The Most Overrated/Underrated Camera & Video Gear
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- Listing camera gear and video production equipment that we feel is either underappreciated or that has an overemphasized importance.
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Listing camera gear and video production equipment that we feel is either underappreciated or that has an overemphasized importance.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Sound Blankets
1:41 - Curtis Judd
2:08 - Sound Blankets Continued
4:25 - V-Mount Batteries
6:41 - Lens Hoods
9:08 - UV Filters
10:28 - Parabolic Softboxes
13:55 - Storyblocks
14:38 - DaVinci Resolve
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#NotaPodcast #overrated #cameragear - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I just dropped by to catch the next “Not a Podcast” episode. And now I’m nearly crying to hear that sound blankets are underrated. That brings a tear to my eye! Thanks Gerald and Josh, you are the best!
I’m crying too with this crossover. Great content. Greetings from Perú 🙌
Curtis, I give you FULL credit for helping me get my studio's audio setup right. I'd still be struggling if it weren't for your keen insights (and me spending dozens of hours learning from your videos). For Toronto, a HUGE thanks!!
If it weren't for Curtis I never would have tested these sweet sound blankets, which really helped on two recent projects. The stand that company sells for these is, for me, 2/3 good, 1/3 not - but that's a conversation for another day. - Dave
Nice that they give you the appreciation you deserve Curtis Judd.
I record live music in peoples homes, sound blankets have become a religion for me
Curtis Judd is the most underrated piece of camera equipment.
Fact!
You mean Curtis Judd is the most underrated piece of Sound Equipment
Criminally underrated!
True in my veins
Hi Jersey Dirtfoot!
Curtis Judd is underrated gear 10/10. All jokes aside, he is a legend
Sound blankets baby!
Caleb Pike is seriously the most under rated gear on the tube. The mans camera tutorials are second to none.
Fully agree on St. Curtis of Judd. I have directly asked him wether moving blankets can be good enough vs. Vocal Booth To Go/Producer's Choice real sound blankets. In his astoundingly polite way, he basically said "Yeah, moving blankets don't cut it. You need the real thing," and of course, he was right. The things are unexpectedly heavy and clearly different than Home Depot moving blankets. Also, I hate pressure on my yolk.
Where's the Affiliate Link so I can buy myself some spare Curtis Judd?
I love that you two were basically just fighting each other on this
Hoods, yes! Every time I pass through a doorway and hear BONK it warms my soul to remember that it's a plastic lens hood bonk and not a glass/aluminium bonk.
yes protects your lens.
Curtis Judd is the best! Extremely underrated!
Concern about errant hockey pucks is the most Canadian thing I’ve heard in a while lol 8:19
Gerald: Appreciates all studio gear accordingly.
Me: Goes to studio and hugs all the gear.
Thanks Gerald and Josh. Loving the NotaPodcast format.
Love the "not a podcast". I look forward to watching every time.
I LOVE this series so much. I hope it’s picking up steam. I feel like when “Not A Podcast” is in the title, some folks might not watch thinking it is actually a podcast and doesn’t contain practical info
It’s important that a protective filter, whether UV or clear, have a good anti-reflective coating.
Spoken like a true Canadian: "Lens hoods are super useful for photographing hockey".
Watch it eh! 🍁
It's pretty crazy that I feel comfortable clicking the like button before I even watch more than 5% of your videos (meaning duration, not your library). Your channel is amazing and the quality of the content and the knowledge presented is just miles above the rest. Exceptional work Gerald, always. And much love to MakeArtNow too - just inspired.
I had a lens hood save my macro lens when my tripod teetered over onto a cement floor. The hood broken but the lens was relatively unscathed. I always use them now.
Curtis Judd deserves all the respect!
There's tons of these, "top 5 underrated gear" videos but somehow listening to you guys it really feels like I'm getting something much more real, and I really appreciate that.
Or maybe it's that you're validating my decision to go full v mount for all my gear....
This channel pays itself just on the info it transmits. I have some managerial roles pertaining show biz and I've become so much informed about the ins and outs of video producing and editing.
Awesome video as always man. Love the back and forth between you
You da man Gerald! I love this collab!! The back and forth dialog is golden
I loooove REAL sound blankets. I also have two legit portable vocal booth panels that fold. I used them in a garage in a recent video and it sounded so good with just a light distant reverb.
What's the name of those foldable panels?
theres any other place that can ship a little cheaper than the ones gerald recomended? the shipping to PR its $185 plus taxes, its $400 for a sound blanket, ill stay with my reverb more than happy before paying that hehehe
@@JibaroTech Density is an important factor for sound treatment, that's why it costs a lot. They're super heavy.
@@ThisIsTechToday I really want real sound blankets but I need to see if I find a place over here that have them. Thanks for the input!
Do more of these! I really enjoy content from you both and you make a great team in these videos, really dig this video!
One of my favorites series on TH-cam! Love both of your perspectives! 🙌🏽
Curtis is also just a super nice guy, so I guess that makes him Curteous Judd.
LOL
I love the gear conversation. Often purchases border on personal ego and we start to get defensive and u guys so good to have the arguments out on the table.
If im going after wildlife, unless its a very specific "artsy" shot of like the silouette of a bird with the setting sun behind or something like that, I don't want flares, even then... I'm not sure... However, I keep them on mostly for lens protection.
This is really useful for people to watch, you could easily make over/under rated a series
Agree on the parabolic boxes comment, umbrella/soft box + inverse square law, can totally do the trick
Also for shooting at the beach, Clear/UV filters are great because the salt spray builds up seconds after each photo and it’s nice to wipe the filter than the actual lens
lens hoods have saved me so much glass. ill never go without 'em because of that alone!
I usually remove the hood on a gimbal, but when going into a wedding crowd...the hood usually comes on, unless I already have an ND filter on the lens :3
Lens hood is a must if you film unscripted stuff because you can end up in a situation where flare can wash out the entire image.
Nice collaboration, good to hear two points of view on gear uses and utility.
Curtis Judd - Wow! I learned sooo much from about audio when I started my channel 5 years ago. Great resource to learn the basic from and grow on your own. Jerrold is awesome too!
Sound blankets, yes! Honestly, moving blankets do work well. I love a good pile of all black moving blankets. Shooting a commercial in a really nice house, I wrapped the bottom of my C-stands with a moving blanket and could slide my lights anywhere on the wood floor without scratching or marring the floor or furniture.
I always learn something, here. Just set up a sound blanket in my new studio (eldest daughter's old bedroom), and about to do some testing. Thanks, Gerald.
Chiming in for @Curtis Judd. Totally underrated, totally essential. Also, same for @Caleb Pike. I've watched both of them within the past six hours.
I was never clear whether you guys meant "parabolic soft box" to mean all soft boxes or specifically true parabolic umbrellas with diffusion front surfaces. If the diffusion surface is effective (even across the surface) it makes no difference whether the umbrella behind it has a true parabolic curve. But it sounds like you're using the term "parabolic soft box" simply to mean "soft box."
And now here I am ordering rolling stands and sound blankets. Dammit.
Awesome video! Would be cool to see another one of overrated/underrated about filmmaking skills/techniques.
The issue I have with the light dome and other parabolic deep modifiers is that the moment you stick that diffusion sock on (which for video I basically always do), they just become a softbox, so that extra depth is redundant. My studio is small. I need small modifiers or indeed use other means of bouncing and diffusing 😀
EXCELLENT! I love this discussion format!
There are V-mount batteries called Bebop? I am getting some of those! 😄🙏
Yeah, they’re a great company based in Munich. 💯 can recommend
@@pascalkempa8005 ok! Good to know 🙂
Played with Davinci one time two years ago and said I would edit my next project in it...two years later I'm still using premiere because I never did. You're making me want to try it again. Good stuff 👍
Scientifically speaking parabolic soft boxes don’t work. The parabolic shape works when the light source points inwards and reflects outward allowing the shape to align all the light beams so that they are parallel.
We’ve used a beauty dish soft box with less depth and they worked great - allowed us to use a grid to shape the light.
I only use a UV filter on my RF 50 1.2 because the front element moves when focusing and using a UV filter makes it completely sealed against dust.
Curtis just recommended me sound blankets too. I spent a small fortune on foam panels, base traps and acoustic panels. Still need more. Am going to test the blankets tomorrow. Before I fork out for more panels
love it guys! Good stuff!. "not a podcast" is so underrated!
Saved the best for last. Love me some resolve 🙌🙌 I love this informal format you guys have going
As an event photographer, early on in my career, I did shoot in clubs and I had two occasions where my UV lens (yes it was unnecessary in low light environments) broke from bumping into things in the sardine can called a club. I learned to use the included hood to save me lots of money, but that did get dinged up a lot. Though you can get 3rd party hoods to use as lens protectors if you plan to resell your equipment.
The flare thing depends. It CAN look good if that's specifically what you're going for, but if I don't want a flare or glare than I want as much contrast as possible. Plus it DOES definitely protect the lens like Gerald said.
Totally agreed on the parabolic soft boxes. I now use a lantern soft box to avoid a cutoff line that a regular soft box still has. Especially useful in lighting food or flat lays.
I think things are changing with resolve. I just convinced my company to switch completely over to resolve and I don't think we're ever going to look back. Every release it's updated with major features and QOL improvements. Best part of all is that you buy it once and use it for life. Suck it Premier.
Parabolic soft boxes are in my closet collecting dust since buying big LED flapjacks from Falconeyes. I can thank Caleb Pike's review for that. Huge space saver if you don't want to constantly be collapsing domes. I can put them flat up against a wall when I'm not using them (I live and shoot in my studio, so I keep them on rolling stands). They of course have their place (especially when you really need big power), but there is usually no need for a light and diffusion to be two separate solutions in my use case.
I'd really like to get some sound blankets, but here in Germany i haven't been able to find a place to buy them :(
I literally have those exact sound blankets in a box that just arrived to my house, after building a version of Curtis Judd’s setup for an upcoming film project in a brewery.
Lens hoods are amazing when shooting into the sun, you loose so much contrast sometimes. Think about looking into the bright sun and putting your hand over your eyes to see better, it’s the same idea
Yes a moment of appreciation to Curtis!
Need to make this into a regular segment
Let me preface, not only do I use your channel & content for an insightful resource, but I really enjoy your reviews of tech. Now, how on earth did I miss this masterpiece of a video?! Not that you should quit your day job,but I’d subscribe to more of this content in a heartbeat!
Yup, Curtis Judd has transformed my audio quality. I love his voice too.
Absolutely!:)
I love your content mate. I feel honesty in your content.
As far as light modifiers, diffusion umbrellas are definitely underrated. Quick and easy to set up, and as long as you don't mind the extra spill, they work great. Softboxes are only necessary if you want darker shadows in your "unlit" areas.
Yes umbrellas are great for a soft source when spill is not an issue - which is most of the time in the real world.
I installed DaVinci Resolve a few months ago to try it out. I have not opened Premiere Pro since. I HATED nodes at first but now have no idea why I waited so long to try them out. What a game changer.
I love these chats!
You guys should do this once a week 🥰
I'm with you on the light dome. They are useful for interviews so I see Josh's point. But I've been getting into lighting using other methods such as the 5 in one reflectors with the one diffuser and reflecting light as well. So I can see your point. Also if you do product photography on glass it does not look as good as a long rectangle soft box
Gerald: "Parabolic Softboxes are overrated."
Me using a shower curtain as my light diffusion: "Hmm yes. Agreed."
Bwahaha brilliant
I use the lens hoods ALL the time if they come with one. Simply because it acts like a lens protector from me bumping and scratching the front element.
So many times I've jammed the lens hood and yeah, it protects it.
I use lens hoods for protection as well. I carry my camera on a strap/hip. They do some good when i shoot in bright sun, but mostly protection.
Lighting, I completely agree on your comments on lighting. There’s so much to learn and so many techniques that nobody tries.
Can’t fit a parabolic soft box in my closet AKA studio. Soft led panel + small white reflector disc to shoot through makes it pretty soft!
I'm a fan of the Lightdome parabolic softboxes because they're SO FAST to setup and have nice cases and can be stored with a grid and diffusion cloth all at the same time. Less than 2 minutes to fully setup a 5ft softbox.
Awesome Vid, nice collab! Great Job
Love the Curtis Judd with golden halo. Love his advice!
Really fun and informative video. And yes, Davinci Resolve above all else.
I love this video!! Its soo amazing and entertaining. Thank you for the insight
I 100% agree with Gerald's point about the parabolic soft boxes. They're the go-to resource, every non-famous TH-camr is making videos about how to light your TH-cam channel and it's a 300D with a Light Dome every time. Aputure's TH-cam channel is actually great about showing how ELSE to use their lights and I wish more cinematographers and videographers would take note. Just like you said, use a 4x4 or a 5-in-1 or bounce off the wall, hell you could even use a bedsheet or a shower curtain and get an even softer look that way.
What a great topic I really like you guys discussing. This is honestly my most favorite video series on TH-cam!!!!
Davinci Resolve 100%! I made the change almost 2 years ago, and it was the best choice I ever made. So glad you mention it.
Never thought about sound blankets, thanks for sharing that idea! 👍
Big time for lens hoods! I do club and event photography as well as motorsports. People bump into you, spill drinks etc. Even when shooting in rain it helps to avoid droplets on the lens which catch light in annoying ways sometimes
Lens hoods improve contrast significantly on lenses with front element exposed to side-light.
Great conversations at "not a podcast!" This reminds me of the Marvel franchise theory. TH-camrs that you like and respect cross paths making a bigger universe! You are nailing it! Great job...
THANK YOU Gerald for calling it what it is.........REVERB! I hate it when people say "echo," cuz it ain't echo (usually). Reverb, reverb, reverb. I love this series with you and Josh, keep it up guys!
Couldn't agree more with lense hoods, but like Josh, I'm mostly shooting video and looking for flares...and never near a hockey rink!
I was doing a group photo once and stood on a chair, fell off the chair and smacked the front of the lens on the ground. I broke the lens hood but the lens was fine. Probably would have broken the lens if I didn't have the lens hood on.
I use the moving blankets now and they do work! I haven’t tried the more expensive once.
I usually leave the hood out like Josh. I do use multi-coated filters (technically UV filters I guess), so I can avoid lens caps and easily wipe off the filter instead of touching the len's front element. Even coated filters can affect the image a bit, but they are significantly better than non-coated ones. It's all about convenience.
I find lens hoods can come in handy for exterior real estate photography on a wide. Too bad I always forget to bring it and end up using my hand to block the sun lol.
Clear / UV filters for protection are a must have if you shoot beaches a lot. Sand gets on the surface of your lens and then you end up grinding off your coatings when you wipe your lens off.
Hi Gerald, how did you guys edit this? Different place but very high quality audio and video
I can't count the times lens hood and uv filters protected my lenses on all sorts of situations, I film a lot of skateboarding and stuff at the beach! 😂
I learned some new stuff today, cool video!
Conversations like this is gold.
Love these crossovers. It's like watching Law and Order SVU and then Stabler comes walking out of the shadows and we don't know if Benson is pissed or in love.
Thoughts on parallel beam reflector-based systems like CRLS or Dedolight Lightstream?
Great video! I'm not sure if it's just me or the editing but a lot of times it sounded like Caleb was interrupting you and was being quite rude. Haven't noticed anyone else mentioning this so its probably just me. In any case, its a great video with lots of useful information! Thanks!
I appreciate that you guys mentioned Curtis Judd. I love his work. And both of your guys are also in my top-10 list of TH-camrs in this niche as well. Thanks for this!
Well said! I’ve found a simple curtain or muslin scrim makes a better modifier than the parabolic softboxes that come with them. Got the tip from Epic Light Media’s channel.