Top 5 NEW Camera Accessories
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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thanks to Sennheiser for sponsoring our NAB 2017 coverage learn more about the
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MK elements GoPro microphone and their other audio for video products at the
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link in the video description NAB 2017 is well underway so let's check out our
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top five camera accessories from around the show floor starting us off is
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sennheiser's MK2 elements this is a new microphone Sennheiser has made in
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partnership with GoPro the microphone uses sennheiser's MK2 capsule and uses a
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rubber base to prevent vibrations from affecting sound in all the various
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mounting situations you may face the mic is omnidirectional and is designed to
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wend extreme cold and the wetest environments you could throw at the Hero
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4 the mic itself is an ipx7 rating and
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was recently taken for a spin in various wet environments by lonus in his full
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review here Sennheiser is also working on a version of this mic for the Hero 5
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that will be coming out soon our second accessory in this Roundup is from spider
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holster newest edition in their lineup of products the spider light now some of
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you may know that I've been using spider holsters black Widow to carry my xt2 for
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a while now the spider light attempts to improve on the black widow's design it
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Sports an all metal body with a smaller footprint than its predecessor as well
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as a new clip system that makes it easier to put on and remove from your
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belt unlike the Black Widow where in order to take it off you have to remove
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your belt entirely spider also includes a new and improved plate for your camera
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that doubles as an ARCA swis plate for tripods that use that standard with the
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added bonus that this plate can also have a different tripod plate added to
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the bottom thanks to its quarter 20 thread spider has also added an optional
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accessory that allows use of the spider light on a backpack strap for those who
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travel with backpacks often a nice Edition since I constantly find myself
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carrying a backpack when traveling next up is manfrotto's new Nitro fluid head
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manfroto has designed this head with a nitrogen piston in the middle which may
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sound a little weird but it allows for a continuous counterbalance without the
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need to reset the head to neutral tilt unlike on their previous video heads the
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nitrotech has a payload of 17.6 pounds
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to accommodate midsize production cameras and both the pan and tilt
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friction adjustments have been improved to be more grippy than previous heads in
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their lineup moving on we have the freecast universal a wireless
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transmitter and receiver system the freecast universal works with any camera
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that has an HDMI out allowing you to stream from your camera to any iOS
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device or monitor that can take an HDMI in when transmitting the freecast
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universal has a range of 500 M and can be powered via their rechargeable
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batteries or the USB input on each receiver and transmitter audio wise you
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can use audio going directly into your camera or for those who want to use an
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external microphone the freecast universals transmitter Sports a 3.5mm
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audio input allowing a wide variety of mic Solutions currently on the market
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along with monitoring your camera from multiple devices the freecast can stream
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live directly to different social media platforms currently freecast only offers
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support for YouTube or Facebook but the company says that they'll be adding
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twitch and Instagram Live support among others when they do the full release of
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the freecast universal later this year lastly we have C's new Genie 2 building
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on their existing motion control systems for time-lapse and video production the
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gen2 adds a new pan and tilt head that supports a heavier payload of 5 kg and
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is also much quieter than its predecessor the gen2 is also available
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in a kit with their new linear drive module which uses a rope system for
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controlled horizontal movement on nearly any slider on the market serup has also
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opted for type-c charging on the gen2 these ports also double as a way to
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power cameras like Sony's a7s2 that have less than optimal battery life for time
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lapse the gen2 can be controlled with Cup's existing app for the rest of their
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products or with the hardware buttons on the device for less complicated movement
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with other motion control systems on the market getting more complicated Ser is
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striving to keep usability as streamlined as possible allowing
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creatives to focus on the other challenges of their work instead of
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worrying about gear an approach that I can appreciate so thank you guys for
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watching let me know what your favorite accessory in this Roundup was in the comments down below and thanks again to
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Sennheiser for sponsoring our coverage of NAB 2017 check out the MK2 elements
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GoPro mic and the rest of their audio lineup which you can learn more about at
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the link in the video description