Unknown: Your phone it is the camera that is most convenient.
It's easy to use, it's always with you. In fact, it's likely
in your pocket right now, your phone is a great way to get
started in the video and live streaming world. But what if
you're ready to step your game up a little bit and just make
things slightly more professional? Well, we're going
to talk all about using a tripod with your smartphone.
Hello everyone and welcome to this video. My name is Nick
Palkowski. And on this channel we talk all about videography
and live stream and how you can use those to grow your business.
And in today's video, we're going to talk all about your
smartphone and using video at creating video with that and how
you can be slightly more professional with it by using a
tripod. So
let's talk
all things tripod related when it comes to your phone. First,
why might you be interested in using a tripod? Well, what's
gonna happen is as you tend to progress through your video,
you're going to go Want to likely be doing longer videos or
something that's a little more professional than simply holding
your phone out and getting a little bit of shake there. Or
maybe you're at a point where you want to start interviewing
people on camera or on your live stream. And for that, you're
going to need to back away from your phone a little bit more,
you're going to need to put a little distance there. So that's
where you're going to want to look to create a stable shot,
create a consistent framing, and to likely use a tripod of some
sort. So I want to talk to you about my favorite piece of gear
for using the phone to help make sure that your phone will work
with any tripod. And that piece is the grip. The glyph is a
really cool tripod adapter from Studio meats. And I've owned the
first version, the second version, and it just keeps
getting better and I really like it. So the way this works is
there's this little lever here and you just kind of pull this
lever and then that allows you this little piece to go up and
down. And that's what's going to allow you to fit any size
smartphone in there like this is
the iPhone
The iPhone 11 just clicks right in there. So it's nice and
secure. It's not going anywhere. And then what happens is you
have a couple little screws here, you have a mount here on
the bottom, and you're just going to adapt that and you
screw that into any tripod that you have. And right there, you
have a very nice, very convenient adapter that so this
will work with any tripod out there. So I'd highly recommend
look at get getting this. And the reason I say this, there's a
lot of tripods out there that, you know, you might be finding
at Best Buy or Walmart or think places like that, that are built
solely for an iPhone, I would shy away from those because
oftentimes they're too small or there are many tripods that you
might be getting to the point where you want to use your phone
on different types of tripods out there. So that's why I like
to get the glyph because it's going to allow you to move to
whatever tripod is out there so you can go by possibly if you
need to save some money who get a cheaper tripod is something
that's just going to hold a stable shot. Doesn't need to do
anything fancy doesn't need to fancy fluid heads or anything
like that just something that's going to keep your phone that
consistent place and you can use this adapter to make that
happen. What I also like about this adapter, it not only has
the landscape mode, which is the way I tend to use it most of the
time is in landscape mode. So that is just like this with a
little mount right down here. But it also has a mount here on
the on the side next to the lever, you're gonna notice that
little lever right here there is a mount right there. So then you
can screw that into your tripod, and then you can easily get your
those of you who are doing like Instagram Live or anything like
that or want to take vertical video, you're able to do create,
you able to use this glyph on any tripod in portrait or
vertical position as well which is really cool and really neat.
You're gonna also notice there is a tread on the top here. That
is the perfect spot to put any to put a cold shoe adapter. So
when you have this cold shoe adapter on that's gonna allow
you to attach things like a mic right on top or you could even
attach a light to help you kind of upgrade again and get a
little more professional with your iPhone with your phone
videography or live streaming, which is really awesome. Like I
said, this glyph is going to work with any sort of tripod out
there. So that's a really a big reason why I recommend that you
can find a link for the glyph in the description below. But now I
also wanted to talk to you kind of next level off what you're
looking to level up and use your tripod more specifically more
for vlogging I have one that I really like and that is this
right here. That is the switch pod. This is a really great
tripod and right now I have the switch pod. I have their ball
head on there so it allows it to kind of move all over, but you
can see all you need to do is say take their clip and in full
transparency, switch pod. They do have They have a phone
adapter I have not used their phone adapter. But again, I
really like the glyph here. So that's what I recommend for
people is to, you know, look at getting this glyph and then you
can just mount your phone right there. And the cool thing about
the switch pod is the way that it converts. Let's hear let's
move the phone head. So you could be out, you know, maybe
you're walking around, I'm talking directly to your live
stream. And then you decide, hey, I want to set this down so
I can kind of find a nice comfortable spot I have to do is
flick it out. And that was not the smoothest one. Let's try it
again. I have to do is flick it out and then you can set it down
and then you have full you can back away and it's fully on a
tripod. Again, this is a shorter one you're going to notice this
switch bot is going to have some very specific uses. If you need
a taller tripod, this is not going to work. But with the ball
head especially it does allow you to have to kind of adjust
things in any way, shape or form if you need to quickly go Even
if you need to quickly go into vertical mode, you can quickly
do it that do that way too as well. So I do really enjoy the
switch pod and you use it quite a bit. And again, I'll have
links for the switch pod and the ball head below as well.
Alright, so we covered my favorite tripod adapter and
honestly that's the place I recommend everybody start and
then we covered my favorite vlogging style tripod like a
very small format vlogging style tripod. But now I want to talk
about my favorite tripod bar none This is the one I use for a
DSLR for my cameras for I use this tripod all the time every
single day, and that is the peak design travel tripod. This is a
great tripod. Not a cheap one by any means I'll let you know that
right away.
But it is super versatile. This is the carbon fiber one so it's
extra light, easy to carry with you comes with a cool little
travel bag as well and just allow so many things happen.
couple different ways you can use it with your phone. One it
does come with just kind of this is what the plate looks like I
won't dive in too much well actually let's cover a few of
the features here. So there's a little knob here that you pull
out, twist and that brings us up here and then allows this head
to and then when you turn to the locking ring, it has a locking
ring right here. And so when you open that up, it's going to
allow wider range of motion again, you can quickly switch to
vertical shots if you need to, and then still have some
flexibility there in where that is as well. And it comes with a
kind of a unique little plate I forget what they call this our
God plates, I believe ARCA Swiss plate but what you can do is you
could easily add the glyph on top of here, just like you would
to any other plate. Or if you have your phone and you're just
traveling say you have your camera normally your DSLR camera
or didn't want to attach your phone to desk for whatever
reason. It comes in this little compartment here. There's a
little hidden compartment here. And it has its very own tripod
adapter right here, set hidden away ready to go. So all you
have to do is go ahead and kind of click this in here into the
adapter. And we're gonna go ahead and lock this off right
here. And then just like with the glyph, it opens up and phone
just resting there so can take any size phone. It's really
great. This is just super awesome tripod. And this is
going to be one that's going to get you close to full height
because when you extend the legs, you get a significant
amount of height there and I am 61 and this will easily get up
to about just below eye level for me. So I have a great
position to have your camera and have your lens so I highly
recommend checking out the peak design trial. Travel tripod. So
if you're looking for the most versatile tripod, something that
you can use long into the future I highly recommend checking out
the peak design travel tripod. Like I said it is my favorite
one by far it's the one I use every single day is at all time.
Love it, the best tripod out there in my opinion. And again,
I will have links to that below in the description. Well there
you have it. That is the quick rundown on the tripods and
tripod adapters for your phone.
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