- Hey guys, what's going on?
In this video, we're talking about one of the most
important parts of your adventure film-making kit
that a lot of people just don't talk about,
and that is a selfie stick, action camera, GoPro pole.
This thing.
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Okay, this is what most people
talk about as just a selfie stick.
Put the camera on, go like this
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you can get that nice selfie shot, as you will.
But there's a lot more to an action camera pole
than you would think.
There are so many cheap options on the market,
why would you pay more than a few bucks for this?
Because, at the end of the day, what it is
is just a stick that you put a camera on the end.
Well, that's the completely wrong way to think about it.
An action camera pole actually has a lot of value,
and its something that I use all the time.
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This is like one of those essential parts
of my film-making kit,
but I don't really talk about it that much
because it's one of those things that
when you have a good one, it just works,
and you get really awesome footage with it.
So what do you use a pole like this for?
I mean, basically what you use it for is
the name selfie stick comes from.
You get selfies of yourself.
When you're out there making films, doing vlogs, venturing,
there's a lot of times
where you want to get a shot of yourself.
And I'm not talking just holding the camera out like this,
doing the whole vlog, selfie thing.
I'm talking about you're doing something crazy.
You're going to want to get a cool shot of yourself.
Such as, like, snowboarding, or like jumping off a cliff.
Like, there's a lot of times where I find myself
needing a stick that goes really far away
because it can get a shot of my entire body doing an action,
so I don't need another person there to film me.
I can film it all myself
and depending on the situation,
I might not have the option to have someone else film me.
What dictates a good selfie stick, action camera pole?
Well, there's a few things and the one that I use,
and the one that I trust any of my cameras on,
is the POV Gear Hex.
Now this thing is amazing.
It's made out of carbon fiber so it's super light,
and it's just got a lot of elements to it
that make it a very awesome stick.
There's a ton of sticks on the market.
They all do this, they extend, they get the shot.
But what makes this one different is
A, the carbon fiber, like I said.
That's a big part of it.
B, is that it's very easy to use.
You just half twist, pull,
half twist back, quarter twist, whatever, and it's locked.
It is not moving.
This thing, you could put a ton of weight on here,
and it's not going to budge, it's not going to fall,
anything like that.
Now, I have like three other sticks in the closet back here,
and all of these sticks,
when you put a little weight or pressure on them,
the camera will shove down towards the base.
Which is really bad.
When you have a stick like this and you put something on it,
you don't want it moving around,
so that's a big factor on why this stick is very good.
So this, obviously, is for a GoPro,
or other cameras that use this kind of GoPro mount.
And this is all made of metal so it's not going to break.
But the beauty of this is you can untwist it
and now you just have a quarter 20 mount,
which is for pretty much anything out there
that you can mount on here.
And surprisingly you can mount
something like a gimbal on the end of this
and get some really cool shots.
For example, I was using the DGI Osmo,
that you can create a jib like shot
using one of these poles and a gimbal.
So you can do these really cool, fluid shots
with just this and a small gimbal.
This is not going to break.
You put a bunch of weight on the end of this
it's not going to break.
It's a very strong piece of equipment,
and it's something that is very important.
When you're traveling,
you don't want to have your pole break
halfway through your trip.
It makes a huge difference when you have a strong pole,
not a piece of plastic pole.
I have one pole that I used to use a lot.
It's plastic and it just broke one day
just jumping off a rock.
So you need to have something strong,
and you also need to have something
that's comfortable to grip, you know,
the rubber grips make a huge difference.
One thing about this particular pole is that
you can actually unscrew every piece
and pull them apart.
You might think, why are you pulling it apart?
Well basically if you go in like salt water,
you can go through and clean this entire thing,
and not have issues with it backing up or getting clogged
which does happen with these kinds of poles.
And if you break anything on this,
everything is completely replaceable.
Each of these parts is replaceable.
And one more thing about having a good action camera pole.
Like I was saying,
there's so many creative uses for something like this.
For me personally, I've been getting into using
360 cameras a lot.
And when you put a 360 camera on a pole,
you can get some really cool shots
that you wouldn't be able to get otherwise.
The pole actually gets hidden when
the camera's are stitched together so you can barely see it.
And you can take your 360 camera, put it in all these places
that you wouldn't normally be able to get a camera,
and get a smooth, rotating shot.
So you could stick it like up really high,
out a window, down low, off a cliff,
like there's so many things you can do with the 360,
and now you can get a panning shot looking back at you,
you can look straight down,
places you wouldn't normally put like a camera.
Like you're not going to stick your GH5 off a cliff,
on a stick, and then try to rotate it around,
getting like cool, moving, sweeping shot.
It's just not something you're probably gonna do,
but if you have a 360 camera on this,
just stick it straight out, hold it, you got your shot.
Alright guys that is it for the video.
There are so many uses for a pole like this
and it's something that I think everyone needs to have
in their kit.
If you have an action camera, if you have a gimbal,
there's a lot of uses where you can put things
on the end of this and get some really cool awesome shots
that you wouldn't be able to get just holding the camera
or just holding the gimbal on its own.
I highly suggest that you add this to your kit.
There not very expensive.
They're a good piece of gear to always have on you,
and if you want to know more about POV Gear's Hex Pole,
I'll put a link in the description.
Of course, they also just came out
with a mini version of this, it's like half the size.
Think that this is too big, and you want a smaller one,
but you still want a pole,
they have an awesome version that's even smaller than this
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