GVM Moterized Slider Filmmaker's Review | GVM 80QD | Interviews + Timelapse + Macro

[@seanc8054]

youtube has failed this person so hard, i dont understand why the channel only has 227 and why i am just now stumbling across this video right now, this video was great, its been over a year i hope he still does video work, really awesome review and skills :)

[@theartofsciencevideo]

Thanks john. Very helpful. I bought that particular slider after watching your in-depth video. I do a lot of photography, mainly rocks and geology outside, and plants indoors. Looking at the world through a camera forces you to pay attention. I wanted to add extra motion to my timelapse clips and this slider is just fine. Your practical suggestions along with a very comprehensive time-lapse review were invaluable. As a retired teacher, I couldn't help admiring your presentation. Thanks again.

[@MisterDavidH]

Young man I am impressed by the quality and content of your video. I am 79 and looking at sliders for real estate photography and this is a giant learning curve or me.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

The best review I’ve watched and I’ve seen a ton of them! Great work young man!

[@TheFaustianMan]

This was seriously both an indepth review and a very talented cinematographer! Holy shit dude! I hope you stick with this, and I'll see you in Hollywood! You got the gift!

[@JohnMeyer]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@johnscottsmith4954]

Thank you for putting this together. That was very well done. It’s sitting in my Amazon cart right now, and I think I’m going to finally hit “buy”.

[@brian.d.mobley]

Well done! Love to see young people who are still using their brains!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!! It can be a challenge, but it's 125% worth it.

[@brian.d.mobley]

@@JohnMeyer HEY!! I have a 48" slider. I was thinking I could do all the calculations for the speed of the carriage and you could add that to your PDF spreadsheet for sharing. Would you like that?

[@iSpike]

G’day John, I really liked this video.,Thank you, your helping me make up my mind to buy this slider. I am 60yo (going on 14 😂) I live in a small country town (population 9 people) in outback Western Australia 🇦🇺. I’m a hobbyist filmmaker and a solo operator and looking forward to having fun with this Slider. Happy to Subscribe & a big thumbs up 👍🏻 Cheers 🤝🏻

[@clearmediaproductions]

This by far is the best review I've seen on this slider.....if in-depth and detail was a person LMBO. Thanks a bunch for great content 😁

[@williamsteinhour4876]

Nice presentation young man! I am so glad you have the resources and parental support to peruse your obvious talent.

[@reneseib6532]

This was a really good review, keep going on your channel man.

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ChannelerMG]

Awesome Vid! One of the Best I've Seen!

[@MrMarclauren]

Awesome job young man!!

[@groundbreakerexplore]

Awesome camera slider review. Nice footage.

[@charliewinkie6990]

Well done, that was awesome! 😎

[@Rocketryman]

You need film to film. Cinematographer, Video Maker, Movie Maker, digital shorts. Apply your creativity! :-) You have a great deal of talent. The more you understand your craft the better you become over all the others. :-)

[@JohnMeyer]

Haha maybe technically you do. But that's not how "filmmaking" is used these days.

[@laczar1000]

Very good review! Thanks

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Glad it could be helpful to you.

[@HolisticWithin]

thank you for this review, If you keep this up you will have 1M subs in no time! hats off!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks man! Appreciate it! IDK about the 1M subs, but who knows 😅

[@angelicaamora11]

Amazing how a user error got a replacement kudos to GVM!

[@JohnMeyer]

Yep, they're great with customer service!!

[@beebystudios]

Thanks. Nicely done! :)

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌

[@jpgrad8810]

Great review! with lots of great details from long term user perspective. Keep up the good work and thanks for your review.

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks for the he encouragement! Glad it could be helpful to you 😊.

[@StanNovotny]

I have the same slider. I use my tripod in the centre and use cheap monopods on either end to stabilize it. Works well and it’s lighter than a second tripod.

[@JohnMeyer]

Great tip!! Since I did this review I've tried using light stands on the ends with a tripod in the middle, but I think monopods would work even better. 👍

[@mediafactoryinternational]

Hey John that's such a helpful video - THANKS :) I have a quick question - Im not sure about how I could position the direction of my camera on the start and the end point?

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! You adjust the start and end directions by adjusting the rod that goes across the bottom.

[@SeanHelmsMedia]

10 months and not one person told you about spelling your title wrong. It’s motorized and not moterized. I’ll watch your back brother. Good vid bud.

[@JohnMeyer]

Haha, I totally missed that. 🤦‍♂️😅 Thanks for pointing it out!

[@SeanHelmsMedia]

@@JohnMeyer and Hapoy New Year.

[@newt2010]

Great job. Might want to think about using support bars at each of slider when on tripod. That will help with your end point sag. I just ordered the GVM 120QD. I also ordered thee support bars based off of watching videos like this. So I hope it helps in my case. I know you mentioned this issue, and I wouldn't want to tote 2 tripods as well, but the bars should be a good solution.

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! I haven't seen those but sounds like they might be a good solution! I think you'll like the slider 😉

[@ExigentFilms]

Awesome work on this review brotha. Thanks!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

[@prizepig]

Thanks for the video. I just ordered one of these sliders.

[@JohnMeyer]

Sweet! I think you'll like it! Glad my review was helpful!

[@dirks4093]

Great review. Thank you.

[@JohnMeyer]

No problem! Glad it could be helpful.

[@DuncanJBarrett]

Very thorough review, thank you.

[@JohnMeyer]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Speros240]

Man, that was helpful, thanks for the great review. just one question: when I connect the GVM slider to my sony a7r4 the camera beeps the autofocus but doesn't take the photo, I've been all over the internet found no solution.

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!!! The not really familiar with Sony, but you might want to check all the connections, because it sounds like it's only half pressing the shutter which can be from not being plugged in right.

[@JoeMoesch]

Excellent tutorial video. My question is on time lapse. I can get it to go thru all the motions, but it doesn't seem to be triggering my camcorder shutter. A sony cx 405. Is there something I should be setting in the camcorder itself? Thanks.

[@SusanneGeert]

Your are such a talent 🙌🏼 And quite charming as well ;-) Thanks for creating this helpful video 🙏🏻 How much weight do you think is the maximum you can use this with vertically?

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!! Not sure the exact weight, but a 5D style camera is too much unless the lens is SUPER light

[@pastiche4497]

Ok, Sparky here's the deal... I'm currently using this slider to make Hybrid Timelapses. Any chance that you have any more calculations/math on this thing? For example, could you break the speed down more?

[@BrianSmithSouthFlorida]

Good work!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thank you!

[@clbazar]

Good job!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!

[@andreshernandez]

thanks for the good video!

[@carondeletvillageengineeri8490]

Very helpful. I'm stuck on doing a time lapse left to right of a candle burn down. Takes about 7 hours for the candle to burn completely. Any suggestions on settings for that?

[@JohnMeyer]

Take the length of the final video clip you want in seconds and multiply it by 30 (or 24) to get the number of frames you need. Then take 7 hour and multiply it by 60 twice to get the number of seconds in 7 hours (7x60x60=25200). The devide the total number of seconds in 7 hours by the number of frames you need to get the money interval between shots in seconds. Lets say for a 10 second clip at 30 frames per second, you'll need 300 frames. 25200/300=84 so you would need an interval of 84 seconds between photos. Hope that makes sense.

[@JohnMeyer]

And you'll need to set speed according to the chart in the description which would be about 80% for 300 photos. I'd also set the camera to take longer exposures (1/2 to 1 second) for each photos so the motion looks smooth.

[@JohnMeyer]

Sounds like a really cool timelapse project! Let me know how it goes. I'd love to see the results.

[@lovettdsouzaexternal8353]

Awesome review. I seriously want to purchase a slider and was between this and the Zeapon 2 plus. The only issue is Zeapon does not do parallax and I would like this for interview style videos. How is the parallax performance on this slider.

[@JohnMeyer]

Parallax works well for me. You can see examples of it in the video. I wouldn't get a slider without it, especially for interviews, unless you want to be manually panning the camera the whole time. It can be hard to get a smooth repeatable parallax motion by hand as well.

[@lovettdsouzaexternal8353]

@@JohnMeyer Thanks John...You cleared my doubt It looks to be good value

[@realestatephotovideoshawns1177]

Great Review! I have a Neewer and its garbage. I just ordered this now, and a slypod. Keep it up!

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!! I think you'll like it. The slypod looks pretty cool too.

[@McAfeeStudios]

thanks for the review, are you still using it? Has it lasted?

[@JohnMeyer]

Still using it! Not a lot, but still in service. And going strong! 👌👍

[@HN-nu6ed]

Hi, I have a question about time lapse. I wonder if GVM can do a 60 day time lapse project. One frame per hour (for fruit). Of course, I know that I have to use AC to keep it running for a long time. Thank you.

[@JohnMeyer]

Honestly not exactly sure what the max interval is. I'm on a trip right now so I don't have access to the slider to check on it. I can check when I do have it. Sorry I couldn't help. 😊

[@HN-nu6ed]

@@JohnMeyer Have a wonderful trip. If you have a chance to check, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[@ken8513]

Great review A++++++++

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Means a lot.

[@benchmarkcommercials]

Hey, do you think it's bad to forcefully bend the rod and then tighten it to what works best for the shot? With the closeup shot for interviews, it's hard to keep the subject in the same part of the frame...

[@JohnMeyer]

I don't know that it will hurt the rod to bend it a bit as long as you don't bend it so forcefully it bends permanently. For closeup interview shots, I don't think there should be a problem unless you have the slider fairly close with a wider lens. It will look better with a longer lens (around 85mm Full Frame equivalent) and the slider farther Fe m the subject.

[@9VN]

cool wideo

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks!

[@IdeologieUK]

You got a new sub big guy… I’m going for the shark, but a great review! This kid’s gonna go far guys, sub him up! 👍

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Glad it was useful! If it helped you decide not to get it, that's part of the purpose. 😊

[@victorzimet9388]

What tripod do you use with the slider?

[@samimqazi4270]

thank you for making this video specially for explaining the Timelapse part coz its really really really confusing ... they could have made it a simple 1 donno why they jumped for complicated 1 ... anywayz thanks once again for the video ...

[@JohnMeyer]

Sometimes these Chinese products are a bit confusing!! Glad I could clear it up some!

[@samimqazi4270]

@@JohnMeyer agree

[@SageRap]

Love the review bro- just a heads up though, that constant vocal fry might damage your vocal cords in the long run

[@JohnMeyer]

Thanks! Good point, I'll have to check that out.

[@VzuallStudio]

24-70mm sony a7s too heavy for vertical?

[@JohnMeyer]

Yup, it's probably going to really struggle if it can lift it at all. Diagonal is fine, but for vertical a 24-70 is pretty heavy.

[@bigdrb6900]

The slider itself is great, and fairly well built, but the remote was a one time use, and very poorly made.

[@TheUssrcjak47]

God it’s so jerky

[@charliewinkie6990]

Well done, that was awesome! 😎