Moment lenses: should you buy them?

[@FifaTolig]

I think these 'tech vlogs' videos should be your go-to format for making videos. Your experience in both areas definitely makes this video unique and sets you apart from other KZbinrs. Great work!

[@BrockMcGoff]

Dude this footage looks awesome, especially the wide angle. Well done, great editing!

[@bRealBlknsexi]

I really dig the Sax music! I'm from NY and it really captures the cool vibe😎 better than the popish vlog music everyone usually uses lol.

[@tristanking6684]

This is DSLR quality minus some blurry ness. Beautiful vlog love the audio choices

[@moment]

Sam, you rule! Keep crushing the videos. 🤙🏽

[@Omotemisola]

Moment of your

[@samsheffer]

i think this is a tech vlog and i like it

[@doduos6583]

hey lets get pizza! lol Its Aman from ATSM.

[@Tonywirthfilms]

just my opinion, but i think it's a little too long of a video. Great quality though, and I've always liked your style too. keep it up !

[@michaelparsons1804]

The question will be, will they be compatible with the iPhone 8 later this month and how long it will take for them to bring out a case to mount them on the 8

[@BreakingBayArea]

Sam Sheffer tech? I don't think so. Consumer, yeah.

[@MrJona305]

what janoski's are you wearing ?

[@CharmPeddler]

Thanks for the great review. I've been on the fence about getting this. Wife does a food vlog (iPhone 7) and I love phone photography (Google Pixel 2 XL) so this seems like a good buy. Really appreciate how in depth you went!

[@lizzy135]

Looking for lens for my iPhone for my trip coming up and this is the best video describing these lens! Love how detailed this was. Thank you :)

[@crushbent]

Thumbs up for that saxophone edit.

[@MunirRahool]

Loved it.

[@ChadSterley]

Perfect video man! Watched at least 10 videos for exactly this and just couldn’t find what I needed. Your video was just it, will definitely be getting a moment lens after this 👍🏻

[@gustavo31313131]

I love your vlog style of reviewing, amazing

[@robertroy4324]

I can’t believe I watched all 16 minutes! I am going to get the wide and the case. Thanks for straight up report.

[@focusstation7512]

Hi Robert! glad you are getting a moment lens! let me know if you didn't buy yet, I have a 10% discount. cheers

[@sheed3k]

Found your channel today. Quickly subscribed and binged watch for a few hrs. Great channel!!

[@KrisPBacon-fv5hm]

Wow. That wide angle lens really opens up the viewing area. Great footage.

[@DaleKurtMurray]

My initial thought was, what does Sam Sheffer have to say about the Moment lens for 16+ mins. Now, I don't want it to end. I love the way you did this video, makes me miss being in NY.

[@JsontheBarber]

How were you able to film yourself using the rear facing camera with your osmo mobile? I have the osmo mobile 3 and have been trying to figure out a way to film myself using the rear camera due to its higher quality and dynamic range.

[@kyleflores2723]

It is expensive but worth to spend money with these kind of lenses, cases etc. but honestly how you reached us the viewers was really awesome. Cool dude keep it up!

[@fistulator]

Bought the whole kit and waiting for them to come in...looking forward in particular to the tele which I notice you didn't have. All in all, great comparison vid, thank a ton for sharing! Also, love the board.

[@dainknudson]

Great review, very interesting product. For those interested, they do sell S8 & S8+ cases on their site now. I was bummed when he said that but my hopes have been restored. Very good content!

[@BryanDavidSmithMusic]

I believe the weight balance issue can be corrected by loosening that round nut on the back bracket and the arm will then slide out until you find the right balance.

[@samsheffer]

+Bryan David Smith yes but the lens outweighs the built-in correction so you need to compensate

[@loft4me]

The progression from smartphone as video capturing device, to smartphone plus gimbal, suddenly comes to a halt if the next step, the Moment lens, requires some counterweight to balance the whole shebang. The question would be if I need the extra field of view versus the extra weight of the lens and a hack job with quarters (no offense Sam) in order to balance my Pixel on my Smooth Q gimbal. Still, thanks Sam for the video. It allows unforeseen scenarios to materialize, which in turn allows further scrutiny before an actual purchase.

[@randif.8182]

So for a college student who wants to start vlogging and making KZbin vids, do you recommend investing in this product? I want to buy a wide lens to record my videos but a lot of the lenses I’ve seen are kinda blurry on the edges of the wide lens.

[@KelsomaticPDX]

Awesome video. The wide lens is actually kind of tempting.

[@MattNicassio]

This was a dope video! I really felt like I was IN New York City. You've done a much better job than most, including Casey, to make me fell like I was on a trip through the city. Awesome job. Still haven't heard the verdict on the lens. Stabilizers though I'm becoming more and more sold on!

[@joserobertocastellon]

Thanks for this review Sam, you're awesome man. I **THINK** that if you record on the native iPhone app at 1080p60 it will not be as jittery when converting to 24fps, might be worth a shot.

[@fiveshorts]

Stabilization in video mode simply DOESN'T WORK with the battery case and latest Moment app. The promo says there are even choices of stabilization, including "cinematic", but there's no stabilization at all. I've compared it to the iOS camera app in video mode. Night and day. Yet another reason not to buy this batter case, or bother using the Moment app. Filmic Pro is so much better. Also, The phone gets REALLY, REALLY hot when it's in the battery case and filming.

[@ChrisIstace]

Killer Review man, watched the new vlog post from Peter McKinnon which led me to Moment which led me to your review. Simple, fun and real life...that's how reviews should be.

[@JayGuo]

One if the only youtubers I watch for reviews. Keep it up Sam!

[@bubballama]

Hadn't heard of those before, but am definitely interested. Thanks for sharing Sam! Btw, the 1:40 mark....satisfying.

[@Glitchsythe]

So close on snatching these lenses up. This definitely helped. Great vid

[@aghamatic]

Thanks for sharing Sam! Just subscribed to your vlog! Like the fact that you go straight to the point. Very engaging. Keep up the good work bro. You're an inspiration. *insert inspirational quote here*

[@photoliv42]

Loved your in-depth review of these lenses & when best to use them! You seem very knowledgeable about lenses & made it easy to understand. I do have to say I felt the pizza review & visit with your buds felt tremendously out of place for your lens review, especially not being from NY & only being interested in your review of the lenses. I found myself having to skip to the actual review part during both. Overall, thank you! Great job!

[@lathiat]

The obvious answer is yes. ❤️ my moment 2.0. I've only got the wide and Tele. Need a superfish now!

[@RustyCowboy27]

Great video! Very detailed you completely solidified whether I should buy the lens or not thanks

[@SVETOGOR1]

will Moment V2 work better in low light than original camera lens? Better pictures? is there any real difference? can show comparison? thanks

[@MiguelSilvaX]

The video looks a bit janky, don't know if it's some framerate conversion or OIS + LENS + gimbal... (corrections, watching till the end of the video you said it was a framerate conversion, thanks) I would like to see some footage of the wide lens in a Pixel 2 and a Gimbal - my next phone will certainly be a Pixel 2 ;)

[@BadmutsNL]

Great video. The stabilized skate footage looks really nice

[@markswizzy]

TIP! have you ever try shoot portraits with a macro lens, you will get a nice depth of field (DOF) in the picture, and that nice blur backgrund!! ;)

[@bweimer157]

Really like your videos. How did you get the back camera to keep your face in the center of the frame when you were on the boosted board with the wide lens on the phone? Did you use the active tracking on the Osmo mobile? Keep up the great work.

[@shantievillada]

Is he like a lo-fi Casey Neistat?

[@brandonvooo8882]

Shantie Villada Peter McKinnon

[@dasaauto2024]

lol, wtf does that mean? Lo-Fi? Like low energy, dumbed down and sloppy? Not sure how your metaphor translates (unless it’s like “on fleek,” which doesn’t make any fleeking sense...). He seemed nice to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@captainjacksfloatingbargri4423]

@@dasaauto2024 lofi is chill and calm music, so he's not overly hyped, erratic, and just a good video. But has a very similar vibe to Casey (I'd rather watch this guy lol)

[@dasaauto2024]

Captain Jacks Floating Bar & Grill Gotcha. Okay, makes sense then. Like the “shoe-gazer” genre. I don’t read enough Pitchfork to keep all the names straight (which is fine, haha)

[@TL_Archive]

Lol caseys stufio is in the same budiling with his

[@stillyoulike]

Christmas miracle from Casey’s channel

[@leonardolacommare8271]

Sammy!! great video! Do you use filmic Pro v6? if you do what do you keep your shutter speed and iso on to give it this crystal clear look?

[@AdamBlue]

glad you brought up the FPS thing. I don't hear this enough, especially from Marques.

[@pinikpikantv3555]

I am dying to get one for my Note 9 but can not find in my country of residence. No online sellers for the case but tons are selling the lens. Any thoughts how to purchase the case? thanks. Love the review.

[@mattmorelli9833]

Good stuff, man. Request though: You HAVE to do a video on your audio here. When you were on the skateboard around the 6:30 mark, I was blown away at how well I was hearing your voice balanced pretty decently with the sound of the skateboard on the pavement and the city background noise (which I imagine has to be pretty noisy). Are you seriously just using the on-deck camera mic or are you doing something else with a wireless lav or windsock attachment or something? Thanks.

[@TeddyParker]

6:55 LOL that lady has had enough of kids running around the city with cameras

[@ersdummerjunge1534]

xD

[@viktortsoi3994]

Have u tried putting a tape on the sensor? I use osmo mobile also. And I made my own mount to put go pro on there because if i put go pro on where phone sits, it blocks the back lcd and it wouldnt even start balancing. As soon as i tape the sensor it balanced right away. Weight is clearly not balanced the osmo forces it. Just a quick tip for other people that struggles with it.

[@trailsofthesmokies]

Same... not into the macro, do like the width of the fisheye but I cant get past the curve at the edge, regular wide angle with filter lenses! Side note, just got the Wowgo 2s, love it so far, wish I lived in NY to cruise around, haha Review, lit!!

[@smjbk]

Good video. I realise this is 12 months old, but you can now shoot 24fps in the native iOS app. Not sure when Apple introduced it.

[@arisner]

My husband and I are going to Alaska on a cruise and am wondering if the wide lens would be better than their telephoto lens. I have the iPhone 8 plus, not sure if that makes a difference. Thank you!

[@BradleyMcDuffie]

Check out the Moment App it allows you to switch between the 2 sensors on the iPhone X. I love these lenses. Super fish is great. Also the tele with the 2x sensor on iPhone X is great.

[@reacherstudio]

Hey great review. I wanted to ask you if the macro lens could kind of be used to get "closer" at a concert. I want to have a lens on the camera that allows me to be in the front row of the show but still get photos or videos even closer, if that makes sense. I really don't like to use digital zoom

[@JehanGodrej]

Awesome video Sam! I was definitely interested in Moment's new lenses. Now I think I'm going to pull the plug 👍🏼

[@Gatohori]

Thanks for that review, just the better that I ve seen on YT.

[@stephenhammond3656]

Thanks for the great video!! Do you use or recommend any 3rd party Iphone camera Apps that are better (have better functionality) than the native phone App? What about Sandmarc Glass?? perhaps a comparison video?? Cheers!

[@jaylamb218]

Great video presentation!!! I love the New York City in the summer time!!! Who knew these guys are right here in my backyard of Seattle! Going to grab me a wide angle lens from them! Oh by the way, the skate boarding and video blogging at the same time, while riding through the streets of New York, coolest things EVER!!!!!!!!!!!👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@simonfeilder]

Two grown men talking about fidget spinners without irony for five minutes. Welcome to the Internet in 2017. Nice video 😝

[@monicadaley89]

Thank you for this video. I have just recently discovered Moment through a Chris Hau video. Your video has helped me with a decision about whether to buy or not to buy.

[@Andie_Shore]

Hope you nail that Xmas miracle, Sam!

[@punkforsale1]

Was hoping you'd do a video on these - great job!

[@QuantumVariant]

That Wide Lens is Fire. Nice video.

[@MarkPR58]

I went looking for lens reviews and got this awesome video montage of the greatest city in the world - nice stuff Sam

[@RaindanceBushcraft]

I have some moments from when they Kickstartered. I like them, but I don't have an SE-compatible case, so they're sitting in my drawer. I figure that I'll get a new phone at some point and get them back into the mix.

[@talamantesalejandro]

Not gonna lie, I think you're a really chill dude to hang out with if I ever get the chance.

[@jaciunscripted]

is there a cover on the lenses back and front when they're not on that bag case or if you're just carrying a small pouch?

[@charlesbransoniii58]

what size are the threads on the lenses? wondering if any other brand of lenses (that i already have) will screw into one of the moment phone cases.

[@easywhitechocolate]

Does the wide lens make the quality of the image crisper or just wider? My Pixel XL is already really crisp but I want that DSLR feel without the DSLR lol

[@PitouKhmer]

Hi Sam, thank for a very great video. Did you use mic ?

[@stephaniesmith6379]

This was like a cool Vlog with tech....so my thing but I have to tell you. I have moment lenses and the gimble and you don't need the counter balance. I can show you how to balance it. I do it all the time.

[@freakinmario]

Sam, I really liked this half tech-half wandering like kind of vlog. I subbed to your channel. Positivity from Athens, Greece

[@rodeosound]

Office looks like casey cruising around new york eating pizza and braclets on are many many close similarities to casey then i saw the boosted board and the deal was sealed

[@byivy77]

for makeup tutorial which lens should I buy

[@mykigs]

Stupid question but... Having just received my Moment Wide Angle Lens & Case I suddenly realised that when I film 'selfie style' the Moment lens is redundant cos the (in my case) iPhone 7 uses the camera on the face. So... Stupid Question is... Did you point and hope you were in the shot when shooting your video, or have you worked a way to shoot selfie style WITH the Moment Lens while still seeing yourself on the phone screen?

[@TazaCoffeeCompany]

If you were to carry only 1 lens for everyday use/scenario what would it be? I am really leaning towards the wide lens but i just picked up a g7x markii and it has a wide fov also and it might be redundant if i go for the wide instead of the superfish.

[@lyanbv]

Can you please try them on Oneplus 5? even if your just hold them to see if lenses are compatible with the camera config? mount can be done via 3D printing privately.

[@ygross6576]

Here from andrews channel. Congradulations on 50k subs!

[@prosserava]

YOUR AUDIO IS REALLY GOOD Is it just the audio from ur iphone?

[@jafethfillalodez7886]

I loved your video! I’ve been following u in snapchat like forever... :) and I love my moment lenses! Thinking about getting the super wide and telephoto lens!

[@fown4906]

For a new kickstarter idea, it's a lot better and reasonable than others

[@cornishaesthetics2025]

That wide angle with the Osmo looks like a DSLR shot impressed 😊

[@Chidie]

Thank you for this amazing review. Best one I found online about this! I appreciate it. I'm sold🆒!

[@duanemcclun]

My question is having a Android phone (Pixel 3A) with Moment not providing the Moment camera app for Android is there any benefit in using Moment lenses?

[@skatermanbuns]

I got the fisheye lens for Christmas, of course get them!

[@alanfrombelfast4920]

Thank you for posting, helped me work out what moment lenses were all about! Have you done a video on vlogging with an iphone 8 plus! bit specific on the phone cause i've been offered a good discount deal by my mobile carrier!!

[@surfmotor]

Nice vid. I work for an offroad conpany and I am always around dope trucks. I only have my galaxy and dont want to get a camera. I want this for sure.

[@JimmyGunawanX]

Are you using the front or back camera... love the editing, pace and contents, has Casey vibe but original too.

[@EverlastingEclipses]

15:42 this made my day Thank you Sam.

[@action-money]

Why u didn't use filmicPro to shoot video with ur iPhone? There u could have done 4K24p

[@sakreitz]

I don't even think he enabled the 4K option..... that's why it's 1080p.

[@instantsiv]

I'm rewatching Entourage and when you smile you remind of Ari Gold smiling.

[@Yeahhzzuuu]

Just found your channel and I love the content! Just earned a sub!!

[@JuliaRoseSoulSeeKin]

Do you know ho the SandMarc wide and fisheye compare to Moment? In terms of picture quality and stuff....

[@frankvee]

Nice job on the reviews. I like your honesty. Subscribed!! ;)

[@ohcxiong]

Nice review! I like the super wide also.

[@JaganGillett]

I've had the Olloclip before for my iPhone 6, it was super practical, but when I upgraded to the 7+ it became obsolete as it wouldn't fit the double camera, and it's gonna change again with the iPhone 8, super frustrating

[@tcselection]

Sorry bro, any recommendations for XS MAX wide lens? And..I’ve issue on my phone about light reflection (flare)when I’m shooting at night, any suggest? BIG thanks from BANGKOK🙏

[@ericn7975]

is it legal to skateboard in the middle of street in New York?

[@eleazarjapheth]

Eric N Probably not, but people do it anyways.

[@_h_e_n_r_y_]

Pre-order for the S8 and S8+ is now available

[@OmarHamati]

Hi Sam - where do you go about finding music that you could monetize?

[@velomaniaromania]

Can you add an ND filter over? What you need to purchase if I wanna add those ND filters

[@kriesterer1]

Sam! Love these vids. What hat brand are you wearing? The color 👌🏽