Mostly bullshit. I agree to the point that most of the time cheapest is worse than nothing, but buying almost everything overpriced especially by brand is equally foolish.
@KindkompPl the point you said you agree to is the entire point of the video. We even said that there's plenty of things you can buy cheap and it'd probably be fine, this was just a short list of things that you probably shouldn't, especially if you're being paid for your work
i think a lot of people need to know, especially beginners, that buying cheap softboxes, cheap flashes, and cheaper camera models, and still get amazing shots/video. The Canon rebel T6i still holds up as a solid photo/video camera, and has a lot of nice features like a flip out touchscreen and 24.2mp. I do have a sigma 20 mm art lens that I paid $700 for off eBay used in open box condition, because you can’t really buy cheap autofocus glass and get clear professional photos with a low f stop. other than that, a lot of my camera gear is cheap and has served me very well. They’re obviously is a difference between build quality and performance but if you are getting into something for the first time, there is no need to go all out on the new gear, no matter how shiny and appealing it is (bc trust me i know it is)
@sandy3629 that's true, when you're first starting out, get what you can afford. It's more of the case of when you know what you want, but then you buy the cheaper version and then end up either replacing it because it fails, or you end up also buying the more expensive thing you wanted anyway
@@itmeremy Agreed! I’m planning on buying the r6 mkiii when it comes out to future proof my setup, and have recently added a dji rsc2 & portkeys pt5 ii. (the portkeys monitor serves as a great argument for your point, as I will probably return it and buy a more expensive, higher quality viltrox dc-550 monitor in the near future)
I only ever used sandisk sd cards for the last 15 years and never had one fail. Then again Im not a pofessional. And even on a safari I had no issues with write speeds using my fuji x-t1
@adrianvasian I borrowed my brother's camera and in the bag was a memory card from our old family camera that had photos of us from 2010. I didn't steal anything, also no one, not even me was going to use that card, it's 4GB and very slow
@josephweaving6458 I know those SanDisk SSDs that were popular for a bit had some issues, but haven't heard much about their SD cards failing, which I guess is a good sign
I'd buy 10 64 gig SD cards Instead of a 1TB card unless you need to record a 6 hour event without cutting. When you buy a 1TB card you put all that money into one card that can fail or break and make you loose everything in one go. When you spread your footage / photos over multiple cards, if one of them fails or breaks you only loose a small percentage of the work you've done. 😉
@Bruno_fyi true, but 64 gig will not get you much time unless you're shooting at a pretty low bitrate. 64 gig only gets about an hour of 4k 25p 10bit footage, which for a longer shoot, will not work, and even if you're shooting a lot of short clips, you'll have to spend time changing cards. Once you start getting to higher bit rate video, small cards just aren't an option, even with all-intra and even more so with raw. I see your point and I think it makes sense in some cases, but not in a lot. Also, we were mostly talking about cheap in terms of quality, not necessarily capacity
@@itmeremy I get your point but I don't shoot podcasts yet so the longest continuous shot I've made in 2 years was 45 minutes for a street interview. I don't know what type of work you do regularly but I've just never had the need for long takes and I just prefer the peace of mind of spreading my footage/ photos over multiple cards who take seconds to switch and doing daily backups to a laptop/tablet/SSD. I've seen cases of people who went on a multiple day trip with a large Memory card and then just lost all all of their photos and videos because either the card failed or the camera got stolen.
@Bruno_fyi I totally see where you're coming from, and obviously losing a card or having to stolen would be the worst, but even with larger cards, you'd still do backups daily or more often on longer shoots. I'd hate to have a card fill up mid-take or something or not even realise that it's full during an interview or something. I have had a card get full during a longer shoot and it was super annoying because I didn't have any spares to swap to. In that case, either a larger card or more cards would've helped.
I feel like the SD card thing only matters if your camera can support the speed. It dosent help anything to put a V90 card when all your camera supports is V30 write speeds. I used to have a Sony Tough G Master 128gb but since my camera does not utilize UHS-II connectivity i was able to sell it and get multiple 128gb UHS-I cards
I personally disagree with the card argument... slightly. Get a card that meets your requirements, for photography normal cards will do the job just fine. Every card will eventually fail its just how electronics work, pretty much all pro cameras have dual card slots for exactly that reason. Investing the time into learning the proper way to store your files and having a good etiquette when backing up is the way to go, since when the card does fail you know you have a backup ready. On that note cheap SD card readers have given me trouble so maybe getting the more expensive one there is the way to go.
@scottfly5917 that's a fair way to look at it. Redundant recording is obviously the best way to avoid issues, but still, cheap cards are much more likely to fail so if you're using them, you basically have to record to both cards so you don't lose anything. Also, even a lot of pro cameras have dual card slots, but they're not the same type of card, so having 2 of the same isn't always an option
We had one of those smallrig mounts, with an Atomos Shogun on it with a NPF and it seemed to hold the weight fine... I Definely agree buy right the first time.
@CompositionProductions was it the monitor mount lite? The regular one is plenty strong, but the lite one struggled with the ninja. To be fair, it was with an NPF 970 so with a smaller battery it'd probably be fine. But yes, I could've spent $10 more to get a stronger mount the first time and not now have a mount that I never use
11:15 If you want to get really official: Stop down Step up But nobody really cares much. As for batteries. Keep in mind that brand batteries such as for Canon have special communication and sleep states going on with the body where it also makes it possible to last longer.
Everything they're saying really applies to professionals that make money using their gear. If you do not make money/ lose money with your camera gear then its fine to buy cheaper gear. Just dont buy the CHEAPEST gear. Buy used if you can.
Mostly bullshit. I agree to the point that most of the time cheapest is worse than nothing, but buying almost everything overpriced especially by brand is equally foolish.
@KindkompPl the point you said you agree to is the entire point of the video. We even said that there's plenty of things you can buy cheap and it'd probably be fine, this was just a short list of things that you probably shouldn't, especially if you're being paid for your work
i think a lot of people need to know, especially beginners, that buying cheap softboxes, cheap flashes, and cheaper camera models, and still get amazing shots/video. The Canon rebel T6i still holds up as a solid photo/video camera, and has a lot of nice features like a flip out touchscreen and 24.2mp. I do have a sigma 20 mm art lens that I paid $700 for off eBay used in open box condition, because you can’t really buy cheap autofocus glass and get clear professional photos with a low f stop. other than that, a lot of my camera gear is cheap and has served me very well. They’re obviously is a difference between build quality and performance but if you are getting into something for the first time, there is no need to go all out on the new gear, no matter how shiny and appealing it is (bc trust me i know it is)
@sandy3629 that's true, when you're first starting out, get what you can afford. It's more of the case of when you know what you want, but then you buy the cheaper version and then end up either replacing it because it fails, or you end up also buying the more expensive thing you wanted anyway
@@itmeremy Agreed! I’m planning on buying the r6 mkiii when it comes out to future proof my setup, and have recently added a dji rsc2 & portkeys pt5 ii. (the portkeys monitor serves as a great argument for your point, as I will probably return it and buy a more expensive, higher quality viltrox dc-550 monitor in the near future)
I only ever used sandisk sd cards for the last 15 years and never had one fail. Then again Im not a pofessional. And even on a safari I had no issues with write speeds using my fuji x-t1
1:26 so you borrowed a camera and stole it's memory card ? classy.
@adrianvasian I borrowed my brother's camera and in the bag was a memory card from our old family camera that had photos of us from 2010. I didn't steal anything, also no one, not even me was going to use that card, it's 4GB and very slow
have used Sandisk for years and only had one go faulty
@josephweaving6458 I know those SanDisk SSDs that were popular for a bit had some issues, but haven't heard much about their SD cards failing, which I guess is a good sign
@@itmeremy I've had one of their really cheap ones fail, but have used the extreme pro for a decade without fault.
I'd buy 10 64 gig SD cards Instead of a 1TB card unless you need to record a 6 hour event without cutting.
When you buy a 1TB card you put all that money into one card that can fail or break and make you loose everything in one go. When you spread your footage / photos over multiple cards, if one of them fails or breaks you only loose a small percentage of the work you've done. 😉
@Bruno_fyi true, but 64 gig will not get you much time unless you're shooting at a pretty low bitrate. 64 gig only gets about an hour of 4k 25p 10bit footage, which for a longer shoot, will not work, and even if you're shooting a lot of short clips, you'll have to spend time changing cards.
Once you start getting to higher bit rate video, small cards just aren't an option, even with all-intra and even more so with raw.
I see your point and I think it makes sense in some cases, but not in a lot.
Also, we were mostly talking about cheap in terms of quality, not necessarily capacity
@@itmeremy I get your point but I don't shoot podcasts yet so the longest continuous shot I've made in 2 years was 45 minutes for a street interview.
I don't know what type of work you do regularly but I've just never had the need for long takes and I just prefer the peace of mind of spreading my footage/ photos over multiple cards who take seconds to switch and doing daily backups to a laptop/tablet/SSD.
I've seen cases of people who went on a multiple day trip with a large Memory card and then just lost all all of their photos and videos because either the card failed or the camera got stolen.
@Bruno_fyi I totally see where you're coming from, and obviously losing a card or having to stolen would be the worst, but even with larger cards, you'd still do backups daily or more often on longer shoots.
I'd hate to have a card fill up mid-take or something or not even realise that it's full during an interview or something.
I have had a card get full during a longer shoot and it was super annoying because I didn't have any spares to swap to. In that case, either a larger card or more cards would've helped.
I feel like the SD card thing only matters if your camera can support the speed. It dosent help anything to put a V90 card when all your camera supports is V30 write speeds.
I used to have a Sony Tough G Master 128gb but since my camera does not utilize UHS-II connectivity i was able to sell it and get multiple 128gb UHS-I cards
@@itz_lexiii_ totally fair, you don't need cards that your camera can't keep up with, but you should still get ones you can rely on
I personally disagree with the card argument... slightly. Get a card that meets your requirements, for photography normal cards will do the job just fine.
Every card will eventually fail its just how electronics work, pretty much all pro cameras have dual card slots for exactly that reason. Investing the time into learning the proper way to store your files and having a good etiquette when backing up is the way to go, since when the card does fail you know you have a backup ready.
On that note cheap SD card readers have given me trouble so maybe getting the more expensive one there is the way to go.
@scottfly5917 that's a fair way to look at it. Redundant recording is obviously the best way to avoid issues, but still, cheap cards are much more likely to fail so if you're using them, you basically have to record to both cards so you don't lose anything.
Also, even a lot of pro cameras have dual card slots, but they're not the same type of card, so having 2 of the same isn't always an option
We had one of those smallrig mounts, with an Atomos Shogun on it with a NPF and it seemed to hold the weight fine... I Definely agree buy right the first time.
@CompositionProductions was it the monitor mount lite? The regular one is plenty strong, but the lite one struggled with the ninja. To be fair, it was with an NPF 970 so with a smaller battery it'd probably be fine. But yes, I could've spent $10 more to get a stronger mount the first time and not now have a mount that I never use
11:15
If you want to get really official:
Stop down
Step up
But nobody really cares much.
As for batteries. Keep in mind that brand batteries such as for Canon have special communication and sleep states going on with the body where it also makes it possible to last longer.
Everything they're saying really applies to professionals that make money using their gear. If you do not make money/ lose money with your camera gear then its fine to buy cheaper gear. Just dont buy the CHEAPEST gear. Buy used if you can.