In this episode of Jeff and Angie Photography, Angie Birmingham presents a concise overview of several photography gear items she has collected and plans to review in depth in upcoming videos. She begins with the Platypod Extreme, describing its modular base, adjustable legs, accessory kit, and how it mounts to various surfaces, while noting the sharpness of its spikes and the lack of an electronic ball head for her shooting conditions. Next, she showcases the Shimble 5.5" touchscreen monitor, unboxing it, highlighting its protective glass, HDMI connectivity, battery compatibility with Atomos, optional coiled HDMI cable, and storage limitations (32 GB SD card max). She provides purchasing details via B&H. She then introduces the Sony RX10 Mark IV, summarizing its 24‑600 mm equivalent zoom, f/2.4‑f/16 aperture range, 1‑inch sensor, and her plans to test it on a family river trip for portraits, landscapes, and pet photography. Finally, she outlines a forthcoming comparative review of three gimbals: the ProMediaGear Katana Jr., the Lee Photo gimbal (a design copy), and the Wimberley head, noting the Wimberley’s weight drawback. Throughout, she mentions sponsorships (Platypod, Shimble, B&H), affiliate links, her role as a PromediaGear ambassador, and upcoming Luminar software videos, ending with a call to like, subscribe, and ring the notification bell.
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Jeff and Angie Photography. Today we are going to go over a few of these products that I have lined up here. Um, I've been collecting them over time and playing with them, and today we're just going to kind of go over each one of them briefly to let you know what I have and what is coming up. On the next few videos as far as reviews go, but I still have, uh, Luminar stuff coming as well. If you haven't already, the Luminar has the panorama or panoramic extension now available, so if you are a monthly subscriber, um, or you just want to purchase that app, um, that extension, Go ahead and click the link below and you'll get 15% off your purchase. So let's get to snapping and let's jump on over to these products. All right, so the first item today is the Platypod Extreme. Platypod was nice enough to send this to me. It— this here Is the base. It comes in this nice little neoprene bag, and inside this, of course, comes with the warning label about how sharp the spikes are, because with this not on, they are pretty sharp. They're designed to go into different materials to help keep your Platypod But while you're out and about, you can put your little legs down just like so. Then you screw your ball head or your Pilates handle to the base, which is adjustable as well. So you just screw that onto your base, and if it's still not tall enough, you just loosen that little nut up right there and it gets a little taller. There you go. And then along with this, they also sent a little accessory kit that came with a strap to hold it down to various things like Say I want to put this Platypod onto a railing, this strap will hold it on the railing. Um, and of course it comes with a little bag to put it all in and also a little non-skid pad and a little carabiner to hold it all to everything. And then if you're interested in getting any of the Platypod stuff, you can jump on over to platypod.com and you can check out the Platypros because there I am. I was recently added to this group of amazing photographers. There's quite a few amazing photographers in this group. If you're interested in any of their products, just jump on over to shop and you'll have— there's the Platypod Extreme. Here's the handle. Here's the ball head that I have. I do not have the electronic one just because I don't think it would hold up in the environment that I shoot in. But, and then I also got this little accessory package. Which is pretty awesome. One of these little elbows might have to be my next thing I get because I could put little lights and such on there. So that's pretty cool. All right, let's jump on over to our next product. All right, the next product is a monitor that Shimble sent to me. This is their brand new one that just came out. It's called Memory, and let's take— let's unbox this and take a quick look at it. Of course, it comes with your manual, and it comes with a little 5.5 monitor that is touchscreen, and it did come with a protective glass that that I've already put on it before it even left the house the first time. It does come with the HDMI cable, and it also comes with a stand so you can put it either on top of your camera or on top of your camera's cage. Whatever you choose to do. I had put a cage on my camera so it didn't actually have to go in the hot shoe spot. Instead, it kind of goes on the cage off to the side. And it's a really nice, really nice camera. I mean, not camera, but really nice monitor. And it does take the same size batteries as your Atomos. We had a couple Atomoses around, so I just borrowed one of the batteries for it. And another accessory that I got, even though it came with an HDMI cable, I prefer the coiled one. It kind of helps keep it up and out of the way. And it does not come with the carrying case, but lucky for me, I had a spare GoPro carry case around my house, and it fits perfect in there along with its charger. I have a little, a little case I put it in, wrap it up in there, and everything fits in there including one battery. So that works out real well. I didn't have to buy a carrying case, but being photographers, you probably have a GoPro case laying around your house, because my GoPro stuff doesn't fit in here, because by the time you get all the accessories that go with that, you need a bigger case. It's like a never-ending story with photography. And with this particular monitor, it does have internal storage. It takes SD cards. If you're using Mac, I know that 32 gigabytes is is the max size that you can use in this, which kind of is a downfall, uh, because if you're doing a lot of videoing— but you can also record on your camera's memory card while still using this monitor, so that's another handy thing. All right, so let's— oh, hold on, let's jump on over to the page and I'll show you the website. Okay, so here is where you can go to purchase that touchscreen recorder monitor, and right now B&H does have it in stock, and it runs $279, which is actually not bad really for an external monitor that's touchscreen and has internal memory. So The link will be below. Just follow the link and it'll take you right to it. All right, so let's jump on over to the next item. It is the Sony RX10 Mark IV. It is classified as a point-and-shoot camera or bridge camera. This camera goes from 24 to 600, and it does start at f/2.4 right there. And of course it'll go up to f/16. But because it's on a 1-inch sensor, the actual zoom on it is equivalent to 220, and with the crop factor, you're at 600mm. But we'll be taking this out and doing some photography with it. I'm gonna take it this weekend and I'm going to do some portraits, some landscapes, some pet photography, um, some various stuff. I don't know what else I'm gonna do. Um, we're doing a little family river trip and this is the only camera I'm taking with me, so the entire trip will be recorded on this camera. So stay tuned and you'll see. How well it does. So far, I can tell you I'm pretty impressed with this little camera. I have been out playing with it, and it is very nice. And that is compliments of B&H Photo. They sent it to me so I can do a review on it. The last item is a group of gimbals that I'm going to be reviewing. I'll be reviewing my personal Pro Media Gear gimbal called the Katana Jr., and I will be reviewing the Lee Photo gimbal, um, that I'm borrowing from a friend to do the review. And yes, it does look identical to this one because Lee Photo copied ProMediaGear's design. And I also got a— the favorite gimbal that has been a favorite of wildlife photographers for years, and it is the Wimberley. And I borrowed this from a friend as well. I know the only drawback— the main drawback, I should say of the Wimberley is the weight. It is heavy. It is a heavy gimbal. So stay tuned and I will have a video on all 3 of these gimbals. I'm gonna put them up all on tripods side by side and we're gonna compare them, and I will let you know what features I like and what features I don't like. All right, so here is the links to a few of those products. Here is the Katana Jr. link. And also want to let you know that Jeff and I are brand ambassadors for Promedia Gear, but I will still give you my unbiased opinion. And here is Lee Photos website for their gimbal. It comes in camo and also in black. I didn't mention that ProMediaGear gimbals now come in black, red, or green, and the green is a special edition, the Kevin Dooley Safari Edition. Kevin Dooley is an amazing photographer. If you don't follow him on Instagram and Facebook, you really should. Very, very amazing photographer. Alright, so here is the Wimberley head. This one here is the, probably the most common head out there, used by a lot of wildlife photographers, but a lot of them are getting away from the weight and going with one of these aluminum gimbal heads. I hope you enjoyed this video. Don't forget to like and subscribe and ring my bell so you'll get notified the next time I post a video. So in the next few days, you'll also be getting a couple Luminar videos, and then after that, I don't know which one of these videos I'll get out first, but the 3 of them will be up and coming very soon, so make sure you subscribe. So you don't miss it. Thanks for watching. Have a great week. Bye.
