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this is a recent shot I got that I
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really like I mean look at those clouds
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what may surprise some is that this was
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shot on an iPhone this here is my setup
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that I've been using recently and in
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today's video I want to take a closer
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look at it and show you what exactly
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this is why I'm using it and share
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things I've learned on the way while
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using this
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setup smoking
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RS Wherever You Are
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it's just about closing time to begin
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with let's take a Clos look at what the
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setup consists of this here is the main
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component the iPhone 15 Pro back a year
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ago when the iPhone 15 came out I was
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not really following the event or
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anything because new phone releases are
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not particularly something I follow that
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closely however within the film making
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space this phone caused some noise it
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got a lot of attention so that even I
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found out about it as far as I know this
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phone was a little underwhelming it
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seemed like the only new thing about it
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was that it has USBC oh and the action
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button I guess there was one very
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exciting new feature though which
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however the average phone user simply
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doesn't care about but within the film
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making space this was a huge deal the
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new iPhone is capable of recording Apple
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prores 422 in log in case you don't know
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what log is it's just a mode in which a
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camera films to capture as much data as
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possible it's usually very low contrast
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and gray looking because it's optimized
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for post- production this is for many
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Irrelevant for some interesting others
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exciting but for me this was possibly a
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game changer now why would I be so
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excited about the iPhone 15 being
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capable of shooting log footage I think
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this comes down to what you as a
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filmmaker or Creator value some people
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value absolute top-notch quality others
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value a good deal so a camera that
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shoots good video while not costing as
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much as a cinema camera something that I
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value very highly is usability and
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convenience I talked a lot about this in
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regards to my Photography in this video
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about my love for the Lumix gx80 one of
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my key points is that I'm trying to
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minimize resistance in my photographic
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process and the same goes for video I
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don't mind if the video is not of
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absolute best quality it is way more
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important to me that I enjoy the process
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because that will lead me to making more
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things you simply can't beat someone
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who's having fun that is why I shoot my
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photography behind the scenes video with
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a GoPro on my head and just try to push
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the GoPro footage as far as I can this
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becomes all the more relevant when
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traveling
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while traveling in Japan last year I
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brought my Sony along for the first trip
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and it only took a day for me to be fed
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up with it and not use it anymore
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instead I began to Simply use my phone
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back then the iPhone 11 and for the rest
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of my time in Japan last year I ended up
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using that iPhone 11 a lot because it
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was so easy however the dropping quality
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was just on the border of being too much
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the footage was only really just good
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enough for me luckily I was able to push
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it pretty far with a lot of color
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grading however it still had that
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oversharpened slightly ugly iPhone look
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so despite the slightly painful loss and
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quality the ease of use I gained was
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worth it to me and then came the iPhone
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15 the fact that this can film in log
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gave me the hope that this might close
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the gap of quality for me this could be
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the solution to that oversharpened
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footage that I so disliked and so after
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some research I decided to get the phone
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just a couple months ago and oh am I
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happy I
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did it is amazing I'm not saying it's
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perfect but certainly amazing the
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footage is indeed a game changer in my
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opinion I think the footage looks
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fantastic especially considering that it
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comes from a bloody phone but it's not
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only that that makes the Iphone a great
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video camera for me personally this log
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footage feature was just the last
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missing piece of the puzzle there are
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mainly three other factors that I really
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like firstly the microphone there are
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microphones that you can attach to your
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phone to get better audio but that
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defeats the purpose for me I'm trying to
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keep my setup minimal and so I'm very
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happy about the fact that the iPhones
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built- in microphones are really good
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they are nowhere near Great or even
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perfect but for my purposes they are
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good
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enough secondly the lenses this
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particular phone is the iPhone 15 Pro
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which comes with a standard lens a wide
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lens and a 3X zoom lens by the way the
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15 Pro Max version comes with a 5x lens
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not just a 3X I love the focal length
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the standard lens I believe they call a
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24 mm however in video mode when
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shooting 4K with image stabilization
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it's cropped and to me it looks fairly
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close to my favorite focal length 35 mm
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which is great for me at least the wide
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lens is beautifully wide and the 3x lens
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is an impressive Zoom that is really
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useful I find I'm not sure but I think
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the pro Max is 5x Zoom might even be a
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bit too much for me I'm just speculating
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though I haven't actually tried it
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thirdly the stabilization the iPhone has
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amazing image stabilization by default I
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can easily get nearly static shots or
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moving shots with all three lenses
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handheld it always looks good though it
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is noticeable that the standard lens is
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the best which I can even use on a train
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or a car and get smooth footage so that
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summarizes why I like to shoot with the
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iPhone and why I bought the iPhone 15
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Pro now let's have a closer look at the
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full setup with is the
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the so as said this is the iPhone 15 Pro
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not the Max and not the normal version
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import important note here I believe you
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only get the proor log feature with the
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iPhone 15 Pro or the pro Max not with
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the normal one then the red case I'm
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using is by moment it's simply their
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iPhone 15 Pro moment case I'm actually
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the type of guy who buys those huge
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phone cases that look like I'm taking my
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phone on a military Mission or something
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however this time I bought this here the
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moment case because I needed this here
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this is not just a frame it's actually a
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Connecting Point to attach moment lenses
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or adapters and I wanted this to attach
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a filter adapter so that I can use
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filters on my phone this here is the
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moment 67 mm filter adapter which allows
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me to attach 67 mm filters to the phone
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my goal is to push this phone as far as
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I can when it comes to visuals while
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still staying convenient and so I have
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two filters actually on the phone the
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first filter is this red filter at the
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bottom this is the moment cinebloom
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filter at 10% strength by the way this
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video is not sponsored by moment but
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full of their stuff moment if you're
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watching this just saying I love your
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stuff I'd love to collap anyway what
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this filter does is slightly diffuse the
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light which gives it a bit of a bloom
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especially when shooting contrasty
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bright scenes with backlight I like to
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use this not only with my phone but also
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with my Sony camera it simply softens
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the footage a little which I find quite
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pleasing more important however is the
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second filter that I have simply stacked
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on top this is the moment variable ND
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filter that goes from nd4 to
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nd32 this solves one of the main issues
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I had when filming with the iPhone 11
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apart from the oversharpening something
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that also bugged me was the high shutter
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speed I was forced to shoot with because
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I was shooting automatically and without
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an ND filter that makes especially
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moving shots look quite choppy and just
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not pleasant this is something I
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begrudgingly accepted last year however
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this year I decided to tackle that issue
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with an ND filter and so now on very
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bright sunny days I can simply set the
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ND filter to nd32 and still get some
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nice motion blur however in Darker
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lighting situations an nd32 is too much
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so I simply set the ND to nd4 for
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example I'm not all too exact with this
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I just sort of guess what would be the
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optimal ND setting by the way this
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adapter thing is not perfect it does
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wiggle around a little so I sometimes
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find myself hoping that it would be a
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bit tighter but overall it's still all
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right now while I chose the iPhone 15
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Pro as a travel video camera for its
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convenience and size and actively chose
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to not attach a microphone I do accept
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the use of filters even though they are
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somewhat inconvenient because they're so
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big moment actually has a small square
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version of both filters which I really
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want to try out however I'm afraid I
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can't stack them like I've been doing
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with my round filters which is a Pity
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because then I can only use one filter
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however for the sake of even more
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convenience I might relinquish the
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cinebloom filter and just go with the
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square n d filter I'm still figuring out
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the final form of this setup anyway that
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was an overview of my setup that I'm
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currently using when on the the go in
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Japan I do have my Sony with me of
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course for shots like these in which I'm
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simply sitting down and talking to you
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but for my shoots when I'm out and about
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I leave the big camera at home and just
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work with the GoPro on my head and the
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phone in my
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pocket the last step to push the mobile
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footage as far as possible is of course
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the color grading I do a simple color
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correction and then color grade the
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footage as I usually would which has
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been working great lastly I also add
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some grain to the footage which I think
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is a nice little detail which further
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eliminates the digital sharpness of the
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iPhone while the log footage is way
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better than the normal iPhone footage I
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do still feel like it's a tad bit too
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sharp at times so the grain helps me out
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with that by the way if you want to see
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in more detail how exactly I colorgrade
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my iPhone footage and push it to its
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limit I actually published a tutorial on
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my patreon a month or two ago if you're
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interested there's a link in my
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description finally I would like to
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share some lessons that I learned on the
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way just some technical tips and
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mistakes to avoid windsh shooting with
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this
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setup my first learning is that the
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lenses are of varying quality and
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require different ND settings the
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standard lens is the best with the
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lowest amount of noise and the best low
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light capabilities the wide angle lens
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is the second best here I've learned to
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be careful with the ND though this lens
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tends to become noisy easier and doesn't
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require as strong of an N when shooting
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in bright light so when shooting on a
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bright day are usually set my ND to nd32
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when using the normal lens but when
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using the wide lens I usually set it to
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either nd16 or even just nd8 depending
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on the brightness the 3x zoom lens comes
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in last it's a little soft and quite
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prone to noise so when using this lens I
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set the ND filter to four or even take
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it off if it's not too inconvenient in
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the moment seeing as this lens is pretty
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soft anyway I don't feel much of a need
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to use the C Bloom filter when using
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this lens also here's one more thing to
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look out for when shooting with the wide
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lens because I'm stacking two filters on
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top of each other the ND filter
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sometimes Peaks into frame when I shake
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the camera strongly however when the
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shot is steady it'll be fine thanks to
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the crop of the stabilization oh by the
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way the iPhone does show you a 2X lens
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however I don't really use that because
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as far as I know it's just a digital
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Zoom not an optical zoom so that results
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in a loss of quality then one more thing
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that I'm still in the process of
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figuring out are the microphones the
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iPhone has three microphones I think and
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it changes between them automatically
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however it appears to me that when using
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the 3x lens the iPhone always chooses
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the front mic which however is covered
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by the filters and sadly sounds pretty
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horrible however when shooting with the
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normal lens the audio is actually always
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great and when shooting with the wide
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lens it's a bit of a mix sometimes it's
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good sometimes not so much by the way
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one more thing if you really want to
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push the camera to its limit I'd
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recommend using the Black Magic app
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which gives you a bunch of control and
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even lets you decide which microphone
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the iPhone should use however I simply
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want to keep the pro proc this as quick
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and easy as possible and so I simply
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shoot in the normal camera app with auto
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exposure and that is all I have to say
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for today I hope this dump of
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information was in any way useful to you
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I look forward to shooting more and more
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with the setup and sharing the results
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with you in the future before saying
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goodbye I would like to say thank you to
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the lovely people supporting me and my
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work on patreon thank you so much to
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each one of you if you're interested in
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Lightroom presets tutorials or stuff
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like that you can check out my page viaa
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the L in the description also I have a
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print drop by the way in case that is of
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interest to you also in the description
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with that said I hope to see you again
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soon until then goodbye
