- It's officially spring!
(upbeat music)
Man, the difference between today's weather
and like two days ago when my Onewheel died,
when I was filming that little drone review.
Man, what a difference,
what a difference.
Also,
I think I need to figure out a new strategy for winter.
Embracing it just didn't work out.
I think it's time to just evade.
Evade at all costs.
Evade it like it's the plague.
They're closing up the ice rink.
I feel good about that.
The last week or so,
at least the last couple days have
kinda been like downer days for me.
I don't know what's been going on,
I've just been stressing about the youtube channel
and filmmaking
and life in general.
Adulting.
All of that stuff.
You know when you get that like anxious,
nervous knot-pit thing
going on.
I've just had that for a little while now.
And then today I just decided to go for a workout
first thing in the morning,
and man,
right away I feel just way, way better.
It's crazy how much exercise
affects the mind. And at the same time I kinda had to do
like a bit of a recalibration of the brain.
I think I was just over-thinking things too much,
and I realized that my work,
my channel,
the things that I do or my success,
or lack thereof,
doesn't define who I am as a person.
No matter who you are on this planet,
no matter how successful
or not successful you are,
no matter how good you are at what you do,
none of that actually defines you
or your value.
We all have the same value or worth
on this crazy ball we call Earth.
And I was driving home and I was thinking,
why am I stressing about work?
Why am I stressing about all this stuff?
It doesn't even really matter.
I have an amazing wife,
an amazing kid,
I just have a lot of amazing people around me,
and that is what defines who you are in the end.
You define yourself,
not what you do,
and the people around you kind of help
to define yourself,
I think also.
So if you're feeling a little down like I was,
work out,
eat healthy,
and do a little recalibration of the brain
and focus on the things that actually matter in life.
Jessie taught me this new thing with Onewheels.
I didn't know you could do this.
(lands on Onewheel)
Jessie does it way more smooth though.
(laughs)
The snow's melting!
That makes me feel really good.
Lake's still frozen though.
Got a little bit more spring to go still.
(upbeat music)
I don't think the one-wheel likes all the water.
Alright,
enough distractions.
Let's get to the point,
the reason why you probably clicked on this video.
How the heck are you supposed to choose
the right camera for you right now?
It feels like there's so many,
and there are so many different cameras,
and all of them are really, really great.
But no perfect ones,
that's for sure.
It almost seems like all the camera companies
came together and they had kind of a
schoolyard pick for what features they could
put in their camera.
You know,
Canon chose autofocus,
and Sony chose dynamic range,
and Panasonic took the IBIS,
Blackmagic took RAW,
but none of them have it all.
They all kinda have bits and pieces,
but nobody's put it all together into one camera yet.
So yeah, none of the cameras have it all,
so how the heck do you choose the right camera for you
specially when it's such a big investment.
One of the biggest investments you make with your money.
And first off,
I do want to say all of the cameras
are really, really great.
You can't really go wrong.
You'd have to really search for a really crappy camera.
There's just so many good options.
Again, none of them are perfect,
but there's a lot of really good options.
So don't stress out about it.
You're probably stressing out too much.
But the number one thing that I would look at
is what do you actually need?
What do you need in your camera?
And this is different from wants.
Wants and needs are two different things,
so what do you actually need?
Do you need 4K?
Do you need good autofocus?
Do you need a flip LCD screen?
Do you need better dynamic range?
Do you need RAW?
What are the things that you actually need
and not just want.
You need to learn how to separate the two.
For example,
when I bought my C300 Mark II,
the C300 does not do slow motion at all.
It does a really bad cropped-in 120 frames per second
It was just brutal.
And it only does 60 frames per second in 1080,
not even in 4K,
but that was okay for me.
When I bought that crazy expensive cinema camera,
I knew I needed it for doc-style stuff.
And the majority of that never needed slow motion.
For my work,
I didn't need it.
Yeah it'd be really great if the C300
had great slow motion,
but I didn't need it.
It was just a want.
It wasn't a need.
So figure out what your needs are
because everybody's needs are different.
And what helps you figure out what your needs are
is figuring out what are you gonna be filming?
What are you most interested in,
and what kind of work are you getting?
Are you getting weddings and event photography,
are you getting internal films
or corporate films,
are you getting music videos,
are you doing Youtube
or wanting to do Youtube for a living.
What kinds of videos or films,
by the way I laugh at when people are like,
why do you say films?
You don't even use film,
you use a digital camera.
It does...
That's ridiculous.
If we wanna go that literal,
the only filmmakers are the people that are
actually making film like the actual film
that you use to film with.
If I had to give more concrete advice
on specific cameras for specific types of filmmaking,
I'd probably say the Panasonic GH5 is one
of the best for kind of event videography,
whether it's weddings
or concerts
or something like that.
And that's in large part because of the IBIS.
When you combine it with a Speed Booster
and something like the Sigma 18-35mm,
the image is really nice
and then you have IBIS that just stabilizes everything.
You don't even need a monopod
or a tripod necessarily.
And that's really handy for event videography
because you're moving around a lot,
and you don't always have time to set up
a tripod or set up a monopod.
You need to move really quickly
and not miss those moments specially in weddings.
You do not wanna miss a really important moment.
Sony's are a really great kind of all-around camera.
They kinda work for everything right now.
I feel like it's the most versatile type of camera.
And then Canon's for Youtube because of the autofocus,
and the flip LCD screen like I have right now.
Yeah I feel like Canon is still the best
for Youtube self-filming vlogging,
that kind of stuff.
And then I think for like music videos
and that sort of stuff,
the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K,
is that the right name?
I think that might be probably one of the best.
The image is really nice out of that,
and for music videos you want a really nice image
that's slow motion,
RAW,
all of those things are great for that kind of stuff.
So that's kind of how cameras
fall in place in my mind.
Again there's tons of other cameras.
There's still the Fujifilm's and Nikon's
and all of those.
And those I haven't used as much,
so I can't say for sure that they would
be good for this or that,
but again,
great cameras.
Also,
I hurt myself at the gym.
(stepping on Onewheel)
And finally,
I would look at what camera sparks joy.
You need to Marie Kondo this.
I'm not joking.
You actually need to figure out
what camera is the most enjoyable for you to use.
Not necessarily the most spec'd out
or the craziest quality,
but what camera do you really enjoy using.
That's why you need to test the cameras out
before you buy something.
I think that's always the best thing to do.
For example for me,
I really like using the EOS R.
People love to hate it,
but I really like using the EOS R,
and so that's what I use for Youtube
a lot of the times just because
it makes it more enjoyable.
And when you find the camera that's
most enjoyable to use,
you're gonna get way higher quality stuff
because you're gonna be enjoying the process
of making your videos,
and you're not gonna be just struggling,
trying to fight with your camera
the whole time if you don't enjoy it,
if it doesn't spark joy.
Gotta wash off the old Onewheel a little bit.
(foot scraping board)
I don't think it's workin'.
(upbeat music)
So yeah,
if I was in the market for a new camera,
that's what I would look at.
What are your actual needs,
not wants,
what are you planning on filming,
and third,
what camera sparks joy.
I'm not joking about that one either.
But yeah like I said,
pretty much all of the cameras out there
are really, really great so don't stress out
about it too much.
Plus you can always buy used
and then sell it if you don't like it.
I think that's a pretty good option.
That's usually what I do.
If you wanna stop drinking pop,
but you still want that fizzy good flavor,
these PC,
Americans, you probably don't have these.
These things are amazing.
I don't drink any pop really anymore
or soda.
What are you Americans call them?
I just drink this stuff.
Club soda.
I never thought I'd be able to do it.
I think it might be a dad thing.
My dad used to always drink club soda,
and I hated it.
Now I'm a dad.
I love it.
Dad thing.
No. (laughs)
No.
Oh sorry it's a camera company called Blackmagic.
(laughs)
It's cameras.
Not actual.
She thought I was talking about magic.