- Hey, it's Justin Brown here for Primal Video.
Facebook Live is an awesome tool to help you
directly connect and engage live with your audience online.
In this video, we're gonna take a look
at three wide angle camera lenses that you can use
on your smartphones to help take your Facebook Lives
to the next level.
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So why should you use a wide angle lens on your smartphone
when you're going live to Facebook Live?
Well, the quick answer is it's gonna allow you
to show a lot more in your video image.
It's also gonna make your video stand out
and look more professional.
Now, this is something that if you're doing
a lot of Facebook Lives that I highly recommend you use.
It's gonna make your shots look more aesthetically pleasing
because there is more in the shot than just your head,
front and center and filling the entire frame.
Now, this is also something that's gonna give you
a lot more flexibility and literally, room to move around,
especially if you've got two people in your shot.
Alright, that's enough talking, the three lenses
that we're looking at today.
The first is a generic wide angle lens,
and I say that's just a generic because it's probably been
sold under a heap of different names
and rebranded 1,000 times.
We'll put a link to the lens that we're talking about,
actually all the lenses we're talking about,
in the description below.
The next is an Aukey lens, the one that we've got
is the 140 degree wide angle lens.
And the third is a Techo wide angle lens.
So this is Facebook Live on front-facing camera
on an iPhone 6.
I've just hit Go Live, it's only going to me.
Three, two, one, and the magic happens.
So first off, I'm gonna start with the generic lens.
And we will clip it on here.
So you can see already that this is so much more room
around the shot there.
So that's with the little generic lens on
and with it off again.
And now we'll try the Aukey lens.
We'll clip that on.
There we go.
So you can see straight away that you're seeing a lot more
in the shot, you're seeing the foam roller on this side,
the blue thing there, and you're seeing to the edge
of the shelf on this side.
So you're fitting a lot more in.
And just so you can see, I'm not moving forward or back,
I'm not changing my position at all,
I'm still the same distance away from the phone.
So that's with the Aukey lens.
Now, and I'll take that off, so there we go.
Totally different, OK?
Now, we'll jump over
to the Techo lens.
And after the Techo lens.
So you can see it's pretty much the same as the Aukey lens.
We're seeing right through to the foam roller on this side
and to the edge of the shelf on this side.
Now, it's really important that when you
are mounting these lenses that they are covering the camera.
If they are a little bit off to the side,
then you will see that black.
The black is the side of the lens, so you wanna make sure
that it is perfectly center over the phone's camera.
So as you can see, there's a huge difference
between using these lenses and using just
the built-in camera on your phone.
So here's a side-by-side comparison with no lens,
the generic lens, the Aukey lens, and the Techo lens.
And one thing to be aware of is that there isn't
a one-size-fits-all lens, where one lens is gonna work
across every single device.
What I would suggest is that you stick
to the two bigger lenses, the Techo and the Aukey,
because they are much bigger lenses,
which means that they're gonna fit and work
on a much larger range of devices.
Now, for this video, we are only looking at these lenses
working on the front-facing camera, 'cause that's typically
what people will be using for Facebook Live.
These lenses will also work on the rear-facing camera,
but again, that's a whole 'nother ballgame,
in regards to field of view and all the different ranges
of rear-facing cameras on all the different devices.
So, front-facing cameras for Facebook Live,
personally, check out the Aukey or the Techo.
If you don't have the budget for it or you've got one
of the generics laying around, then test it
with your device, and it may be good enough
for at least the first level of improvement
to taking your Facebook Live videos up a notch.
Now if you haven't downloaded them yet,
make sure you download our free PDFs,
which are the complete guide to filming professional videos
on your iPhone or your Android devices.
There's a link on the screen now
and below in the description.
I'll see ya next time.