- Guys, it happened, I got this from DJI, for free!
I'm on the list, I'm on the DJI list. (laughs)
Let's see how long I can stay on here.
Now, it's no secret that camera phones
are starting to produce actually really good quality videos,
but you just kinda suck at holding it steady,
so you end up with all the shaky footage.
Time to get a gimbal, but which one should you get?
They all kinda do the same thing, right?
But there's a few different reasons why you should
check out this DJI Osmo Mobile Pocket,
no, that's, said that wrong.
Osmo Mob, DJI Osmo Mobile 3 is (mumbles)
proper name for this..........
Now this right here is the biggest factor, right here.
Look at how skinny that is, and that's very important,
especially goin' forward, because all these new phones
are comin' out with ultra-wide-angle lenses.
Samsung and Huawei's already doin' it,
and it really seems like the next iPhone
will come with a super-wide-angle lens as well.
This is my other phone gimbal,
and this is the Freefly Movi Cinema Robot.
And I honestly really like this gimbal,
but see how this motor sticks out like that,
especially when I start adding a wide-angle lens on here.
It's gonna be in the shots.
So their solution is to actually slide the camera lens
all the way out here to clear that frame,
and then add some counterweights here on the back.
Still love this gimbal,
but considering that all these phones
are probably gonna have super-wide-angle lenses,
I'd say this is going to be
a little bit more convenient for you.
Next thing this thing does that's awesome,
is that it folds, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
Now the design of this is very, very similar
to the Snoppa Atom 3,
which is a Indiegogo campaign for a phone gimbal
that came out, and it raised a ton of money.
Now I've never personally tried the Atom 3,
so I can't tell you if it's good or bad,
but I am always wary about trying new companies
for gimbals, because all I really want out of a gimbal
is for it to work.
So many gimbals out there that I use,
that's completely unreliable, unpredictable,
and start tweakin' out in the middle of filming,
so because of that, me, personally,
I've only really used gimbals from, like, three companies
and I really don't try to experiment with much else.
But I bet you 20 bucks that there's gonna be a lot
of gimbals coming out with this type of design,
because you really need to be able to have a clear line
of sight from the back as well as the front,
so this one nicely tucks its motor back here,
and everything else is down here.
And I actually think you guys will like it a lot,
which is why I'm doin' a giveaway with three of these,
that's right, three of them, so I get to go,
"You get a gimbal, you get a gimbal, you get a gimbal!
"Everyone else fuck off."
All you gotta do to enter is leave a comment down below,
and you're part of the notification squad,
then hells yeah, because we're gonna pick out
the first winner within 30 minutes
of this video going live,
and then we'll pick the second winner two hours after that,
and then we'll pick the last winner two weeks from now,
so we can let the casual viewer come
and have a chance to win as well.
So heck yeah.
By the way, if you're curious, I have the iPhone XS Max
on here, with that big ol' Moment case
and also the Moment Anamorphic Lens on here,
and this seems to be totally fine with balancing.
Now if you wanna throw in a bigger lens like this 18mm,
it's actually quite a bit bigger than this Anamorphic Lens,
so it doesn't seem to be too happy tryin' to balance this,
but there is a little threaded slot in there,
which is supposed to be for screwing on a counterbalance,
so maybe when those come out,
we will be able to balance some bigger lenses like this.
Now even though this is an awesome design for the gimbal,
the one downside is you can't just drop it down
just like that to get a super-low angle,
which is what I'm used to.
So instead of droppin' it down like that,
you just have to learn to put it on its side,
and then you can get the camera down really low.
Doesn't feel as good as just throwing it straight down,
but it works, so once you get used to it, it's not so bad.
Now when it comes to pricing, this basic set comes in
at 119 bucks, which comes with this, the power cables,
and a carrying pouch, and then there's the combo,
which comes in at $139, and that's gonna come
with a carrying case as well as little tripod feet
so you can set it down, so I think that's worth
that extra 20 bucks.
Anyways, let's take this Mimo out for a little spin.
So there's Steve, doin' his superhero pose,
and with the Mimo app, we have access
to some of the smart features, so I'm just gonna go
and highlight him, right there, oh, check it out.
There it is, following Steve around, see, check that out.
It's got a pretty good hold on him.
Now one of the reasons why I never really loved
using ActiveTrack in the past is because
after you select your subject, it keeps it in the center,
which can make it really awkward
in terms of composition.
But what's really awesome about the ActiveTrack here
is that I can actually shift it with the joystick
so he's in the top right corner,
so this composition seems a lot cooler,
and then you can still move around a little bit,
take a few steps, yeah.
Generally keeping him in that corner.
Like this shot, here, it's so awkward
that he's so centered in the frame,
so I can just nudge it back down,
let's see if it can track Steve's parkour skills.
- Parkour! Get that parkour!
- If you're filming sports, probably not gonna stay
up with you, but if you're just walking around slowly,
then it works pretty well.
And let's just see how this tracks,
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By the way, Steve has a producing channel,
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- Click Subscribe, and be sure to tell your mom.
- [Potato Jet] You tryin' to get hooked up with some moms?
- Uh, no. (laughs)
- For those of you who like to shoot vertical video
on your phones, you have the option to do that,
and then you just double-tap to straighten it back out.
One of the things I don't like about this Mimo app
is that, as of right now, there is no 24 frames per second,
so you could switch between 30 and 60 p,
so for features like that, you're gonna wanna use
FiLMiC Pro, or even the Moment app.
What else is on this app?
We have story mode.
So basically, there's all these little stories
that you can pick out from.
Let's try Brisk, and see how this works out.
So I'm gonna start that,
and on the bottom's kinda my timeline,
so I need to start off with a two-second clip.
So let's see what happens.
(upbeat music)
So it basically just goes through these motions, so...
(upbeat music)
(laughs) Two more clips.
(upbeat music)
(Kari laughs)
All right, so I just recorded five random clips,
the two- to three-seconds each, and let's see.
(upbeat music)
You don't even need to learn how to edit anymore,
you just, you just shoot with this.
- (laughs) I can make videos!
(Potato Jet laughs) (Kari laughs)
- Let's try one more.
(Kari laughs) (dog barks)
(upbeat music)
(dog pants) (dog barks)
(upbeat music)
(dogs bark)
(upbeat music)
All right, ladies and gentlemen,
we just made another movie, let's watch it.
(upbeat music)
(Potato Jet laughs)
- Ho, my stick! - I would never use
this feature, But it was fun.
You know, I think that's what this app
is designed to do, have less of those, like,
custom manual settings, but more of just, kinda,
"Hey, pick this up and have fun with it."
You also do have hyperlapse and slow-mo,
and you also have control over the zoom,
when you have the app open,
so you could do some weird tricks like this.
(Potato Jet laughs) (Kari laughs)
Overall, solid little gimbal, let's go read some comments.
And we've made it to Mexico.
Look how foggy this is, this humidity,
just complete, look at this, I can't use this footage.
I had this camera in the nice, cold air-conditioning,
and I brought it out, and immediately just boof,
turned into this, so I gotta let it sit here
for probably like ten minutes,
and let everything acclimate.
So it's been a couple minutes, and still a little bit hazy.
This is silly, let's just take this inside.
It's gonna be a lot more comfortable that way.
And there we go, so much better that we (laughs)
here in the air conditioning now.
Good mornin', Sam! - Good morning!
- How you feeling, get some good sleep?
- Hell, yeah.
- Did I wake you up, by just screaming into this camera?
- Uh, no, it was, it was time--
- So yeah, I'm here with Sam,
and Kari, and we're here to do,
it's kind of like a meetup,
but I announced a little while ago
that we're doin' a trip here to Mexico,
and we're inviting a dozen of you guys,
so I think today about 16 of you guys are gonna come,
and hang out with us, for the next week.
We're gonna go all over the place,
we're gonna go out and film, we're gonna go on boats,
we're gonna do all kinds of stuff,
and we'll all get to do it together,
so it should be a good time.
And this trip hasn't even officially started yet.
But I'm already thinkin' about, I was like, "Oh, man,
"we need to do the next one," already,
'cause this is gonna be fun.
We wanna keep these really small,
so we all get to kinda hang out,
instead of having it be this one giant thing.
So yeah, if you wanna be involved in the next one,
then I'll put a little link in the description,
where you could add your email to the email list,
and you'll be one of the first ones
to find out about the next trip.
But let's wrap up this video with reading a few comments
from my last video, which was the RED versus the Sony a6400.
Top comment: "Whenever a new camera comes out,
"I'm always waiting for Gene's comparison with the RED.
"He's 100% gonna make one
"with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k."
"Absolutely." (laughs)
And funny thing, I just got a notification
that the 6k Blackmagic arrived at my place
back in Los Angeles, so I'm like, "Oh, it's there!"
I'm just, but I'm gonna be here for the next week, so,
I'm gonna be a little bit late to that party,
for makin' the reviews on that, but I'm excited about it.
"It's easy to know which one the RED is,
"because it has that greenish look to it."
Yeah, I did actually notice that,
like on the default settings, the RED and ARRI Alexa,
they both have a much greener tint
than most other cameras do,
but I think for the next one what I might do
is peel that back a little bit.
It looks like most of you guys knew which one was the RED,
like 77% of you guys were, like,
"RED is on the RIGHT FOR SURE."
Eight percent of my audience is a bunch of dumbasses.
(Potato Jet laughs) I'm just kidding.
I love you guys.
"I actually prefer the a6400 after grading with your Luts."
Thank you, guys, for all the people who got the Lut bag,
and I'm glad you guys are enjoyin' it.
"I'm still trynna figure out how Potato Jet
"got that girl."
(Kari laughs)
When Kari and I first met, she wasn't interested,
but I told her I have a lot of YouTube subscribers,
and she's like, "Ooh, okay." (laughs)
No, I'm just kidding, she actually didn't know
that I had a YouTube channel until, like, way later,
and actually at the time it was a really small channel.
So it wasn't really worth mentioning anyways.
But for the first hour, she thought my name was Alfred,
and I was a novelist.
- (laughs) I thought you and Dylan were a gay couple,
and you showed up--
- Just 'cause I show up with my homie,
she's like, "Oh, they must be gay."
Here, check this out, I'm still Alfred The Novelist
on her phone, she hasn't changed it since. (laughs)
So the secret to getting the girl you want is to lie to her.
(gentle music)