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Ronin-S is definitely up there with things I regret buying! What's one thing you regret buying? COMMENT BELOW
YCImaging Why do you regret buying the Ronin-S? Is it because you just don’t use it?
I bought a ronin s and returned it the very next day. I like handheld and the glidecam look so much better because it's a natural look
J Vanderbilt I bought it to be my portable gimbal, but I was heavy af. Totally counterintuitive
Cheap LED lights... I should invest in the good ones but they are so damn expensive 😲 Btw what portable gimbal do you recommend me for an A7III+Tamron 28-75? I was about to buy the Ronin S...
I had mine for a few weeks, never used it, and sold it.
That GoPro footage of your son is going to be everything to you in twenty years, I promise.
Yeah for sure!
@@YCImaging I make videos for work and only have one six year old video up on my own channel from when my son was three but I have to change that. When he's not being a typical nine year old mouthy Fortnite junkie he really is fun to film.
@@JaySellers "Fortnite junkie" my kids will just have a N64 and a PSP
@@AshLordCurry my kids are going to get a 2 hours of screen time a week I swear. Go for a walk little fella. I don't care that it's 32 F you need fresh air. XD
@@AshLordCurry imagine your dad sitting you down with his amiga, when the n64 was popular. We have to accept that our favorites won't be theirs 😅
But if i can, i will give my future son a gamecube and ps2 until he's old enough to understand, that they are old and dusty consoles haha
Most expensive thing I regret is my degree!
damn bro
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You are so right. Most of the hype to get the right job, when most never really use it for the job they really want or end up with. All the hype created the current student loan crisis. One of the biggest scams being pulled on our parents and young adults.
@Anon truth the work is now eat later
100% Me too! I got a graphics design degree in 2000. I worked in the field for 2 years - realized that there isn't any creative freedom while you are working for the man. I left the field and worked other regular jobs. 20 years later, my student loans have doubled in size because of interest and using the deferment payments etc. I guess I do appreciate my degree because I use the basis of it for my own film production etc. But I honestly learned 95 percent of what I know about that on TH-cam.
Moral of the story, become friends with YC and you’ll get some fire almost brand new equipment for the low or for free lol.
ThreeDee I was thinking the exact same thing 😂
lol!!!
Subs need some gear too...his homies prob dont even watch😂
Be friends with Patrick McKinnon looool
Biggest regret was my adobe cc subscription. Davinci resolve all the way now
So true, it is so great
I never subscribed, but I bought a Dongle for DaVinci.
@@mrCarStyling It's for free, only the studio version costs 299€ but normally you don't need that
@@yosam.mp4 I bought the dongle because I do need the extra behind it. I must mention that no where written, but you got Fusion full at the same time. I even bought used, so gave something like 160 Euro for 600 dollars Software package
Hitfilm guy myself
Sometimes I get caught up in all the newest gear and cameras... but I just have to remember that gear and cameras will never make you a better filmmaker. It will only give you more ways to tell your story.
ABN Visions ... and more ways to fk it up!! Lol
Artistic iQ That’s true lmao 😂
I think I already heard it from Casey Neistat?!
The GoPro. I only use it when I get close to water... and imma be honest, I’m black. So that don’t happen to often 😂
hahahahahahah
#smh #lol
Lol
I’m just in here to laugh:hahahahahahah
Bruh... It's people like you that restore my faith in humanity hahahaha.
Small tip on the Haze:
I bought a small fog machine (20$) and light smoke fluid.
Let it spray a bit and use a reflector to spread the fog and you'll get the sickest haze ever.
Love this, ready within 5minutes.
Agreed, doesn't leave a mess plus you can make the fog with vegetable glycol and distilled water for super cheap!
Hi, which brand did you get? 20$ seems bang for buck. lol I've been vaping my way and realized I need to vary my textures.
@@chaoticvirgo4412 You are literally giving people second hand smoking, that's messed up...
That’s why I buy every piece of film gear I own used(apart from camera bodies). Most of the time I can use the piece of gear for a yr or so until I don’t need it and then sell it for the same amount or more. Saves a lot of money that would have went to renting the equipment!
I remember my uncle telling me, "Look at an expensive item cost, divide that by how much you know you will actually use, and then you know it's worth your money."
That thinking saved me from a few lenses, a drone, and other equipment.
Hmm, something is very wrong with that equation LMAO. It means the more you'll use something, the less it is worth to you. Maybe he meant divide the number of times you'll use it by its price as a percentage (x100) ? That way, if you use it 100 times it's worth it's price. If you use it 200 times it was worth double its price, etc. If you only use it 10 times, it was worth 10% of its price.
@@cooloox It's not meant to be actual math.
The thought is if I use a 2000 dollar item once, I wasted it.
If I divide it by a higher number of uses, I look at it more as money and more times I would have invested toward it.
Gimbals for sure. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve brought one to a shoot, balanced it, and said, “f@ck it, I’m going handheld.” 😂😂
Same 😆
Haha sooo true
That happened to me last weekend.
this is so true!! buy ronin s & thinking of shoot with it everytime, but in reality, i love to shoot handheld with my gh5!
Soo trueee omggg 🤣🤣🤣
Drone and gimbal are some of the most important things to have imo
💯💯💯 use them everytime. DJI is my life
1 - Cheap glidecam: Was never able to balance it correctly, tried to use it a few times but it mostly sat unused. lent it to a friend and never bothered getting it back lol
2 - Camera rig cage with Matte box: Bought pretty much just to make the camera look more expensive on shoots and impress clients lol.
3 - Cheap UV filters: absolute crap, unusable
4- Edit: Gopro Hero 2: used it once for some underwater shots, footage was nowhere near as nice as in the ad
All those purchases were during the 5D mk ii era
Same on both. Although I actually bought the Glidecam Glidecam... Used it maybe once then never again as it was such a ball ache to balance and shoot with. I keep thinking one day I'll use my matte box but that day never actually seems to come...
Ah, Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS). Here's what I do, either bookmark the product page or put it in a B&H or amazon wish list, that way I can look at it if I want to.
Once the shiny object effect has worn off, I can think more critically about whether it's a good potential purchase or not.
Haha, I’ve taken up this same practice. It works! I let things sit in the kart for a few days, sometimes weeks, before I or if I check out.
I didn’t even put in the cart, just wish list it will do!
I just bought a 500 light and was seating there on my wishlist for like a month lol. I don’t know if I made the right choice but I’m really excited
Daniel Earl i do the exact same... shelf it in the cart then if I still want it a couple months later I talk to my friends about it so they can talk me out of it. Those that no one talks me out of get purchased!
Same thing for me. Even if im shopping in best buy. I just walk around the store to let the excitement level go down. After that i walk out without buying.
The way u threw the square space ad in there was too smooth😭😭💀
true! It almost felt bad to skip it!
Bro I didn't see it coming aye one second I was like yh these damn go pros the next I was like skiiiip
@@ajpfilm5869 LOL
It's Soo smooth I'm a little upset about it haha
Bro I forgot that ad was even in there until I read this comment! Very smooth.
Same story here with my drone. In the last year here in the UK I’ve had less than half a dozen opportunities to use it. It’s either too windy, raining, snowing or I’m in restricted airspace. Definitely money down the drain.
I agree with you Matt. I have a mavic Air and I hardly ever take it because of the weather. But I think it was worth it just for my trips abroad.
youtubers: exist
square space: that's free estate
Spending 1000 extra dollars on f 2.8 zoom lenses to shoot in “low light” instead of buying actual lights for a fraction of the cost and the quality is so much better.
Rarely shoot video below f4 and always need light. Live and learn
Well there is the most important reason though ... bokeh
Elisha Zakai that’s the thing, very rarely is shooting bokeh a priority when shooting video and even less shooting wide.
@@RockyMaiviaMiami for me bokeh is always a priority 😅 but when shooting wide I agree
Pshhht, you can't say that in here. At least half of the TH-camrs are thriving on the idea that the so-called low-light capabilities of cameras/lenses and shooting wide open to get that blurry background is the way to go!
@@tobiasmoeckel LMFAO so true. But I've always loved that look in cinema, even before the DSLR / mirrorless days. The extreme bokeh is a more modern look though. I've been going back through some classics and these historic cinematographers seldom use extreme bokeh unless depicting loneliness or isolation. Otherwise, it has limited narrative function, it hides excellent set design and lighting.
You don't need haze in a can when you have a friend who vapes.
Shit this is a good observation, trying that on my next shoot !
Yes! This!
All facts
yoooo that's a sick idea bro thanks homie imma try it out
In Brazil we use Fog Machines but when that isnt around, we got Hookahs
Giving a GoPro to your kids it's actually thé greatest thing ever.
Props to you for keeping it 100. Most youtubers would make it seem everything they’ve bought works great.
Nba Baller Productions lol definitely not the case
That and every day goes smooth as silk when your filming. 🐼🥂
Almost everything on his list does work great... he just never uses them!
I regret buying a camera. It has now consumed me
Yo same
Wooooo. Sound same to me 🤣
LMFAO
Lol! This is me. I asked for one for Christmas and now I have three and a gimbal. Lol!
Kobanu I have my main hero 6. It’s rad. I got a thieye t5pro as a back up and an akaso ek7000. I got the akaso for Christmas. Not really selling any yet. My daughter uses the t5pro and the akaso would cost as much in shipping as we paid for it. Lol!!
For me never buy cheap gears coz at the end U need the expensive gears believe me
I'd expand this to any gear that's super cheap, especially camera support. I have bought so many $10 cine arms only to have them lose their tension after a couple of uses. For me it was worth it to splurge on the manfrotto arm. V pricey at $130, but that thing is rock solid!
I spend weeks researching stuff so i rarely ever waste money. And if I dont use it I'll sell it.
Ive found it best to only buy high end and used if possible. That way when you sell it you recoup most of what u put into it and since its highend it holds its value.
I regret purchasing my 1st camera and throwing it in the trash. Never used it because I thought it was broken. 5 months later I learned I purchased a camera "body" with no lens. Straight noob!
Lmao no way bro
@@YCImaging I was a clown. I knew nothing. I was nothing 😂😂😂
i’m glad to learn about the haze in a can. i was just about to buy a bunch of this stuff. i would have been livid having gotten it all over the place 🤭 great tip!
I've got some of these exact cans and have never had this issue so I was surprised it was mentioned here. Maybe I don't spray enough, I don't know but I often use quite a bit and I haven't noticed anything on my lens, camera or any other surface
I once bought those little wheels that attach to the bottom of a tripod! MANNNNN those wheels picked up every single microscopic bump! even on the smoothest floor!
(if you ever need bumpy footage use those wheels lol).
Buying a cheap camera when u starting videography...then u realize need more after a month..
Completely regret getting a slider. I got a 36” one and it’s too large for one tripod to be stable. I’ve used it once since last year... wish I got my fly cam stabilizer sooner tho - I use that in almost every shoot. It’s amazing.
Bro would you ever consider doing a full BTS video, from how you set up to how you direct and shoot your clients, the reasoning behind the shots you choose, this would be a dope insight into the amount of information you've given us and now we'd just need to to see how it's all applied... I definitely find that when I shoot, the amount of musicians that say wow "you actually direct me, not just point the camera and tell me to go" is shocking, i personally would love to see you work and just how you manage a set, your team and set up lighting ect all in motion ⚡️🔥
The zhiyun crane v2 is still an amazing gimbal especially for the price. Newer bigger gimbals hold more weight but if you have a small light weight setup like a mirrorless fujifilm or Sony camera you can’t go wrong.
I still have it but I use it less often bc I graduated from a fuji xt2 to a xh1 which has in body camera stabilization built in, but sometimes I pull it out too just to impress the clients lol.
Biggest regret purchase? Does a engagement ring count? *silent sniffles*
Deep!
Sony a7r3 as an xt-2 shooter for wedding I thought I needed eye af got the camera now I cannot afford professional lenses. Fuji primes way affordable and most of the time I only need two for a wedding shoot. One wide and one close up
Gimbals for sure! I’ve got my crane v2 sitting under my bed right now. I don’t use that thing nearly as much as I thought I would
I definitely regretted buying all sorts of rigs for my small micro four-thirds camera. Ended up being too heavy, cumbersome, without achieving the desired stabilization.
I have thought very seriously about buying a gimbal and a drone. This video has helped change my mind about it.
Thanks so much and keep up the awesome videos!
Love the honesty and positive vibes man 👍🏼 Biggest purchase regret for me so far is SLR Magic Cineprimes for Fuji X-mount. They're amazing lenses, but I went away from my usual mindset of buying lenses that I can use even when I switch cameras. Long-story-short I upgraded cameras, and now here I am having to buy lenses for the new camera since I can only use SLR Magics on a Fuji 🤦🏻♂️
When I was first buying my gear, I fell in love with the Canon T7i, great auto focus, blah, blah, blah... I need 2 cameras for interviews. I made the second canon the Canon SL2, same great quality for video, give up some on photos... Now whenever I do interviews, I'm setting up 2 different cameras with different controls. Should have spent the extra $150 and had 2 T7i cameras.
A lot of gear I regret buying. Now I will just run around with the minimal. One camera 2 lens, Nd filter, promise filter, and cords charger, and extra batteries
This is me
An off-brand shoulder rig from Amazon that ended up simply hurting my back on a 12-hour event shoot and not being very stable. I stopped buying cheap experimental products from Amazon after that!
I am excited about my Mavic Air though, if it were nice every day I'd fly it every day, as I'm in NJ, the shore capital of the world! Filming boardwalks, marinas, cities, harbors and abandoned theme parks on the beach never gets old. My Recommendation on your Mavic is to use it as a mini-vacation from getting work done when you're stressed out, remember that little dude wants to do what it does best just as much as you do.
Buying a DSLR when I didn't have time to use it.
I bought the Canon 70D and it sat on my shelf for the vast majority of its life. Only came out several times and took some memorable photos. I bought it for the video except barely shot any videos with it.
I've now upgraded to Sony a6400 and shoot video every day. Reason being is that I've made a commitment to do so. I love it!
These NASA theme shirts are everywhere, it's actually becoming scary lol
Man, my list is long.. a crane for video, a few led panels that i used once before i realized no modifiers were available, numerous polarising filters, color filters, protection filters, tripods that were too heavy, bad camera bags and so on. Also important to mention: buying things to make a video look better and forgetting to put them on the bill like flowers, xmas beards or suits, masks, balloons, backgrounds..
85 GM 1.4,, sold it at a loss, realized huge lenses aren’t my style. Same with gimbals. Thanks for this video, reiterates what I’ve been thinking lately: KNOW YOUR CINEMATIC NEEDS, FILL THEM, CREATE. All that other noise is just a distraction
The only thing I regret with my filmmaking is not buying the best I could afford from the start, things like lower end lenses, tripods, cameras etc cost me more in the long run as I had to upgrade after a year of owning them because they didn’t fit my needs. I’ve probably spent 2x what I needed to because of this. But I guess that’s the process!
Love the inclusion of your kid's footage. So fun.
Yoooo I love the way you introduced Squarespace, I laughed so hard man 😂🤣 And yes they won’t regret it. I use it and it’s perfect! All in 1 platform 🔥
Great vlog today Chrys 🙌🏾 I watched it twice in a row.
Btw, if you wanna give your ronin grip away, maybe I could be your guy.😁 I’ve been looking forward to buying it for the type of work that I do. I just can’t afford it yet.
motorized slider (never left the box), garage company gimbal (never worked), all the metal pipe to build whatever equipment i was too cheap to buy. i've put over $1000 in steel pipe that's never been assembled, projects never been completed. I did make a jib once for around $60 that was pretty sweet.
Gopro cameras are so underrated imo. I use them not only for action and underwater but also quick timelapses and some "gimbal shots" with the hero 7. Its great!
I was with you till you said the Mavic, you gotta shoot more movies if you’re not using a drone like that. I have drone shots in all my films.
AQueenSpadeShooting same here.
Same I love my air, wont ever leave home without it.
how would you say is a good way to learn to fly one (not trynna waste $ to wreck it lmao)
@@BrianZuma DJI Flight Simulator. Best way to learn.
Zouma the flight simulator and find a place that is the most open, no trees or buildings, and start slow.
Anyone else here who doesn't regret any gear purchases? I really meticulously inform myself before I buy anything🤔
right? this lifestyle aint cheap!😂
Why not Bro you gotta tell us I'm considering investing in an anamorphic lens
I too can't afford that much gear. Buy what I need only.
I've done what I thought was good research, and found out that a few things really weren't that great. Glad I never paid for a name brand GoPro, though.
Bruh. I spend months researching, watching reviews, looking at cheaper alternatives, debating if its worth it before I buy anything! Took me a month to pick a coffee maker lol. My gf gets so annoyed but i rarely regret my purchases.
I’ve made the exact same mistaken purchases; the gimbal for vlogging, the GoPro and Insta360 for those “niche” shots, and the Mavic, they all saw some use but mostly just sits there because it’s just so outside of my normal workflow
I still have the first Zhiyun crane and it's been the greatest purchase. After 2 years and it's still running strong for weddings and run n gun music videos. Super light. Does everything it needs. Buy some dual grip handles and you're golden.
I wish my friends gave me their equipment when they stopped using them 😂
Facts! Lol
As much as I love my SmallRig shoulder rig, I've only used it on one short film and I really didn't even need it for that. Definitely could've saved that $300+. Also I bought a cheap $100 slider that literally is worse than going handheld, so add that to the list. Also, I know the DJI ring is different, but I honestly love my SmallRig ring. Yes, you loose a couple inches at the bottom and can't get right down to the ground, but at least you can still get low shots with one hand on a top handle and one hand on the side. I also love being able to mount basically whatever I want to it. The biggest reason I got mine was for the feet. I did pay a premium for the actual SmallRig feet, but I think it was 100% worth it. It's a hefty setup, but I've had the best footage since adding the ring!
Thank you for taking the time to share this list bro. Im sure a lot of us were bitting nails, praying our purchases were not on the list 😂😂. You hit me twice man lol. I blame it on strategic, but well crafted marketing. Companies know that gear is the talk of the town, and all they need is one video that correctly demonstrates how that piece of gear will change your life. It is usually easy for me to justify why I need a certain piece of gear. I found that without that strong accountability, or voice of reason there is nothing to stop me neither. I have made some ridiculous purchases, but after watching a Dave Ramsey rant about every dollar, I realized I need to be more creative on a budget. The end of last year I decided to simplify things, and I just started getting getting rid of stuff. I think it has made me more clear headed as a creative, and even more driven to produce content. Renting can be a solid choice, if you can’t see ROI on the item you are thinking of buying. I actually just picked up a GoPro 7 black for around $190, and now debating if I should return it after watching this lol. I feel like I would use it, but man I’m all about saving for the bigger picture these days (C500 Mk ii). Keep up the hard work man, you don’t get established by always playing it safe, but also don’t use that as a stepping stone to buy a $50,000 camera lol. Thanks again for sharing your honest opinion.
This is hands down one the greatest video ideas 👏👏. You Tubers talk so much about what products to get and how great they are. But regretting those purchases is never seen. Great video men!!
I regret buying my moza air 2 when I should have put that money to a more essential piece of equipment for narrative film production, a tripod
I REALLY wanna buy a NICE tripod
@@YCImaging I'll be the bad influence, DOOOOO ITTTTTT!!!!!!
Moza Air 2 is on top of my wish list... Am saving to buy it
Don't buy the moza air 2. It's real buggy and you will regret it for the rest of your life.
The Visual Architects don’t know which MOZA air 2 you are talking about coz mine works fine
Like you I bought the Zhiyun Crane 2 a year and a half ago. I returned it in less than 30 days. 🤷🏾♂️
not gonna lie man, your advice, hits home every single time, i learn different ways of doing things every single time, an it's also the way you bring things forward, it's not too "buy this,you must buy this, this is great" naaaah, very relaxed.
Dude I never comment on videos but the content and how real you come across is pure gold. Thanks
Cell phone gimbals! I purchased two of them. I’ll never do that again!
I bought ZY Smooth4 and I sold it off. Now those newer gimbals like SmoothQ2 looks really nice, still tempted. Help me out plz
My man YC with the sidebag in a TH-cam video, love it 👊🏻
James Matthews Hell yeah bro!
Part of the process is learning what you need and what you don’t. 🙂 We have to buy and try, its how we become wiser. Don’t beat yourself up to much, we have all been there bud! . I always check the return policy on equipment. B&H is my home away from home! Great content by the way! 👏🏾👏🏾✌🏾
I bought that Aperture mini light thinking it would light the scene differently and help my photos stand out... nah. Luckily I come across videos like yours so I avoid expensive regretful purchases most of the time.
luts,,,,, I could of just made my own
I definitly don't regret waiting for the Ronin-SC instead of diving in head first for the Ronin-S ^^
I'm a simple guy, see YCImaging and I watch lol I'm not even a filmmaker, I'm a photographer but I'm a huge fan. Keep up the dope videos 👌
Dope content. Thanks for sharing bro! I bought some lights from a vendor on FB. They were like homemade LED panels that produces a revolutionary "soft light." Colorright Power Panel. These things were a scam! Customer service was NON-EXISTENT. After I purchased I saw A TON of dissatisfied customers; some who even doxxed the CEO to humiliate him. What a waste of money!
To sum it up: "Not even because they're bad or anything...just don't use them" ahahah legend!
Mavic 2 zoom.
Like you said great bit of equipment but feel like I have to force ways to use it. Lol
Shout out for visiting my island, Puerto Rico!!!! Love, love, love your channel. You inspire me. Gracias!!
Appreciate you opening up. I definitely feel you on not using some stuff that I thought was going to revolutionize my filmmaking, but I also make it a point to go out and gear test every once in a while. Gets me more comfortable with my gear and helps me decide why I'm not using it (be it lenses, audio recorders/mics, etc.) I've rediscovered vintage lenses that I thought I didn't like, but after playing with them found an appreciation for them. I fly my old Phantom II a lot more now than when I bought it because I'm finally comfortable with it. If I specifically test it out and spend some time with it, and I still don't like it/feel like I'll use it, that's when it goes away. Just my 2 cents.
i bought a 7 inch monitor for shooting weddings thinking the bigger the better, now it never gets used because its too big and limits my gimbal movements. mega rip
For me...buying s*hitty tripods to save money, burning through like 6 of them in a year and realizing I should have just got a better one to begin with!
Shoulda got a Coman
I'm really regret that I bought an IKEA MARKUS chair, as you have in the background. It looks very stylish, I was crazy about the purchase. But after many hours of editing, I realized that I became very stooped. I had a back pain. You sit in it like in a hammock, your spine falls back, while a chair pushes your shoulders forward. In addition, the headrest pushes your head forward too. As a result, you are sitting in a shrimp pose. In the end, I decided to sell it. I hate it because it fooled my expectations. Now I’ve chosen a more comfortable one, which can be better adjusted to my back, which allows my spine and shoulders to be straight. And it is 3 times cheaper.
I am a borrower. I borrow stuff from friends or rent it - see if there is a need and then purchase. Its saved me so much $$$
This was a tough video to watch. Great information.
I bought the Ronin-S...took it back. I got the Ronin - SC now. guess what? Taking it back. I've been using best buy like a equipment rental house
Lmao bro idk what it is about those single handed gimbals, but I just can’t get with them.
Same. I would have to use gimbals for specific shots in videos. The thing is is those specific shots come maybe once or twice a year. Not worth the money.
USA is crazy how you can do that. In New Zealand you can't return an item unless it's faulty. Even if the item is unopened only some places will accept a return. And then they give you a store credit instead of refund
Jai Kavi understandable. And this is why I LOVE Best Buy. I’m an elite plus member there also, which means I have a total of 45 days!!! To test out and keep almost anything before I can return it.
@C Pryme Why do you say that?
I’m definitely feeling u on this video. You have really helped me understand that gear can be helpful or hurtful.
GIFTDGUY MEDIA For sure!
honestly it really be showing like when I bought a tiny tripod for my i phone thinking I was gonna vlog heavy XD
Zouma I know exactly what u mean lol
@@BrianZuma Which tiny tripod? I'm looking for a realy small one. Is there a tiny portable tripod? brand? model?
You should just use your drone as a toy. It's what I do with mine! Sometimes I'll fly without an SD card, just because it's cool.
I bought something called DIVX from Circuit City (when they existed). It was a DVD rental program where you could "unlock" the disc, keep it, and watch it forever. It had an internal modem that was plugged into a phone line in order to "phone home" and authorize. Thing cost about $600 (early DVD player days) and service stopped after less than a year. Machine didn't work, disc's didn't play. Oh yeah, and HD-DVD.
I have so much footage of my son doing exactly what yours did. Lol. The funny thing is my 59 dollar knock off goPro makes him just as happy. Hero 7 is amazing for dash board hyperlapses and underwater but it’s so niche I barely use mine either. Thx for the video. Good to k ow about that gimbal
Around 10 years ago I bought my first HD camera, A waterproof Sanyo camcorder that shot really crappy 720p footage. I upgraded shortly after that. A waste of money for sure.
I haven't purchased anything I can regret yet. I've benged watched all your videos even bts+vlogs and have always listened to you when you said if it doesn't fit into your workflow dont purchase and that's what I stick to. I'm sure I'm going to regret buying something though 🤣.
Outtro Media Best way to be!
Bro, dope video as usual! That has to be the indoor play spot I used to take my kids to when they were young!!!
Always great content, but I just want to say that I love your voice and cadence. It's very calming and easy to listen to. Great work.
Moment Anamorphic lens. I don't think I've ever used anything I've captured with it.
Mayther Digital haha same! Was anticipating it while I was waiting for it to deliver, used it for a few days and now it just sits on the shelf.
Phone case for it is nice tho.
@@adamserwacki3610 Yep, I still have the case though hah
@@adamserwacki3610 same here haha
almost bought the anamorphic lens.. thanks god i saw your comment.
is it really that useless?? T_T
Aw man, I love that lens. I use it all the time!
Well I’m still beginning to buy gears ⚙️ because I’m new to videography and you are that one person that I look up to and there’s one thing I really wanna focus on is coloring with DaVinci resolve . If you can make a video for that , that will be awesome 👏 . I pray I don’t buy gear I’ll never use lol, I don’t even have that much money 😁😁
I edit with DaVinci and I'd like to see that too. 🐼✌️
Back when gimbals were getting popular I went out and bought one for my Canon t3i and 5dmkii. I think it was CameTV? It was a pretty good gimbal at the time, but the footage was always shotty and I was burning through sensors doing constant video so I had a dislike for dslr video footage and I hated the idea of trying to focus on the fly and disturbing the gimbal. Right after I made that purchase, DJI released the original Osmo. This changed things for me forever. I rarely use the gimbals nowadays anyways, but when I do, they look great and function well for the their purpose. - Dji Osmo Pro for some more professional looking stuff like weddings and b-roll on bigger sets, Osmo original for real estate, Osmo Pocket for travel and hobbies. Each serves a purpose. Thank you Dji.
As a beginner videographer/photographer its easy to get sucked into buying all the gadgets that promise to make your work look pro. Lesson for me was realizing that focusing on my skill can net you excellent results rather than wasting money on all the gear.
So with you on the gopro's. High expectations that are usually always shot down. The hero 7 black might be cool to own though.
I would never admit it to my mom, but my DJI Spark.... it’s okay. You can laugh. Lol. I am. Just don’t fly it enough. 😂
Always dig watching your stuff. (Though I do skip through the sponsorship pitch). I got into video because of drones and haven't looked back. The Mavic is a must for my work. And the Crane 2 was my first jump into handheld stabilization.
That last drone shot over the forest was amazing
My first camera! If I’d never bought it I’d be a millionaire with all the money I would have saved not buy all the additional gear and subsequent camera bodies. 😂
Regret buying shit loads of photography equipment and then falling in love with video. Soooo much stills gear collecting dust...
they go hand in hand. you'll use it sooner or later ~
Hahaha 🤣
Me too, the equipment is staring at me
I bought a condenser microphone , and it has never been used
Sell it
Definitely the gimbal thing. Man, the setup, the adjustments... it's so time-consuming. Also, cheap lenses. Now, I'm down to 4 lenses, and they're all decent quality. I used to just buy a lens on sale on Amazon or B&H lol. Back to the gimbal though, my Moza air 2 just sits there. I've tried them all... and they all kinda suck. Now, I know why some of the biggest filmmakers on YT say to stay away. I just listened to some hype-masters on here. Last thing would be watching so many sponsored videos of YTers saying that you need to buy a product in order to make it. I fell into that trap earlier on in my hobby, and I can't believe that some of them are still growing on here. Blows my mind.
Crane V2 works amazing for me, even for professional purposes. Great to have side by side with a Sony camera.
I’m glad you did this video😃❗️filmmakers always gravitate to #filmmakinggear but your story (content) is way more important. Less is more💯
I regret selling my 1st camera, T2i
Kiddin me? The footage of your child at play was priceless!! Give it 10-20-30 years. Looking back on it will he worth price of entry 🙏🏼🙏🏼
DJI Osmo+ with the Z-Axis attachment. I’d bring it with me when traveling and basically just looked like I was walking around- eternally confused- holding a robot chicken.