Ahoj. This is Zdenka. Today's video will look different.
Today's video will even sound different because I'm gonna be vlogging with
whatever is in my pocket and that is my smartphone Samsung Galaxy S10 plus. I'm
gonna show you in a very great detail how you can set up very inexpensive on a
budget great vlogging kit with this phone. Also paired it with a DJI Osmo
mobile 3 gimbal or DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal and few other accessories and of
course I'm gonna show you tips and tricks in great detail when it comes to
logging with that setup. We've got lots to do.
If you are new here, welcome. My name is Zdenka Darula. I create photo and video
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Now, smartphones these days are getting better and better and better. They are
turning into photo and video beasts literally. I love to film and take photos
with my mirrorless cameras and DSLRs which I have here, but sometimes I
actually prefer to reach for whatever I have in my purse or in my pocket and
that would be my smartphone. I had all kinds of phones before. I had all kinds
of Androids and I had iPhone before as well, but this time I settled on Samsung
galaxy S10 plus. What sold me was those lenses. I absolutely love them. I paired
it with quite affordable DJI Osmo Mobil 3. Now you could vlog on this setup as
it is but I wanted to improve it. I love the picture but I wanted a little bit
better sound. I have Rode microphone which I use in
all my videos. This microphone is great, never had any issues with it. Since I
film outside a lot, I got this fury thing. They call it deadcat which really helps
to reduce the wind sound and by the way everything I'm talking about in today's
video is linked in a video description below, so you don't have to take notes.
You can just check it out after this video. To make the microphone work with
your Android phone, you will need to get 3.5 millimeters trs to trrs
microphone cable. With that you can connect this microphone to your smart
phone. To attach the microphone to your DJI Osmo mobile 3, by the way you can
attach it to Osmo mobile 2 as well with the same thing. You will use ring
clamp microphone adapter. You can also use it to mount lights on it. So here you
will attach the ring clamp, mount microphone on it and connect the
microphone to your phone. Done. This is the vlogging setup. It just makes a huge
difference. Just to compare, here is a video sample how it would look like if
you would be vlogging just with your smartphone.
No gimbal and no microphone. So this is the video how it would look like when you
would be vlogging just with your smartphone. You would not be using any
gimbal or microphone. And as you can tell, I am here in this beautiful early fall
day. There are leaves everywhere, just the seasons just mixed up a little bit. I
think that we should be getting this more in January instead. Here is a video
sample how it would look like if you were vlogging with your smartphones and
gimbal but no microphone. And here is a video sample how it would look like if
you would be vlogging just on your smartphone and gimbal but no microphone.
The video is a little bit more smoother. Obviously there is no shakiness because
I'm using gimbal, however the sound might be still the smartphones' on which is
not bad at all. I didn't adjust the brightness or
anything like that on the screen. I simply just hit the record button and
here is a video how it would look like if you were vlogging with the full setup.
Smartphone, gimbal and microphone. And here is an option number three. This is what
you get when you use this kit which is smartphone and gimbal and external
microphone. The picture should be very nice and smooth because the gimbal makes
it nice and smooth. Also the sound should be a little bit better with this
external microphone. Well, let me show you how I would vlog with it and mainly
show you tips and tricks to help you out. When you are filming yourself doing
stuff, talking or not talking, I open up DJI MIMO app, select just default follow
mode and use tracking object feature. I use the front camera. The standard lens
will be automatically used because DJI Mimo app won't let you use other lenses.
Right now I'm filming myself but I do not have selected any tracking feature so as you can
tell, if I'm going left and right, I'm kind of getting lost. Let me select the
tracking feature and I'm always in the shot.
There we go.
Object tracking is not just for filming yourself or other person. When you film
b-roll or cinematic sequences, you can lock it up on any object and just circle
around it. You can get some very interesting shots that way. I'm gonna
track it now.
Locking up the brightness. When you are panning around or moving around with
your gimbal, it is important to lock the brightness. If you don't use it, your
footage will look like someone just turn on or turn off the light. As you move
from light to dark or vice versa, the phone automatically adjusts the
brightness resulting in this kind of results. To control the brightness, simply
tap on the square with the Sun beside it to select desired brightness and hold.
That will lock it. Now the video will look much better. To unlock, simply tap
again.
If you want to film with your wide lens or telephoto lens, you have to get out of
the DJI Mimo and film in a camera app which came with your phone. Here you can
lock the brightness as well. If you just tap on the screen and start filming, it
will not lock it up. If you slide a bit the light bulb and start filming the
brightness will stay locked for you.
When you're filming yourself talking or just yourself or other person, you can
make the footage look very cinematic, bokeh, creamy. Don't forget to use the life
focus video in the camera app which will find the face, which will be sharp. The
background will be blurry and if you also lock the brightness, you've got some
nice result. As you can see the background is nice and creamy. I am not
using external microphone, this is strictly test for the photo. This is how
it would look like if you would lock the brightness as well and use this kind of
a feature. When you are filming, you will most likely use photo mode which makes
the footage very smooth, especially if you are filming yourself or someone else.
If you are going to be on the move moving forward or backwards, to maintain
perfect composition during walking or running, change the mode to tilt lock
mode. When you change the mode and you shoot in different app such as
smartphone camera app, it will stay for you. Here's a quick sample of a video when
I'm walking and I have a tilt lock mode locked and actually am using external
microphone. Right now, I am using the live focus feature. My brightness
is locked. This is what you get. Let me show you a few more goodies from
my smartphone filming kit. Now, when are filming, don't be afraid to use different
angles, shoot from eye level. Shoot from base level, go low, go high, go very high
and for that, if you don't want to send drone up very high or you don't even
have a drone or you cannot fly drone in certain locations, just mount monopod to
your DJI Osmo mobile 3. You can extend it to make it very very long and just lift
it to the area. When you use very wide lens on the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S
10 plus, the shots are very very nice. In fact I made a video about it in the past
and I'm linking it here and also in video description below, so you can watch it
later. The whole video is showing me using smartphone with DJI
Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal and this monopod. I think you will like it.
Last goodies I have here is this filter set. Here's everything from macro lens to
variable ND filter, Cpl filter, orange filter, grey filter and blue filter. I
love this set because it's very small, it is very light. It fits anywhere and I like
to play with it because it gives all kinds of different effects. It improves
your footage and also it is very helpful in terms of photography and again all
the items are listed in a video description below, so feel free to check
it out. Hit the thumbs up button if you liked today's video, subscribe to all
future videos like these. If you have any questions, comments or simply want to say
hello, hi or ahoj, you can do so in a comment section below. I read it all and
I will see everyone in the next one. Cau.... Ahoj....