- What's goin' on guys?
On my channel I regularly do a whole lot of flexing
about how expensive my camera gear is
and how much of a legit baller I am
even though my credit card statements
kinda looks like the matrix.
It's just like (mummbles) bunch of numbers.
I don't even like to look at it.
We're gonna go back to the basics and build an entire kit
with camera, lenses, tripod, microphone
all the stuff you need to get started.
And we're gonna try to keep that total budget
under that thousand dollar mark.
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Time to move on to the shopping spree part.
First thing that comes to mind is probably the Cannon M50
for low-budget cameras.
For the price that is a super powerful camera.
I used it a whole bunch.
If you can swing it, I definitely recommend it.
But in this case this is slightly out of our price point
just by a little bit.
If we spend 700 bucks for our camera,
we're not gonna be left with any accessories.
Some of these kits look kinda interesting with a tripod
a memory cards but a lot of times they just throw
a lot of this junk at you and you're like,
ah just rather have a few good things
than a whole bunch of random stuff.
So we're gonna custom-build our kit
and try to make it look lit.
I shouldn't use that word.
Canon 200D or also known as the SL2
depending on where you're located.
Obviously if you wanna go legit,
then you're gonna need to pay that full price.
But sometimes, if you go for like that
no warranty international model.
And sometimes on eBay you can actually find these cameras
for a little bit cheaper.
Check this out, 446 with the camera and a basic lens.
First thing I wanna do is get some better glass
on that camera.
The lens that it comes with is pretty like,
Mehh, okay, I'm doing a whole bunch of stuff
but let's get some interesting lenses.
So, let's start off with this lens.
I have one of these and I love it for the price.
It's 42 bucks, it's a 50 millimeter 1.8
So let's throw that in the cart.
How about we try to get another interesting lens in here?
24 millimeter is a good wider angle lens.
129 bucks for a 24 millimeter f/2.8
that's not bad for that price point.
It's gonna be one of those lenses.
If you're gonna go out at night
and you don't wanna carry around a big old camera with you,
these lures are much smaller when you have a tiny lens
on it so you could just slink it on your side
and still go out with your pals and film in low-light
with a wide-angle lens, this is gonna be good.
We still have 382 bucks left.
We're gonna want some ND filters.
So both these prime lenses we just bought
have a filter size of 52 millimeters
which means if you wanna throw on like an ND filter,
which we'll talk about in a second,
that's the size you need.
So let's get that now, ND filter at 52 millimeter.
Nice ones are good, Polar Pro makes really good ones,
but we're gonna go on a budget.
21.99 for a variable ND filter.
So let's go with that.
Let's go look for a tripod now.
The term you might wanna use is a fluid head.
Fluid head basically just means that you're gonna be able
to do some nice smooth pans,
opposed to like a photography tripod
where it's gonna be like.
I've never heard of Magnus before but it has 201 ratings
and it's 79 bucks, so that fits right in our budget.
15 pound weight capacity.
Our camera is gonna weigh very close to nothing.
So this should not be a problem.
Add to cart.
Let's add a little light.
I heard Aputure makes a really small light.
That's only like 45 bucks, there it is.
Never really tried this one
but I've heard so many good things about it
especially for low budget use.
So 45 bucks, added.
Also we're gonna need ourselves an SD card.
Let's get a 64 gigabyte card
you could even go a little bit higher.
I generally like to get the highest size
so that I can throw into the camera and never worry about it
and also get SanDisk.
I've had a lot of issues with different memory cards.
90 megabytes per second, 64 gigs, only 22 bucks.
So let's go for that.
We're gonna be shooting HD on this camera
so 64 should be a pretty decent amount.
Rode makes a pretty decent microphone for 52.30.
So let's go with that one.
Okay, we want a camera bag.
We're just literally looking for something that's cheap
and will work.
So I'm just looking at the reviews here.
26 bucks for this camera bag.
Oh wait, This one's 25.99 we can save an extra dollar
by having the inside be orange.
I'll take that dollar.
We have 134 bucks left.
Ooh, let's see if we could get a gimbal maybe.
These might be a little bit out of our price range.
I've tested the Zhiyun Crane V2, that's a pretty solid one
but 339 it's little bit out of our price range.
We only have 134 bucks left
so we're gonna have to go for something even cheaper.
We could do like a handheld rig.
This is definitely gonna help stabilize your footage
because once we put those prime lenses on
you're not gonna have any sort of image stabilization
so you wanna be able to brace it on something bigger
so you don't get that like jitter and make it look crazy.
So any of these would work for a handheld
but why don't we try getting some super smooth shots maybe.
So how much are glide cams?
Flycam this one is 160 bucks ooh, barely out of budget.
That's gonna put us over by like 20.
I guess we could just kind of go
with one of these cheap ones.
I honestly don't know
how good these little ones are gonna be
but there's gonna be a learning experience for both of us.
It's got different colors.
We could do a hot pink.
It's 56.99.
That's three bucks cheaper than the other colors.
So you know what, we're going with hot pink.
That's 71 bucks left so let's get some batteries.
We're gonna go with aftermarket batteries
because we're on the hunt for a discount right now.
They're always a little bit risky
because they might not communicate properly with the camera.
So you are digging a little bit of gamble
but you're saving money because each one is 61 bucks
if you were to pay full price for official Canon
which I do recommend.
But if you're on a budget like that,
we are gonna go with something like this
one with a dual charger kinda like this one right here.
It's super convenient
be able to charge both batteries at once.
We're gonna test out to see if these work properly
and if they do, I'll link it all in the description
in case you guys wanna find all these stuff.
All right, so we have our kit.
We are under budget, that's what I'm talking about.
I'm gonna put in this order
and we're gonna check back in a week or two
to test out all these stuff.
So I'll see you guys in a little bit.
We got our camera here set up now.
We have the microphone on top of the 200D
and it's on here on this tripod.
So let's switch this camera.
Kari just found this dresser for free.
So we hauled it back this morning
and she's gonna fix it up, make it look all nice.
And we're gonna put it in our room.
So I'm gonna switch this over to 60 frames per second
and just get a couple of shots from the tripod.
Right now we're kind of in a shaded area
so lighting generally looks decent and soft.
So, let's see what this looks like.
All right, so first impression's pretty good.
This reminds me a whole lot of the Canon 80D
and other Canon DSLRs.
We filmed all this in 60 frames per second
but then played it back at 24.
So it's playing at about 40% speed.
So it's a little bit of slow motion
but this can do that in HD.
And by the way this is not the sharpest camera
you can get for this price point.
What camera you decide to get for this price range
really depends a whole lot on what your needs are.
One of my top priorities is really good autofocus
that whole sequence was shot entirely on autofocus.
I really like how this has a flip out screen.
This doesn't have 4k but as you guys know, I like 4k
but it's not top priority for me.
I'd rather have just really good at a camera
colors, easy use and autofocus, flip out screen,
flexibility of lenses and all that.
So the Panasonic G7 also looked like another camera
under the $1000 price range that look pretty interesting.
So that might be another one
you might go on to do research on.
But Canon cameras are just generally,
what I'm super familiar with.
So that's why we're going with this camera.
Now remember earlier when we were shopping for tripods,
I said, get a fluid head.
That's so that you can kind of get nice slow even pans,
that give you that super fluid motion
opposed to like a photography tripod
like the one that this camera sitting on.
So basically I would release it
and then it just kind of moves all over the place
and then when I find my frame,
I can lock it and it stays there.
The benefit of these photography ball head ones,
are that they're usually a whole lot smaller
which is exactly why it's popular for vlogging.
You don't really wanna carry this whole thing
everywhere you go.
I just totally go around vlogging like this in public.
And just say hey, what's up guys
welcome back to the channel.
Speaking of vlogging, if you guys are looking more to vlog
rather than to get cinematic images,
it's 24 millimeter that we have on here right now.
It generally works but I personally like to have it
even a little bit wider out.
Also, this lens doesn't have image stabilization.
So if I kind of move around and my hands not as stable,
I drink too much coffee,
then it's just not gonna look as fluid.
So I didn't include it in this kit
but this is a 10 to 18 millimeter with image stabilization.
And we're gonna take it
and slap it on this camera real quick.
And remember this is a 24 millimeter
and we're gonna go all the way out to 10
which is super wide, so here go and there we go.
Now we were on a 10 millimeter
and see how much wider it is.
You can see everything if I have friends
or other things I wanna show in my scene,
then this captures everything.
Because it's a super wide angle lens
opposed to it being kinda just like stuck here
in my face all the time.
And the beauty of these cameras
is that once you get the camera system all set up,
you can keep adding to your lens collection.
These are all EF lenses
which means all of these lenses can fit onto this camera.
So you can always upgrade with lenses.
And I believe Canon EF mounts
are the most common out there right now
so you'll never run out of options in lenses.
For example, this 100 millimeter macro lense.
Let's take a look at this teeny little plant
which I think might be dying, well pretty cool huh?
But again these lenses are things that you wanna add on
as time goes on.
Most people don't just go out
and just buy all the stuff they need all at once.
Plus this lens cost more than the camera body itself
so we're gonna stick with the lenses we have
for the rest of this video.
So this is Max, he's in my henchmen
that I found on the street 20 minutes ago.
We're gonna make this yard look epic.
Max, I'm not paying two dollars an hour
to be on your phone, damn it.
I was kidding, I've known this guy for like 15 years.
Thanks for visiting for Christmas Max.
While you're here, would you mind picking up some dog poop?
- Absolutely.
- All in a good, hard day's work.
That one's fresh so make sure you don't leave any behind.
Did you just pick that up with your hand?
- Yeah.
- Did you really?
I'm gonna throw up now.
But yeah as of right now with this lighting,
he may look like a very scary intimidating Viking,
terrifying.
It strikes fear in your heart.
Like is he gonna murder me with an ax?
Maybe, but once we get the lighting all finished up,
you're gonna be like wow, I see how warm and cozy he is
on the inside.
You're gonna look beautiful, trust me.
Dude, you got like two white hairs in your beard.
Well, it's actually like one it's like half white
and half red.
And we're done, Kari's a little bit jealous
because she's getting replaced by Max.
All the modeling gigs.
Even though it looks kind of cool,
Max is way in the dark right now.
So remember that aputure light that we talked about earlier,
well check this out.
So we're gonna just put a little bit of light onto Max gel
that it comes with which is an orange gel.
So it takes this white light and makes it orange
kind of matches these lights a little bit better.
It's gonna make that scary guy over there
look like an angel.
Here we go.
All right Max now give us a good like stylish look like wow.
Wow.
Fantastic, max is now our lighting intern.
Lighting guy, hey hey lighting guy pay attention, over here.
It's gonna front light.
Unpaid intern.
I want you to get it out of the shot.
So if you could get it not bring it into the shot
but out of the shot, that'd be fantastic.
So the autofocus on this is great.
You just kind of pick on which dog you want auto focus on.
That dog, front dog.
Unpaid intern why do you look so sad?
Softer playing with this guy for a couple of days
I'm definitely impressed.
Of course, there's gonna be some restrictions
and limitations when working with a entry-level camera,
but as long as you pair with the right lenses
and use it in the right settings,
this is very, very capable.
And of course the beauty of this is that you can start here
and build on it as you go.
And of course, this ND filter that I had on here
for all the daylight shots, I made a whole video about it.
I'll link it in the description.
But basically if it's broad daylight
and you're filming outside and you dial in your settings
exactly where you want it a lot of times,
it's gonna come out a little bit extra bright.
And this will kind of even that out for you
and you can always rotate it
cause it's a variable ND filter.
So this can be many different densities.
Oh and by the way, this ping handheld stabilizer that we got
these things are great but they're not something
you could just pick up and use right away.
You need a lot of experience with it
or else you could end up feeling like the cameras on a boat
just rocking back and forth.
It just doesn't look very good.
Opposed to a gimbal, where you could just pick it up
and start getting super smooth footage out of the box
even though you've never picked one up before.
So there's gonna be a learning curve with this.
I've seen, people do awesome stuff with this,
I've just never gotten that comfortable with these
so my footage is always a little bit rocky.
Also when I took this out,
it was super windy and these things get affected by wind
opposed to a gimbal which has the motor
that can kind of counter the wind.
So definitely better than nothing
if you're willing to put in the work
to learn how to use one of these things,
then you can get some awesome stuff with it.
But this camera was too light for it.
So I ended up just adding a bunch of random stuff to it
to make this get more weight.
Cause this camera is super light.
But you could literally just tape on
a random piece of metal to it and it should balance fine.
And let's just finish filming this video on the Canon SL2.
We got the video micro up top and 24 millimeter lens
and don't forget we are giving away this camera.
To enter to win
all you gotta do is leave a comment down below
about whatever the hell you want.
I don't think I care
so one of you guys will win this set up.
Let's close off this video by reading a few comments
from my last video
which was just a tour around the new studio.
So let's see what you guys had to say.
If you get a green screen
people are definitely gonna put you in floating house.
Okay, I'm definitely never giving you guys a green screen.
It's always gonna be orange or blue or how about white?
We haven't seen white here, have we?
Let's try that out.
How's it looking?
Does it look awesome or what?
It looks all right, I guess.
It's not my favorite.
Don't forget to get security cameras
and alarm systems for the place.
Already done, my boy Jonathan
he works at a security camera company.
He's been hooking me up with cool stuff already.
So this place is gonna be on lockdown.
Venom5809 says, congratulations on moving out
of your converted crack motel you're moving up in the world.
I used to live in East Hollywood
and that place is not too far off
from a converted crack motel.
I love East Hollywood and Silver Lake that general area.
It's very up-and-coming.
A lot of artists and crazy things going on all the time
and it was awesome but now I'm definitely ready to live
in a quieter part of town which I'm in right now.
The dog needs his own studio.
This is actually the dog's studio.
I'm just using it once in a while to film these videos.
Rick says, nipples.
That white shirt man, I always film not thinking about it
and in editing, I'm always like, dammit.
Are you alive?
Wait a second, where's, my pulse?
What the hell, when did this happen?
Am I in heaven?
Actually, this is exactly what my heaven would look like.
Me just floating in a cloud and a red camera
just like floating next to me.
Actually in heaven this would be an Arri Alexa
but you know close enough.