- I've been a Sony user for the last four years.
I've owned three of their cameras, the Sony a7S II,
I've also owned the Sony a7R III
and I also owned the Sony a9
which we're shooting on right now.
And I absolutely love these cameras,
but there's one problem.
You guys already know it.
I know you're thinking about it.
You're gonna start writing it down.
You're waiting for it.
The dang screen.
Why does it only articulate like 92 degrees?
Not even 90 degrees.
It gives you like 2 degrees of hope and you're like,
oh, oh, oh and then it just doesn't flip all the way out,
but if it did flip all the way out
you'd be able to compose your shot, check exposure,
check focus, check audio metering
and right now we can't do that as Sony users
or anybody who has a camera
where the screen does not articulate fully
to be able to see yourself.
So today, we're figuring out a solution.
I have three options for you.
Let's jump in to this week's video, whoo.
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So before we jump into the whole entire video
I just want to preface something.
None of the items, nor anything in this video
is sponsored.
Now back to the solution.
Solution number one is this item right here.
Yes, that is a mirror attached to a metal articulating arm
attached to the hot shoe.
Legitimately it is a mirror to see the reflection
of your camera screen.
Why has nobody thought of this before?
Super simple solution, light weight
and you can check your framing, your exposure,
your metering and all the other problems
that we just talked about.
This is the camirror.
Camera, mirror combined together to create camirror.
I love it.
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Okay our next solution is to use an on camera monitor.
This is a small HD OLED 5-inch monitor that I have here
with the Rode microphone attached to the side.
As you can see, this is a much bigger
and also much heavier set up.
This is my go to set when I'm at home shooting in a studio
where I can check false color,
have more advanced camera settings
when I'm actually trying to compose my shot,
but if I'm just doing run and gun blogging,
this isn't the best set up for it, because it's so heavy
and then you have to rely on batteries.
You have to bring this little like camera kit I have here.
The batteries only last about 50 minutes to an hour
depending on how much you're using them.
You have to bring all these extra little cables.
I could hit the cable
even like the monitor's not gonna get a signal.
So there's lot more opportunity for failure with this setup.
But if you're trying to do a more advanced shot
and trying to get better exposure and a few other things
this could be a good solution for you,
but in most cases it's not a good run and gun setup.
I always think it's funny
when I choose to shoot a video outside,
so like a dog just ran in the background.
We have to deal with lighting.
We have to deal with audio
and then there's people swimming in the background.
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It's life, these are the things.
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So also before we jump into our next solution
I just want to call out one thing.
We're down at this beach right now,
because we tried to find a secluded area to shoot
and there is so much garbage on this beach right now.
So there's a little term called plogging.
It's when you're running
and you pick up garbage along the way.
I would encourage you guys to do some plogging.
So we're gonna grab some garbage right now
because essentially this beach is garbage
with a side of rocks on it.
The ultimate goal is to make it back to rocks,
back to nature.
Maybe one of these weekends go out, pick up some garbage
or the next time, just think about it again.
Even picking up five pieces of garbage
will make a difference, so yeah.
We're gonna grab a couple of pieces of garbage right now
and then the next solution.
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And our last solution for you is to use a smart phone app
that attaches to your camera so that you can live monitor.
Now my only beef with using this system
is that often these apps are very, very laggy,
so yes you can check exposure,
you can check if it's in focus
but the moment you press you record it takes a hot second
for it to actually record.
And if you're moving quickly
it actually kind of jump skips here.
You can see in this example
why we are using the Sony system.
Yes you can check everything and double check stuff
which is a good solution for now and is also free
if you have a smart phone,
but it's super laggy and kind of unreliable.
And the moment you close the app and put it to sleep
and then open up your phone again,
it actually has to disconnect and reconnect again.
So that can get in the way in terms of your workflow
if you're trying to go run and gun
while shooting a vlog.
Now if I did make a recommendation
it would probably be option number one
which is the camirror.
I'm saying this because I actually think
it's the best solution.
I don't even get aa kickback.
The reason why is because it's analog, gets a realtime
read out, does not require batteries and has a slim profile.
So yes, this would be my recommendation in terms
of solving this problem.
Now I do wanna say a special note.
As you guys can see the weather is absolutely beautiful
because it is summertime.
So big summer sale on all the items in my store,
which includes presets, fonts and other items
and digital assets if you guys wanna go pick those up.
The next two weeks, 50% off.
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I wanna jump in this water because it is super hot outside.
So peace out everybody.
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