- Check this thing out.
I bought this like five years ago,
it's all jacked up 'cause I dropped it so many times.
It's an electric unicyle.
And originally, I bought it because I thought
it would help me with like film making.
I thought it would help me get like smoother shots
when I'm running around with a camera on this.
'Cause handheld is so shaky,
and if I have a gimble I can go much faster on this thing.
And of course it's got a nice big tire,
and I kinda need it because I live in LA and our streets
are absolutely trash.
But when I got it, I realized there's
one big downside of it is that,
it's incredibly hard to use.
My hands are always like, whoa, whoa!
So I can't operate cameras on this thing at all.
And I thought maybe I could use it just for transportation
but I realize I never use it,
simply because it just looks so goofy.
Look at this thing, I look so dumb.
Carrie, you wanna try riding that unicycle?
Hop on and then lean forward like that.
- This is really hard!
- The reason why you guys have never seen this
in my video is because I never use it.
It just collects dust in the corner of my room
and I've always wanted one of these. (groans)
The OneWheel XR.
And the thing is they're kind of expensive.
Like this one specifically I think
is like 17 to 1800 bucks.
And I wanted one so bad but I was worried
that it was gonna be something
just like that electric unicycle,
where it would just sit in the corner.
But yeah, I've had the one wheel for a couple weeks now
and oh my god, I am in love with it.
And by the way, this isn't a sponsored video or anything.
I actually paid full price.
Threw it on my credit card
and the debt is still sitting there. (laughs)
But I definitely justified it by saying like,
Ooh I'm gonna use it as film maker equipment.
Well my big question right now is
how does it do with like a more professional gimble setup?
This MoVI Pro does an excellent job
of smoothening everything out,
but it would be awesome to just get that one extra step
and just get rid of some of that footstep.
Oh my god it's so windy!
And also the ability to go nice and fast
without having to sprint and being all tired,
that would be awesome.
But again, there is a pretty big risk in doing this.
(upbeat music)
Whoo hoo, oh man that is a little bit sketchy.
I should probably practice
with a much less expensive gimbal first.
My heart's like pounding.
By the way I do not recommend doing this.
At least, until you're like super super comfortable,
but if you carry a red camera and crash the OneWheel,
that's on you man.
But it is feeling really good, it's feeling like
extra smooth and I'm able to like very effortlessly
move much faster than before.
So, very dynamic.
Have you guys ever seen that video of that guy
on a Segway who's holding the camera, and then he like
rolls up on a track and then trips and then like
knocks over that athlete?
That would be like worst case scenario.
But I gotta say this is like super convenient.
For me, since I'm used to riding regular like this,
meaning my left foot forward,
it's a lot easier for me to shoot to my right.
It's definitely hard for me onto shoot on my left like that
just because I have to turn my body all the way.
I'm not that comfortable riding goofy yet,
so right foot forward.
Yeah at slow speeds it's still a little bit rough.
And I'm like kind of wobbly but I think
that just comes with more practice.
Whee, Bye Jonathan.
One of the things I'm realizing is, it's so much fun
to just like location scout.
I'm always looking for cool spots to film.
So instead of like walking around, driving to places,
and looking for parking, this is so much easier
and I feel like I'm gonna be able to find so many like
really cool places.
Well I heard that once you get good enough with this thing
you can ride on and off curbs, so let's give it a shot.
That's not so bad, let's try going up it now.
So the theory is that you have to pick up enough speed
to get you going and then you wanna brake
to lift up the front end, have the tire hit the curb
and then just push this side forward to try to get it over.
Not happening today.
Let's go to Vegas.
The NAB's about to start so they should be announcing
a bunch of cool tech and like video related stuff.
Should be a good time, let's go.
Looks like Vegas is about 280 miles away,
so we could take the Jeep.
Or we could take one of the motorcycles.
But come on, this is gonna be the most fun, right?
(upbeat music)
We were this close to making it, look.
Battery on the OneWheel's dead.
Knew this whole thing was a dumb idea.
Stupid, stupid!
Guess we'll just go back and get my Jeep.
(upbeat music)
Alright we have finally made it to the room.
Aputure, you know the company that makes lights,
they're the ones that invited me on this trip.
And they hooked me up with this sweet hotel room,
and also had this waiting for me in the room.
Yes, this sweet SKB case, look at that.
Some hats, I could do some representing.
But hold up, what is this?
Is this the dog from Up?
I will have a little word with the guys over at Aputure.
But you're adorable, so I shall keep you.
(groans)
What day is it?
So I went around NAB for the last two days
and I brought this camera with me.
I'm like I'm gonna get so much coverage.
I literally hit record on this camera like once.
This is what I recorded.
Who put that doll in my case?
Who was that?
Who the hell was that? - It would be this guy
who's hosting the panel.
- Oh I knew it, that son of a (beeps).
Alright so I got that gift package.
I loved the hats, I loved the shirts,
- Oh did you really?
That's great! - I loved the light stands
I loved the Barndoors. - I'm glad, I'm really happy.
- There was one more thing in there.
- Oh what was it? I was trying to figure out
what son of a (beeps) did that?
- What piece of (beeps), thought it might be funny?
Are you kidding me? - I'm gonna have to cut now!
- Of course I gotta
give this guy. - I'm gonna have to.
I don't even know what happened.
What was announced at NAB?
I don't know it was all like a big blur.
So it was super fun but also like crazy.
Even if you're in Las Vegas,
the best way to find out
all the cool stuff that's coming out,
NAB 2019.
Oh SmallHD announced a new monitor.
That's actually kinda cool.
You can control the Arri Alexa?
Why do I have this here with me?
It's don't, I don't know dude.
I was actually really stoked about that because like
Arri, great cameras.
But they're very much designed for use with a crew.
So I feel like there's a big step of like taking
like a cinema camera like this guy and making it
a little bit more single-operator friendly.
Pull this off, just stick that monitor on there,
and almost use it more like how red is used.
Right now what I'm doing is so dumb.
Oh my god.
I'm back lit, I'm kind of under exposed,
I have like one of the best cameras here,
I'm a Youtuber talking about cameras and how to make
your footage look good.
I'm in my underwear!
In Vegas, just on the floor.
I can make this video look so good right now,
like I have access to everything here.
Propping this camera up with my wallet,
so I got, kinda get a little bit of like a higher angle.
Glare on the lens, am I gonna fix it?
No, I'm exhausted!
Canon Sumire's on, really cool,
they're like ultra high end lenses.
It's a little bit softer.
And that's the thing with lenses
that's kinda hard to explain is like
there's some lenses that are designed to be nice and sharp.
And then there are a lot of lenses that look unique in a way
and it's not necessarily sharp or better,
it just feels a certain way.
Sumire seemed like they kinda have this like vintage look.
They're full frame and they're fast.
Speaking of Aputure, they did announce a 300D II,
which actually seems really awesome.
There's a lot of features that they just keep adding
onto their lights to make it
more versatile and user friendly.
And it's almost like an HMI replacement.
It only draws like 300 Watts, and they did make it brighter
by making the LED more efficient.
And they just keep stepping up the game so that's awesome.
And they did give us a sneak peak
at some of the new stuff coming out.
For example, if you've been wanting an Arri Skypanel S30C,
but couldn't afford it because they're expensive,
keep an eye out on what Aputure is rolling out
in the near future.
Promise you, cool things coming from Aputure.
I'm filming a video with Matti
and I'm supposed to meet with him in five minutes
and I'm not ready, I'm on the floor.
Oh god this is gonna be so ridiculous,
me just like walking down the hallways with this thing.
So check out who I just bumped into in the elevator.
- Hey what's up everyone?
- How much attention do you think we're gonna draw
just by walking around in the street with this thing?
- A lot, yeah, once you try shooting a vlog on the red,
and everyone looks away like this,
and like they're going places. (Potato laughs)
Yeah the moment your camera gets this big,
people get really intimidated by it.
- Yeah.
- So, you know it's like having a giant rocket launcher
on your shoulder.
- Thanks for carrying my camera,
all the way down. - Great, see ya!
- Where are you going?
I heard there's this restaurant called Subway.
- What's that? - They have like sandwiches
that are like, and they're
pretty big - Oh Subway!
- Subway yeah!
- Oh sick! - Yeah this is so good.
It is like-- - Hold on a second.
Are you driving and vlogging?
- I can't even see in front of me,
this whole camera is too big for that.
- I'm not sure how I feel about this.
- Did you ever used to be the type that would take
all your luggage and just like carry it down yourself
or do you always just use bell service?
- No, I always carry it myself.
- You carry it yourself?
Oh man. - Yeah, Finnish men
can't be bothered
to bother other people, yeah. - Really?
(Potato laughs)
- I used to be the type to carry all the stuff myself
but now I just get bell service all the time.
- Fancy man, fancy man. - It's, my life has changed.
It's like the best tip I ever leave is just like
goodbye, here, just take it.
- Well that's cause you have like a million boxes
of gear in the back there.
- Look how full it is back there.
- [Matti] Oh my gosh.
- All right food time.
I should probably stop vlogging before I crash.
(Potato laughs)
Alright we just finished filming
a video for Matti's channel with this beast.
But yeah make sure you keep an eye out on his channel
to see what we filmed.
But it's just about check out time now,
so we gotta pack all this up and get outta here.
(light music)
How are you gonna fly that thing?
There's no wind.
- [Carrie] Oh my gosh there it goes!
- Let there be wind!
All right, check out this.
Whoo hoo hoo!
(Potato laughs)
You wanna ride with a friend
but you're too poor to get two OneWheels?
All you need is a little dog leash,
and you could just ride a skateboard.
Here we go!
- It was awesome! - Really?
- Can we do another one please?
- Haha it's fun huh?
Dylan and I are both training for the marathon.
We're gonna run it next year, just kidding.
Anyways, I can't end this video
without riding up a curb right?
So let's try again.
It actually went up!
I almost died though.
Alright so this guy is saying,
use your back foot to push it up onto the curb so,
let me try that.
The curb hop probably needs to wait for another video.
And how about we just read some comments instead?
Our last video was all about hitting
that 300,000 subscriber milestone, so thank you guys.
It was generally about what it's like
having 300,00 subscribers, how it's affected my life,
and how I got here.
Top comment was from Slide Wreck Dan.
For 500,000 you should have a green background.
Well, it's not a good idea guys.
Putting any footage of yourself online
in front of a green screen is just bad news.
Armando says, "Congrats homie let's grab some sushi."
You know what Armando?
Just because I'm Japanese doesn't mean
all I eat is sushi, okay?
I love hamburgers, I love steak.
But yeah, you know, sushi sounds great so let's do it.
Willy The Outlaw Chef says, "Can you please do a video
"on custom PC's for video editing?"
I am a Mac guy but I'm starting to look
into the PC platform a little bit,
because you are able to get just so much more
bang for the buck.
So I've been looking at a couple of PC options.
I've been talking to Asus about one of their power computers
so we'll see.
Gene says, "I'm not random!"
Title of channel is Potato Jet.
I guess it is the most random channel name ever, huh?
Irah says, "Gene, now that you are 300k,
"are you getting a Jeep Gladiator?"
Oh yeah I am!
I don't even care that it's so goofy looking.
Like I really, really love pickup trucks.
Just having that bed is so useful in so many different ways.
I heard they just started sending their first ones
out to the dealers, so I'm excited.
I should probably start making my way back
before my battery dies.
These things suck to carry around, they're so heavy.
And that's why I went for this one, which is the XR
because it has so much range.
They do have a Pint, which has less range.
It's supposed to be a little bit more nimble on the streets.
And it's under 1000, so I think for most people
that's pretty good bet
and Carrie really really wants one too.
So I might have to get a second one
or maybe even a third, I don't know.
And if you're on the fence of getting one, like get it.
I'd been on the fence of getting one
for the longest time and Matti kept saying like, get one.
You're gonna have a blast with it, and I am.
This thing is so much fun.
And I'm actually using it a lot.
I already have a hundred miles on it,
even though I just got it not too long ago.
And also if you have any tips for me
on how to get up a curb, leave it in the comments.
I need all the help I can get.
Hold up, hold up.
I'm gonna do it, Okay?
It's gonna happen!
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