Out here today with the DJI Osmo Action. And the M5 plus the 18 to 200,
if I can remember, Tamron.
Rained yesterday so might be a
little treacherous, but...
I've got boots on.
Ohhhh.... I picked up the action camera because it does allow me
to potentially go out in the rain. Things like that where if I need to have an
umbrella for the camera that I'm using that's fine. With the b-roll camera
it's kind of impossible to shield that from the weather.
These leaves have nice stuff on them.
I'm using a case on the action camera, just so I have the filter on the front.
It blocks a few things. So there's a little tally light in the front which
gets blocked by this gigantic 52 millimeter filter. I did modify the area
where the heat sink is on the Osmo Action...
Because this specific case was blocking it.
I tried out the 2.7K mode last time with the cinelike profile. Now I'm just
doing regular plus 4k 30.
Of course, with the "rocksteady" on and I'm actually De-fishing the image so...
One thing you definitely want to do after you go out like this.. you put bug
spray on.. totally clean off your cameras. Especially the rubber grip material.
Because that can damage it. Every time I do something like this, I clean off the
camera. Especially that grip. This is a really nice spot.
I like insects, but when they're on me... not so much.
This is one type of situation where any type of image stabilization in the lens
is super helpful. Because the subjects are not moving. So when I take photos of
people in costumes, the cosplay stuff. Or just general portraits or anything.
It's not that helpful because they're moving around themselves. But here super
super nice...
A big benefit of this lens with this camera is that full manual control.
I have three dials for that. The autofocus on this one what the M5 is pretty darn
slow, but we'll see if it's accurate or not. accurate.. accurate...
Compared to the 30D, this is a lot slower feeling, but it seems like it's hitting the
mark maybe better. Of course that's not surprising considering the different
systems. One is on sensor phase and then other one is a separate sensor.
That could make a difference.
One thing to watch out for when you walk through
places like this is avoid these things coming out into the path.
That's how creatures get on you.
There's some berries on there. The wind is picking up so that's not a
good thing for the vibration control...
Viewfinders are inherently better for getting a stable image than holding it
out like a smartphone. I was using the holding out method last video with this
lens. But in this case using the viewfinder, see if it's any better.
It will be!
See those white things floating...
I think this is a deer path, which is not great.
I do have the feature on where you put the
camera up to your eye, you can use your finger on the touch screen to
adjust the focus point. It's always helpful.
The issue when I'm doing
that is I tend to will be holding the camera like this... I have to really force myself
to adjust the point and then use two hands on the.. one lens, one grip, type of thing.
I can tell that I'm definitely burning through the memory card. It's 64
gigabyte and 4K 30. Really it's gonna be fun messing with. Gotta get that storage...
Which I got some storage, but it's not gonna last that long with these type of
file sizes. So I might switch back to a smaller resolution on this because it is a
smaller sensor. You don't necessarily need 4K on a 1/2.3 inch
sensor action camera, you know. We'll see though. I'm curious to see what it
looks like compared to the 2.7K.
But I did use cinelike so it's gonna be hard to compare directly. Probably
just keep going. Keep trying different modes. One after another.
So to change the battery you have to slide this back plate off. This thing it's
really warm. I did get the pack which came with the charger plus the
two extra batteries. So I have three total, which is pretty good with
something like this. Because they do use batteries pretty quick.
And there's a double switch...
Then you just make sure that orange is not showing on both of them. But I'm not
gonna dunk it in water so it doesn't matter. I did put a screen protector on
the front of back from a smartphone. Just cut it to size. Works okay. These little
cases came with it. They have a SD card thing, but it's rigid plastic and it's
kind of hard to get it them get them in there...