Software: I have dabbled into Resolve (free version), but I am still a lot more comfortable with PPCC. I don't think I will change too soon.

Hardware: When the hype is cooled off, my current PC setup is really not that bad. I can do most of the tasks with ease. Well, if there is a good deal on the RTX 3060ti I might still jump for it.

Workflow: I built my PC because I wanted to avoid transcoding my 4K videos for editing. My current setup can handle most tasks without transcoding with the exception of some isolated clips with fast action that I wanted to pin down the exact moment. That's far and few in between. When that occurs, I am going to quickly transcode that one particular footage and do my scrubbing. I guess that's is the best of both world solution.

Thank you all for contributing to my education.