- Hey, guys.
What's going on?
Welcome to Travel Feels.
Today, we're gonna be talking about
something that's touchy for many people, and that's cameras,
and more specifically, why I'm switching back to Canon.
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All right.
So before we get into the cameras and Canon and all that,
let's talk about something else that happened this week.
And I would've made this earlier
except I've been sick, like you can hear right now.
I've been recovering.
But guys--
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We hit 200K.
This channel has 200,000 people subscribing to it,
which is just unreal.
I honestly can't believe it.
Many of you remember my goals that I made,
and 100,000 was my crazy goal
that I was supposed to fail at,
and now we're double that crazy goal already.
It just makes me so happy knowing
that you guys wanna be a part of this community
and that you guys are liking what I'm creating.
It gives me tons of motivation
to just make more and more tutorials
and just share more of the things that I've learned
over the years in film making and traveling
and all that stuff.
So I just want to say a huge thank you
to each and every single one of you,
to the people that have been here since the beginning,
and the new guys, too.
I'm really excited that you guys are all here
and a part of this channel.
We can learn together, be inspired together.
I just love that we can have this community.
And of course, 200K, there's cause to celebrate.
We have to do a giveaway,
but there's gonna be more on that later.
So let's talk about cameras.
When I first started film making,
the very first camera I ever had was the Canon 60D.
It had a flip LCD screen.
It shot in 24 frames per second.
It was really good.
I loved it, especially, I think I had the Sigma 35 mill 1.4,
not the Art series, but the original one,
and it was amazing.
That combination was just really good.
From there, I ended up buying a 5D Mark 2
and then a 5D Mark 3, but then I wanted to try 4K.
4K was starting to come out on some other cameras
and I wanted to test it out.
So I ended up getting the Panasonic GH4,
which was a great little camera.
It was cheap.
The specs were incredible.
And I used it for a couple years,
but there was always something missing.
I didn't really like having to deal with adapters,
micro four thirds versus full frame,
but it was a great little camera for its time.
Then, the Sonys started rolling out,
and I ended up buying the Sony A7R2.
Great camera, great dynamic range,
and it was a really good little camera,
especially in low light.
I really liked it for weddings
when I didn't have much light to work with.
I could always rely on the Sony A7R2.
But again, there were some big drawbacks,
like battery life, the color science just not quite there,
no flip LCD screen.
There was a lot of things
that I just didn't like that much about it.
Again, great camera for its time and I used it a lot,
but I haven't been using it that much lately.
And then when I moved into the commercial world,
I ended up buying the C300 Mark 2,
which I'm filming with right now,
which is just a beast of a camera.
It's expensive.
It's not even close to the same league
as the other cameras that we're talking about right now.
And then I stumbled into YouTube, doing this channel,
and I started to think,
"What's the best camera for YouTube film making?"
So I tried the Sony, and that wasn't really working out.
I couldn't use the auto focus because I was using adapter
and I don't have Sony lenses,
and the battery life and no flip LCD screen.
It just wasn't quite working,
so then the Panasonic GH5 came out,
which on paper looked like an incredible camera.
And I thought,
"This is gonna be the camera for YouTube film making."
And so I was trying it out,
and I gave it chance after chance after chance,
but it just wasn't working out for me.
And there was a few big reasons for that.
One was that the auto focus
just does not work very well at all.
There were so many times where I was relying on it
and it just wasn't in focus, of course.
I mean, it sort of works, but just not reliably enough
that I could just use it all the time and trust it.
It just doesn't work like that.
And there were other things that bothered me,
like the micro four thirds sensors and the colors,
especially in the log profile, just unusable.
It was looking so bad.
So I stopped, I sat down, and I started to think,
"What are the things that I really need
"for YouTube film making?
"What are the must haves that have to be in the camera
"for me to be able to use it for YouTube film making?"
And so what I came up with was auto focus,
good color science, great battery life,
flip LCD screen, full frame, and a good codec to edit with,
because that just takes up a lot of time
if the codec isn't fast in the editing programs.
And notice, I didn't list 4K.
I thought I needed 4K, but I actually don't.
Most people don't watch 4K videos,
and it just slows down my work flow a ton.
It's just not worth it
for a lot of the YouTube films that I make.
So I started to think,
"What are the cameras that fit this list of mine?"
And what I came up with was Canon's cameras.
They have the best auto focus.
They have good battery life.
The color science is really good straight out of the camera,
great codecs for the most part,
and they have some great full frame options.
Actually didn't realize how much I missed full frame cameras
until I started using the 1DX Mark 2.
I just love how wide it is.
Even for vlogging, I like how it's not so in your face
and it feels like you're there, it's nice and wide,
but you're not too close.
It's not uncomfortable.
And right now, I wanna say I'm in no way sponsored by Canon.
I have not been paid by them.
I'm not even on their ambassador team.
I've talked to Canon Canada a bunch of times,
and I've gotten some cameras on loan from them,
like the 1DX Mark 2 when I wanted to try it out,
and now I have the 60 Mark 2 on loan,
which I'm just testing out 'cause I'm really curious to see,
is this a really good YouTube camera?
Flip LCD screen, full frame, good colors,
great auto focus, good battery life.
A lot of the things that I'm looking for are in this camera.
I'll talk to you guys about this camera in another video.
But after thinking about the cameras
and the things that I need for YouTube film making,
I realized that the Canon 1DX Mark 2 is
the camera for me right now.
And that's because it fits all of those boxes for me
except for the flip LCD screen.
I wish it had a flip LCD screen.
That would be huge.
And so far, I've taken it
on the trip to Norway with my friend Samuel,
and I took it to Iceland with Peter,
and both trips, it's just been so enjoyable
filming with this camera.
It works as a cinematic beast camera.
I really like it for cinematics,
especially the 120 frames per second.
No other camera in this size or GSLR form factor
has 120 frames like this camera.
Because the bit rate is so high for it,
it's a really high quality 120 frames per second,
whereas other cameras, the bit rate is much lower,
so the 120 doesn't look as good.
And this camera also works as a really good vlogging camera.
Now, it is a little bit heavy,
but because it's full frame
and the auto focus and the color science,
it just works really well.
I actually like it a lot,
and I don't even need the flip LCD screen a lot of times.
Don't get me wrong, it'd be really nice to have,
but I've been getting by just fine with this.
So this camera now, the Canon 1DX Mark 2,
has become my YouTube film making camera.
And now, am I saying that all of you guys
should switch over to Canon,
you guys should just buy Canon cameras?
No.
What you need to be doing is exactly what I did.
List out your must haves,
the things that your camera has to have
for you to be able to use it.
And then figure out, what's the right camera for you?
There's no camera that's perfect for everybody,
and there's a ton of really good options out there.
Would I ever a DP a commercial on the 1DX Mark 2?
No, probably not.
Would I ever vlog with the C300 Mark 2?
Of course not.
It doesn't make sense.
But there's a camera for every project and every person.
So the reason why I'm switching now back to Canon,
the cameras that I started out with,
is really the auto focus, the color science.
Those are the big reasons why I'm switching back,
and I forgot how much I liked the color science of Canon.
It just looks so good out of the camera
and requires so little retouching.
And of course, each and every one of you
is gonna have a different opinion, and that's okay,
because you have a different use for your camera.
So find the right camera for your use.
All right, so let's get to the 200K giveaway.
I'm so glad I get to give you guys some stuff
as kind of a thank you.
But really, I hope it just kick starts
someone's film making career
and just helps them get further.
So first off, we have a couple lights
to give away from Aputure.
We're giving away a 120d with the light dome soft box,
which is right here what I'm filming.
This is the light that I use
all the time for my YouTube videos.
And they're also giving away an LS 1/2,
so you get a really nice starter lighting package
for your YouTube videos
or whatever film making you're doing.
Huge thanks to Aputure.
These guys are awesome.
One of my favorite companies.
I love what they do.
And then speaking of Canon, I reached out to them,
and they wanna give you guys an EOS M5,
which is a great little starter camera,
and this camera is actually probably one of the best cameras
for Insta Stories right now,
and that's because of this flip screen.
It's actually a little bit different
from a normal flip LCD screen,
but you can actually film yourself vertical
for Instagram Stories.
I think actually Jesse uses this camera
for his Instagram stories.
You guys know Jesse.
He does amazing Instagram stories.
If you don't, you should go check him out.
He uses this camera because of this screen.
It's really handy.
It's so small and light.
And this is just a really good starter camera
for your film making career.
So with this package, you really have just this nice start
to becoming a film maker or continuing on as a film maker.
One person is gonna win this whole package,
and to enter, there's a link down below.
There's a bunch of different ways to get more entries,
like following me on Instagram or following me on Twitter,
and the more entries you have,
the better chance you have of winning
this sweet, little package.
I'm just super excited to see who wins this new camera
and the light package.
And I just wanna say thank you to all of you guys.
This is my way of saying thank you.
Thank you for being a part of the community.
Thank you for being a part of this channel.
And I'm so excited to see what the future holds for us all.
Guys, hit that Like button, subscribe to the channel
if you're not already part of this community.
Man, I'm just so excited to see
where this channel is gonna go.
Thank you.
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