Best Action Cameras and How To Use Them Well: GoPro, iPhone, and GO2
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- You guys have been asking what action cameras we use to shoot all our hiking and adventure videos. So, we decided to break down our entire list of camera gear PLUS break down all of our top tips to get the most out of your action cameras. We've found that for the types of adventures we do, the best action cameras are GoPro, iPhone and GO 2 because they're super lightweight and very efficient. We've gone through a ton of trial and error to figure out how to get the best action footage possible using these cameras, so that hopefully you don't have to!
#actioncamera #gopro #cameragear
I always think you have the best hiking videos then I look at other UA-cam creator videos doing some of the same trails and realize that you really are the best out there and my Go To channel especially for the Californian trails where I live. Appreciate all the work you put in shooting the action as it happens and in post production editing.
Thanks very much, Paul, it's such a boost to hear that! If all goes well, we're going to be bringing you some Alps and Dolomites this summer as well! ❤️
So kind of you to share these tips. I stumbled into your channel today and just couldn’t stop watching them. Then of course I got curious being a photographer myself. Thanks and keep on inspiring us!
So happy that you found us and are enjoying the videos! Also, really glad to hear that you're thinking about making some yourself. It's been a true joy for us the last few years, and hopefully will be for many more years to come! ❤️
Your image quality always blows my mind and you’ve demonstrated that you can achieve this with minimal gear. That’s because you use it wisely and make the effort to get to amazing locations! Keep up your great work and wonderful chemistry!
Thanks very much, Vincent! You put it exactly right -- for us it is definitely all about getting quality with a minimum of gear. That's become true for us not only with videography, but increasingly with life as well -- we're really striving for minimalism even when it comes to what we wear every day and things like that. It just makes everything so much simpler and better! ❤️
This is why you guys are my favorite UA-cam site. So many times I have wondered what people are using and the question remains unanswered. This is so awesome that you are willing to pull aside the curtain and let us have the inside scoop. I have played with lots of options over the year and just upgraded for this year. I settled on very similar choices. I had a GoPro6 but quality just wasn't there. I bought a GoPro10 when it came out but the battery life was so bad I could never imagine taking it on an extended trip. The nine seems to have software glitches, so I finally returned the ten and bought a GoPro8 which I have been experimenting with. I have four trips planned this summer and am very exited to see how this ups my game. I also settled on 4K 60 in part because I downloaded the video you shared with us and it looked awesome in 4K 60, so its all your fault. In 2020 I filmed our Montana trip that I just posted with a then new insta360 X1 but it has so much lens distortion it can be annoying used that much. However it does make some pretty cool almost drone like shots used judiciously. For my really nice non moving stuff I just got a Sony ZV-1 and now that it is set up right has some amazing potential. The only thing it doesn't do is zoom shots, so I have a cheap $150 DSC-WX350 that is a really nice tiny pocket camera with an amazing zoom and built in stabilization. It's only HD but how nice are superzoomed shots anyway. Coincidentally it takes the same batteries as the ZV-1 which is a plus. Very excited about trying out this new combo this summer. Also, for those who don't have the money for Finalcut Pro, DaVinci Resolve is an amazing editor for free. FYI it will do slow mo from 30fps and smooth it out so you can't tell. Some kind of mathematical magic. Opening scene of my latest Montana 2020 post is a perfect example, that came from 30fps. I love the example shot you used for audio, the now famous step on babies line :) Now that we know the secret of your cameras I am even more impressed with your editing skills. Good editing can fix a lot of other issues as you mentioned. Hats of to Adam, you have an amazing touch.
Thanks very much -- love that we got you hooked on the 4K 60! We just got a GoPro 10 as well and have been having some software issues with that too, but it does do better in low-light so that's something. Wish GoPro could get the whole battery-life/software thing together, because it's a great tool except for those major glitches! ❤️
Hard to believe it's only the two of you doing your own filming. I thought you had a production crew. Your videos are so amazing and feels like you are right there with you. Great job.
Thanks so much, it's great to hear that! Ya we're total do-it-yourselfers, from filming to editing to music. Probably another word for that would be control freaks. Or cheapskates! 😂 But seriously, very glad you're enjoying the results -- we're still working on our techniques, and will prob need some new ones as we start doing some even more challenging climbs! ❤️
Thanks for the insight. I’m looking into getting a GO2. :)
Awesome! Super fun camera, and really fun to use in the water as well! ❤️
That was awesome thx guys!
Our pleasure! We really enjoy sharing the things we learn on these adventures, and we've def learned a LOT about cameras the last couple years! ❤️
Loved this behind the scenes!!!
Yay! This was one of those things where enough people were asking us questions about our camera gear, it just made sense to do a video that we could point everyone to. And it was actually pretty darn fun putting it together!
Excellent video. I am so glad I found this channel. I was looking for the Stairway to Heaven Ferrata, and found that ( your) video. Keep singing and enjoy. Jim
Haha yes! Glad you found us. I will definitely keep singing -- making music for the channel is one of our favorite things about doing the videos! ❤--E
So many interesting videos. 4 Years ago I checked the market and decided for the Sony FDR-X3000, since I put that on my climbing helmet. Haven't done any comparison since, but mostly I take my Sony A7S III and the 28-200 from Tamron with me, but I am not running like You 🙂.
Wow that is a really nice camera and lens, and pretty portable too but just a little bit bulky for our ultra-light set up. Still, you've gotta be getting some amazing shots! ❤️
Thanks for the information. I'll probably be doing more video in the future. I haven't seen your videos in a while. I did something to my computer to delete some cookies and that unsubscribed me from a lot of my UA-cam channels. I'm re-subscribed to you now so I'll be watching more of your videos going forward. Take care.
Joseph we're so glad you're back! And now you have some fun adventures to catch up on, with lots more to come this spring and summer!! ❤️
My wife and I have been watching your videos lately. You guys are awesome. I retire in 2 years and we plan on hiking alot and we love watching your videso
We love to hear that, Michael! Sounds like you guys are on the same trajectory as us -- Adam is planning to be fully retired in 2 years as well, which should allow us to do more international adventures. Really glad you guys are enjoying the videos -- lots more coming up as we move into toward summer climbing season! ❤️
Great tips you two. I have struggled for several years to get really good quality video on my fishing trips. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Steve! Hope you can put some of these tips to good use on those fishing trips!
Thank you for this informative video. Glad to note that pros like you use similar equipment as beginners like me. 😊
Absolutely, Carsten! Really expensive equipment can still make a difference, but if you use the GoPro and iPhone for what each does well, and really pay attention to framing good shots, you can get excellent videos with them! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Quod erat demonstrandum. 😊
Akaso has good cameras. I use both Gopro and Akaso while hiking and kayaking. I spent a third on my Akaso and get the same quality.
Thanks Robert -- we will look into Akaso for sure! ❤️
More people who make videos of all types should watch this! I'm very prone to motion sickness (I actually got very sick watching that old movie The Blair Witch Project), and I've NEVER become queasy watching your videos, even with Adam running. I love watching urbex and tours of old buildings but so many videos are just unwatchable with all the quick movements and camera instability. Kudos to you both for your skills and for using your equipment wisely!
Thank you very much -- it means a lot to us that you appreciate the work that goes into making these videos. And BTW I HATE herky-jerky filming too, for the same reason as you -- I totally get motion sickness from it! --A
Same. Its nice to be able to watch these well filmed vids. 😀
I think I’ll try pulling a fuzzy sock over my iPad mini 😂 I record bird songs and sometimes the wind just ruins it! Great tips thanks 😊
Yes give it a try -- it's worked amazingly well for us, and way cheaper than buying a specific anti-wind microphone! ❤️
Great episode. I’m in the process of looking for a camera to take on the trails so I’ve been doing some research in the tech channels; however, this episode answered more questions than the tech channels answered. Thank you!
So glad to hear that! We often find the same thing -- a lot of the best advice we've gotten just comes from other people who are out there adventuring and trying stuff out rather than the techies reading stuff out of the manual. ❤️
Thank you for telling me you guys nice gear! It was very interesting and wonderful content to know how high quality shooting was done.
Thank you -- we're so happy to share all these techniques, and really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Many of your fans are runners and would like to see you in a trail race. Valley of Fire race blew me away.
Marc we've been thinking for a while about doing a trail race and filming it, but just aren't sure how we could get good footage while also trying to maximize speed. Perhaps we could have Elise race it and Adam enter but just be responsible for filming her rather than worrying about his time. Have you seen other people film races in a satisfying way? Let us know, because it does sound like a fun idea and would be a really cool vid if we could get enough good footage.
Thanks for posting for this tutorial and tips. Greatly appreciated
It's our pleasure, Rady -- we're always happy to share! ❤️
Great video and tips! We just picked up a new gen GoPro and WOW have they come a long way since the last time I had one...you both are an inspiration to adventure-loving couples and want to be adventure-loving couples!
Thanks so much! That's very nice to hear, and we're stoked that you got a new GoPro. We just recently picked up a 10 ourselves, and love the clarity of the footage but have been having a few problems with the software crashing our computer -- hopefully will get that worked out soon! ❤️
I went with Da Vinci and OMG AWESOME but painful to learn. I used to do the little fuzzy mic cover but, the wind slayer, full body foam covering for the GoPro is at least as good and also protects the GoPro! I can’t wait for you guys to try an iPhone 13 Pro, the stabilization is up another level thanks to the sensor being stabilized. Super impressive low light too. I would use a longer selfie stick on your GoPro though, really nice to keep your arm out of the shot and get a little wider angle too. Especially if you wanna capture something specific in the back round. Someday we’ll get to hang out and I’ll show you a few my tricks as well. Thanks for all the info!
Thanks Karl -- looking forward to learning your tricks! We got one of those foam covers but it ripped in like two weeks and then it started wreaking havoc on our shots (slipping over and blocking the lens occasionally) so we swore them off. But might have to try again eventually 🙈
Wow! Thank you for sharing your secrets! Love your videos! Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks Ruben! We will for sure keep doing it -- we're having so much fun sharing these adventures with you guys!! ❤️
Never before have I heard a camera described as "so cute". Definitely made me chuckle. And...good video!
Hahaha that is pretty funny, Thomas. I actually wonder if they put extra effort into making it so cute -- it's kind of like the VW beetle of cameras! ❤️
Well done Elise & Adam! I really liked how you guys highlighted the strengths (and weaknesses) of the Insta360 GO 2. Glad that the high stabilization and waterproofness of GO 2 have allowed to capture such beautiful footage & unique angles for you guys!!
Thanks Laura! Glad we could finally get this one out. We're looking forward to seeing more of what the GO2 can do in more underwater locations. Loved the bits of footage we got from our waterfall/waterslide adventure! Hope you're well :D
Wow, so interesting Elise and Adam... 👌👍
Thanks Serge! It takes a little while to figure some of these things out, but they're all very intuitive tools. ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard I have no doubts Elise as all your videos are in outstanding quality... Have a great evening.. 🤗🥂
Helllloooo Poptart Adam and Elise! Wow…this is a lot of education and insight squeezed into a short video! Thank you thank you for sharing these tips that help make your videos so excellent.
Just remember…..this is some great equipment, but it is your adventury and personable personalities that really make these videos awesome! Oh….and you really pick incredible places to adventure! NatGeo should be knocking on your door.
Safe travels
Thanks Alan! Ya good tech is definitely no substitute for bad personality 😂. And agree too about locations -- good locations are pretty hard to mess up. Hopefully will have some pretty awesome ones coming up this summer! ❤️
Some really nice gear, and you guys have done an outstanding job of knowing the limitations, and dialing it all in! The quality you get shooting low light with the iPhone is amazing! Kate and I use the DJI Osmo Action ($200ish in Aug.'19), and I purchased some of the fuzzy "dead cat" style mic covers for wind, on Ama zon. The mic covers have done a fantastic job, and the difference is night and day. Lens pen ftw! Love those! Thanks for another excellent video!
Thanks Todd! Ya the mic covers and lens pen are definitely the secret weapons! The Osmo looks pretty excellent, and a great value for a 4k camera. How do you feel about the image stabilization relative to GoPro?
@@LiveHardxLoveHard We haven't compared the DJI to the latest GoPro versions. At the time it came out, it was better, had much better battery life, didn't heat up and shut down, plus had viewing screens on the front and back, so it could be aimed. We liked all of those features. DJI also makes a very small gimble version, and a great example of how well that camera does, is on Jamil's channel, "run steep, get high," especially in videos like his "Chasing Walmsley" in the Grand Canyon, and is vids on Mount Marathon.
Nice video! I always ask my self if you carry a big gamers with you… I have the answers now! Thanks 🙏
Our pleasure -- glad you liked it! It's fun for us to be able to share this type of stuff. ❤️
Hi, thx for the gr8 tips Adam and Elise!! Regards from Finland.
Our pleasure, Miikka! BTW Adam is half-Finnish -- his mom's maiden name was Ahola. ❤️
Fun way to engage with your audience of “prosumers”. Now I realize how well Adam is high-stepping with the GoPro to get those long tracking shots of Elise doing her cross-country running.
Thanks Grant! Ya doing those tracking shots is definitely an acquired skill, but one worth learning for people who like to shoot action footage. --A
Thanks for the great tips! Adam, the human gimbal, combined with the GoPro does an amazing job of stabilization. I have a lower tier LG 86” from Costco and your videos look amazing on it. You two kids do an amazing job. Thanks again for your video!
Thanks very much, Bob! Really glad to hear the footage is looking good on the Big Screen, and hopefully will even improve some from here because we just got a new GoPro (used it for the first time on the Zion Subway vid!). ❤️
Thank you for the continued help and advice!
Our pleasure, Carl! We get so many great suggestions from you guys about routes to try and also general adventuring tips, it's the least we can do to give back! ❤️
Great info. My channel is only about a month old and I use my phone for all the videos. I've been needing to know how to get better action shots without the bounce. This was an easy to understand (for the technology ungifted like myself) . Especially starting the PCT in a couple weeks...I need lightweight but definitely able to get good action. I think I'll add the go Pro. Thanks again for this video.
Love it! You will be perfectly set up for PCT with a good phone camera (for low-light shots) and a GoPro. Can't wait to see how it all looks!
This for the tips 😎👌👌
Our pleasure, John -- hope they will be useful! ❤️
Great content! I bought one of those lens pens and used it at Mono Lake last week for some photography fun. So much better than having to worry about lens wipe wrappers flying away in the windy conditions!
Yes Ruben!!! And good point about the wind. Lens pens are the truth!! ❤️
Just got my go pro Max and excited about the 360 mode. I don’t have a buddy tho to do the running shot. Also, I wish there’s a video scene on how the go pro would look like with a fur. The wind is my frenemy in a lot of places lol
Totally -- wind can be so brutal on the sound! Basically, the mic cover we built is just a tiny little strip of fur directly over the GoPro mic, so the camera looks exactly the same just with a bit of fuzz in the upper corner. Have fun with the new cam!!
@@LiveHardxLoveHardsuch great tips. Thanks for this vid 😊
Where you two at .I miss your action rambles and scrambles.
We just did an epic one, David -- will post it on Thursday!! ❤️
Great job my friends !! :-)
Thanks Petr -- hope it was some helpful information! ❤️
Hi Adam and Elise, I appreciate the expense you incur and the time you devote to producing such high quality videos. Yours are among the best hiking videos that I watch. BTW, what are your heights? How tall are you both?
Thank you very much, we're so glad to hear that! As for height, Adam is 6'6'', and Elise is 5'9''. Most people think Elise is much shorter, but it's just that Adam's extremely large size makes her look small! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard I meant to add this also: Elise is an equal partner in your videos. She holds her own against Adam and she quite possibly surpasses him in ability. Actually, you are an exceptional couple - complimenting each other.
I like you two do ,the mountain 3 finger jack and mouth Jefferson in the Cascades of Oregon. 😊?
That looks awesome! We wanna do a road trip up to the Pacific Northwest next summer, so that would be a perfect time to do it!!
Awesome tutorial! More behind the scenes stuff would be great.
Thanks! Ok we've been thinking of some other behind the scenes ideas, so will keep brainstorming those!
LOL - the fuzzy wind diffuser was my tip!
Good choice! We tried the foam cover, and that thing was constantly moving around and blocking part of the lens -- it was a total disaster. Glued on fuzz is the way!
Perhaps the only question left regarding gear is why you guys are not using a drone? Is it to avoid making noise in these beautiful locations (on the other hand, when you are there alone at 6.30 am having a place all to yourself, this should not be a problem). I think something like DJI Mini should be pretty compact and lightweight for your adventures. The drone could be following both of you running or showcasing the full scale of Adam's vertiginous dangles while he is snacking after a typical sufferfest :)
That's a really good question, and there are a few factors. US national parks don't allow drones at all, so that would take out a lot of the best areas. And then as you say, we definitely don't want to annoy others. However, we do a lot of adventures where we're completely alone and a small drone like a DJ mini would definitely give us some amazing footage, so it is very possible that we will get a drone in the future for at least some of our non-national park adventures! ❤️
Fantastico, marvelous you two 💪
Thanks Travis -- hope it will be helpful!! ❤️
Very helpful!🙂🙏
Good to hear Mike! Hope you have fun getting some good shots out there :D
Very profossinal video. Could you also give me some advice about the lastest Gopro 11 black vs Gopro 8. I have no idea which one is better for hiking in Dolomites. Thank you so much.
Thank you -- you're gonna LOVE those Dolomites so much, and they're amazing for filming. The 11 gives a much better and cleaner picture than the 8, but we have had a few technical issues editing the 11's 4k footage in Final Cut Pro, so it you use that editing software you might want to just stick with your 8 until the 12 comes out and hopefully they fix the glitch!
It takes a lot of talent to be a human gimbal! I aspire to get there someday haha - still working on it
Haha, just start practicing the awkward Adam technique and you'll be there in no time!
Thanks so much! Interesting to see how much thought and effort you all put into the videos, as well as the specific tools and cameras. Really helpful. That’s a great tip about making your arm gimbal-like, very cool! Thanks for a great set of info. Any specific cameras or tools you are thinking of next? Btw awesome tip on how to avoid everything looking flat in steep terrain - cool!
Thanks Paul, so glad it was useful! Yes, we just got a GoPro 10 and are working out the kinks with using that right now, but it should be a nice upgrade to our tracking-shot "human gimbal" footage! A lot of people have been telling us we need to get a drone as well, and we're seriously thinking about it although it would definitely affect our ability to go ultra-light. And def try the steep Go-Pro trick -- it's the best way we've found so far to show the actual incline of terrain! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard FWIW I'd recommend against a drone. DJI's drones give beautiful shots, but it takes minimum 4-5 minutes to take the thing out, connect to phone, launch, set up shots, etc. They're prone to fouling with trail dust and grime. A pain to haul all of the equipment. AND most of the places you'd want to use them you can't: they're strictly forbidden in all national parks. National forests generally don't allow them. Anywhere near an airport or along a flight line is prohibited. CA state parks actually do usually allow their use, but they are also loud and disruptive to other hikers and I always felt embarrassed about using mine. DJI drones are geofenced and won't even allow you to launch if you're in a prohibited area, so you'll end up having hauled the weight for nothing. It's illegal to fly them out of visual line-of-sight, at night, over people, or over 400' AGL, which restricts their utility. I ended up selling my camera drone off because it almost never made sense to actually use it. (I still love recreational FPV flying, but for its own sake not for taking footage.)
tl;dr: You guys take great footage as is and your on-the-ground perspective is perfect for the inspirational vibe you've got going. Your whole camera set up is geared toward getting the best footage with the minimal disruption to your day on the trail and you've got that dialed in pretty well. I'd say drones are far more trouble than they're worth.
@@matt_w Thanks very much, Matt. We really appreciate that super-informed perspective, and it touches on a lot of the thoughts we've already been having! ❤
Thanks
Do you bring a back up battery pack? If so what kind. You guys are great!
That's an excellent question, Steve. Yes, we bring several spare GoPro batteries and also a portable charger that can charge not only our GoPro batteries but also the iPhone. It's an INIU charger -- we'll put it on the gear page. That charger is important, because the phone is not only a camera but also our navigation, so we need to be able to recharge it. ❤️
Hello! Very nice trip. 👍Greetings from România 🇷🇴my friend! 🤗
Thank you -- hope these tips are helpful! ❤️
Proof you don't need a $3,000 camera to make great videos. (BTW, if you ever upgrade GoPro's, skip the 9. It has this strange electronic popping glitch in the audio that's a pain. I've been through 3 and all have the same problem. Not sure if it carried over to the 10 since I haven't upgrade to that yet.)
Jerry we just got the 10 and so far the camera is working great but we're having some big technical problems with the software. Argh!!
can you post on your Instagram a phot of how the custom muff look on your gopro and details what exact materials you used, thanks
Ya we'll def put a photo either on insta or on the website!!
@@LiveHardxLoveHard sweet, thanks
Really cool to see people make quality videos without having to sacrifice an arm and a leg to buy some really expensive camera gear. just goes to show that with the right amount of passion and creativity, you can do anything! wondering how you learned how to edit and make videos in the first place though? are you self taught or do you have some kind of background in film/editing?
Thanks so much for saying that -- it means a lot to us to know we're setting a good example for filming creative stuff on a low budget! We are completely self-taught, through manuals, websites, trial and error and, of course, a lot of UA-cam how-to videos! ❤️
What navigation apps do you use? Thks again for all your videos!
Our pleasure, Steve! We generally use AllTrails for navigation, and Gaia as a backup and for recording the adventure on a GPX file.
Adam which camera do you use the most for those human drone shots? You guys have gotten highly professional with your camera work and editing! Elise is always the most photogenic subject in all your vlogs you lucky guy! Thanks for sharing! 🤗❤️
Haha you're definitely right about that, Larry! The tragedy would be if Elise was the one with the human drone skills, because then all the tracking shots would have to be of me 😂. So the camera I use for all of those fast-moving tracking shots is the GoPro -- it has really amazing image stabilization, so as long as I run smoothly in a way that takes most of the bounce out of it (easier said than done on some of those rocky trails) it almost always delivers a great-looking shot. And, because it's in 4k, we can even make it slo-mo when we want to get a cool effect! --A
@@LiveHardxLoveHard You guys are getting so good you could hire out to other you tubers if you ever needed to. You could call your company “Dicey Productions”.
@@larrywheeler9797 If we ever have a company that's the name for sure!!😂
I'm surprised you guys never got a dji action 2, better stabilization than gopro and smaller. I used one of those for the past 2 years on my hiking videos before I upgraded to a full professional setup with the sony a7siii. I still use the dji action 2 for walking talking shots though as its stabilization is king.
That's interesting about the DJI. We should look into it, because we just upgraded to the GoPro 10 and are having all sorts of technical issues with it. Very jealous of your Sony setup! We'd love to upgrade to that level at some point but WOW is it expensive! How do you like it so far?
@@LiveHardxLoveHard If you check out my recent video on Cathedral Grove that is 100% filmed on my sony where if you look at Mount Gibson a few months back that is 100% on Dji Pocket 2 + Osmo Action 1. The quality difference is substantial but it is also a lot more work to edit the sony footage. As I step into a professional role of doing this now, I needed my equipment to match.
excellent! which Hypersmooth setting do you use on the GoPro?
Thanks very much Don! We actually just use the regular Hypersmooth setting because we shoot in 4k 60. ❤️
Good video. Go Pro has a great product; but it is overkill and somewhat cumbersome on the menus. I take a lot of video on my motorcycle; and the video is great (GP8) BUT...the unit has a bad habit (10-15% of the time) of power on locking up and not responding; leaving me no choice but to pull over and remove and reinsert the battery.
OMG we have exactly the same problem, and as you say it's about 10 percent of the time. Of course, it always seems to pick when we're hanging off a ledge or something where you REALLY don't want to have to pull the battery. But it gives you no choice!
@@LiveHardxLoveHard i spoke to a company representative that comes to the mil base store from time to time; he didn't want to admit there was a problem. But overall; I'm satisfied with the product. Thinking of using Final Cut; currently using iMovies that comes on the mac. Go Pro ditched Go Pro Studio which was a good move; it was terrible.
@@tbaker294 Yes Final Cut is def the right choice for you if you're currently using iMovies. You won't even believe how great of an upgrade it is!! And agree about the GoPro -- even with all of its issues we're still glad to have it because it does things no other camera can do.
Elise, if Adam takes a slow motion shot of you running on a beach or any surface, then that product is the best one on the market! Lol
I hope you guys are doing well!
Burnsville, MN Dave
Haha thanks Dave! I always feel awkward about doing those shots, but Adam insists they're awesome so I'm sure he'll be glad you agree! ❤️ --E
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Adam knows the power of beauty and marketing! ❤️
The low light might get better if you play around with the gopro ISO settings. Not sure if it'll be as good as the iphone.
Ya it does make it a bit better, and also we've noticed that the 10 (which we just recently got) is a bit better in low light than the 8, so they've made some improvements there. We think Iphone is still nicer for low-light though. ❤️
When are you guys filming in the Midwest?
Good question, Omar! We're hoping to do a cross-country adventure trip in summer '23, and want to get some good midwest hiking and climbing videos in then. Let us know if you have recommendations! ❤️
sweet... I use Davinci resolve Free version.
Very smart! We've heard the free version is a very good editing tool, and you can't be the value!! ❤️
Do you guys use a mac for editing and uploading? I have a gopro 9 and iPhone and have done some things you suggest, but I've been editing and uploading from iPhone and my video quality/clarity isn't good at all. I'm wondering how you get UA-cam to display such hi-def looking footage.
We do edit everything on a Macbook Pro. Are you using any particular editing software aside from what comes with the iphone? It really makes a difference. You could check back to our first few videos to compare and see if that's what your footage is looking like... we didn't use anything other than iMovie back then (just don't just those first vids too hard haha!) ♥️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard thank you for the reply and info. Yes I have been using Videoleap software on iPhone but i’m convinced, going to get a mac. I’ll check out your earlier vids and compare though, thanks again. Safe travels!
Will you move up to the go pro 10?
We just got it, Iain! The only thing we've filmed with it so far was the Zion Subway video last week. It's been giving us some software problems, but hopefully we'll get them resolved because we love how the footage from it looks!
@@LiveHardxLoveHardI will have to keep an eye on the new footage, hoping the problems are soon resolved, cheers guys
What is your guys' dream location to explore?
Sooooo many! But some at the top right now are climbing the Matterhorn, hiking the King's Trail in Sweden, and of course Patagonia. How about you? We're always open for inspiration!
When you face plant, scorpion, do you save the camera? Tuck take the hit.
IPhone action only for Blair Witch style, check.
If, I say if, 50mm matches your eye view, that's the size lense if possible, I just watch them/their channel, easier.
I used batteries not charger. Last better can swap dead one, lithium of course.
It is amazing how many bad pics you can take on one trip. I HATE FLATTENING WORSE THAN SCREE.
I used cheap cannon, which now probably has upgraded video, and probably a model with 50mm small enough to hold one handed.
So IFFF. You can find one with 4k, 50mm lense, video stabilize Bam. Always go wide angle. Feel free to look at my crappy video and pictures as how not to do it.
Haha yeah flattening is so depressing! You think you're getting this great representation of an adrenaline stoking climb, and then it looks like you're just strolling up a mild incline 🤣
I need a camera that makes you look better. 👀 I did the cannon. 38mm? Cheap were 14mp. Horrible video 2010. Always did batteries, the lithium ones, crushed 3 of them taking 78,000 photos. I also go through photos three times deleting. ALWAYS GO WIDE ANGLE. 50mm is what your eye sees. So 50 burger is better.
I first came to this channel because of the video. Thought who is that crazy girl in shorts? Now we know. The ultimate warrior princess. For real. Just waiting for her to appear in game of thrones with a sword.
Haha thanks Dan! Now we just gotta get one of those cameras that makes us look better too. With all the tech they have these days, it's probably not too far off! ❤️ --E
@@LiveHardxLoveHard they go superhero cartoon now, like Nascar Racehub. So far my favorite intro is drone shot on bearded butchers.
Great info. Temescal? My hood!
Yes Harvey, good eye! Sounds like we're practically neighbors -- we live just over in Santa Monica. This is the Will Rodgers fork rather than the typical Temescal waterfall loop, but it still does start right there at Temescal. ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Ah, My second guess was inspiration point. And yes we are neighbors.