One of the things I'm always trying to do is save floor space in my office, and you've heard
me talk about this before if you've watched any of my other videos and I recently did a video
about my YouTube filmmaking rig, and I was really chuffed with how condensed I managed
to make it and just have everything on the one tripod but there was always room for improvement
and one of the biggest things with that video was the fact that iFootage sent me out their
magic Spider Crab arms, Spider Crab Magic Arms, Spider Crab Magic Arms, and that just made the
whole thing possible for me to just put everything onto the one tripod, but since then iFootage have
also sent me out their Round Base Monopod, and this has completely changed the game for me,
they are awesome. It means that I literally have no tripods or stands on the floor, I mean I still
have a couple of stands with the lights on because I don't have, I haven't replaced them yet with
Round Base Monopods, but in terms of tripods, I don't have them on the floor anymore because I can
mount my camera setups on my desk, which is just incredible. So I'll talk you through what they are
and the different ones that you can get and how I've got everything set up.
So normally what I do is have a multi-camera setup, and I have an a-cam and a b-cam so that
when I'm doing my talking head pieces, if I want to use my b-cam then I can have, I can record at
the same time to show you what I'm talking about. So having two tripods next to each other is a
bit of a nightmare and they just get in the way and I don't have a lot of floor space anyway so
they really do just get in the way, so being able to have them on the desk is just perfect and I've
just regained so much floor space. So the first one is my a-cam and that literally has my entire
rig on it and I've also used the iFootage Spider Crab Magic Arms. I don't know why I'm struggling
to say that, yeah the iFootage Spider Crab Magic Arms and I bought some more because I just wanted
to complete the whole setup. So I footage sent me out a few originally and I've since then
bought some more. So on my main rig I have my Atomos Shogun 7, which is my main monitor for
viewing myself. Then I've got my main microphone which I record into the Zoom F6 so that I can get
really clear audio, I also have my Rode VideoMic Pro Plus, which is plugged in directly to the
camera so it's kind of like just backup audio just in case my Rode NTG4+ dies because I haven't
charged it or just you know anything happens with the audio. Then the other thing... I don't
know if you can hear him snoring he's really snoring at the moment, and then I also have
a v-mount battery. So I use v-mount batteries because it just means I don't have to worry about
the battery dying whilst I'm midway through filming a video and I get a lot of juice out
of it and I can just power the entire rig off one v-mount battery for a few hours which is awesome.
Then on top of that I have these SmallRig rods and a base plate so that i can mount my camera
and my v-mount battery to those rods and then that's mounted on top of the Round Base Monopod.
So the small Round Base Monopod which is the RB-A200, it can hold a maximum payload of 10
kilograms and in terms of its length when it's fully extended it's 56 centimeters tall and
then when it's folded down it is 27 centimeters. The diameter of the base is 20 centimeters and
it's a three section monopod so it does go up quite high and you can adjust the height
by the two clips so in terms of the larger round-based monopod which is the RB-A300
that one is also a three section monopod and its maximum payload is also 10 kilograms,
its folded size is, I believe 61 centimeters and the extended size is 151 centimeters.
I think it weighs 1.4 kilograms and the base diameter is 30 centimeters. The larger monopod is
great for putting lights on and so I've replaced my c-stand for the light that's in the corner over
there with the Round Base Monopod and it's just again cleared up that floor space for me and means
that I can easily move that light around as well and I don't have to worry about the feet getting
wrapped around my shelf legs or anything like that or table legs or anything. I've got my b-camera,
like I said, also on the small Round Base Monopod so it just means that I can also attach my light
to it so when I'm filming my b-roll I've got an extra light there that I can have,
and it's just, it's just perfect the setup is just awesome, I love it. One of the things I will say
is that obviously if you attach a heavier payload to the monopod then there's going
to be a little bit of sway, so my a-camera at the moment which has my entire rig on it,
when it's fully extended there is a little bit of wobble but it's not going to fall over,
I know it's not going to fall over it's just that you might need to put something like a sand,
not sandbag because they have this aqua bag where you can put water in it and then it'll kind of
stabilize it a little bit so stop it from moving around and just make it more sturdy.
So that is basically my setup now and like I said I couldn't be any more chuffed with
it it just saved me so much space on the floor. So if you want a tabletop solution
and you're going to be filming sitting down and you just want to save space in
whatever space you're in then do check out the Round Base Monopods by iFootage.
There's a link in the description to where you can get them. And yeah, if you found the video
useful do give it a thumbs up and I'll catch you guys on the next video. Thanks for watching!