yo yo yo remember how i was raving about the komodo's wireless function in conjunction
with the red control app last month so actually hollyland sent me their wireless
video transmission system called mars 400s and it got me curious and i wondered how does
that professional video transmission system stack up against the wireless capabilities of
the komodo so let's pit them against each other in the three testing areas of distance latency
and ease of use and at this point you might ask yourself is he using his red komodo as a
vlogging camera damn right i am and you see more on this in a future video but now let's talk about
mars
all right let's do a quick spec check of the mars 400 s which is a entry-level video transmission
system you can transmit a 1080p signal at 60 frames per second including the audio the s
version has actually an hdmi and sdi ports so if you have a camera like the commodore that only
has an sdi out that's what you want to pick up in the package you get five antennas so if you fancy
losing one off you go what's really dope about the hololens system is that you can download an app
and it allows you to connect up to four devices via wi-fi with the transmitter so we're gonna
throw this into our test as well since this system has been on the market for a while
you see it actually going on sale regularly and i've seen the latest price was 439 at adorama
which is an absolute steal for a video transmission system so with
the specs out of the way let's jump into our unscientific but very grounded in reality tests
all right it's officially almost winter it's definitely fall in chicago we are now outside
here and i brought my buddy greg hello he just turned 40 so say happy birthday in the comments
and um here is the setup what we're going to do so we have our transmitter station which is the
commodore with the mars 400s stationary here on this field and then we have greg walking with
this magnificent contraption between my ninja 5 with the mars 400s back up as well as the ipad
and greg will slowly back up and then we would get the drone up to do a scientific measurement
of how far we can get like when the signal is crapping out like how far we
can get the distance between the camera and as a measuring unit we're gonna use a male in the
30s six feet tall with shoes on but i will lay in front of the camera so that we can then measure
very very accurately at what point the signal craps out to monitor greg's walking skills as
well as to have an eye on the monitors and see when they crept out we're going to have and to
protect my head and walking backwards yeah who knows what could happen we're going to have this
amazing contraption here for greg to walk around with and be protected and we're gonna monitor this
on the gopro as well and additionally to indicate when the signal craps out on one of the other
monitors we're gonna have greg do an amazing dance so that it's visible up from the drone as well
like so i didn't know i signed up for this well you did all right you ready yeah buddy all right
so it's from here to that goal post over there it's 400 feet let's see if we get there uh let's
get the drone up in the sky and let's let's get greg going right all right all right here we go
what's the signal line
it's okay oh man these dogs are gonna wonder what's coming with this drone oh second base
still good okay so now i gotta fly out a little i'm here
greg's there and uh let's lay down here for the measurement scientific measurement right there
we will measure this in post after the fact but let's see how far the mars 400s goes
supposedly to the goal post over there but let's see let's go here we go
hello let's see oh he's he's taking up picking up speed here okay where's that goal post so we
may actually get oh he's adjusting his direction because he lost it a little bit signal's still
looking good sorry for the crappy drone flying i'm like multitasking are we still good i told him to
keep walking if we're still good are we still good we're still good still good keep going
all right he keeps going let's go and see how much further he can go this is already 400 feet
so let's see if he can go even further joey's about to walk me into a major street here just to
prove a point i mean like there's no obstacles in front of us he keeps going let's see where he goes
try not to get hit joey does not offer the best health insurance he's not dancing yet he's not
dancing yet oh boy he is crossing the street cars bikers everyone wondering what i'm doing even
with traffic in between signal's still looking good though no one wants to stop for me there we
go there we go thank you uh here we go okay he is still uh oh okay here we go keep going let's see
where we are going here so we will measure the distance lightly after the fact where is greg
i think i see him maybe the signal crept out over there thing but he is coming back
he is running now he is running the signal is strong with this one he is running as if
he's on a mission but let's see if if it ever crap out or if it is actually so good that it
can oh he's getting attacked by dogs now he is getting attacked by dogs now i think he
survived let's see what he reports back was it still fine it it crept out like across the street
and just up the block wow because i i i tried following you but there was this big tree in the
way yeah i couldn't see you no like i got this way and then i it went up like another like 50
50 or so feet yeah so that's impressive i mean that's definitely further than 400 feet or 66
me's so i couldn't measure it as i intended to but i guess we'll use google maps to figure it
out but let's go inside back into the studio to do that thank you greg you're welcome buddy
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all right so let's do our distance test debrief and start by seeing how the red control red komodo
combination fared in its distance test so here's the drone shot and actually greg missed when the
red control app lost its signal with the camera i think he was still shaken by his little stumble
over the second base happens to the best and so he started dancing a little further back
but looking at the footage the app disconnected right around here right where the grass begins
now disregarding the distortion of the drone camera let's cut out my body on the ground here
clone it a couple of times and build a little bit of a chain of little knees here all right here we
are the komodo one two the komodo wireless control gets you 22 me's which is equivalent of 132 feet
which is about 40 meters cool now you've seen that the 400s went significantly further so
let's use google maps to triangulate the distance between the camera and
greg's second dance position actually before you do this let's see how accurate our human scale was
and oh wow 130 feet that's just like two feet short of like what we what we estimated that's
pretty darn close and now for the holy land this is roughly where i estimated his dance
position and we're netting out at 670 feet wow 670 feet that's legit will you ever push it that far
will i ever push it that far probably not but very good to know now i also did a quick interior test
to see how the commodore wi-fi and the mouse wi-fi and the master's video transmission
holds up in indoor situation and i just walked with this contraption to my trash chute and no
surprise here the komodo's 2.4 gigahertz signal broke first followed by the holy land wi-fi signal
and no surprise that the hololens system itself got us the furthest but let's set up for the
latency test now so i've tested the latency of the red control app before and you can check out
the video up here but it was ridiculously short so let's see how it matches up against the mass 400 s
that is plugged in here right into the shogun inferno as well as holy lens app
that is running here on this phone the mouse 400s actually has three different transmission modes
image speed and balance i'm going to show you the speed one but also blend in the numbers for
both the other modes as well as we're shooting on a 24 frames per second timeline
each frame is about 41.6 milliseconds long so let's do our clap test
so from the live preview it appears to me that the red control has a way lower
latency compared to the mars system both on wi-fi and the receiver unit but let's re-watch
it in slow motion and get a rough estimate of the delay here and now you see that the
red control has a significantly lower latency than the mars system which is very impressive
so with ease of use i not only mean how easy it is to navigate the menu systems
and have it up and running because it's fairly similar you need to lock into a couple of wi-fi
networks and so on and so forth but also what it takes to set it up and lug around for me
the baseline is really the red controller because yes while the signal is not as strong and doesn't
go as far and is not as reliable as the hololens system it also doesn't take a lot to set it up and
above all you can control your whole freaking camera with this app so you're pulling it up
likely anyways even when you're using a video transmission system next up would be just using
the hollywood app because you only need the transmitter for that and the phone and ipad but
it comes some with some really cool functions so let me show you you can for example screen record
like if you want to have someone rehearse and you just gonna quickly record it here and show it back
you have all kinds of exposure tools histogram waveform monitor zebras uh you can apply 3d luts
and yes the most complex build would be the full mass 400 s with the transmitter and receiver
it gives you a beautiful 1080p image over such a long distance but you would have to consider
carrying extra weight and extra batteries with you one additional aspect that you want to keep
in mind is that these have actually fans build in and they have like a little humming noise unlikely
that it's going to bother you but something to keep in mind as you're building out your rig
all this begs the question when would i use the holy land when would i use wet control up next
now let's be real the purpose of such image transmission system is when you are working
with a crew let's say you have an ac focus puller and they want to monitor remotely or you have a
director and or client and you don't want them to breathe in your ear constantly especially not
in these times for running gun shooters like myself that are out and about such system is
slightly more cumbersome than it actually adds benefit so when would you use conrad
control over a video transmission system i would say when you fly it solo on a gimbal
if you're shooting yourself and you just want to monitor yourself it's i think totally fine to use
that app if you're close by the camera let's say you're shooting an interview and you're
like in the same room i think it's legitimately good enough to leverage it like that and when
you're on travel and you need a small package and you don't want to carry them out an extra
monitor and transmission system so on the other side when you use a video transmission system
definitely in most bigger productions and when you need a reliable signal that goes over far distance
when you have a direct to all client it's just like such a better experience and also if you need
an audio signal that's definitely an advantage of the rs400s compared to red control there you
have it in conclusion if you are in market for a hdmi sdi video transmission system that doesn't
break the bank dang i think you found one here i was scaring in skeptically and i'm thoroughly
impressed by it will i use it as a single shooter possibly not the low latency and control functions
of the red control app definitely trump for me the distance and reliability advantages
alright so what's next a lot i've been constantly working on videos and there will be so many more
coming the next couple weeks and months uh they're in various stages of productions
i'm super stoked about it hope you are excited if you're new and curious
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morning have a good night wherever and wherever you are around this beautiful planet bye bye
i go up second base glad it's the hydrogen phone this is similarly robustly billed as
as the commodore or the red cameras awesome well that that was fun thanks for doing that