thanks to Sennheiser for sponsoring our NAB 2017 coverage learn more about the
MK elements GoPro microphone and their other audio for video products at the
link in the video description NAB 2017 is well underway so let's check out our
top five camera accessories from around the show floor starting us off is
sennheiser's MK2 elements this is a new microphone Sennheiser has made in
partnership with GoPro the microphone uses sennheiser's MK2 capsule and uses a
rubber base to prevent vibrations from affecting sound in all the various
mounting situations you may face the mic is omnidirectional and is designed to
wend extreme cold and the wetest environments you could throw at the Hero
4 the mic itself is an ipx7 rating and
was recently taken for a spin in various wet environments by lonus in his full
review here Sennheiser is also working on a version of this mic for the Hero 5
that will be coming out soon our second accessory in this Roundup is from spider
holster newest edition in their lineup of products the spider light now some of
you may know that I've been using spider holsters black Widow to carry my xt2 for
a while now the spider light attempts to improve on the black widow's design it
Sports an all metal body with a smaller footprint than its predecessor as well
as a new clip system that makes it easier to put on and remove from your
belt unlike the Black Widow where in order to take it off you have to remove
your belt entirely spider also includes a new and improved plate for your camera
that doubles as an ARCA swis plate for tripods that use that standard with the
added bonus that this plate can also have a different tripod plate added to
the bottom thanks to its quarter 20 thread spider has also added an optional
accessory that allows use of the spider light on a backpack strap for those who
travel with backpacks often a nice Edition since I constantly find myself
carrying a backpack when traveling next up is manfrotto's new Nitro fluid head
manfroto has designed this head with a nitrogen piston in the middle which may
sound a little weird but it allows for a continuous counterbalance without the
need to reset the head to neutral tilt unlike on their previous video heads the
nitrotech has a payload of 17.6 pounds
to accommodate midsize production cameras and both the pan and tilt
friction adjustments have been improved to be more grippy than previous heads in
their lineup moving on we have the freecast universal a wireless
transmitter and receiver system the freecast universal works with any camera
that has an HDMI out allowing you to stream from your camera to any iOS
device or monitor that can take an HDMI in when transmitting the freecast
universal has a range of 500 M and can be powered via their rechargeable
batteries or the USB input on each receiver and transmitter audio wise you
can use audio going directly into your camera or for those who want to use an
external microphone the freecast universals transmitter Sports a 3.5mm
audio input allowing a wide variety of mic Solutions currently on the market
along with monitoring your camera from multiple devices the freecast can stream
live directly to different social media platforms currently freecast only offers
support for YouTube or Facebook but the company says that they'll be adding
twitch and Instagram Live support among others when they do the full release of
the freecast universal later this year lastly we have C's new Genie 2 building
on their existing motion control systems for time-lapse and video production the
gen2 adds a new pan and tilt head that supports a heavier payload of 5 kg and
is also much quieter than its predecessor the gen2 is also available
in a kit with their new linear drive module which uses a rope system for
controlled horizontal movement on nearly any slider on the market serup has also
opted for type-c charging on the gen2 these ports also double as a way to
power cameras like Sony's a7s2 that have less than optimal battery life for time
lapse the gen2 can be controlled with Cup's existing app for the rest of their
products or with the hardware buttons on the device for less complicated movement
with other motion control systems on the market getting more complicated Ser is
striving to keep usability as streamlined as possible allowing
creatives to focus on the other challenges of their work instead of
worrying about gear an approach that I can appreciate so thank you guys for
watching let me know what your favorite accessory in this Roundup was in the comments down below and thanks again to
Sennheiser for sponsoring our coverage of NAB 2017 check out the MK2 elements
GoPro mic and the rest of their audio lineup which you can learn more about at
the link in the video description