- What's going on guys.
Welcome to my new pad.
This is my castle.
I got a little water fountain over there.
It's a little blue, I should probably
get my water filter checked out.
That's my favorite piece of art,
a statue imported from Egypt.
This is my entertainment room.
You know I kind of like to play games on my free time.
Oh, no filming?
We just got kicked out of my own arcade!
Apparently I need a permit.
Alright, well that (laughs) didn't really work out
too much, we got kicked out real fast.
But today, we got a really cool sponsor
which is Sennheiser.
That's really exciting cause those guys are legit.
I've been using their gear
ever since I got first into the game.
So I'm always really excited to get sponsorship
by a company that I've always been a big fan of.
Oh, no filming?
- [Center Management] No
- Oh, gotcha.
This is our second time we're getting kicked out today!
You guys know the drill, every time a video gets sponsored
on this channel there's a giveaway coming.
The film combo comes with a lavalier
like the one I'm wearing right now,
secret agent undercover status
like I feel like I should go hide.
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I can't climb this wall.
(laughs)
I would never be able to do this on a normal microphone,
because I'd be too far away from that microphone.
(grunts)
Anyways, let's get back to the studio.
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Do orange today.
This set here that we're giving away
is actually really legit.
This is Sennheiser G4 film combo set.
First of all it comes with a set of
the latest and greatest G4 lavaliers.
And Sennheiser's been making these lavaliers forever.
From the G2, G3 and now this is the G4 500 series.
And if you're been working in the video world for a while,
I'm sure you're familiar with these already.
But even if you're not a huge lavalier guy,
this is pretty neat right here.
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This kit also comes with this transmitter bag
so you can plug it into any shotgun microphone
and feed it phantom power,
then feed it wireless to your camera.
Today we're recording on the Sennheiser 416 microphone,
but notice it's all wireless, which is awesome!
Except for this boom pole comes with the cables on.
I had to just tape that down.
And I'm now just realizing exactly how awesome it is
to have this because first of all, it's wireless.
But also because one of the big downsides
of shooting on a DSLR mirror less camera
is that you don't have the pro level audio features.
For example, XO larb chords with phantom power.
So you usually can't use professional level microphones
like this Sennheiser 416 that I have right here.
But this transmitter feeds this microphone phantom power,
and its feeding it to my mirror less camera right now.
Now check this out.
Now I'm recording on a GoPro,
and I'm sending a signal from this wireless transmitter
into the camera which is pretty crazy to think about.
And you can feed it to any camera with a mic jack.
And with the GoPro,
I'm able to do that just with this little GoPro adapter.
The GoPro is getting professional level
audio quality right now.
Is this just kind of crazy.
So that's actually kind of awesome
that this little thing right here,
will actually bridge professional level microphones
into pretty any camera, even this GoPro with this adapter.
That's insane.
By the way, you guys like my shirt?
Carrie got it for me, but check it out.
It's got all kinds of doggies on it.
There's like a skateboarding dog right here.
That's pretty dope.
This dog's got some shades.
Actually kind of looks like Mozzarella a little bit.
Yeah, check that out.
Mozzarella you're such a badass.
You guys know that I love gear that's a longterm investment.
And this probably just about tops the chart.
I had actually purchased a pair of G3's.
And before that I had the G2's,
and the thing is,
I didn't keep upgrading because I needed to.
My original G2's are over 12 years old,
and they still work fine.
But the reason why we keep getting more,
is because we need more sets.
And the beauty of these evolution series,
is that they're cross compatible with older versions
as long as they're in the same frequency range.
So, I can use these brand new G4's
and pair it with a set of G2's
that I bought like 12 years ago.
So that's a huge benefit of these,
is that this can work for generations.
Also, I can definitely vouch for the durability
of these things.
And even if you're the type that's really careful
with your gear, you definitely need durable lavaliers,
cause you're gonna be throwing these microphones
on talent, or people you're interviewing,
or actors and not all of them know
how to take care of these things.
I promise you're going to be mic-ing somebody
and they're gonna drop it out of their pocket.
Drop it on the floor, WHOOPS!
So its actually super important that
aside from this plastic door, most of it is metal.
So these things are battle tested.
This is one of those things that I actually leave
in my camera kit, pretty much all of the time
because they take up such little space.
They're lightweight, and they're also AA batteries
so even if you don't think you're need it for a shoot,
you might as well just bring it with you.
It's also one of those things that you could almost
never have enough of them coz you always want to be
boom mic-ing as much as possible but ideally
you have a set of these on each person.
And yeah, usually I don't pull out my older G2's
just because we have the newer ones available to us.
But we recently did a shoot where needed to record, like,
six people going through a space and we literally used
every single microphone we have so that was very useful.
There's also a lot of people using lavaliers that
plug straight in to your phone and those can work sometimes
but there's definitely down sides to that.
A perfect example is my buddy Jonathan, you guys have
seen him on this channel, he had a hidden camera
to record his proposal to his fiancee.
He plugged everything in just right and recorded it
to his phone and for some reason his phone didn't
detect the lavalier connected to it
so it didn't record from the lavalier.
And it's also really tough to
monitor audio that way as well.
Right now I can actually see my audio levels
because this boom mic is wirelessly sending the signal
to the camera and it's showing it to me live right here
so I generally know my levels are good.
If I was legit enough to have a camera operator back there
they'd be listening with headphones.
And speaking of monitoring the receiver
that's on the camera right now it has an output cable
so you could take that and hook it into your camera
but it also has a headphone jack so you could
also use them as a wireless listening device.
So if you're directing a scene and you want
to listen in to the audio on like one of the microphones
you can tap in with a receiver and use that.
So there you go, another reason why you can have
an additional receiver and it'll be useful even if
you only record with one microphone.
Now a handful of you probably already own a set of G3's
because these are super popular so what's
the difference between G3's and G4's?
Well the G4 comes in a couple of different series.
Let's start off by talking about the 100 series.
Now they're pretty similar to the G3 so if you already
have a set of these you don't necessarily need to sell these
and upgrade right away.
But they made some improvements and this continues to
the G3's and they're pretty similar in price so
so you might as well get a G4 100 series.
But this is the 500 series and this is where they
packed in a few more features to be excited about.
First of all it comes with the MKE-2 microphone.
It records a wider frequency range and overall
it's just a better microphone.
And it's also much smaller so that alone
is worth the upgrade from the 100 to 500 series
if you want top quality audio.
And you could also adjust the strength of the signal
so usually it's at 30 but you could drop it down to 10
or you could bring it up to 50 depending on your needs.
So we're talking about a usable range of over 300 feet
which pretty significant, let's go test that out.
Alright so to test out the range on this thing
we've come out to this random field,
I've got my transmitter right here
and my microphone right here.
Let's test out 300 feet.
Sam do you know how far 300 feet is?
So this times 300?
I think this is about 300 feet.
Found a shoe, Sam do you want this?
Now aside from the flexibility what's also really cool
about not having to be this close to the camera,
is that you could get the footage to look
a little bit more like a professional documentary.
All you gotta is kinda stand at a distance
and slap on a tighter length so let's see
what that looks like.
So now you'll probably notice there's more focus on me
and the background's blurred out so it's less likely
that there's going to be things in the background
that's going to be distracting you.
But to get this shot I would either need a boom mic
operator right over here or a wireless system
because if you just use the microphone that's on the camera
it would sound pretty awful it would sound like this.
And this also comes with a wider range of frequencies
so I think you have like 3,520 selectable frequencies
which is insane.
And I know that sounds excessive you never need that many
frequencies but if you ever find yourself near, like,
a radio tower or somewhere there's a lot of radio frequency
being tossed up into the air for example a convention
where there's a ton of wireless signals going
all over the place, having as many frequency options as
possible is going to be nice to have.
So with the 500 series you could have a ton
of people in the same room having their own channel that's
clear of interference.
And again it's one of those situations where
most of the time it's gonna be excessive but you don't
wanna find yourself in a spot where you're like crap.
And we all hate that little fuzzy like (fsssh) sounds that
we get from RF interference, so to prevent that
these all come with an easy scanning feature where
as soon as you get to your set you're gonna wanna just
set it off, it takes a few minutes and it scans all
the frequencies and let's you know which ones are clean
and you just select either one of those.
Since I'm still on this wireless mic,
let's get a little bit adventurous.
If I fall and die will you still upload this footage Sam?
Ow!
This was not a good idea.
Would you paint me?
So all you've gotta do to enter this set up
so we're talking this lavalier system that I'm wearing
right now, the MKE-2 microphone as well as the receiver
and XLR transmitter, that whole package.
All you gotta do is leave a comment down below
letting me know how you would use it and I'll have
Sennheiser pick out a winner and there's another plane.
Hold for sound.
I was hoping to look very glamorous but I'm really
just getting pricked by all these little twigs.
I think I want to record all my comment readings up here.
I feel very powerful, like King Kong or something
just like climbing a building like ooh.
Let's read some comments from my last video
which was all about the Z-axis stabilizer
which is kinda like a stabilizer for your Gimble
so, like, double stabilization power.
Top comment was from David CK he says
"I need no stabilizer, real men use ninja cinematic walk!"
Yes that is true, stabilizer or not you should always
be practicing that super light step ninja walk
like you're walking on feathers.
Wait, no, that's not a thing right.
You're walking on thin ice, yeah if you were walking
on feathers you'd just be like (grunts)
I'm getting a whole lot of crap about putting in
a sequence shot in slow-mo on a Gimble stabilization
video, got it, will not put any slow-motion
in a Gimble video ever again.
But to be fair I did put a whole bunch of real-time
footage, running through tall grass, almost spraining
an ankle footage.
So your boy still has you covered
on that real-time footage.
Elevator Media Group says:
"I love the Gladiator it's on my shopping list."
Yeah, see Sam, not everybody thinks the Gladiator
is the ugliest thing ever.
I'm actually really considering getting that Jeep
except for they haven't really announced exactly
how expensive it's gonna cost yet, so we'll see.
Slide Wreck Dan says:
"6:35 I almost had a heart attack"
Oh man, that dude, I think you gotta lotta
heat for that video.
So I'm actually not 100% sure if that was the operators
fault sure he was goofing off but at the same time
a proper steady cam shoulda held that weight
so I don't know any steady cam experts out there
let me know.
Galaxy S10 versus Arri Alexa with the HDR10+.
I am actually pretty curious to
test that out so ordered, coming up.
Bobby says:
"Anyone remembered when that shake wake comes out?"
yeah I should probably delete that clip off the internet
before this gets out of hand.
Mike says:
"The Gladiator looks bad ass. Don't listen to Sam."
What do you have to say for yourself Sam?
- Whatever man you're going to be driving it not me.
- (laughing) The camera can't hear you at all because my
microphone's right here.
You're just a very faint little ant.
You don't matter in this planet Sam.
How do I get down?
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