It took me too many years to learn “buy once, cry once” but wow it’s so true.
@thekevinfoster8 ай бұрын
It gets tiring hearing “buy nice or buy twice” when that’s not really possible for a lot of people. In essence, it turns into “buy nice or don’t buy at all.” Understanding how to make do with what you have seems more important in a lot of ways. Plus it’s why I appreciate budget recommendations, even when I know they aren’t gonna be as good.
@eightsprites7 ай бұрын
You also dont know what works for you until you try. So Im also do not believe the ”but nice or twice”.
@Enskakuski7 ай бұрын
I disagree. We’ve all been at a stage where we think we don’t have the budget to buy nice and end up buying something cheap only to realize that it breaks or doesn’t work well enough to fill the need. Then you need to spend more money buying something else and in the end have spent nearly the same amount of money that it would’ve cost buying nice in the first place. There are places to save money and there are places where you shouldn’t. That’s what the video was all about. The point is don’t buy cheap on these categories until you can buy nice. I’m personally at a situation where I have been storing years of work on a Drobo 5D that broke. Had to buy a replacement used (because new ones aren’t available) and have it shipped from US to Finland. I’m hoping my data is safe on the drives. I do make backups but have to do them manually and when the Drobo broke I was due to make one soon so there is still work that I hadn’t had time to backup yet. Having experienced that I can definitely agree with not buying cheap when it comes to storage.
@LivingUnlabeled4 ай бұрын
Buy nice or buy twice is definitely a valid mantra to live by. It will ultimately depend on what you’re buying and use case, but both sides are valid. I for one am not sure whether I truly need a video monitor for the little bits I film. Why would I buy an 7in Atomos Ninja when I can just buy a Feelworld off Amazon to see if it even improves my workflow. This do be just an example and I know it most likely will but the question then becomes do I truly need the best most color accurate screen with external RAW recording on my 8bit mirrorless or do I just stick with something more affordable that doesn’t give me the EXACT accuracy I’d prefer. At the end of the day, if my Feelworld craps out on me, I’ll know whether it did or didn’t help as much as I thought it would and can make a decision about the next purchase there. Now that I have the experience with my first video monitor, the mantra applies.
@LivingUnlabeled4 ай бұрын
@@Enskakuskiget all your stuff off the drobo. sure, it’s super seamless when it’s setup and working but like you mentioned, it shit the bed and work could have or was lost and now what. buy drives, an enclosure, use something like FreeNAS to setup RAID with redundancy and when one drive fails, your data is still safe. if the enclosure fails, migrate the drives to a new enclosure and the RAID will be fine.
@mariapelzer800510 ай бұрын
It would be nice to know what the cheap items are so we can avoid them 👀
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Seems like lots of people want to know, my bad! Andycine was the monitor brand…never again!
@NeilEvery10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth I think Andycine is the same as Feelworld so that's a 2 for 1 combo of Do Not Buy! I'm in need of a new monitor but cannot justify a SmallHD. Is there a mid-range monitor you would recommend? I've seen reviews on the Osee and the Portkeys but that have highlighted positives but also a lot of negatives too. Is there anything in the $500-600 range that will get the job done?
@taylor129410 ай бұрын
I’d be willing to bet he’s talking about Tiffen nd filters lmao
@mariapelzer800510 ай бұрын
@@LucForsythI almost got an andycine monitor but I opted for the Feelworld lut7 instead!
@dowkman110 ай бұрын
@@taylor1294probably polar pro to be honest, I’ve noticed color tints when using a friends
@PeterHatterPhotographyLtd10 ай бұрын
Great advice here and one of the big takeaways for me is that pre-production testing of new gear is important. There’s nothing worse than finding out that kit is problematic when we’re working for a client.
@sembalo177610 ай бұрын
File management is soooo important very much agree with that last point, if you wanna be extra careful and have the money for it use the rule of 3! Aka have your footage in 3 different places, that investing in some cloud or off site storage might not be a bad idea! Great video Luc!
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Great idea, thanks for sharing!
@JakeSloan10 ай бұрын
Such great advice! Also love seeing you do these videos on location as someone who works in the arctic a lot it's always good to see fellow filmmakers out in the wild!
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Thanks Jake, glad it was helpful!
@johnwetherall685010 ай бұрын
Honestly couldn't agree more on all of these, but especially cheap grip gear. All my light stands / C stands I bought second hand and they still cost more than the Amazon knockoffs but they are coming up to 8 years now and outlived almost 3 different camera systems. The other item I would include in this is a well-branded Tripod, considering you're trusting it to support thousands of dollars worth of kit, saving up for a strong and safe tripod I would consider a must. Also like stands can easily outlive your camera system Considering I use these items on almost every shoot I would say they have been the best investment
@mahutaproductions849810 ай бұрын
For the monitor, I went around the limitations of the cheap model I now have by disabling literally everything on the monitor itself, and casting it from my camera instead. This saved me a lot considering I was upgrading my whole kit from mainly photo with some gimbal video to proper filmmaking (rig, v-mounts, tripod, mics, etc etc). For my use case this is working for now, because I get the super high quality peaking from my Canon displayed on the cheap and relatively bright screen. Some day I'll get a proper one for sure though.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Nice! Glad to hear that worked for you, maybe should have tried that myself
@foxworth3037 ай бұрын
I'm a big fan of fixed NDs over VNDs. Even the best VNDs (in my experience) leave artifacts at the extremes. With fixed NDs, I've found that 3 stops for shade and 6 stops for direct sun pretty much covers every shooting environment I'm in, and I can make small adjustments to ISO or aperture if I need to really dial it in. I use the Freewell magnetic system so swapping a filter takes maybe 10 seconds.
@jean-philippegrignom647910 ай бұрын
For back ups HDDs are best because even if the electronics fail you can swap the disk in another drive a recupe your footage.
@RealityDistortion10 ай бұрын
This is what i was going to say. Nothing wrong with cheap drives, just don't use it for longterm storage... In fact the cost of quality NVMe m2 drives have come down so much no one should be paying hundreds for samsung T2's etc... just get external drive cases & make your own, then get some og HDDs for backups...
@offroadmark10 ай бұрын
My fear!! I was hired to film an interview recently and had the same if not worse crackling sound throughout the whole interview. What saved me is that new-ish feature in Davinci Resolve called, "VOICE ISOLATION". Just wanted to note it here to help others. Thanks for your video.
@PeaLoop10 ай бұрын
Excellent, no nonsense advise. 👍🏼
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you liked it!
@Thatsmantas10 ай бұрын
I agree that used items can last you a long time, and their resale value is great. I just bought a camera kit that can record 6K30 in ProRes RAW, has 32-bit audio, and with a couple of Canon FD lenses, it's a beast. Everything cost me less than £2,000
@sundersquare10 ай бұрын
which camera?
@Thatsmantas10 ай бұрын
Panasonic S1 w/ atomos ninja and zoom F3@@sundersquare
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Such good value! Good call!
@maltsday9 ай бұрын
I also got the S1 and some Canon FD lenses for my start. I got the S1 Body + 2 FD lenses for under 1k€ (v Log Upgrade included) and the cam in itself is such a beast. Now as the S2 got released I Bet you can get it even cheaper. My budget was 1,5k and I also got a gimbal with focus motor, feelworld monitor, smallrig cage, cables, harddrives, NISI true color VND etc. It's insane how much money you can save when looking for used items. I'm saving up for better lenses and lights next. Mist say the Canon FD lenses are often a little too soft and stylized for my taste
@EmileModesitt9 ай бұрын
As others have said, I definitely think you should list the products you had bad experiences with. If a product is bad, it's not throwing shade to call it out -- it's telling the truth :)
@spinkscapes77510 ай бұрын
I've had two SmallHD monitors in my time. Couldn't recommend them as both stopped working just outside the warranty period. You will likely get much better longevity out of far cheaper monitors.
@bseng10 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more, it's definitely better to hurts once spending a bit more on quality equipment. Another piece of equipment that I wouldn't cheap out on is a tripod. I know you've done a video on tripods in the past, but a good tripod will probably last you your career if you look after it.
@OrigEntertainmentOfficial10 ай бұрын
My only disagreement is on the used camera bodies. I had a bad experience with a used camera body. I did my due diligence and now I just buy new bodies. For all the reasons you mentioned, that is probably the most important tool that I need to know will work when I need it to work. We need multiple of the same bodies and I need to know they are going to work as much as possible.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Interesting…sorry to hear that. I’ve never had an issue, but maybe I’m just lucky!
@OrigEntertainmentOfficial10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth Great channel BTW. Inspiring on many levels.
@takart10 ай бұрын
I have same VND filter on myXT4!😄 Thanks for making this video. I bought a cheap monitor once, then, ended up purchasing Shinobi only a year or so later. Lesson learned.
@JWS19687 ай бұрын
Batteries, I don't know about V-Mount but camera off brand and Sony NP-F batteries I have had loads of off brand and had zero issues.
@IsraelSuperguide10 ай бұрын
What modest external screen would you recommend without breaking the bank? - If you tell others what brand let you down, you will help others, this way we won't make the same mistake. I am in the process of buying one. thanks for the insight
@thekevinfoster8 ай бұрын
He said andycine in another comment
@mradriiiian10 ай бұрын
I recently upgraded from my 200€ Lumix G7 to a Lumix S5ii and invested in ONE lens and a adapter for my vintage lenses while buying the Nisi Filters, Batterys, a monitor, Grip gear and a solid tripod Do NOT waste money on cheap tripods! I bought the Smallrig Free Blazer. It's super fast and easy to set up and I love it the next thing, I'm gonna do is buy more and better hard drives and batterys, then light and after that maby new lenses.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Awesome tip on the tripod, thanks!
@raphaelprotti55369 ай бұрын
Very useful for someone making his foray into cinematography. Leaves me wondering where you CAN cut corners...
@joestrahl698010 ай бұрын
Agreed. I have never opted for cheap batteries, I have avoided cheap cables and nd filters from the start despite the up front cost. However I am still not in line with where I should be with memory and back up.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
It took me ages to get a good backup system going…but once it’s in place you can stop thinking about it at least!
@visage33110 ай бұрын
Great video as usual! Gear prices have pushed me to look into older gear and open-source gear as well, in an effort to get high-quality equipment without breaking my wallet. I recently found out about an open-source camera called the CinePi that's based on a Raspberry Pi and claims to be a full-frame 4k pro-level cinema camera that's all open-source parts and supposed to be only a few hundred dollars total. It would be very interesting to see what a pro like yourself thinks of the camera and it's functionality.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Oh that’s cool…yeah, the bodies themselves are starting to become less and less important - it’s all the rest of it that matters!
@SevenPhotonsFilms10 ай бұрын
Really Great Advices! Fortunately, I think I have followed these steps all the time....except with the cables, and yes, I had a bad moment with cheap cables once too. I've been also used SSD from SanDisk Extreme, I hope mine ones keep doing its job well 🤞. By the way: you're channel is amazing, a secret treasure 👍🎉👍
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! And I have some of those drives too, so fingers crossed for us both!
@Urbartho10 ай бұрын
Backup drives are so important, I had once a drive failing, since that I never wipe any sd card before it's been copied on at least 2 drives stored in different locations.
@ProcessedDigitally10 ай бұрын
i also bought enough sd cards that so in addition to the backups i don't even format the cards till the client gets the project. Those cards i store in a different location from the HDD storage.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
💯 agree!
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
That’s a great solution if you have the cards for it. Thanks for sharing!
@tylerstooksbury305010 ай бұрын
I’ve had a couple monitor SDI cables that get used almost every week for over 3 years at this point. They were $75 each which isn’t cheap, but it was so worth it.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
totally!
@cesar_rodriguezb10 ай бұрын
Saludos compa, I just bought a cheap vnd coming as you from photojournalism to video and i had the x marks, learned the hard way, now I have to buy a good one, i saw your video a week too late. Bueno, muy buenos videos, saludos desde Nayarit
@vandalpaulius6 ай бұрын
I can attest for quality cables. Even if I'm hobbyist I had experienced that thing when after 3 day event with dozens of interviews you go home and realize that all audio is unusable. Now all my charging cables and audio cables are branded and yes, they cost probably 5 times as much as cheap versions, but hey, I'd rather spend 30 pounds on a cable that I know works than gamble
@erroneousbosh8 ай бұрын
Make your own cables. In your car, carry a toolbox with connectors, cable, soldering iron, sidecutters and so on. You *are* going to break an important audio cable (it's always audio cables, sometimes it's video assist cables). Or, you're filming a band, and the guitarist breaks their cable. Or something. Something is going to break, something that's an absolute showstopper. Then what happens? Hey remember that time we were stuck and the camera guy just whipped out a soldering iron and fixed it in like ten seconds? Yeah that really saved the day!
@SlavGuns7 ай бұрын
I agree with a lot of what you’re saying except two things. First the batteries. Batteries are either going to work or they’re not gonna work. So if you have multiple batteries, it will definitely be better. I would rather have two cheap batteries instead of one OEM bat. if a battery fails on you, you absolutely should have a bunch of spares with you if you are professional worth any salt. It is completely different from having something with zero redundancy such as a poor quality and filter. Second comment on storage. One thing that you’re failing to take into account is that many of the higher cost brands are actually the same exact thing as a cheaper. One with a bunch of markup. Same factory different packaging. In any case, it’s all going to be about redundancy. If you only have your data in one place, you cannot call yourself a professional. This is why it’s much better to have good quality, mid-level, hard drives, rather than being stupid enough to blow all your money on much more expensive storage, which is going to fail on you. And just look at all the people who keep losing footage sandisk professional drives. Always follow 3, 2, 1 rule of redundancy.
@AARONMICHAELFILM9 ай бұрын
Recently returned a BM7 for a Cine 7 and I have no regrets! Sure, it was 4x more, but it is so much better.
@SoundAndAmbience9 ай бұрын
Variable Nd, you can limit colour shift, but all can have x patern (cross polarisation)
@CircuitBoardcokr7 ай бұрын
I agree with most of your saying, but buying used electronics like FS7 over 5 years is definitely risky thing, few things I do not recommend as a former technician, my job before cinematographer.
@AlbertoMendoza10 ай бұрын
My workhorse is a 4TB Sandisk SSD and I now keep reading how l sketchy Sandisk drives are😅🤞🏼
@nordfilmcompany10 ай бұрын
NISI Filters are high quality filters. Used them on almost all my landscape work, and I’m now looking into the C5 kit for video.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
I’ve been happy with mine for sure!
@CPSWEDEN10 ай бұрын
Oh you got that horrible blue, magenta dot... Same as on my 18-55 Fuji... It makes using it impossible and the bokeh is so stressful. Now I 'm gonna continue watching your video. Have a great day!
@WatchMysh7 ай бұрын
I'm guilty of saving on cables, too. Especially microHDMi to Hdmi. Also learned it the hard way to never save money on this particular piece of gear. May I ask if you have a 5 inch monitor recommendation for semi-pro film making (KZfaq documentaries)? I'm okay with investing but I guess I don't need the high end stuff.
@who299910 ай бұрын
I've never found any solid state hard drive to be reliable enough for long term storage. Even the really good ones. They're great to work from (editing) or for quick transfers but they aren't a solution for long term storage.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Interesting - so you just use them for working drives? I've got all my long term on 3.5 inch, but looking for a good edit drive
@who299910 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth At the station where I work we've got a large network san drive system but when they made the switch from mac's to pc's it limited the speed on the san (which was made for macs) to an unworkable level. Our work around while waiting for the new san (planned part of the upgrade but planned for a year later because corporate logic >_
@2424rocket10 ай бұрын
Don’t you test your gear before you go out into the field. I always do a shoot at the office or in the studio before I do the real thing. Always check out the gear ahead of time. If you’re a pro, how do you not know this?
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
I do test the stuff before leaving. The problems for me are when they fail in the field. I travel internationally for most jobs and a monitor can seem like it focuses fine in the office, then when you try and follow a moving subject in challenging light it doesn't keep up. Or an XLR cable can work fine in the morning and then have static hiss after lunch. My current shoot is 3 months long, so testing before I leave is also relative. Good tip though!
@MlodzikovaVideoCreation8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing all of these tips! Especially hearing about your beginners mistakes is precious becouse you're still there and doing pretty well. Really appreciate your content.
@LeonBosset9 ай бұрын
I have a question: You spoke about quality monitors. How did you miss the green X's from the ND filter? Btw, I learned about using cheap SSD's this year. 😢
@johnclay764410 ай бұрын
informative video luc, wish that expense wasn't;t such big factor, informative content.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Thanks John!
@twobrothers585510 ай бұрын
I like that you're not saying that dont buy those things, but dont buy it cheap:D
@ThinkAboutItNow10 ай бұрын
Good tips Luc really good.
@kamalsinnofilms8 ай бұрын
I got that same disk ssd extreme pro a few months ago, in the middle of a project, the hard disk fails and it tell me that I need to format it. I spent 10 hours recovering the data and moved them back to my seagate normal hard drive that has been with me for over 5 years and barely use the sandisk. As I was YouTubing a solution, I discovered the mess Standish has done with this product and thousands other than me who almost had a heart attack due to this problem
@Sgyozo8 ай бұрын
I usually make my own cables, from quality parts, a lot cheaper than buying it and i can make unique lengths. Klotz cables, Neutrik connectors for XLR, i also made cables for my Alexa, instead of 200$ it was about 60$. Still expensive, but i wouldn't use cheap connectors but original Fischer, Lemo. I also bought Bebob batteries from ebay, they still have 60-70% battery life, and they were 30$ each. I'll replace the cells some day to some professional ones, even with higher capacity. Sure, you need to learn to solder and spot weld, but it's nice to have these skills, never know when you have to fix a cable in the middle of a forest. :D
@canadianoperator7 ай бұрын
So the point of the video is to help people avoid bad products. But when you’re not willing to call manufacturers out on those bad products, you’re making it impossible for people to know what to avoid, and for those manufacturers to get better.
@mizinoinovermyhead.75235 ай бұрын
There is skimping, and then there is buying smart or buying stupid. I built computers for a living for a long time, I don't buy "external" Hard drives, instead I buy an interface that I can plug internal drives into and allows me to plug that into the computer. Its much cheaper in the long run and you can get NVME drive caddies that give you info about the health of the drive when its plugged in giving you time to save data if you see its going bad. I personally have a dockcase usb c SSD enclosure (I love it it was a present). It has a tiny screen on it that shows me read and write speeds and drive health. Its 80 bucks, but from that point at the current NVME SSD storage prices each TB of storage will cost you between 30 and 40 bucks.
@robinprobyn197110 ай бұрын
good video , but I don't think I would have chosen the B roll of that shot gun mic mounted is the most weird way possible , on a boom pole .around 9.15 . when talking specifically about stands .. :)
@edwardtaylor629310 ай бұрын
My two Anton Bauers just died one day. Just bricks after that. No warning at all. They just stopped working. They were less than 6 months old. One died then about three weeks later the other died. They had only been charged on an expensive Anton Bauer charger too. No help from the company. Spending a lot does not always get you good or reliable equipment.
@Wes_Jones10 ай бұрын
I avoid purchasing *any* equipment from Amazon. I've had too many bad experiences. It's just not worth the risk. I stick with B&H or Adorama.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
💯on B&H!
@Jordifonsek5 ай бұрын
This video tore me apart from the beginning. Made all of those already.
@legniak110 ай бұрын
Matt box, cheap tripod, budget mic are my big regrets
@segwaymusic8 ай бұрын
Great tips Luc! Thanks.
@sammorganmoore10 ай бұрын
why do people say 'invest' not 'buy' - it is hype from the camera industry to make you stop feeling bad about spending. OK the odd thing like a set of Cookes left at a rental house might prove to be an investment. But you buy an FX6 or 24-105 and will be selling it for 45% of the purchase price.
@VincyVinn10 ай бұрын
I had a similar bad experience with a cheap XLR cable on my Diety SMic-2 while shooting my short film. There was an annoying frequency interruption noise in the audio. Still figuring out how to clean it up.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Absolute nightmare, I've been there!
@bondgabebond49079 ай бұрын
Hard drives are cheap. I transfer all my stills onto a HDD on my computers. There they sit until I need them. That way I don't remove the SD card from the camera, possibly damaging or losing it. I find SD cards and SSDs and HHDs in computers do very well and have very long lives.
@Kurzlun10 ай бұрын
Hey Luc :) Love your content and have been binging it ever since i found your channel a few weeks ago! keep up the amazing quality content!! i do have one question tho, since AUDIIO ist your sponsor, can you maybe make a video on how to use and navigate the platform properly? i have signed up to it after seeing you reffer to it and also cuz it was the cheapest option and im at the start of my filmmaking career. but im having real difficulities finding good fitting music there fast and efficiently and end up spending hours or even a whole day just to find the right music. it might be me, but unfortunately I have difficulties with the platform so far and hope for some insights on how you are using and navigating it :) thanks a lot and looking forward to your following content! :)
@ourtexasfamilyvideos6210 ай бұрын
Had a bad experience with aftermarket batteries for my Sony A7Siii. Now I use ONLY Sony batteries.
@jean-philippegrignom647910 ай бұрын
My zyhune tube lights lasted me 5 monts... and having them repaired is the same price as the lights because of shipping.
@sundersquare10 ай бұрын
what was that bad monitor? just so i know to avoid it. there's nothing wrong with mentioning you don't like a product. and when your videos can a good way to do research for which products to get or avoid but they're not mentioned, it means we are still in the dark
@CritterElectronics10 ай бұрын
I wish I had never bought my cheap Viltrox 7” monitor. Focus peaking turns the image black and white. And the monitor mount broke during a shoot, the monitor came crashing down on my body and lens, then hit the ground (also ripped the hdmi nearly out of my camera, bad torque happened, obviously did rip from the monitor though.) It was my first monitor. What can you expect for $130? Idk, I was uneducated then. But time to invest in a real tool You live and learn. But now I only try to buy stuff that is going to work for me for a good while.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Andycine!
@sundersquare10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth muchas gracias :)
@onQQuincy10 ай бұрын
I actually have some cheap batteries that have been working perfectly fine for like 5 years now
@theusbadenhorst10 ай бұрын
Wow. What a great video. Thank you
@jonny_brook_ben10 ай бұрын
Quick Question in the main interview while your speaking (WS) there is a weird reflection on you? is this telepromter glass reflection, looks like double exposure/double image.
@joenicklo10 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more with every piece of gear you mentioned.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
👊🏻
@WhySteve10 ай бұрын
Was it the feelworld monitor? Because I just bought one and I found the focus peaking on my wide shots is not the most accurate. Although, because the monitor is quite large, I can manual focus without focus peaking fairly well. Also, my computer's powersupply blew al my hard drives a few weeks ago, so now I've gotta reshoot a showreel because I have nothing lol. Anyways, good luck with the trip and I can't wait to see more updates!
@sonbik.makevideo10 ай бұрын
Great Vid and Advice
@AnotherOtherMan-alive10 ай бұрын
On the hard drive thing. Backblaze releases and keeps and up-to-date failure rate for the drives they use in their data centres. Though these are internal 3.5" drives they are running consumer, 'prosumer'' and professional drives. Sure the environment is a datacenter but it's helpful to have these resources on hand. As always you archives should be encrypted and on spinning rust. Sure they aren't as fast as SSDs but they have a better storage volume and more importantly repair-ability/data recovery advantages that SSDs don't have at all.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Yeah, that’s a great idea, I looked into it as a photographer. In video I found the file sizes just so big that it was taking ages. Worth looking at again though, thanks!
@AnotherOtherMan-alive10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsythYeah, the archive is more your long-term storage. SSDs are fast and great for things that you're working on in that moment but long term do pose some risks due to each controller being wildly different from a data recovery standpoint. In the data archival world there's tiers of access, the slowest for the oldest and least accessed and faster and faster as that data gets accessed more frequently. Keep in mind it's a Write Once Read Many application. You're not editing off of these things (you could with a large enough array but 'y tho?') Heck, even on the go a 2.5" 4tb HDD you're copying from your laptop to overnight (if you have that volume of footage and time) could drastically lower the cost of recovery should something happen.
@ksharky88810 ай бұрын
oof that first story hurt
@chrisklugh10 ай бұрын
Basically if your Cheap, you buy things twice. But be Frugal. Buy Value. If you don't know for sure how your going to uses the 'thing' often, you probably don't need it. But those everyday used items need to have a certain quality to them if your going to get Value out of it. Better to have a good 'basic' set then have a bunch of things that just don't work as well as you'd hope.
@sputnickers9 ай бұрын
TLDR: This is mis-titled. He's not gonna tell you gear that you don't need, but instead the gear is useful, just not the cheap stuff. In short, buy the high end stuff. No the cheap cables, no the cheap monitors, no cheap batteries, no cheap filters...
@latonya1110 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Wasmm_10 ай бұрын
I'm having this problem at my stage of filmmaking. I'm also having trouble finding music for a documentary I'm currently filming, i tried searching on the library of audiio but i just don't feel its what i need 😢
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
fair enough! Everyone needs different stuff - hope you find a good one soon!
@BenBowmanNYC7 ай бұрын
@LucForsyth Great info! Thank you! With the FX3 would you add the IR Cut filter for the Nisi variable ND? What if you are using 5+ stops of ND?
@ChuckSeayII10 ай бұрын
Great advice and a great video! Just a little too late for most of us! LOL! Thanks for sharing! Hopefully, this may save the youngins!
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
I mean I’ve bought most of these things myself, which is the only reason I can speak to it!
@speliotis10 ай бұрын
thank you
@VOKASINEMA10 ай бұрын
Good video. Thank you. It helps a lot.
@sammorganmoore10 ай бұрын
I like cheap monitors. THey all come from the same factory as the $1000 'brand' monitors. But if you want sharp on a little rig like bcamming an fx3.. use AF not peaking. Also most cameras (not the dumb fx3 and fx30) have an excellent evf.. this is where the kings and queens look to frame and focus for free - even in the sun.
@doityourself94910 ай бұрын
What was the green tint filter???? 😅
@seecraig10 ай бұрын
"Do your research" but how can we find the problem brands unless they're mentioned. Please do mention your problem brands. We understand that issues may be anecdotal but we really do want that information. Some manufacturers do pay attention to comments by hosts of popular channels and make product changes or otherwise reach out to the host to discuss the issues encountered. Alas, if you don't throw shade we might be left in the dark.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Fair enough! The monitor I had was from Andycine, and the filters I didn't like were polar pro. I have other PP stuff, like their matte box and drone VNDs, and have been very happy, but the VNDs gave me strong colour tints. This was around 2 years ago, so might have gotten better now. Hope that helps!
@seecraig10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth Mentioning Polar Pro is important. It's one of those brands often mentioned along with Nisi. I think a few others may have noted a color shift with their mirrorless VNDs. Thanks for mentioning that.
@brennanIX27 күн бұрын
That's not true at all about batteries. Expensive batteries are only expensive because they are marked up insane amounts, and charging for a name. Look at Samsung or LG cells of an equivalent capacity, and look how much it would cost to buy them.
@HI-SiteAerials10 ай бұрын
Now I'm scared because I have three of the Sandisk Extreme SSDs and am using as backup becuse my 4TB M1Max Macbook Pro Max is not enough. I bought the first one, a 256 GB, back in 2018 and it's still working so I invested in two more 2TB Sandisk Extremes (all mentioned are the 1050 Mbs models). These are not necessarily cheap in cost but are readily available in a pinch at places like Walmart and OfficeMax, which is why I bought them because i needed the storage right away. I noticed that with one of them, the first 2TB ssd drive I bought, my MacBook only recognizes and shows it in the " (my) Macbook Pro" section of the "Locations" in Finder and does not show as its own "Location" anymore when I plug it into the usb-c port. I wonder if that has something to do with their faultiness, or maybe I just don't know how to fully use all the features of my Macbook "Finder" file directory and I toggled something inadvertently? Anyway, does anyone have a good recommendation on what SSDs to use as backups?
@brian_bielanski9 ай бұрын
What are your go-to brands for audio and video cables?
@YounusYousuf10 ай бұрын
great advice.
@aaronromero77236 ай бұрын
Nice video I get it all those youtubers get pay some how by promoting gear, now there is no one to talk about cheep gear that works. Also gear that u really need for Photography or video according to the needs. or if u just pick a camera , normally they will look up to all those utubers then they will spend money they dont have , pls do one whit gear u relly need
@Jadesfishing10 ай бұрын
Great Video! Are you filming a new season of alone????
@AfoteyAnnum10 ай бұрын
I can understand not wanting to shame or shade certain manufacturers, but you really should have at the very least posted links to the products that you DO recommend... That would have made this video ACTUALLY helpful
@sharkn8do95810 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree! I am in the market right now for high-quality stands to attach a boom pole, any suggestions?
@jessegimbel10 ай бұрын
Same here, need to pick up some light stands and would love a tip for something good quality that isn't as big and heavy as a C-stand.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
Matthews Reverse stands are my favourite - bhpho.to/46p1SIy
@jessegimbel10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth thank you!
@doityourself94910 ай бұрын
Great video like always.
@ganganthefatman13829 ай бұрын
Do you have any experiemce with smallrig npf batteries? Ive boiled my choices down to either those or sony. Ill go with the sony batteries if i need to but id rather go with smallrig if theyre just as reliable.
@cesar_rodriguezb10 ай бұрын
Luc, which external hard drive would you then recommend
@poti73210 ай бұрын
What is the ND with the green tint? So i csn avoid it.
@seecraig10 ай бұрын
@LucForsyth Please do tell. I've used GenusTech Eclipse for years. 1 to 9 stops and only issue was going past 9 and getting the dreaded X. There were virtually no reviews. I've recently switched to Nisi True Color for several reasons. Decided it was one of the best although it's a slight inconvenience to add the 4 Stop ND to extend beyond 5. Although not all less expensive VNDs are bad though so it really is important to name names.
@poti73210 ай бұрын
Yeah , i dont care if it causes trouble for the company... if they make shit this is what they get. I use polar pro for VND but im not sure if the colorcast is good enough. @@seecraig
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
The ones I had a bad experience with were Polar Pros. I like their matte boxes and drone filters, but the full size VNDs were off - at least the ones I had. It's been a couple years since I tried them, maybe they've improved?
@poti73210 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth It SEEMS , i have the Peter Mckinnon version and i haven't noticed hard green tint , it has a suttle color change that gives it a warmer tone but it is correctable in post and at least consistent when i turn the VND not shifting to other colors based on the turning .
@florianropers10 ай бұрын
How do you like your cheap Newer boompole? :D (9:15 ) Joke aside - I have bought a bunch of cheap gear that I later on replaced with the higher quality stuff. For other stuff I went and bought the good good in the beginning and have no regrets about doing that (e.g. a Sachtler tripod and ball head) I'm actualy using the stick of my cobra monopod as my boompole so it acutally serves two purposes in my kit.
@Milan-cf1xe10 ай бұрын
Would you still recommend the SmallHD 502? I can get one used for 300€ and until now i had the Atomos Shinobi which is fine but has some flaws. For example it has a green tint and not the best focus peaking. What are the biggest cons of the SmallHD 502 or did it age well? The Indie 5 would be nice but its 900€.
@pedalandypedal10 ай бұрын
Start naming these companies pushing out problematic gear and I’m subscribing.😉
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
The monitor was Andycine, absolutely hated it
@pedalandypedal10 ай бұрын
sub'd @@LucForsyth
@ejays999 ай бұрын
LMAO I buy all these things and you're right. But I have gotten away with some of them though. I think the key is watching review videos on the stuff you want to buy, there are hidden gems out there and we need to save a buck where we can.
@jeffyshabong535610 ай бұрын
It would actually be useful if you could just mention the exact model name of those cheap gears if you don't want to bash out a specific brand (take for example the budget Feelworld monitor, while they have a budget monitor, they also have pro level gears which are expensive). And also most beginners don't have the knowledge to do proper research.
@ChadSchrandt10 ай бұрын
To add to your hard drive point: Cheap SD cards also tend to fail. Buying the cheapest SD card on the market is also usually a recipe for disaster.
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
big time!
@skinkie10 ай бұрын
Literally: how can you go wrong with a balanced(!) XLR cable? How cheap should it be to only have two wires, otherwise you would have noticed no sound at all?
@LucForsyth10 ай бұрын
They’ll work, but die very fast or have static in the middle of a shoot
@skinkie10 ай бұрын
@@LucForsyth Can you maybe share a brand that is so bad, I want to look what is inside these cables.