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what's up my pyos andyw tech influence
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here excited to go over the universal
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phone cage kit from the folks at apexel
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there's a great way here for your iPhone
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to be able to connect a grip lenses
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filters and an awesome rigging that has/
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quarter inch mounts as well as C mounts
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to be able to shoot content stream make
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Vlogs or to be able to have something
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that will attach to your favorite lenses
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you can attach the wide angle and macro
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lens here from apexel this is a great
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option for the budding videography
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vlogger content creator you name it it's
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great for Tik Tok you can use it for
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YouTube or any of the other social media
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that you wish to make content for now
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I'm going to be shooting with my iPhone
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16 Pro Max but what's nice about the
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universal phone mount here is that you
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can place it on any iPhone or Android
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Samsung whatever your daily carry is
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this is going to be able to support that
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with that said the folks at a pixel did
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provide this to me complimentary this
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whole kit and sponsor this video down
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below in the links in the description
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will be the product pricing and
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availability check that out here as it
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does help with the channel let's unbox
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this demonstrate it and show you what
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you're getting yourself
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into I would recommend the following
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here that fits really well with the
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universal phone kit you've got the 67
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filter kit as well as the wideangle and
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macro detachable lens we're going to go
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ahead and unbox first the universal kit
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unboxing is very straightforward it
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comes with everything necessary that you
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need you even have the Bluetooth shutter
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here and grip Universal cage as well as
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some of the other materials in here okay
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here's everything that it comes with
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we've obviously got our grip you've got
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your Hardware Mount you even have your
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90° USB as well as the universal cage
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itself so as far as functionality you've
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got these knobs here that's going to
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change the operations so if you unlock
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these here you can choose between the 67
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mm Mount or the mount for your lens you
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also have the up and down depending on
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the size of device you can use this here
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to be able to fine adjust it and then
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you've obviously got this built-in
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mechanism here to be able to fit any
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size phone as you need or see fit you
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can see that it's starting to expand out
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as you loosen it and this can all be
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fine adjusted once you reach the
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appropriate width you can lock it into
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place here once you're done you got your
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quarter inch Mount here that fits a
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majority of mounts including obviously
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the mount that it came with as well as
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mounts here on the back if you want to
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have a charging Bank or if you wanted to
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have an external hard drive for prores
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log 4K 120 you name it you've also got
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it on the bottom here as well as well as
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on the sides I like that all right
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setting up the grip is pretty
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straightforward you put the main bolt
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there on the inside and then you're
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going to go ahead and screw it into
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place there's two different screw heads
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here you're going to align your knots
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there and then once you're ready you can
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go ahead and screw this on to the side
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here what's nice is this has a built-in
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battery it's got a 2500 milliamp battery
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which is going to be nice for charging
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you press the button here to show how
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much batter is left and then on the top
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you've got your shutter Button as well
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that has its own independent charging
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that magnetizes to the bottom which is
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nice I like that this can obviously be
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used to take away if you wanted to set
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it up on the tripod to take pictures but
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this is a great mounting system here for
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your first time vlogging making content
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scrolling you name it it comes with
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extra pads here if you wanted to
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reinforce edges or corners if that's
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something you're interested in okay
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mounting is very straightforward and
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easy I'm going to make sure that it
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doesn't press up against any of the
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buttons now granted if you have the
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iPhone 16 your camera control is going
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to be run obsolete as it is going to
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cover it depending on where you're going
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to place it we're going to go ahead and
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align it with the appropriate lens that
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is right on center we're going to lock
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it into place we're also going to lock
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this one into place as well lastly we're
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going to go ahead and throw on some of
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the filter mounts both of them come in
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these nice packaging here and separate
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mounts if you don't have the universal
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cage you got an Endy filter built in you
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got your 67 mm filter Mount this
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actually has its own dedicated coldo
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Mount if you wanted it does fit right in
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and grips right onto the lens otherwise
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you can take the mount out okay if you
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have one of the filters or any other 67
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mm filters you can go ahead and actually
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unscrew this section here that it uses
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to Pivot and grip onto some of the other
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adapters and then you can go ahead and
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switch out for your 67 mm I've got a 20%
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diffusion here which is nice on skin
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tones especially in the summer when
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you're shooting shots during the day it
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also allows you to have a fun halo
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effect on lights at night it's just as
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easy to take off go ahead and screw it
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off of the mount you can place it back
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on the other if you want to put your
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other mounts back on there like your
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lenses okay we're going to pull out the0
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45 wide angle and macro you can see here
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that it's got two different settings
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you've obviously got your wide angle
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lens you can pull off the macro here's
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your wide and that get you about a 16
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mil and then this adapter is going to
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fit here right onto this adapter and
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they also have conveniently a 17 mm as
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well so if you want to throw on like a
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60 mil from yansi this just fits right
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on there on that 17 mm Mount that looks
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really nice it fits natively right onto
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that mount which is great or if you want
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throw on this really chunky 2.5x 85 mm
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lens from newer it has that same Mount
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you can throw that on there as well and
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get really nice portrait shots if you
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want to I like that I've gone ahead and
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aligned it here I've moved this tray up
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a little bit so that the 1X lens on the
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16 Pro Max so we can go ahead and fit on
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their native lens right on there as well
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there you can see it mounted on there as
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well here's the entire rig setup here as
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you can see we've got their native Mount
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there with the lens fit on there we've
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got a dedicated lav mic as well you've
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got the power that's pushing power to
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the device from the 25 milliamp battery
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and then we've also got the shutter
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button here that can be taken away here
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if you need to for longdistance shots
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let's go ahead and go on location and
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show you what this looks like okay we're
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on location with the Axel rig I've also
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got their fitted wide angle and macro
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lens the provided adapter we're going to
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go ahead and shoot in 4k prores log 120
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frames a second spring is out and I
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wanted to show off some of the different
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highlights of this season while using
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the Apel rig we've got the shutter
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button battery powered as well as the
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rigging to be able to give you really
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smooth nice and clean shots we're going
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to be using obviously the wideangle lens
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we're going to throw on a telly and then
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I'm also going to throw on the 67 mm
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filter that was also available with
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that's a variable vnd or a diffusion if
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you want shooting with this is just a
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breeze I really like how light it is I
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like how much longer you can Vlog make
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content for because the battery is
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driving the extended use you can also
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take that out obviously and use an
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external hard drive if you want there's
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cold shoe mounts as well as rigging here
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if you wanted to take pictures and
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whatnot we're shooting with the 20%
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diffusion as well as the vnd filter you
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can go ahead and daisy chain them and
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it's really easy to be able to adjust
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that vnb if you want let's go ahead and
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shoot a couple of shots here with me and
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frame with this really harsh contrasted
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Sun hopefully we can get some motion
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just going around my yard here there is
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some buds that are coming out of my tree
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there's also some tulips that are
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starting to push out of the ground
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there's also some blossoms starting to
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come out here from the willow tree and
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other trees around my neighborhood it
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looks really great getting really close
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macro now we're on to the last Mount you
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can see here that I have this massive
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2.5 85 mm telly from newer it fits that
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17 m mount on the 1X let's go and shoot
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some buttery telephoto shots you have
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the ability to set this up and talk at
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camera if you want you can also handhold
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it because the 1X lens for the iPhone
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does a great job stabilizing your image
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gives you a nice focal length here to be
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able to shoot dynamic range is not
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impacted as the iPhone has some of the
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best in class and then as far as the
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filter goes it's nice adding a 67 mm
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diffusion filter here you can see that
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my skin is a little bit softer the
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lighting is a little bit more hazed and
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I think it's it does a good job here
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especially in the really harsh light if
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you add a vnd d to be able to get really
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high quality slow motion here if that's
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something that you're interested in
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otherwise the Axel camera rig does a
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good job here giving you utility
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function as well as a nice rigging to be
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able to accomplish all that you need I
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really like the shutter button being
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able to detach here and having it as a
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nice shutter and then also the grip is
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nice and comfortable giving you that
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extra Comfort here around the Ed
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edes I think the universal K from the
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folks at apexel is a great option for
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streaming for Content creation for
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getting landscape it's got a nice grip
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it's got lens functionality for the 17
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mm you've got cold shoe mounts you've
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got a detachable shutter Button as well
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as a 2500 milliamp battery for charging
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you've got mounts here on the front so
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if you wanted to add a mount for a SSD
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you can do that as well but this is very
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versatile for shooting content making
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videos Vlogs you name it the only thing
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about this cable here is it's a little
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squirly it kind of wraps around the unit
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and it doesn't fit in properly
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especially for my iPhone nonetheless if
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you want to get a bigger cable you could
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do that with that said the folks at a
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pixel will provide this to complimentary
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and sponsor this video down below in the
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links in the description will be the
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product pricing and availability check
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that out here it helps the channel
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thanks for watching Andy with tech
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influence we'll catch you in the next