- What's going on guys, it's your boy Potato Jet.
I feel like I should start off this video
with a little bit more energy, so let me restart this intro.
Blah-la-la hi guys.
So this is the Huawei Mate 20 Pro,
look at this thing it says Leica up here,
so you know its expensive.
Is it any good?
I have no idea, but it's expensive, it's Leica, look at it.
It's got three lenses, it's got like 80,000 megapixels
or something in that range
and enough artificial intelligence to take over the world.
Seriously if this thing started growing arms and legs,
then just go and buy as many machine guns
as you possible can find.
Elon Musk knows what he's talking about.
So of course we're gonna test this up
against a very fair competitor.
This is the Red Cinema Camera
used to film a whole bunch of movies
and we currently have it on a Freefly Movi Pro system
which is kinda like the cinema grade Gimbal.
You can get one for your phone
or you can get one for your little DSLR
but this is what it looks like
to put one on a cinema camera.
Isn't it beautiful?
But here's what's about to go down.
We're gonna take this and rig it on the side of a vehicle
and get some moving car shots
kinda like if you're shooting a car commercial.
Will this look as good as this Red Camera
and the answer is, not really
but we're gonna make this video anyways
because these videos get a lot of views.
We got the wireless follow focus system,
we got wireless video feed, all the cool toys.
And this is the coolest of them all,
whatever I do the camera does.
Can you see that? How cool is that?
Steve's gonna drive, he's gonna drive crazy fast
and we're gonna try get a couple of test shots.
So we were cruising around looking for something to film.
We eventually met these two bikers in a parking lot.
We asked them if they were down
to get some footage with us and they said yes.
So, let's start off by taking a look
at some footage from the Red Camera.
And there you go, it looks super cinematic
which is a surprise to nobody.
I mean cameras like the Red or Arri Alexa
that just have that cinematic feel,
you just point that camera at anything
and you're like, wow, this feels very dramatic.
I mean these weren't even planned shots,
we were just filming random cars on the street.
Some people were cool with it, some weren't (laughing).
So that texture or characteristic
is what really makes these cinema cameras valuable.
So how does this same shot look like from the Huawei?
Well, not bad, I mean the lighting is good,
the angle is good, it's just missing
that super cinematic look that the Red provides.
I mean there's a lot of factors that play into it,
from resolution to dynamic range, the clarity of the optics,
codec color science, the size of the photosites
on the sensor, I could literally go all day.
So even though the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is smart enough
to grow arms and murder you in your sleep,
the Red Cinema Camera is just about always
gonna look much, much better.
And the Huawei Mate 20 Pro looks great for a phone,
but again that's exactly what it is, a phone.
If it's in your pocket, a little bit easier than the Red.
And also the Red can't order you a pizza,
so minus points for that.
And taking a look at this shot, I mean,
that's looking pretty impressive to me.
The lighting is coming in at a really good angle
and the shot just looks really cool.
So if the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is what you have access to,
you can achieve a whole lot with this thing.
So cinema cameras and phones
are still in completely different leagues
and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
But I still like doing these side by side comparisons.
You really get to just put all the specs aside
and just look at the image it produces
and see it next to kinda the flagship camera.
And we're still pretty far from it, but trust me,
when that day comes where phones
look just as good as the professional cameras,
I will be the first in line to be selling all my film gear.
Unfortunately that day is still very far,
so I will continue to spend all my money on video gear.
So well yeah, we'll take a look at a few more shots
of some doggies and my girlfriend.
Yup, that's right, I said it, she's my girlfriend
for all of you who have been asking in the comments.
I don't know why you guys ask, I'm not Justin Bieber okay,
I review cameras and tech and (bleep).
Is that your girlfriend? Yeah, she's my girlfriend,
so if you guys could stop commenting about her thicc booty,
that would be fantastic, yes, that's,
but you're right, it is, that is true.
She's a middle school PE teacher
and she's actually very passionate about her job
of keeping kids healthy and active.
If any of Miss Kennedy's student's are watching,
let me give you a little bit of advice,
when you grow up you will realize that life isn't fair,
there's a lot of injustice,
but people wanna be friends with good looking people,
people wanna help good looking people
and you get Instagram followers
by standing in front of a colorful wall.
So when Miss Kennedy asks you to run those laps
and pump that iron, she just wants you get those gains
so you can bathe in confidence
and be baller when you grow up.
And try not to eat processed sugar.
Anyways I've been doing an absolutely terrible job
of narrating this video.
I guess I'm supposed to be talking about
how the footage looks side by side, but, I mean,
I guess you guys can just look at the footage
and decide for yourself.
Ooo, now one thing about Huawei phone
that I'm not a huge fan of is just kinda how pasty.
This is something I saw on the P 20 Pro as well
and just like, look at the pasty, oh wait,
I think I got beauty mode on, I can bring it up even more,
oh my God, look at this, this is horrendous.
Alright let me bring that beauty level down,
but it's still pretty pasty.
I don't know, this is just like at thing
that comes out of Huawei's phones and because of this,
I'm not really planning on switching to the Huawei.
I'm in the selfie mode,
that looks like a lot of digital sharpening,
like, you can tell, cause you can see every little pore,
looks pretty disgusting.
So I actually need this beauty mode on, come on,
alright all the way up to 10.
Oh my God, now I look like a smooth, piece of,
what's something smooth?
Apparently all this artificial intelligence
was used to turn you into a lubricated water balloon.
How do you like that analogy (laughing)?
Look at that.
- (laughing) That's kinda weird.
- [Potato Jet] Dylan, you look absolutely beautiful.
- Right? This is really how I look.
- You look like you just came out of a Hasbro factory.
But if you turn off beauty, it looks like weird,
it looks like you see every little pore.
- Yes, it's kinda awful.
- It's like way too over sharpened.
This is disgusting, some fake ass (bleep), I'm not a fan.
I think Huawei might be one of my least favorite phones.
I mean, just real quick, I'm gonna show you guys
what my iPhone looks like.
Maybe not super crazy high res,
but I look like a normal human, so okay, I'm good with this.
Oh God, this is the downside of over sharpening.
Legitimate sharpness is cool,
but when you try to digitally sharpen something,
just like what this Huawei is doing
you look like this, so eww.
I look dead on the Huawei.
That's one of the really challenging things of all cameras
is how well can a camera get skin tones.
Skin tones, one of the hardest things
for cameras to get right. So yeah, I'm not a huge fan
of that Mate 20 Pro's selfie camera and that beauty filter.
I don't understand who looks at that selfie camera
and goes, whoa, I look beautiful.
Well I just look like I've been coated 30 times
with just airbrush after airbrush.
I'm using the rear facing camera on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro,
hopefully the auto focus is tracking on me
because I can't see, I'm just looking at the back
of the Huawei at the moment (laughing).
At least it has auto focus, the Red does not,
so I have to set up this follow focus,
and wire up all these monitors every time
I film myself on the Red which kinda sucks.
And yeah I do love that a lot of phone manufactures
are putting a lot of focus in the cameras
and making it super specced out, but at the same time
remember that the skin tones is probably
one of the most important things,
so because of that reason
I would never consider buying the Huawei.
(laughing) No beauty filter can help you with that look.
Alright, time to read some comments.
My last video was all about if these cameras
can see better in the dark than our eyes even.
Top comment was from Armando, "Help me".
(laughing) Sorry bud, it's too late,
you already agreed to get tied down and blindfolded,
so, sucks for you.
"You can see the ghost above Armando's head
at three minutes in", what?
Oh, I see what you're saying,
there's like a little light flicker
above his head right at three minutes.
That would have been a much better click baity title,
I filmed a ghost with EOS R.
Unfortunately it's not as cool, it's just a little vent.
Ah, dang it, I didn't realize the Huawei cuts
after 10 minutes so I went and checked
and I realized it only captured
the first 10 minutes of this segment, so dang it.
"Gene help me M50 or G7?"
I've never tested out the Panasonic G7
so I can't really say.
I can definitely recommend M50,
I know for sure you get really good images
and colors out of the camera,
so I can definitely recommend the M50.
I can't say anything about the Panasonic G7
'cause I've never really tried it out.
"Damn boy. That's amazing. You look like the boy from UP"
Fff
"You should rename yourself Russell the Potato Jet."
"You should review the Canon 200D,
it's cheap and won't break the bank."
I might actually do that, I'm doing a little bit of research
on low cost cameras 'cause I wanna make a video
about how to put together like a little film maker kit
for under 1000 bucks which includes
a camera, the lenses, bag, all that stuff.
So that's coming and I will definitely look into that 200D.
"Damn! Your thumbnail is gonna gimme nightmares,
strange creature crawling under the bed with an EOS R."
(laughing) My thumbnail is actually pretty creepy isn't it.
I didn't mean for it to become creepy, I was just like,
oh this will be good, my eyes will be glowing
and then it came out, it was like,
this is terrifying, I'm gonna upload it.
Denney says, "Thanks for the opportunity
to participate Gene,
I'll make great use of the lens, I promise."
Yes, he's one of the first three winners
that have won the lens.
I'm giving away 10, so if you haven't checked out
my last video, go check it out.
"I'm not putting on pants unless I have to,
my favorite quote of all time."
(laughing) It's very true, I'm actually wearing pants today,
I kinda felt like putting on pants today,
there's proof, I dunno why, this is pretty unusual.
"The Fifty Shades of Ferreira." (laughing) oh God.
I think my channel's taken a new direction guys (laughing).
(knocking on door)
This was not planned by the way,
the UPS guy literally just popped up
and good thing I was wearing pants today.
And this one too, I'm excited for this one.
The macro on this thing, insanity.
Armando sold this one to me, he was like,
dude you gotta check out this lens.
It's an L-series lens on sale right now,
so I'll link it in the description,
you should go buy it using my link
and give me that affiliate commission,
no extra cost to you, but makes me a baller.
I'm gonna have to make a whole video on this at some point
but I'll give you guys a little sneak peek of this.
Oh my God, look at that.
Let's take a very good look at my face, whoa.