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- Trunk is full of baby gear.
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- Getting so cold here in Canada.
Some of you might be saying you're a Finnish Canadian dude,
what the heck are you doing complaining.
But uh, really feel like I should've been born
in like an island somewhere,
maybe like Hawaii or something.
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Morning workout up the stairs everyday.
Actually think that reminds me,
I was supposed to workout today.
Maybe I'll do that after this, this work day.
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Ha, and you thought I was gonna giveaway the code,
didn't you?
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Hello, anybody?
This has been like a week of just me at the office
all by myself.
Nobody else here.
Peter's just been off.
Matt's in Japan.
Just here by myself.
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What do you do when you're at the office by yourself?
You procrastinate.
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Are you dizzy yet?
'Cause I am.
This was a mistake.
Not a good idea.
Oh, actually not a good idea.
Oh I feel horrible now.
I hope I don't vomit.
Don't vomit.
Ugh.
Ugh okay enough shenanigans.
So we talked about why primes are so good.
But I've also realized that zooms are so good.
Like I really love zooms also.
And if I'm honest I'd say about 95% if not more
of my channel has been filmed on one single lens.
Just one lens.
I'll show you.
This guy.
This lens is what 95% of my channel is filmed on.
It is the 16 to 35 F2.8 and it is my favorite lens.
Well, correction, actually,
this guy is my all time favorite lens.
It's the sigma 18 to 35 F1.8.
So this guy is F2.8.
This guy is F1.8.
The only downside to this guy is that
it doesn't do full frame.
It's only for crop censored.
So I gotta use this one.
Didn't want my censor to get dirty on the C300.
I actually had to change lenses because this lens
was on the camera for everything in the first part
of this video.
This is the lens for vlogging in my opinion.
It's so versatile.
16 mil is perfect for filming yourself,
getting that nice wide shot.
Making the audience feel like their right here with you.
And also just getting rid of a lot of that shake.
And then if you want some more cinematic stuff
a little bit better, you know portrait shots
and that kind of stuff, 35 mil, 24,
all those are really nice focal lengths that I really like.
And to prove why I like this lens so much,
I'm gonna go outside and I'm gonna film
for five minutes with just one lens
and let's see how many shots I can get
in just five minutes.
Alright gonna start the timer.
I don't know if you guys can see that but,
boom five minutes.
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Alright time's up.
So that was all shot in five minutes.
That's how versatile this lens is
and now I didn't have somebody else to film.
I mean I was running with the one wheel.
I probably could've gone way more if I was just filming
somebody else instead of
trying to film myself and put the camera down
and do all that stuff.
It's versatile.
I'm really trying to embrace this whole winter thing
but my hands are frozen.
My gorilla pod is frozen.
Everything is frozen.
Even my one wheel I think is starting to,
starting to act up on me a little bit.
Feels different right now.
Oops.
Yup, caught that on camera.
Come back, come back.
Did I break my one wheel?
Sure hope not.
I really like my one wheel.
Ah, never mind.
Just ran out of battery.
I've never had it run out of battery.
Maybe the cold is affecting it.
Even my one wheel doesn't like the cold.
Ah, it's gonna be a tough winter.
It's a good thing that didn't happen farther from my office
'cause this thing is so heavy.
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Let's suppose I only had prime lenses
while I was doing that little bit of filming there.
I would have not gone anywhere near as many clips
with just primes 'cause I would've had to change lenses.
That would've taken up time.
I'd get one shot and then I need the same shot
with a little bit of tighter, wider.
And I'd have to go back and forth on lenses all the time
and that's why zoom lenses are so good.
They're so versatile.
Not only do you save time
but you also save space because you don't need
five different lenses.
You kind of just need like one or two.
Ugh, my nose is running.
Ugh, gotta love winter.
So yeah, when I'm on a hike, for example,
where I'm traveling, I love having just my 16 to 35
'cause it doesn't take up that much space.
I don't need a whole bunch of stuff in my camera bag.
And then I also save a bunch of weight.
So I don't have to hike up
with 50 pounds of weight in my backpack.
Instead, I just have like one lens usually.
This 16 to 35.
Also, it's really great working with zoom lenses
when you're on a gimbal or a glide cam
because every time you change your lens
you'd have to also rebalance.
This way, you're using a zoom,
you just balance it once.
Then you have a whole bunch of different focal lengths.
That's gonna save you a ton of time
especially working with gimbals.
Point of here is that I kind of just balance it
in the middle point of the focal range.
You're gonna be off a little bit on either side
when you're changing zooms.
But the gimbals are pretty good nowadays
so they can definitely handle it.
So zooms are really good for gimbal work
like really good.
And my favorite lens is the 16 to 35.
When I'm on a gimbal, I have the 16 to 35 on there.
Another great thing about zooms is that some of them
even have IS like this one.
The Cannon 17 to 55 F2.8 all the way through.
This is kind of a random lens 'cause it has IS.
So it's a really versatile lens
and that has a crazy range, 17 to 55.
That's like the ultimate range.
If I could have that lens all the time,
it'd be perfect.
The only caveat here is that it's an EFS lens.
So it doesn't fit on all Cannon cameras
but it's really nice having IS in a lens.
So when you don't have in body stabilization
like on this camera, at least you have IS inside the lens.
And with the combination of two lenses
you can have an insane range.
You can have the 16 to 35
and then for example, this guy,
the 7200, it's a beast.
But with those two lenses, you'd cover such a nice range
or you could have for example, the 24 to 70
and then the 7200 and you're covering from 24,
all the way to 200 every single focal length
with just two lenses.
So that really speaks to why zoom lenses are so great.
But of course, there's downsides also.
And some of those would be their massive sizes.
So this is a gigantic lens.
It weighs a lot.
It's big, it's heavy.
Yeah it covers a lot of different focal lengths
but it's big and heavy
and also expensive.
All these lenses,
well actually I don't know how expensive this one is.
But this one is really expensive.
Same with the 16 to 35.
Their all really expensive lenses.
And you're not gonna get as fast a lens.
So, these only go to F2.8.
The primes, a lot of them go to F1.4, F1.2.
You're gonna get a lot wider aperture on those guys.
And also, one of the big things
that people don't think about
especially when they're starting out,
is if you have something like this, thee 7200,
it's really tempting to kind of just stand in one spot.
Let's say you're filming a wedding,
and just kinda like snipe different shots.
You just stand exactly the same spot.
And you just use like 200
and then the 70 that way
and 200 that way
and 90 that way.
You just kinda stand in the same spot.
Where as when you're using primes,
you need to move around.
You can't just stay in the same spot.
And that a lot of times, leads to way better photos
and way better videos
because you're finding all these angles
that you would've never ever found
if you were just standing in the same spot
which is usually the most comfortable,
most easy spot.
But with the prime lens, you kinda have to like
look around and find the different angles.
So, yeah especially when you're starting out,
I definitely do recommend trying out primes.
So conclusions, which is better,
a zoom lens or a prime lens?
And the answer is neither.
They're both really great.
It just depends on what you're filming
and what kind of style you're going for really.
Both are great, they just serve different purposes.
So let's say you have all the time in the world
and you need to get the absolute best shot
in every single frame of your video,
I would go for primes.
If you have all the time in the world, go for primes.
Those are gonna get you the absolute best shots.
But then, let's say you're filming a wedding
or a documentary or something like that.
I'd probably go for a zoom.
Because you're gonna miss a lot of moments
changing lens or because you just don't have
the focal length that you need in that moment.
You're bag is somewhere else and you can't get to it.
You're gonna miss a lot of shots
if you don't use zoom lenses in those kind of
documentary, run and gun shoots,
you're gonna need zoom lens.
It's really versatile, really handy.
I think for a lot of YouTubers also,
zoom lenses are a great way to go.
It's one of those things that I've picked up
from Casey Neistat is kind of letting go
of making every shot look perfect.
Sometimes it's way more important to focus on the story
and get all the shots that you need to tell that story
than making every single frame look insane.
Case in point, you're on the top of a mountain,
you have 20 minutes before sun sets
so it's not a lot of time and you need to cover
a lot of B-roll and maybe some talking
and all that stuff.
Well, it's gonna be way better to use a zoom lens
'cause you're gonna get all of those shots
but if you're using, you know, a 35 mil,
and then you put on an 85 and then 24,
next thing you know, it's dark outside
and you didn't cover your story.
But if you're in Norway and golden hour is eight hours,
then, go for primes.
You got all the time in the world,
why not make every single shot look amazing.
Unless again, you need to hike three hours somewhere,
maybe you don't want seven lenses in your bag.
Maybe just want the one.
Okay so if you're looking for prime lenses,
I think I would start with a 35 mil.
It's a really great lens.
Or maybe the 24, depending.
And then go for an 85 or a 50, something like that.
Pair those two.
You can do a lot with just those two lenses.
And then if you're looking for zooms,
I highly recommend getting this guy, the 16 to 35.
If you're on crop sensor, get the sigma 18 to 35.
It's cheap.
It's a lot cheaper than a lot of the zooms.
And it's F1.8.
It's so good.
And then if you need a more zoomed in lens,
I'd go for a 24 to 70 or a 7200.
And again, these are expensive lenses.
But I do recommend trying to save up and getting the F2.8s.
It's definitely worth it.
Why would you get the crappier version of the same lens.
Just work harder.
Make some extra money.
I always say buy camera gear used especially lenses.
Lenses are really great to invest in
and to buy used because usually they're perfectly fine
and they don't really decrease in value
like camera bodies do for example.
Those are gonna decrease in value a lot more.
So lenses are really nice safe investment.
And that's why I think it's worth putting in
a little bit extra money into the lenses
and sometimes even more money into the lenses
than your actual camera body
because again, the camera body is gonna get swapped out
every couple years but your lenses will pretty much
stay the same for as long as you want.
So remember, lenses are like cameras,
no one lens is perfect for everybody and every use.
But find the right one that works for you
and yeah, you'll be happy.
Test them out, test them out.
Okay bye.
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Getting really good on these things.
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I should start like a hover shoot crew league, something.
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