The holidays are right around the corner. So let's talk about
a gift guide for YouTubers. Hello, and welcome channel, my
name is Nick Palkowski. And on this channel we talk all about
live streaming, and YouTube and video just in general in in this
one I want to jump in and talk about a gift guide of kind of a
few items that I put together that I think would be great for
any youtuber in your life, this is going to kind of be a little
all over the board of different items. So some of them will be
more practical, but they're just and and lower price like
stocking stuffers to bigger items as well. And this is just
a great gift guide for any of those videographers or YouTubers
that you have in your life. And the first item I want to talk
about is the Canon m 50. So if you have someone who is right
now shooting on a phone, or just some other like point shoot
camera, this is going to be a great little upgrade. If they're
looking to take things to that kind of next level. And canon
just released their mark two, their second version of the M
50. This is the original one. But I'm really excited about
that second version, because especially now we're doing a lot
of video conferences and live streaming, that m 50. The new
one, this mark two has a clean HDMI out which this one doesn't.
So this one is difficult to use. If you want to connect like a
capture card to it, you really can't do that right now. Because
it'll have all the information that's displayed on the screen
will be there. Whereas we're the other one will have a clean HDMI
signal out. So
you could easily use that as a webcam. Canon does have the
ability to they do have an app where where you can use any of
many of their cameras as a webcam using a USB device. But a
lot of times when you're going kind of that higher level live
streaming, you're gonna want something, you're not gonna be
able to use that as an option. So definitely check out this
little m 50, it will shoot in 4k, but it does a really good
job of 1080 P, it's a great camera to start, it's really the
biggest camera, the camera I've been using, until I got the LSR
I was one of my first cameras and really, really enjoyed this,
you're able to make some amazing videos with it. So highly
recommend checking this out. And you're gonna find links to
everything that I talked about here in the description, those
are affiliate links. So if you go check it out, it's actually a
really great way to support the channel. If you make any
purchases from there, it's not any extra for you. But it just
helps support me and helps me make more videos on this
channel. The next item I want to mention is the Insta 361 two or
one x two, Insta 361 x two, this is a 360 camera that is
waterproof, it's kind of a 360 action camera, if you will,
you're going to be able to do some really cool really
interesting shots with this, I am going to be doing a full
breakdown of this camera here in the future on this channel. So
be sure to stay tuned for that. But this is something that can
really unlock a lot of the creativity for that video maker
in your life. It allows you to do just shots and different
things that you're not otherwise able to do it kind of can give
almost that personal drone kind of effect if you use it in one
way. For me, I don't actually produce a lot of full 360 videos
where people can kind of scroll around, what it allows me to do
is to actually go ahead and capture that full 360 but the
narrow in on the specific spot that I want. So I can if there
is a lot of action happening, we can shift from one frame to
another, and I can take people along and highlight those exact
things. That's what this camera allows you to do. And it's a
really great tool for any video maker out there. Now, let's talk
drones. I am a big fan of drones. I use them all the time
when making videos for clients. And you can see actually back
here I have the Mavic Pro right there. But DJI just released
their brand new Maverick, or sorry, no Maverick, it's their
DJI mini two. This is a big upgrade to Well, it's a nice
upgrade to their smallest drone. And this is a drone that you
don't need any special certification to be able to fly
is just under that weight limit. And at around 400 $500 is a
great kind of price point to get into the drone world. Highly
recommend checking that out if you have someone who might be
interested in getting some drone shots. Drones are just very
versatile. And this magic mini this mini DJI Mini is going to
be a really great tool for a lot of filmmakers. And it's so small
that it's about I mean it's obviously thicker, but it's
about the size of an iPhone in terms of actual length and
width. So it's really portable, really easy to throw in that
gear bag to throw in that camera bag and take with you wherever
you might be going as you're kind of exploring the world and
trying to create some new interesting shots. So it's a
great way to You take that professional level, that
professionalism up another level and allow your youtuber to
create some amazing shots that way. Alright, so every item
we've been talking about so far has been in that couple hundred
dollar range, at least, around that three, four or $500 mark
up. Now I want to talk about something kind of on the other
end. But as is just as useful. In fact, probably more useful
than many of that many of those items is these little red cable
ties. I love these things, I use these for every piece of cable
that is around the office that I use for traveling carrying
around, it's just a great way to kind of quickly tie something
together, you can just quickly loop them. And then use the
little thing here and you can quickly tie anything and adjust
really nicely and they just work amazing. This is a in my book,
this is a must have for any buddy out there who has to deal
with a lot of cables, honestly and does deals a lot with a lot
of video equipment or electronic equipment. love these red cable
ties, I can get them packs of 10 on eBay. There's several
different brands out there, I'll link again below to a couple
that I really like that I found to be high quality. So go check
those out, it makes for a great stocking stuffer. The next time
I want to mention is something that I'm actually using right
now, which is a mini monitor. These are really awesome, they
can fit on top of a camera, if somebody's walking around and
just going to be a little bit bigger than the screen that's on
the back of the camera or some cameras don't have a flip out
LCD screen. This mini monitor is gonna allow you to see things a
little bit better. I use it a lot when live streaming or with
some of my live streaming gear. I also have some videos coming
out of how I use it with a teleprompter and to be able to
see a zoom call directly and talk directly to people that
way, these monitors are just great. There's several different
brand brands out there. These are the this one here again,
I'll link below but it is the newer monitor. seven inch one
it's really great. works just super well. For what I want to
do. They are there are nicely ones out there. There's like
ninjas, and then there's
small HD has some great ones as well. Honestly, if you can find
any of those those, those are some great brands. I really like
this one not too expensive. And it's a great way to kind of
upgrade your video kit. Alright, next, let's talk lighting.
Lighting is one of the best ways to raise the video quality of
everything you're producing, whether that's on an iPhone, or
a really nice camera, if you have solid lighting, the image
is going to look better. And it's one of the areas that I
highly recommend people it was even when you're getting started
invest, and it's going to be one of the things probably after
audio, it's going to be one of the things that I think you
should spend your money on. Lots of different lighting options
out there. I want to mention this one right here. It is the
so Connie, so Connie, I can't really say the name very well
it's a so Connie x 60. This is a really great light, especially
for the price point. Still, by far my favorite lights are the
aperture like the aperture 120 D, that's actually what's
lighting me over here. That's my favorite light. But that's also
a very expensive light, you're talking around like the $700
mark, this is around the like 150 dollar mark at the high end.
So I really like this light, it's going to be kind of that,
that great piece that will help elevate the videos that people
are making. So go check this one out. And with lighting sound is
going to be a huge piece of any video. And that goes for both
the spoken audio but also any music or sound effects just kind
of the sound design of video is going to be extremely important.
And that's where I recommend checking out a service called
epidemic sound. This is an amazing library of music that's
royalty free that you're going to be able to use on your
YouTube videos. It's a subscription service. So that's
where buying somebody a subscription for gift would be
an awesome gift, because they're gonna be able to use it on any
of their projects. It also has a huge library of sound effects.
That's where I get all my music and sound effects for my
personal videos for my client videos. That's the resource I go
epidemic sound. And then the other element of sound is of
course, the spoken word, the actual audio track for your
video file. And that's where I recommend looking into the road
video micro road has lots of options for mics. This one is
their video mic Pro Plus, I really like this one. But
honestly if you are going with something like the M 50 or
another camera like that, or if that's the camera that they have
the size, that camera that they have this road video micro, it's
not gonna be as good a quality in my opinion as the Pro Plus.
But for the price point, it's an amazing quality mic. That one's
gonna run around the 50 $60 mark where this you're getting up Two
to $300. So I highly recommend checking that out, it would be a
great gift to really up the audio quality of any production
there. And if you want to, if you know, they do a lot of like
sit down videos like this right here, that could also be where
you buy an extra long cable for them to plug in, so that they
can boom things out. Because like right now I have a mic
right here. This is, this is actually where the mic is, for
me, it's on a boom pole. So it's closer to me versus having it on
the camera. So even looking at a boom pole, and I'll put a quick
little a cheaper a boom pole kit in the description as well. It's
that's a bonus gift, if you will, if you want to include
that as a package with their rode video, video micro now in
any video background is going to be extremely important. And as
we mentioned, lighting is just a huge piece of that. So I want to
recommend the aperture m C's, they come in a couple different
varieties, you can get them individually, or you can get
them in a four pack or into a big 12 pack kit. And what these
are is just smaller here, actually, let me show you.
They are these small little lights that are really awesome.
They have little dials on the side to adjust brightness, you
can see we're adjusting, that's actually color temperature. So
this it will adjust the color temperature right on the actual
device if you're using that. Or let's get back to the right one.
And then you can adjust brightness right here. But in
addition to that, and I don't have this all set up, so I
should quickly try to do that you can actually and where I
would recommend they could use this is either as background
elements like I have a couple, one there one there, that one
there, I have a couple as background pieces. But it's also
possible to use that as your main light. If there's a smaller
space, just put it off camera a little bit, it will come with a
little diffuser to help that to help diffuse the light. So it
looks a little nicer. But these are really versatile. They have
magnets on the back so they can stick to anything metal, which
is really cool. And we can work really well. You are also going
to be able to link these with links, you can link them all
together and control them with an app on your phone. So you're
able to bring up and kind of control all the lights, you can
see they all change. And that includes going ahead and
changing the colors, you can change really to any color you
want, you can take a picture and grab the color from that picture
in order to change the colors there. So they're just a really,
really cool app, that's going to allow a really cool set of
lights that will allow you to do lots of unique and creative
elements. So if they have a specific mood they want to set
you're going to be able to do all of that right here from this
cool app. So I highly recommend you check this out. These little
lights are awesome, I really love them. And with the aperture
lights, you can actually like I mentioned, you can get them in
kits, a little cases. And those, that case will actually charge
right in the case they can charge wirelessly. In that case,
which is really neat. They just thought a lot about a lot of
these things. But even getting started with one of those and
putting it on a little tripod or something like that attached an
index, or a hot shoe on top of the camera is going to be a
great way to up the quality of your videos. Now, speaking of
attaching it to a little tripod, I wanted to recommend one tripod
right here Actually, this one right here, you can see it's
actually holding the monitor right now. But I want to
recommend this thing, which is the switch pod. So this is a
really cool one, unplug that for now, this is a really cool
tripod that can be works really well. So just imagine this is a
camera works really well for vlogging and things like that if
people are talking directly to the camera, but want to be able
to hold their camera a little bit away so they can get better
frame. Or if they're on the go and you do set it down
somewhere. You just flip out the legs and then this becomes a
nice sturdy tripod that you can set your camera on and talk
directly to. So that's at a solid price point I want to say
it's around $100 It's a nice gift that's super well
constructed, so it's going to last a long time. That is
probably the second most tripod tripod I use the most. Next to
the one that is here, which is kind of again that bonus, it's
significantly more it's a significant more investment, but
it is the peak design travel tripod, that peak design tripod
travel tripod is the one I use the most super lightweight,
compact to really small so I keep it in my bag all the time.
And then that switch pod is something that I'll use quite
regularly especially if I know I'm going to be specifically
going out to do some vlogging or something like that. I'll take
the peak or I'll take the switch pod with me. Both are great
options and really recommend that that you add those to your
game. list for that youtuber in your life. That's a solid list
of 10 plus items for any youtuber or video creator in
your life. Be sure to check them out I definitely think you'll
find some that will work well for that person for that
individual. Also, if you want a few more ideas, check out this
video right here it is my live streamers Gift Guide where I go
through a few other items a few other software's for that live
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