Must Have Gear for Filmmakers & Photographers | 2018 Edition

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[@CKproductions1000]

"Our gear lets us shoot in an affordable way!" *pulls out a RED...

[@MadLaVolpe]

Yeah it's like, would you like to be a rofessional filmmaker too? Here's a shopping list of 800 thousand dollars you will need.

[@ClaytonEbeling]

Try a GH5 and Atomos Sumo19 (or go smaller with the Shogun Inferno) kzbin.info/www/bejne/maDUmIlvfLiYjMk

[@tomsienkowski6815]

lol right, when he first says that I'm thinking "wait, don't they rock a badass red setup?!?"

[@initialfocus]

Affordable from a professional filmmakers perspective. Obviously its hard on KZbin for people to throw around that word because to some its a $500 Panasonic G7 is affordable 4K video camera. But the way they shoot is very "affordable". Most BTS I see them use the RED handled or on sticks (tripod). A lot of modern commercial companies are filming on Movi's attached to steadicam vests or Porsche camera cars and lenses that costs $80,000 each. Yes they have a expensive camera to the average person, KZbinr or beginner filmmaker but for them to own 1 or 2 REDs with Sigma and Canon glass is very affordable in comparison to production companies comparable in size.

[@tomsienkowski6815]

​@@initialfocus - yeah, as the video went on it became more apparent what exactly the intention was, but def had a shock factor initially. I wouldn't put it past them to have done so on purpose as a sort of troll if you will, open up with the nicest most blingy thing to elicit a reaction :) I'm sure there are many other vids that go over starting gear just fine but when I seen the title I was kinda hoping to get an experienced retrospective on maybe what they would do dif or did right, as I respect their opinions on such matters.

[@noitibmar]

I want an alternate universe where you guys are Corridor Analogue. Shooting everything on film and doing all the vfx with optical compositing. Niko would be all like "The trick is not to develop the film just yet... We're actually gonna run another exposure through it." And I'd be like, mind blown.

[@darklord-rf8yd]

Next video idea.

[@lessalazar9068]

I like this

[@danielquelapio5860]

this needs to be a video now

[@davidec.4021]

Lmao yes

[@alexman378]

Oh my God, sounds so painful....

[@Shmeyton]

11:56 As a wedding photographer, I can say, C-mike, you are correct

[@NoLightTV]

Basically, yep.

[@SiopaoSauc3]

"Look a little more defeated" - Nick

[@MariaThePotterNut]

I felt "look a little more defeated" in my soul. As a concert photographer, can not stress how useful those things are. Nothing worse than someone getting right in your lense, but you had just been shooting the drummer with a 300. Nice close up of their pores.

[@jordan.rushing]

As a wedding videographer, I also concur. Wedding photographers do look like that.

[@NeoAnthony]

I am having some Deja Vu from this...

[@lpsproaus4760]

feeling the same

[@andyle9069]

same

[@kylekane7213]

same

[@508Snipe]

Same

[@ArcanumChronicles]

They reuploaded it. They changed some parts since its conflict with their sponsor, or so I have read...

[@hhanonymous]

11:55 It's too bad that Nick and Carmichael don't get a lot of screen time recently on the Corridor Crew channel, (I get they're behind the camera most the time) but they're always a delight when featured.

[@SaitoGray]

I agree. They're two of my favorite members of the coridor crew and we don't see them anymore.

[@CreativeMakies]

Agreed... but, you know what they say about Carmichael! Such a good guy! :D

[@who7719]

It’s best that it’s a rarity . It makes their screen time that much more special ☺️

[@NightShadowReal]

specially when he's rockin that tie

[@azzure8359]

Quoting Niko from the subreddit it's no the Chromebook thing "I want the video to be something informative that filmmakers can turn to for reference as to what gear to get in 2018, and the current editing style with the chromatic aberration and hyper editing didn’t really jive with that. Also, the piece could be trimmed down a lot more and could include more informative b-roll. In other words, it’s not ready for prime time yet. Just needs a bit more work and it’ll be live again. Oh, and the Origin comment will probably stay. That was fine. We had a lot of quality issues with their machines and felt it would be disingenuous to promote them as machines you can work on. They’ve been fine for gaming at Node. "

[@aves6717]

Remember, you only need these if you are a *professional* filmmaker. If you can’t afford it, there are so many other options.

[@benaldrich9149]

Do you have any suggestions for a camera (mostly for photography, preferably a DSLR or SLR) in the $400-500 range?

[@aphexlynch9463]

@@benaldrich9149 Canon eos M, its a very high quality build camera with a full metal build and a DSLR sensor inside an SLR so its less complicated.

[@collinmclaren6608]

@@benaldrich9149 DSLR Video Shooter did a vid on it a year ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5SbfKSNZbaWgpY But if you're willing to spend an extra few hundred dollars, I'd opt for one of the more modern EF-M series cameras. I upgraded to the M6 (average retail price between $600-$700), and tbh I actually enjoy using it more than my DSLR. The flip-screen, the 60fps video, and just generally how much more compact it is. Its so much more enjoyable to use and carry around.

[@RobYTACC590]

Get a Canon M50 as a beginner and a decent lens set try to keep the F stop no more than f/2.8 (sometimes you can’t but try to). Film Riot made a great DIY dual shoulder mount I’ve personally used, I actually just saw a guy today make a light for $40 . No electrical work required . It was comparable to his $1000 light set up . All that will probably land you in the $1000-$1200 range but it’s about the same price as just a black magic pocket so I’d say it’s a great deal .

[@alexman378]

Ben Aldrich I would highly recommend the Sony A models. How cinematic and professional your stuff looks usually about the lens and color grading, but that’s a camera that makes your footage look amazing.

[@theodactyle3225]

The thing that Carmichael has on his belt for lenses just blew my mind

[@MateuszSala]

www.peakdesign.com/collections/clips/

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

Niko: “Cameras need Bluetooth for headphones Also Niko: 4:08 “Cables are reliable”

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Nate's Film Tutorials I'm glad someone else caught this.

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

TheRealAlpha2 I was wondering why it wasn’t in the comments already.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Nate's Film Tutorials probably because it's a re-upload. So many people concerned with why they changed the video.

[@HumArchInst]

Is this a serious question or a trolling attempt? Sam: "Why would you use cables ever again?" Niko: "Well, cables are super reliable." This is right in the middle of them glorifying their wireless equipement, as in "wireless is so great, why would i want to use cables". So the only thing cables could eventually be better, in their opinion, is that they are more reliable. But they use wireless anyway, in all their videos, with all this high-end stuff (red camera brain 25k$), because it's reliable enough.

[@RamiroBelmaresJr]

Now they have The Perfect Camera with Bluetooth headphones!!

[@altaschweda]

love how Nico flexes at 1:20 when Sam waving with those expansiv Lenses in his hand xD

[@formoftherapy]

LENS HOLSTERS ARE A THING?!

[@koob1180]

PD WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?

[@CineFan911]

That lens holster has just become my favorite piece of gear.

[@AshutoshBagchi]

All this talk about google laptops and people forget the most important thing... C-MIKE LOOKING FLY IN THAT SHIRT AND TIE.

[@ReviewEdge]

*MUST HAVE* _proceeds to demonstrate the most expensive option for every type of gear_

[@shaid1111]

This is the struggle right. You gotta catch up to the expectations of the audience, and your peers. Or get really good at doing still shots, which is fucking hard when you're starting out and can't get good and dynamic actors or prod design. Gimbles, good lenses and get good. That is the motto people should work for these days. You do not need a red, but you need something that can rock great lenses. The rest you'll get in time, anyway it is expensive starting out.

[@cinemaforce7140]

No, reds are far from being the most expensive camera, and same for a lot of the other things they mentioned. Sigma art lenses are actually good bank for your buck lenses

[@TechnoBabble]

If you think any of this is the most expensive you must not have looked at much in the way of gear used on "real" productions. Everything they use is the budget option when it comes to video production when comparing to commercial, TV, or movies.

[@MrTylerSiwy]

I'm so glad you put the plastic table in the description.

[@flippinkamikaze8738]

Sam at the very beginning: "THERE.ARE.FOUR.LIGHTS!"

[@mohawkan552]

Please keep making helpful videos like this! I realize you can't do this every week, but learning about production skills is really fun!

[@atekotkot]

That capture with Carmichael just blew me away. I NEED THAT NOW

[@legacylee]

Thanks guys, you're a godsend for peeps like me just getting into the game. I appreciate ya'll!!!

[@theejackalope]

This video got my like because they actually have the table in the description!

[@dcauwatchtower]

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS

[@ClaytonEbeling]

If anyone does not know what this means, then I feel sad for you.

[@eonik]

Sick reference there, bro. Dude, your references are out of control. Everyone knows that.

[@AwesomeSauceShow]

But we won't say what the reference is, for people not knowing to figure it out ;)

[@eonik]

@@AwesomeSauceShow Of course not. It's how we feel superior.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Thank you for this, sir/madam/alt.

[@karililjendal]

This video was much better than I expected. I had my doubts from the thumbnail, and Sam starting by saying you only need 4 lights, but it turned out great. I know I'm late to the party, but thanks guys.

[@superkaboose1066]

Thanks Guys! Especially the lights!

[@IamABro1]

I love these vidoes from the boys taking it back to the good ol days

[@Melanie_M]

That was really interesting! Could you make a video about a filmmaker starter kit? For people who want to start to get into making their first projects from scratch. With what kind of hardware and software it'd be good to start with, without immediately feeling overwhelmed by expensive set ups.

[@VolpeFoxsly]

Regardless of re-upload or not, this is still informational, helpful, and fun with a Corridor flare.

[@icespeed153]

We need more of this! Classic Sam & Niko

[@curtisboynton]

My sisters wedding photographer had a custom, handmade leather shoulder harness. It was super durable and fitted to him to work with 3 cameras and still had space to rug up a lens mount on his belt

[@n.castle7032]

YAS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS TO BE REUPLOADED

[@Myo24]

That lens swapping holster Is awesome!

[@captainsproductions740]

i come back to this video alot

[@Stillcage]

the music in this video freaking awesome :D

[@rudd9418]

Love you guys .. been watching corridor and node for years

[@probablyreviews]

I'm so happy this is back up :')

[@Megasteakman]

I can attest to the the Luxli Cello lights! They are super fun! Wish the phone app worked better though. Great run down of your gear guys! Very helpful!

[@TomasBeckett]

This edit to the video is a lot better, though the last one certainly wasn't bad. Quality videos once again from a quality channel!

[@funcooker3029]

Yay the video is back and here to stay!

[@Albanez39]

You shouldn't use noise canceling headphones to monitor audio on set! That's like shooting a scene without looking at the monitor...

[@juwonfilmschool8048]

Wow,, You have a great collection of gear! Thank you for introducing!🤩

[@Airguardian]

Great, great, GREAT video! Thanks!

[@christanhakkert5130]

thanks you so much for the tips!

[@Masterpartyman]

I would really enjoy witnessing the work Gabe is involved with around the studio

[@sebasrobot55]

The Wedding photographer joke hit a sensitive nerve there...

[@levi2408]

Hey, the video isn't painful to watch now. Yay! Thanks!

[@jakechuaweipeng]

The capture lens kit from Peak Design is hella DOPE for shooting at events with its hotswap functionality. Just make sure your stuff is locked in tight.

[@waylontmccann]

Great video guys!

[@YourNightmar3]

Yeah this is much better. So much more example broll while talking. Thanks for redoing this :)

[@williamfunkhouser9723]

I HAVE THAT BENRO TRIPOD AND I LOVE IT. (It's an Aero 2)

[@jimmysgameclips]

WTF that lens swapping bit is awesome

[@uberhabib]

Ok you got me. Sam finally got me to subscribe with that intro lol

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

The peak design capture look incredibly versatile! I may need to get one

[@shirosenshiesq]

Peak Design make very good bags and accessories. Except the backpack, which you can fill with a bunch of dicks and then eat that very same bag of dicks. But everything else they make is gold.

[@JeremyMaahs]

I really appreciate that Sam and Niko are still very present in the Corridor Crew channel.

[@vidboss]

11:22 literally was scratching my head then stopped in awe...not even joking that actually happened.

[@nursinghomefan]

I'm gonna buy the table. This is gonna be epic

[@TheScorpia12]

Yeah this was awesome. I have some catching up to do for you guys. Also guess I need to get that Canon AD

[@josefinenordvik]

I have a Razer blade 15 2020 model and I love it and I use it to edit my videos they aren't the videos u guys make but when I are 16 and do everything alone and have to buy everything, the razer blade 15 2020 is the best laptop I have ever owned

[@AlienatedFilms]

Now this is the good ass content that we love seeing

[@gregjoblove672]

Love the 20syl

[@TinyWorlds]

Sweet, just got one of those little Aputure lights, was looking for something portable like this with good light quality.

[@Ravmyster1121]

Damn that lens switch was smooth as fuuuuuck

[@HarryBlackley]

this gear is totallly out of my budget but you guys are entertaining so i stayed :)

[@SuperDAVID468]

This Reminds me of the old school Sam and niko vids. I like it!

[@nomad-media]

Great video guys! We're rockin' the Sigma Arts and Litepanels Astra panels too. So awesome. Have you all used the Quasar Science crossfades? Looking to pair those with our Astras. Cheers!

[@luhertell]

I NEED that lens swapping holster thing

[@GokuXiao]

Finally re-uploaded

[@BGHMTech]

A nice way to show off a lot of expensive gear as well as making new/aspiring "filmmakers" think you need this gear to start making films. The only thing you need is a good idea, some time, a camera, a way to record decent audio, a way to light your scenes and possible a small crew consisting of friends. Hitfilm makes free software for editing, and davinci resolve is also free, although it may be slightly overwhelming to get into as a first editing software. I wouldn't know if they brought this up in the video because i didn't watch past the eight minute mark.

[@drpat3329]

Thanks

[@Jaximillion1]

Hey CMike! Great Tie!!

[@kindairishladchannel6711]

Great advice. Thank uuuu

[@pixelstudio8510]

Othervise nice guys. Thanks for this💜

[@willspencer7814]

If you can't afford a RED, get a Black Magic Pocket Cinema 4k. They used it to shoot their John Snow Wick video. It's 1200 dollars, shoots in RAW and is more portable than a RED. Best option for budget film making.

[@Mr.Grave.]

Pelican case is pretty nice imo

[@Enzait]

Loved it

[@hertenhals2]

Just wondering how you guys handle focus and aperture on those sigma lenses since I don't see any rings for aperture on the lens or a system to put a (remote) follow focus. Is it all done inside the camera?

[@zackgamble1255]

This is an awesome guide! Thank you guys for making this vid. Maybe you guys could hit up Clint and Wren to do a outdoors/backpacking/snowboarding gear vid. Ive been looking for good water resistant cameras for a while but im still not sure what to get.

[@mattiamolicacolella4319]

there is the foldable plastic table in description. Genius ahahah

[@majesticzorro2990]

Corridor Crew is #1 channel

[@DirtyRandy420]

You guys frickin rock

[@armouredaussie6214]

i watch it because y'all entertaining

[@johnhenrybarros3122]

Love the vids

[@debbiekruizinga6515]

Lighter background light is appreciated

[@bunniespoop7s]

I love that the table is the second recommended item in the comments

[@maximilian_.]

It's back!

[@andrewselbyphotography]

11:56 yes, as a wedding photographer can confirm!

[@jalenduncan25]

That camera lense belt clip tho!

[@Plaufin]

You should make a short film about a group of filmmakers battling each other for filming a flim. One of them want to do it on analogue film settings and equips and the others want to do it all digital. Battle ensures as they start doing each scene and battle to get the best shot and then shot by shot they use both thigns and get to be best friends uniting the world in a analigital love

[@ichigoandy]

I use Gh5 for video and 5Dmk4 for photo

[@FinFilmingProduction]

You MUST do more action shorts like frozen crossing or tether ! Just like back in the old days.

[@vledermaus]

We shot a short film the last 2 weeks. The stuff we used was quite expensive...thankfully we got a good part of it free, even some prototypes (Sachtler flowtech 100) to test, with all of the equipment being at around 75,000$ combined. Agree with the Sigma lenses, we didn't use Art lenses but the set of 7 Prime Cine lenses, also agree on the Aputure 120D, we used two of the mark 2 ones :) They were hotter than we thought though...burned right through the color filter in seconds xD We're starting with post-production soon and man my PC is probably going to suffer with all the VFX work I have to do with the 4.6k footage :/

[@quadconjures]

That lens swap from Cmike was sexy

[@MrAnimenerd]

Looks like I've got some saving up to do...

[@SafetyLucas]

Finally, a gear video where they don't just say "You're gear doesn't matter, it's what you make with it that counts."

[@lordxrook]

Ok that was amazing video but the next one can it be on choosing music for the video?

[@JanPospisilArt]

"There are only. Four. Lights." Quoting Star Trek by accident, nice.

[@goodgriefmedia4483]

I love this video but I’ve got to be honest, I feel like there are some GREAT cheaper alternatives. Granted I don’t have a lot of these items you guys are showing. However I’ve shot a lot of shorts on various Canon D series and it looks great. Still grateful you guys made this video though.

[@Matt.Gillard]

Felt threatened into subbing, so i subbed

[@olivierbrugger9348]

I know I'm a little late to the party but I just stumbled upon this video. When filming vlogs (or whatever you call what cmike is doing here), have you ever encountered the problem that the on-camera microphone is picking up the noise from the autofocus of the lens? All my L-Glass from Canon is incredibly noisy and I only have one STM lens, which is 40mm and therefore not the best for vlogging. Thx!

[@epiquewenqa]

I would love to intern with you guys if that was even possible. It excites me what I could learn from you guys! You guys are awesome!

[@tylerd7801]

You should do more videos like this.

[@danny9350]

Hey guys, I just wanna point out that the Senheiser g3 series wireless will technically be illegal to use because it can reach in to the 600MHz band which was sold to T-Mobile (after a 2 year grace period with restrictions). I work for an A/V production company and we had to rebate around $20k of our Shure UHF-R wireless because it was in the 600 band, and our Senheiser g3 wireless we still use but are careful to make sure we dont go in to the 600MHz range.