- [Lauren] You're a child.
- Yeah.
(rattling)
I love this thing.
Today's video is proudly sponsored
by Gold Coast Camera Hire.
Hey, guys, in today's video, I'm gonna be showing you
a very cool piece of gear called the SwitchPod.
So the idea behind the SwitchPod is ingeniously simple.
It's designed to replace pieces of gear
such as the famous and prolific GorillaPod,
which is obviously the bendy tripod
that you can put in all kinds of different positions.
But this one's been designed specifically for vloggers.
So in one configuration, it's shaped perfectly designed
to hold the camera out in front of you
in a vlogging style hand grip.
But in just a split second, you can flick the legs open.
And now all of a sudden, it's also a tabletop tripod
which is really, really cool.
And these legs are made of solid aluminium,
they are super strong
and they also have some 1/4-20 mounting points
on either side on two of the legs as well
so that you can add a magic arm with a little light,
such as an Apurture M9,
or some kind of little microphone as well.
So it really gives you a lot of flexibility.
So the other cool thing about this is
you can basically slip it into a backpack really easily.
It's very slimline,
you can run a carabiner through any of these legs
to just hang it off the back of the backpack if you need to.
So it's a really well thought out design.
We're gonna chuck our 1DX on here in just a moment
and you'll be able to see that it has absolutely no issues
taking a camera of that size and weight.
- [Announcer] SwitchPod
- So, we've got our 1DX here today,
which is quite a hefty camera,
and we've got a beefy lens on here as well,
so this is the 24-70 F2.8,
and if you just screw the base of the camera
onto the SwitchPod like this,
it's got really easy to use thumb screw,
which is really rock solid, and there you have it,
it's basically ready to go,
it's in a vlogging configuration straightaway,
and this is really, really comfortable to hold,
even with such a heavy camera on the back.
And you can of course flick the legs out,
put it down on the table, and you're ready to vlog,
so that is really cool.
The other cool thing that you can do is
if you have a small ball head, you can attach a ball head
in between the SwitchPod and the camera
so that you can adjust your shot as you need it.
The one downside that I think this has is of course
because it's made of metal, it's not exactly quiet.
But if just basically get used to pausing
while flipping that out, you'll be able to cut that out
and post very, very easily.
Alright, so it's all well and good for me to be talking
about this in a studio environment like this,
but you never really know how good a piece of gear is
until you test it out in the field,
so let's head out and see what this is like to vlog
with in a real life, run and gun situation.
Okay so we are out of the studio now, we're out in the field
and I have added my camera onto the top of the SwitchPod,
and I've also added into the mix a little ball head as well
so I can have complete control over the angle of my shot.
So I'm going to grab a seat.
Flick those legs open, and I'm down on the table.
And in a matter of moments, I've gone from
walk and talk vlogging to tabletop vlogging,
and it was really smooth, it was really quick,
now I don't need to worry about holding the camera out
in front of me, I don't nee to worry about
keeping a stable shot, and if I need to,
say I want to adjust my shot,
because I've got a ball head involved,
I can just undo the ball head, adjust the angle of my shot,
and boom, I'm back to vlogging.
So this is a really great tool, I'm actually super impressed
by how easy this is to use, how versatile it is,
and how quick it makes the vlogging process.
So I'm definitely going to be using this
in these run and gun-style vlogs in the future.
Alright, let's head back into the studio
for the rest of the video.
- [Announcer] SwitchPod
- This is a really cool little set up,
this is going to be available as part of a new vlogging kit
that we're putting together at Gold Coast Camera Hire,
so keep an eye out on the website for this, the SwitchPod,
and a few other pieces of vlogging kit
that we'll be adding very, very soon.
So thank you so much for watching, guys.
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what would you like to see us have available for hire
so that you can take it out on your next shoot,
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and we'll be sure to look into that for you.
Thanks again, guys, and we'll see you next time.
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