oh yeah Jax is that is that Iowa grass tastier is the grass greener in Iowa Jax
might be I don't know well I'm happy to report that I have successfully made it
to Iowa everybody been waiting to film any part of it because this is actually
my third campground that I visited since me in the state this one is also full
here at Glenwood Park Campground the campground loop is completely full here
already and the two other free campsites were full as well so granted it is a
Friday I understand that but I can't even pay to park today and I really
really tried so Walmart it's gonna have to be for the day and then we'll figure
everything out tomorrow but it was a pretty nice little Lake here there's
some guys over there fishing yeah it was my hope that I could just settle down
and maybe even hop in the water but anyway not gonna work here overnight so
we'll improvise so yeah not as sexy and romantic as I hoped but the first
Walmart I hit here in Council Bluffs Iowa is overnight friendly to RVs so
that's a good thing this is just a spot to park and plan tomorrow
it is 87 degrees so it's plenty warm plenty of solar I'll get some fans going
and I will cut back into the morning when we get back on the road and go
explore a little more one more thing real quick I did my walk arounds like I
do them throughout the day when I got here checked the straps on the back
didn't notice something until I came back with a shopping cart and then
noticed where the heck is my tail pipe my tail pipes gone I put that on about a
year ago well it's completely gone and started burning some of the side of my
RV there so with my dinner I replayed back the surveillance it literally was
on one time on the highway was off on the next I can't see where it physically
fell off I didn't hit anything but strange missing my tailpipe
and that's not good because that can blow exhaust back up inside it can get
really hot underneath the RV there so the first thing tomorrow is stop by an
auto parts store and I'll get another new tip to put on there maybe 20 15
bucks or so never hurts to walk around and look
sometimes I only look I level her stuff I need to look down at tires and
everything now glad I caught that anyway I decided to work on this I fixed this
actually there's a little advanced auto just a walking distance away and I put
the new tip on there but the entire thing was loose and it actually come
apart above a climb underneath and show you what had happened but the tips on
we're all secure and safe now good to go so the bracket that holds it up there
had rusted away and broken so I used some old water heater strap and just
reattached it and then self drilled it into the top here because this is a
custom fit anyway you can't just go into the auto parts store and say yeah I got
a 2001 Chevy expert now it's an RV it's there's all kinds of stuff going on but
yeah for right now that's gonna hold feel good okay and yeah like I said I
was gonna wait till tomorrow but because it was right there I just wanted to get
it out of the way and fix it and once I felt that the whole hanger had broken
I'm like no this gets my attention I said of something else
so it's warm okay I'll get back to you in the morning though alright awesome
good morning everybody everything worked out here okay before I leave the Council
Bluffs area because this is one of the big cities tomorrow is my birthday guys
just so you know I'm just pointing that out for those of you that asked June 5th
is my official birthday I will be 37 tomorrow some of you have asked me how
you can send me a card or something I put in the video description all my
videos I put my peel box back home and then I have those packages rerouted I
actually have a package being rerouted in about two weeks over in Illinois at
my buddy's place so I will be getting those soon if you guys want to send me a
card or something also I have set up my public wish list on Amazon it's got a
few things for Jax a few toys or trinkets or tools of
for making the channel better so some equipment upgrades and stuff like that I
will link that in the video description below as well so you guys want to click
on that buy me something that will be shipped to me as well and I will get
that in a few weeks really appreciate that otherwise no biggie
what I'm gonna do today before I leave the big city is gonna go cross town and
I am going to spoil myself well I'm gonna spoil the channel really I'm gonna
make a major upgrade to the channel today basically I have talked about not
using GoPros anymore so ever since I got into Nebraska
no more GoPros I have been filming on my original Canon Vixia camcorder out and a
selfie stick ever since and today we make a major
change because canon has announced I think just last month or in March or
something a new mirrorless 4k DSLR travel camera
we're gonna go to Best Buy and I'm gonna go spoil myself today they have not
changed the logo on all the stores you have the best bite I don't know if you
guys saw their new logo it looks pretty Elementary I have no
idea why anyway the reason why I'm going with Best Buy and not something cheaper
like Amazon or Ebay is because there are so many best buys in case I don't like
the camera I can return it or replace it and swap it at a different Best Buy
later on down the road so for this particular product I am going to buy in
store with the receipt that I can return it just in case I have been holding out
for the 90 B it's not coming in 2018 no word if it'll ever be made so I think
going mirrorless and a smaller form factor is probably a better deal right
now a better idea for vlogging and traveling so I'll go grab my camera real
quick and then we'll I'll show you some differences once we get out once I get a
battery charge and all that so happy birthday me all right there with me now
I'm gonna geek out a little bit I have not been this excited in a long time I'm
gonna show with you what I got and then I'm gonna do like some versus the
camcorder versus the new set up maybe even later on versus GoPro or iPhone as
well but this is it to recap I suspect I already had I've been using the rode
videomic pro plus with the dead cat on top this is the newer version that came
out just the end of last year it is all now digital on the back also has
settings for high-pass and low-pass filters when reduction records a safety
track as well and has a rechargeable battery and turns on and off
automatically when the DSLR camera turns on and off so you will not run the
battery dry in the new plus version anymore this is a three hundred and
twenty dollar microphone just so you know I've been using this last month on
the camcorder I'm not using it right now but I already had that although I don't
use it much I do have a gorilla pod this is a 150 dollar Joby 5k gorilla pod kind
of the casing nice that thing but you can hold it out I don't need to hold it
out that far away from my hand but when you're you know a run-and-gun type
person on the trail and you want to get a shot real quick
being able to twist this around a branch it just gives a lot more interesting
shot potential traveling on the road so I may end up using this more often with
the current set up and let's get into the current setup here the canon eos m
50 with the kit lens 15 to 45 15 to 45 millimeter kit lens included this is
canon's latest mirrorless 4k DSLR camera basically everything that is in the
canon a DD the big DSLR from two years ago is in this - a few buttons a
different interface and a lot of new stuff including some new image
stabilization in this camera as well the other cool thing about going into Best
Buy is the camera guys know their stuff I brought in some of my equipment to
make sure that the wide-angle doesn't catch part of the bottom of the
microphone they let me try the different lenses to make sure that the dual pixel
autofocus still work it works with the adapter we'll talk more about the
adapter but well strap here comes with one battery but I purchased two other
Canon batteries I do not buy generic batteries when it comes to
geography I don't do it I know you can save a bunch of money just one thing I
don't do and I've always talked about that I always go genuine especially with
cannon parts and adapters so I have three three batteries for the camera it
comes with a dual charger this is the kit lens tiny this is and it has image
stabilization it's tiny this is the EFM mount lens not to be confused with the
EF or EFS lenses that you put on the Canon a TD but you can put EFS big
lenses on this camera and I'll show you how I'm gonna do that cuz I haven't
gonna do that here's the body oh my gosh it's like comparative it's about the
same size as a Sony a 6500 but it has the flip out screen very angle screen so
you can do the selfies and frame your shot like that look up and twist this
down go down twist it up that is awesome it's got the mic input on the side it's
unclear how much I will use the 15 to 45 I will not be vlogging with this
included kit lens but I will be using this for specific things just so you can
see what it looks like on the camera there there it is what the kit lens it
is a tiny DSLR and it weighs half the weight of an 80 d and does all the same
things okay but we're gonna take this off now cuz the real reason why I got
this camera was to be able to use my favorite Canon EF lens of all time in
order to do that you need the EF m adapter and again I would recommend you
not buying an aftermarket adapter just stick with genuine Canon parts because
you know they are all going to be compatible so this lens adapter looks
like that I think it to take this tripod thing off but it what the tripod what
that's gonna do is give you a better centre of balance because the lens is
going to be heavier over here so rather than putting your tripod on the care
you're gonna put it on the lens adapter right here but take this off real quick
yes that lens adapter is almost the same size as the kit lens but it's making it
bigger here to accept the lens i've already owned both of these lenses in
the past but I sold them when I sold my canon a TD and that is the 10 to 18
millimeter it's a ultra wide-angle lens right there
it has image stabilization built in and then I also got the pancake 50
millimeter again this is a 1.8 it is great great for the blurred background
both the shots out in nature and for really like low-light situations as well
so the 2 kit lens this was three hundred and twenty-five dollars the lens adapter
by Canon yeah it's a two hundred dollar adapter and I think I said I know you
can buy generic ones for like 50 bucks but I wouldn't do that and the camera
body only you can get in there for $6.99 I paid 749 for two how the kit lens put
in it just so you just so you know where I'm at
I've been saving up for this for a while though and there's our lenses the 50
millimeter pancake lens is about the same thickness as this adapter I've used
it lots I know I know a lot about that lens and this one was the lens I first
started on with my Canon ATD and it's so cool that I could actually use it with
this small mirrorless now
love that smell it's an all plastic lens which is great
for vlogging because it keeps the set-up light I mean all plastic even the mount
here is plastic now look what we got it almost looks comical on the tiny body
but uh let me put this guy on Wow oh let me charge a battery real quick well one
of my Canon m50 batteries is charging see what the microphone looks like
mounted at the top here so there you go with that wide-angle I am gonna get a
new lens hood as well you guys remember when I was in Michigan and I had this
lens on the AED the lens hood that I had was a generic one didn't work it
actually had the corners blacked out and cropped out so I will be ordering the
right lens hood and that will be waiting in Illinois at my buddy's place there
for later but yeah get this guy all tightened up on there flip out them well
weird you gotta twist it before you go like that into selfie mode but there's
the basic setup guys this is so light the heaviest part of this entire thing
is this gorilla pod I'm not even kidding you all this up here weighs less than
just the gorilla pod but gosh that's so much better than a can of ATD Wow
oh man am i excited let me take this off put it on the Canon Vixia camcorder
there we're gonna do a test while the battery is still charging alright and so
just for comparison this is with the Canada vixen Vixia camcorder which I
have been using for now about three and a half weeks on the road vlogging with
it non-stop this is what you're used to as far as image stabilization video
quality the zoom the the angle and everything the audio should be about the
same because I'm using the same microphone but let me go inside I got to
make a couple changes to the m54 the audio levels and
stuff and we will cut right back in with a test of the new system right now and
there we go right out of the box these are the
settings I'm probably going to use I've got it on face tracking right now so
obviously I'm looking at the viewfinder just to see what it's doing it is
definitely tracking on my face and keeping my eyes and face in focus as I
walk around as I mentioned I do not care for digital image stabilization that is
disabled right now that is because it adds a really weird warp loopy effect I
will keep the image stabilization on the lens and if I need to I will do warp
stabilization in post-production if I need to but the idea is to make this as
simple as possible so hopefully as I'm walking around this image is being
stabilized enough that I won't have to do anything else and without knowing
this is like the first clip I have ever recorded on this camera so I don't know
but I will find out as soon as I start editing hopefully the image quality is
good got to stop looking at that but man it looks crystal clear and the
wide-angle shows so much more in the shot this is just a test with me holding
the camera I will show you right here in the mirror I am just holding it on my
little Manfrotto tripod right here not the gorilla pod so this works but if I
wanted to get it even wider angle I could be using the gorilla pod which I
don't use very often let's step inside real quick and see how the 4.5 25.6 acts
in low-light there we go oh my gosh that's just crystal clear I don't have a
message on the board sorry I was not prepared anything funny up there that's
amazing wow that's all the way zoomed in for
this wide-angle lens that's pretty much the view that I had with the Canon Vixia
actually and there's 10 millimeters the edges aren't curved horribly it's not
like a GoPro fisheye effect man you guys think pretty good investment this is a
vloggers dream I'm telling you why alright guys Jackson I'll be back on the
road Lincoln Highway into Iowa looking for some quirky stuff in our next video
so stay tuned PUF to you guys in a few days bye bye
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