- Today, I wanted to give you a list
of the most used or the most valuable, in my opinion,
GoPro accessories right down to the accessories that we use,
but they're of lesser value.
So the way that I'm structuring today's video
is most important accessories for X, Y, and Z reasons
down to other accessories
which could also help in your content creation production.
For those of you that are new around here,
my name is Jake Rich.
I'm a travel photographer and filmmaker from Australia
currently living in the UK.
My partner Anna and I, we make action camera content.
We also have a masterclass.
If you're interested in exploring that further,
top link of the description.
All right, let's get stuck into this list.
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Most valuable, the most important, I think,
is a selfie stick,
is the El Grande 97 centimeter selfie stick.
Now, we certainly find this to be the most practical
and the most useful because we do a lot
of outdoor action solo travel content.
As travelers, having a selfie stick
is a great way to capture perspective.
We actually have never broken one of these selfie sticks.
The only reason why I have a brand new one on me right now
is because I dropped it into a dam.
Now, this leads on to the second most valuable accessory
that we use all the time, and these, I guess, first three
are probably our must haves,
and that is the GoPro Bite Mount with the Floaty.
Now, to be fair, we rarely use the Floaty.
That would be for those that are specifically, you know,
going surfing or spending a lot of time in the ocean.
And that's just because it's gonna make sure,
one, you'll be able to visibly see the camera
if you drop it,
but two, it will float to the surface.
But when you pair these two accessories,
and you may have watched other accessories videos
that I have on this channel,
I always speak highly of these two accessories
because they cover all the shots
that we teach in our masterclass.
When you go out to create content,
your goal with action camera filmmaking
is to capture multiple perspectives.
And if you have a telescopic selfie stick
which goes, you know, to different lengths,
you're able to capture different perspectives.
When you pair this with your different digital lenses,
like wide, superview, or linear,
you can really create a variety of shots
that is our found workaround from having depth of field.
So for us, variety is key
for travel films and for travel content.
And to do that, we do that with perspective.
And so these two accessories are super valuable,
and that's why if you were just to get into
this world of action camera filmmaking,
I would pick these two up straight away.
So be sure to check out some of our other videos.
Like if you've got a Hero 10
and you're looking for some settings or a settings guide,
click up here on the cards 'cause they'll also highlight
how we utilize these accessories to create the content
that you may have seen on this YouTube channel.
Next up is a really simple time saver,
and that is a GoPro Dual Battery Charger.
It's actually quite strange how much I lean on this
and how much I really prioritize this
over other forms of, I guess, battery packs.
And I'll get into that later in this video.
But it's a time saver and basically it's a simple way
to seamlessly improve your workflow.
At the end of the day's shoot,
you pull your batteries out of your GoPro,
you plug them into this dual charger,
and you wake up the next day
with two full batteries ready for your adventure.
The next two, four and five,
are really dependent on your specific use case.
Now, if you are doing any diving or free diving,
this, the Dive Case, is a must.
Now, the reason why this is a must
is because you'll know about pressure,
and the lower that you go in the water
you have water pressure.
I think it's like every 10 meters you go deeper
there is an extra kilo of pressure placed on your body,
but also placed on the camera.
And the lower that you go,
essentially what happens is the camera is waterproof
and will stay waterproof, right, for up to 10 meters,
but when you start applying that pressure,
it's the fact that the buttons
are no longer able to be pushed
because there's so much water pressure on it,
which is why you need a dive case.
So if you're doing any free diving, any actual diving,
anything deeper than 10 meters, Dive Case it is.
But for those of you,
and the reason why I've put this as interchangeable
or number four on the list,
is because for those of you that are just doing snorkeling,
there is absolutely no need to get the Dive Case.
Just use the camera as it is.
Be sure to give it a little rinse
after you're in salt water,
but you don't need a dive or protective housing to do that.
You can jump straight in with the camera itself
and get the shots that you want.
If you're doing more vlogging,
then the fifth on the list would be the GoPro Media Mod.
I recommend getting a Media Mod for those of you
that are more interested in talking to camera,
you know, staying more above the water,
and I would prioritize getting the Media Mod
over the Dive Case
if that is your preferred use case for the camera.
Now, the audio with the Media Mod is better,
one, because you have this dead cat,
which gives you a directional microphone right here
in the top right hand corner,
but it also gives you the option
with this 3 1/2 ml jack
at the bottom right of the Media Mod to improve the audio.
If you, for any reason,
wanted to buy a shotgun microphone to sit on the top,
you could do so.
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Number six is not just the Volta, it is the Creator Edition.
So if you were interested in,
you know, a bunch of these accessories,
if you're interested in maybe the Dual Battery Pack,
if you're interested in the Media Mod,
then rather than buying these separately,
I would recommend buying the bundle of the Creator Edition.
You get the spare battery in the Volta.
You also get the Media Mod and you will also get the light.
I feel like there's a piece of hair in my,
there's just my hair in my mouth.
So that is essentially the Creator Edition.
And I think with the GoPro Hero 11,
there's a lot of great use cases for all of these products.
However, if your priority is action sports not vlogging,
then I honestly don't recommend this.
We actually don't really use the Volta that much
because if we're doing any diving or water-based activities,
then our focus and priority isn't with the Media Mod,
our focus priority is just having the camera itself
in the Dive Case and shooting content underwater.
Audio is not our focus, vision is.
Lastly, if you were to be creating
any GoPro content at night,
if you wanted to do any vlogging
or really just film with an action camera at night,
you do have to use a light.
Basically, you have to light up your subject
if you're talking to the camera
because if you know anything about action cameras,
they are terrible in low light.
So using a light to film your subject
or just having lights is important.
Now again, if you're just doing action sports, surfing,
standup paddle boarding, I don't know, hiking in full sun,
then don't worry about that.
Just worry about the other accessories
that I may have already explained.
Number seven is sticking.
It's just mounting your GoPro to places
that you may not have thought of.
Now, I'm splitting this up in, today, the Suction Cap Mount,
which is more for those that are interested
in doing road trips.
You can stick this on the outside of the car at the front,
at the top, on the window, and it lasts.
This one is from PGYTECH.
I even stuck this on the inside of a helicopter
to get a POV shot of my dad.
But then there is, I guess,
the less environmentally friendly ones,
which is just the sticky mounts.
However, I would probably prioritize using the sticky mounts
on boards or board sports rather than the suction cup mounts
because the suction cup
may have more probability of falling off.
If you were to just get a suction cup mount,
then I would also recommend using your GoPro Floaty together
so that if it does fall off,
you can just see it bobbing in the ocean.
Next up is a shot that you guys always love
and it's one if our favorites ourselves,
and that is the GDome.
Again, this is for capturing those beautiful
50/50 over-underwater shots.
Now, one of the most frequently asked questions
I think we get with this is, you know,
what if I just got a dome
and then didn't bother getting the Dive Case
because there's essentially a Dive Case
already on the dome and I just dive with the dome?
Now, my answer and our answer to that
is, sure, yes, you can do that.
And yes, you can dive or go deeper with the dome,
however the dome itself creates water magnification.
So the difference between shooting on this flat dive case,
when I say flat,
like flat-facing screen dive case versus this,
is water magnification.
I would say if you wanted to, you know,
to dive with your GoPro,
I recommend just using the Dive Case.
I don't recommend diving with the dome.
This really is a surface level tool.
It's for creating that split-level shot.
So yeah, unfortunately, if you are wanting to dive
and you also want to get dome,
you know, surface split-level content,
then I would recommend actually both
because, one, I also find it just awkward,
like especially if this is connected to a selfie stick,
it's just much less convenient to go diving with
in comparison to just the Dive Case.
Number nine is the shell, or the backpack,
or the place that you're gonna house all of your gear.
And for us, we've been using the PGYTECH OneMo Lite.
This is a 22-liter backpack. Perfect for day trips.
Perfect for housing all of these accessories
that you've just invested in,
and it's also big enough to fit in other gear.
So you'll also be able to fit in a drone
if that's what you're also traveling with.
You can fit in a 16-inch computer or laptop.
There's plenty of room in there.
It is, yeah, perfect for weekend
or perfect for city slickers because it's not super big
so you're carrying too much around with you.
I think it's really perfect for this purpose.
Number 10 is the Rode Wireless GO generation II.
Now, really this one is specific for those of you
that are looking to do any type of vlogging
or pieces to camera outside.
And one of the main reasons why we love the generation II
as opposed to the original Wireless GO
is because this model is crazy cool.
You can actually just record all of your pieces to camera
in this specific unit.
You do not need the transmitter as well.
You can just have the receiver,
and you can set it up as a split recording.
So with generation II,
you have a transmitter and a receiver,
but you also get two receivers.
So you can essentially have two people speaking,
and that can either go straight into your GoPro
via the transmitter or you can just use the receiver itself.
And you can configure this
so as soon as you turn on the receiver,
it just starts recording into the internal memory
on the receiver, which is awesome.
So if you know how to sync your audio in post-production,
simply just syncing the audio from the GoPro
with the receiver, this is all you need.
You do not need to set up this part of it
so it's recording into the GoPro, however you can.
You can just take this out with you,
turn it on, and it starts recording.
Oh, the light is killing me right now.
Item number 11, something super useful and super practical
for those of you that are investing time and energy
into content creation, and that is a hard drive.
I'm recommending the SanDisk ArmorATD 5 terabytes
because with five terabytes, that's literally gonna last you
if you're just making a few piece of content here and there,
it's gonna last you a number of years.
But if you, you know, if you create a lot of content,
we go through these drives,
specifically if we're doing a lot of travel content,
we'll go through these drives every six months,
but I highly recommend these.
And if you are looking for micro SD cards for your GoPro,
then SanDisk also make an amazing SanDisk Extreme.
So I would recommend using the SanDisk Extreme cards
specifically for those that are wanting to capture
the higher frame rates.
I think you kind of need to use these faster cards
otherwise the camera will let you know
that the card is not fast enough.
So that's it.
That's 11 items that we think are most useful,
still very useful, but probably would prioritize
the other things if you're a beginner
to some of these other parts of our kit, our accessories,
to those of you that are more advanced
in your action camera filmmaking.
If you want some help with planning, and producing,
and putting all these accessories into practice,
then definitely check out our GoPro shot list video.
That's gonna give you some insights
as to how we put all these things into practice.
Guys, thank you so much for checking out today's video,
and we'll see you guys in the next one.
Peace.
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