Hello!
You all know how much I love my small RX100 cameras
I always carry at least one of them with me at all times, actually I have 2 with me right now
they fit in my pocket and they are just almost perfect cameras
They don't produce the highest quality out there, but they make possible some images that wouldn't
be possible otherwise, for example I made this image of a couple swans swimming on the river a few days ago
I was literally coming back from the grocery store and I was taking the photo with my right hand
while I was holding the groceries on my left hand
so that is amazing, it gives you flexibility and gives you the option to make images anywhere, at any time
another image that I made with this tiny camera was the current image of the month, "Golden Gate"
I'm going to leave the link in the description down below, just in case you want to check it out
One of the things that I like the most about these cameras is that they are complete systems out of the box
it's not like you can go and buy new lenses for them, this is what you get and this is what you have to use
this doesn't mean that we can't expand the flexibility and the functionality of these cameras, though
There are 5 accessories that I wanted to share with you today that I find really useful and I use all the time
with these little cameras, I'm going to leave links in the description to those accessories so you can check them out
they are affiliate links
So the first accessory is a cage for the camera, I have 2 I'm going to show you both of them
this is the first one I bought for the Rx100mVA, I don't love the design, as you can see it attaches around
the lens so I am always afraid that is creating a lot of pressure around the lens and it might damage the camera
That's why I don't leave the camera in this cage, but it's a pretty useful cage, because it offers you a lot of
mounting points as you can see here, out of the box these cameras don't have anywhere to mount
a microphone, for example, I think it was the...
this is the mark 2, and this is the last model with a cold shoe as you can see there
The mark 3 added an electronic viewfinder so there is no room for the cold shoe anymore
so if you want to mount something like a microphone, or a monitor, or whatever you want to mount you're
you are going to need a cage
as I said, this is not my favorite cage, when I got the RX100VII, I got a new cage
as you can see, this one only protects the camera on the right side and on the bottom
it comes with 2 cold shoes, here and here, so you don't need to buy extra cold shoes to mount
what I love about both these cages is that besides giving you mounting points for accessories and besides
the protection that they offer, they also give you access to the battery door so you can change the battery
you can change the memory card, even when you have these cameras mounted on a tripod
because by default the tripod mount is here, so when you put a tripod plate here
you can't open the door, so you have to take it out, it's a little bit of a pain because these cameras really drain
battery so you'll have to change them very often and having to take the tripod plate every time
it's really annoying
the second accessory is a microphone, so this only applies to the RX100VII because unfortunately the VA
doesn't have a microphone jack, this is the first model in the RX100 series with a microphone jack and i love it
I try to use my Rode VideoMicro as much as I can, I'm using it to record this video right now so I can't show it to you
but that microphone is pretty good for what I want it for
I usually mount it here on this cold shoe but the thing is that that microphone is rather big for this camera
and it's not pocketable anymore, it's not like I can put it here with a microphone on top
that's why I bought this little one, this is a Saramonic microphone, by default it comes... let me show you
it comes like this
so it's really, really small, you can attach it here
this is a directional mic so it picks only what it's in front of the microphone
and this is a really tiny, small package and you get great sound with this
the problem with this microphone is that is very sensitive, so outside like I am right now, even with the
slightliest wind, it is going to pick up that noise, so you need a dead cat for this microphone, I got this one
I attach it to the microphone with a rubber band, it works pretty well, it's a package that
I can fit in my pocket with microphone and everything, so I'm always ready to take photos or to record videos
Okay, third accessory, of course, a tripod
I use these cameras for video mainly so I need to record myself like I'm doing now
or if I'm going on a hike to record myself walking and hiking, so I have 2 tripods for that
This is the one that I use for those situations, for those hikes, because I can extend it
I've talked about this tripod before I'm gonna link the video somewhere around here
but this is a very light tripod, it's not the most stable, it's not the most reliable tripod, it has fallen
before for sure, but it's amazing for hikes because it's very light and it fits in my butt
the second tripod that I use for these cameras is this tiny Manfrotto, tabletop tripod
I use it to hold the camera away from me or also to put it on the table, on a desk and record myself
and stuff like that, it's very convenient
Fourth accessory: ND filters
so I have this one, it's a variable ND filter, I use this one for video
so one thing that you may know is that the VA has a built-in ND filter, a 3-stop ND filter
and that is very useful when you're recording video, because this lens can only step down to f/11
so when it's really bright outside, you can enable that ND filter and you can still keep recording without
blowing out the highlights
that's something that the mark VII doesn't have anymore, because of the new lens, this lens reaches to 200mm
this one only reaches to 70mm
but the compromise is that it doesn't have a built-in ND filter anymore, so what I did is
I bought this adapter because by default you can't mount filters on these cameras
so this is a 52mm filter thread adapter
so you can mount filters that are 52mm
I use this ND filter with the mark VII for video all the time, I even like it more than the built-in ND filter here
because you can control, this one is a 3-stop ND filter and there is no way to change that, but this one
you can regulate it here, it's variable as I said, you can use 1 stop, 2 stops or the 3 stops
so that is pretty amazing because it gives you more flexibility, of course it's annoying that you have to
mount it here, this one is built-in, but still pretty useful
I have more ND filters, I have this set of Gobe, I think it's how you say it, Gobe ND filters and they are
if I'm not wrong, 3, 5 and 10-stop ND filters, so I really like how they come packaged, as you can see
they are very well protected this way, and they don't take any room in my backpack
as you can see, they are really tiny ND filters
when I want to use one, I just have to unscrew it from here, there you go
and I just mount it on my camera
these ones I use for long exposures, I really like these ND filters, they are not cheap
but they are completely worth it, they only go up to 10 stops, but if I need more I just mount 2
one on top of each other, for a total of you know... 3, 5 and 10, 18 stops, that's more than enough for what I do
and the last accessory I wanted to share with you today is this wide angle adapter
so as you know, these cameras are fixed lens cameras, you can't change them, so the range of this camera
is 24-70mm equivalent, the other one the mark VII is 24-200mm, so when it comes to the long range
I'm well served here, 200mm is more than enough for a pocket camera, but sometimes I wish I could go wider
than 24mm
I really hope, Sony, if you are listening, you need to release another camera
a companion to the mark VII, call it mark VIIA if you want, that brings back the faster lens
this is a f/1.8, but also offer a wider angle, something like 18-28mm f/1.8, or even f/1.4
it'd be the perfect camera to go with the mark VII
anyway, we don't have that camera now, that camera doesn't exist
so I was looking for some solutions or for some alternatives, ways to capture wider angles
and I found this cheap wide-angle adapters, this is a 52mm adapter, and it works pretty much the same way
that the lenses for smartphones work, so you just attach this thing on your lens
as you can see, it is huge for this camera
but it works and it gives you a wider field of view, I don't know exactly how wide, I think it's around 20mm
or something like that, so as I said this is pretty cheap, $20, so the quality is not the best
the corners get pretty much destroyed, I used this filter quite a lot during the Camino, the video that I made of
the Camino de Santiago, there are some shots that I made with this one, because I wanted to take a
wider angle, and it worked just fine, I'm pretty sure than no one noticed those short clips
for images, that would be a bigger deal, I guess, but for me since I crop to 1x1 anyway
I'm getting rid of the corners no matter what, this is a very good solution
the only problem that I have with this thing is that is pretty heavy and I'm concerned having it on the lens
like this all the time might damage the lens
I only have it on the camera when I use it, when I'm not using it I take it out
but yeah, it's very useful and for the price, $20, you can't really go wrong
as I said I'm going to leave links down below in the description to all these accessories
I just wanted to mention one last one, a bonus one, it's a pretty obvious one but anyway, you need a charger
an external charger, you can charge the batteries in camera but you can only charge them one by one
and I have 9 for my 3 RX100s because you'll need them all if you use these cameras a lot
I use them a lot and I need the 9 batteries and charging 9 batteries with the camera is a little bit of a pain
if you buy third party batteries, they come with chargers like these, so I have a couple of these, I think
they are able to charge 3 at a time, so this is amazing, in a couple hours I have all my batteries charged again
and I'm ready to go out
and this is it, these are the 5+1 accessories that I use with my beloved RX100 cameras
they make these amazing cameras even more amazing
if you have or you know of an accessory that I haven't mentioned here, please leave it in the comments down below
because I might be very interested
this is all for today, I hope you found this video helpful
Thank you so much for watching, see you the next one!