(funky music)
(skateboard whirs)
- I just got a notice that FedEx
is on its way with a delivery
that I've been waiting for since,
I dunno, 2013, so I'm super excited,
and I'm bombin' my way home to be there.
(funky music)
(skateboard whirs)
Also, riding a one wheel and vlogging
on a one DX, you literally look
like you're from the future, so, super fun.
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(grunts)
(box slams)
(sighs)
This, this box ...
Oh, my goodness, this box, I've been waiting ...
(laughs)
(mouth flaps)
This company, Freefly, put out a video
with a cinematographer, the name of
Vincent Laforet, showing how their
three axis gimbal, like, the first
one ever to be seen on this globe,
this planet, Earth, how it works,
some dude was just hoofin' it
in roller blades, mind blown completely.
I've wanted one ever since then.
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- [Voiceover] You see it on roller skates, and
we're running after a cab, and when
people see the shot, they're like,
"Okay, I guess it's a steady cam
"guy running really quick," and then
the camera just places itself through
the window, and one of the producers
saw this, said, "Well, where's the platform
"for the steady cam guy to stand on
"to make this shot, how did you pull that off?"
And then here, John pulls away from the cab
and keeps riding, and then people go,
"How did he do that?"
And the reality is, in the cinema world,
we have lots of limitations, and
this tends to really eliminate them.
That's why I find that, at the start,
this is an incredibly exciting
piece of future technology that
will really be applicable to high-end
filmmakers in Hollywood, all the way down
to indie filmmakers all over the world, pretty much.
Yeah.
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(hands slap)
- I have it on my desk, the newest, biggest,
baddest version of this, well, it's not
the biggest, baddest version.
They have a bigger version, but it's ...
It's a little overkill for me.
I mean, it might not be overkill
for me, considering, like ...
No, it's definitely overkill for me,
so right here in this box is the Freefly MoVI Pro, and ...
Okay, full disclosure, I've had this
sitting in my office for, like, four days now.
I put out a tweet like, last week, saying,
"Something I've been waiting for
"for 10 years has finally arrived,"
and I got the most engagement ever,
of all my tweets, which is awesome, so thank you.
This is the box, I'm gonna open it up.
I'm gonna run, like, three angles
on this bad boy, 'cause, like,
this is the unboxing I've been waiting
to unbox since I was a kid, so I ...
Let's do this. (gasps)
Rolling.
There's Gabriel, what's up, dude?
(laughs)
Okay, here we go.
If I look ridiculous, I don't even care.
It doesn't even matter, it's all about
what's inside the box.
Okay, this is the Pete Cam, here we go.
(lips buzz)
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I don't even wanna cut through this sticker, here.
Oh, (hums) yes, that's the Halo theme song.
(grunts)
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(bubble wrap flaps)
Oh, it's the other way around.
Hang on a second. (whooshes)
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MoVI Pro camera stabilization system.
Ooh, ooh, let's just take a moment here.
(grunts)
The Mimic, ooh, we'll get into what this is in a minute.
I don't even have enough room for all this.
Okay, you go there, you get outta my face.
Camera, oh, this is heavy.
'Kay, box number two, so you guys can see, it says MoVI Pro.
This stabili ...
I think this right here, this has
gotta be like, the brain, this is like,
this is the money box right here,
that does all the work, and then
below, slide this over, below we have
the MoVI Ring Pro, you can see I'll tip
that so you guys can see, that's at
the very bottom of the box, just
nestled in there, perfectly, like a
game of Tetris that you just wanna clutch on.
(grunts)
That's called the boom mic.
Easy there, buddy, easy there.
Spoiler alert, there's a boom mic up there.
(boxes clash)
Let's leave this on the bottom as the base,
like a tasty little pizza box right there.
And then we will move this.
(grunts)
Boosh, this thing comes with a ton of tools,
because this is the big leagues right here, guys.
Welcome aboard, this is where the real athletes play.
Lil bag of tools, alright, cool, number one.
We got screwdriver number one.
Look at that, they even branded their screwdrivers.
That is awesome, super cool.
I'm a big fan of that.
Number one, number two, those are gonna
be handy to have on set when you need
to rig this thing up.
A little bit of instructions here.
I will definitely be hanging on to these.
(sings) (flaps lips)
Look at that, it's so clean.
First thing's first, what I'm noticing
from the old one, 'cause I was just
shooting with the m10 in Kenya,
all the wires are hidden within, like,
the actual carbon fiber arms that
make this thing up, which is super cool.
Really well thought out, just, the
execution of this is incredible.
I don't even know how to lift this thing up.
Let's start with the batteries.
Finally, some incredible batteries.
The old batteries were a little bit different.
These are hot, swappable batteries
that you can just, boop, charge like
normal batteries, which is great.
You don't need those crazy leads anymore,
so, super amped with that, and then
we have the gimbal arm itself.
Oof, oh it's beautiful, look at that.
Dude, just look at this.
Forget the unboxing for a second, look at this.
- [Gabriel] Yeah, it's nice.
- It's so nice, ah, like, we've used other gimbals.
- [Gabriel] Oh, yeah, yeah, that thing is ...
That's intense.
- Yeah, oof, oh, hell yeah.
I just, I'm so pumped right now,
I could just squeal.
(grunts)
Where does ...
What are these?
This must be the charger cables, we got ...
I really need to put this down,
it's heavier than you think.
This looks like another charger.
Ooh, that's two chargers for ...
Oh, AC adapter, okay, cool.
How do I even get it back in?
Can I even ...
Doesn't matter.
(boxes slam)
(laughs)
I don't know what to do with this
Boof, wow, look at that.
(whistles)
This is awesome, wow, that's way lighter than I thought.
Just feel that.
This is as smooth as, I don't think I've
ever felt anything smoother than this.
Oh, that's ...
I don't even wanna use this.
It's so perfect, and like, fresh,
that I don't even wanna use it, so.
Just wanna put it all back in the box
and like, hide it under my bed forever.
(laughs) Never gonna happen.
So that's the MoVI Ring, uh ...
(lips flap) Man, I'm gonna get this all set up.
Alright, let's open the Mimic real quick.
Super cool that they include this.
This is called the Mimic, so essentially,
if you're gonna operate this gimbal
with two people, one person can run
with the gimbal, focusing on, like,
their movement and where they're gonna go,
and if they need to run through small
areas in fences, or hop fences,
or hand it off, all they have to worry about
is, like, the actual movement,
where the person holding the Mimic
is gonna be controlling the actual
camera movement of that gimbal,
so if you had someone hanging on
the back of a truck, if I point this thing up,
the camera on the gimbal will point up,
so it just mimics my actions using this,
which is absolutely ridiculous.
Coolest thing I've ever seen, so.
A lot of that is controlled through
this little jobby right here,
and then that clips on to the handlebars,
which is this thing, that clips on here.
You basically just pilot the gimbal
when someone else is using it, so
you wanna look up, and you're just,
you've got a monitor mounted,
you're watching the monitor, and
you are just flying the camera
standing still while someone else runs with it.
(grunts)
Absolutely ridiculous, so I'm gonna set
this whole thing up, I'm gonna try
and get it mounted into the ring,
use all the screws, put the whole thing together.
I'll be back in two seconds.
(hopeful music)
High five, ooh.
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High five, ooh.
(hopeful music)
So you might be asking yourself,
"Pete, why are you showing us this gimbal?
"What's the deal with this whole thing?"
Mostly, I wanted you guys to be included
into something that I have been waiting
my whole career as a filmmaker to own and unbox.
This is a really special piece of equipment
that I've had my eyes on for years
and years and years now, so I'm super
pumped to be able to unbox it with you guys,
share the experience with you,
and talk to you a little bit about
this company, Freefly, and why
their gimbals are the best, hands down,
because they started the whole thing.
If that's not something you knew, there you go.
A little fun fact.
And I wanted to talk to you on
investing in yourselves, because
gear is expensive, and owning lots
of different things and pieces of
equipment and tech can get really pricey,
and as a filmmaker, that can be frustrating,
and you don't know what to spend your money on,
and should I put it here or here or here.
Camera support is something that I'm
a huge believer in, which is where
this gimbal would fall into the category of,
something that helps the camera achieve
shots that you can't get on your own.
Getting a lens, getting a body, that's
obviously something that everyone has to do,
but then being able to take those things,
the lens and the body, putting it on
something like this, that's just
gonna skyrocket your footage through the roof.
Alright, let's boot this thing up.
Check this out.
Hit the power button to start, hands off, stabilized.
Look at that, look at that, completely, completely stable.
And one of the best parts of this
is that it now has feet, so you can just
set it down when you're done, and
you don't have to hand it off to
somebody or go find the stand.
That, in and of itself, is, oh,
you don't even understand how amazing that is.
I have been on so many shoots where
we're literally just passing the gimbal
around so people can take turns holding it,
because it's so heavy, and your arms
feel like they're gonna just melt off your body,
but you could just set it down anywhere
to tune it or to take a break, which
is just a massive improvement, so,
Freefly, aah, thank you so much.
Check this thing out, this is called the Mimic.
This is a remote controller that goes on
to these handlebars, here.
Just snaps in like this, tighten
it down with these little locks.
They've thought everything out, boom, locked on.
All you gotta do, I hit "bind" on this,
bind, bind, wherever I move this,
the gimbal mimics, so if I wanna point up,
I wanna point down, left, right, up, over.
What is even happening?
So like I said, if we're filming
a chase scene, and someone's hanging
out the back of my truck, all they have to do
is just worry about holding the gimbal
and not dropping it, and then I could be
inside the truck, watching on a monitor
here, controlling the camera from
inside the cab, or even have someone
running through the woods, and they're
jumping over logs and weaving in and out
of trees, and that kind of thing,
so all they need to focus on is
not falling or tripping, just making
sure that camera stays in motion.
I'm just controlling where the camera's looking
as they're following the subject through the woods.
It's just, I don't even ...
It's just, it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous.
So that's it, guys, I hope you enjoyed this unboxing.
It's something I've literally been waiting
to open since I first heard about Freefly
systems and invested all of my time
into watching every single video they put out.
If you're someone who even remotely
enjoys cameras or behind-the-scenes stuff,
these guys post some incredible rigs
and incredible videos of cameras
doing things that you probably would
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and I'll see you guys in the next one.
The camera's actually pretty far
for me to do the hat thing, so, like,
maybe I could just, like, throw it like,
(grunts)
Hey, uh, One DX Mark Two.
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Do you wanna go shoot?
Like right now?
Do you wanna go outside right now?
(gasps)
Let's go!