Thousands on a GOPRO. Why?
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- This Spirited Man wants a camera he can like again. Maybe even love.
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3:31 Van Neistat's custom $3,069.46 GoPro build
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Next level stuff right here 🤯
Make one. :)
Yeah why not take some ideas from this. Maybe even collab with him!
Exactly
old level, bruh.
Some niuce guys did this back in 2013 with gopro 3 (c-mount mode) and gopro 4 (back-bone mod)
And you still accept THIS little mod like a NEXT LEVEL??
You joking!
@gopro you should consider making a modular lens mount system for the next gen gopro. Like something you can twist off the original gopro wide angle and twist on lens adapters
This is definitely one of the cameras of all time.
Yes…for sure an camera…
No it’s not. There should be a bigger, better, more beautiful word to describe what this is…
…like Cameramagicmachine, or Cameramoviemakermonstrosity…. I dunno, but not camera!
Sure, useless can't-point-and-shoot for 2500k.
That long lens seems outrageously impractical for it's intended purpose, but damn it does produce a beautiful image!
thus art, no purpose beyond itself
Every prime lens is better than stock wide-angle.
“Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically.” Is now a quote that will forever live in my mind. Thank you Van.
We need that on a t shirt
that last shot sequence with the typewriter was just beautiful.
The words of Burt Rutan came into my mind while I was enjoying this. Burt Rutan, also a spirited man, said, "To have breakthroughs, you must have confidence in nonsense. That is why only weird guys tend to have the breakthroughs: a sensible person won't have a breakthrough "cause he writes it off real quickly as nonsense and, therefore, he doesn't ever do something that is nonsense".
Career pilot here, and Rutan is one of my all time aviation hero’s. Thanks for your comment.
I think the takeaway is: if you can afford to go down expensive rabbit holes, one should certainly entertain the wild hare.
Most people: GoPro image is too wide…i’ll just crop it in post
Van: GoPro image is too wide… I’ll just build a new camera
crop just can't compensate for the wrong focal length though
@@brian-esss but can't increase quality of bad image sensor.
Try crop in low-light videos, this is awful
Man, I always leave your videos thinking. Most of the internet is mind numbing. I appreciate your effort!
The raw/analog feeling of Van's videos is for sure a staple, even with a modern camera, it feels analog, love it
"This spirited man wants a camera he can like again, maybe even love..." Somebody introduce Van to the Fuji mirrorless line of cameras. That's a love affair waiting to happen.
same thought
Well the image is vastly superior to anything I’ve ever saw out of a GoPro 😂
You’re an inspiration Van! Thank you for the videos 🙏
Logic is forced on most kids before they've had a chance to pursue 'irrational' ideas they put themselves into. We adults want work we can put ourselves into. Van smiles briefly sanding his handle. He's putting himself into his idea of a camera rig. His creation is not for anyone else. The cost is not important. He has the money. Creativity comes through a wide economic range. I wish this kind of work for all of us.
Absolutely love your work. From one Spirited Man to another, thank you for the videos!
Well done! I’ve been there myself. The process and the obsession is rewarding in itself. Thanks for sharing!
"Hobbies are for fun"
I've been watching your videos for a long time.
Every video is incredibly INSPIRING to me. and surprised me.
Love your work 🧡
You're doing the right thing. Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.
I would love if he pins your comment.
Rationalists did this mod back in 2013, and this MyStiCs ArTiSt just grew up in 2023 to do the same, but present is a WOW-TECH!
@@nikostalk5730man, did Van steal your wife or something? You’re in every comment that praises this idea. Van was already working with Tom Sachs way before 2013 so it’s a moot point to argue about dates. Just enjoy the content or go watch something you enjoy instead of this, why do you submit to something you dismiss?
@@LuisMercadoorg just wondering , or can't i?
This is how spirited people build the perfect camera. Trial, error, then success. The footage speaks for itself, Van. Nicely done.
There's something utterly delightful about a C-mount GoPro mod. It defeats the entire purpose of the thing if you try to use it the way it was intended, but what you get in return is a really fun, compact solution for specialty shots. I'm really looking forward to what you'll accomplish with this new configuration going forward, especially in the realm of other build videos.
There are just something about this video that reminds me of my 12 year old self wanting to put all kinds of rig to my low quality techs.
Once I wanted to make a camera mounted helmet and stuff, but was not possible due to budget and resources.
But you, Van, are living my dream right now. These kinds of videos are the exact reason why I subscribed
Love going along on the thought and creativity rides.
I love the new NEIPRO work of art. GoPro finally got the upgrade we've been waiting for.
The lens really adds so much character to the image. Got me wanting one!
This is the stuff why I love the internet! Thank you for this wonderful video!
wow amazing just sharing here, I just bought my canon R10 and a macro lens for my product shots, this was on a trip to San Diego (I just broke my macro lens for my previous T7i at work) and I think the feelings this tools gave us while studying them & using them are amazing and when you put them to work for they to pay themselves, its amazing. Amazing video, it remind me when i was trying all kind of augments" magnifying filters" before my first macro on my sony Alpha, best lens I ever bought, still working.
Concept. Production. Editing. = Filmography (is that a word) Gold. Well done sir. Well done.
My local TV station, LWT had Angenieux lenses on their bigass studio pedestal cameras.
It had that word on the side and I was transfixed whenever they showed behind the scenes.
I always wanted an LWT camera.
I love this video.
Thanks
Im currently doing my masters dissertation and was feeling a quote to tie stuff together, symbolically. sentence number 5 of sentences on conceptual art will be my opening quote. Thank you spirited man, thankyou, this touched me deeply
so beautiful, you cant help but fall in love with the philosophy
I've been wanting to try this on my GoPros! Love the results.
Oh yes just what i needed! love you van
I can't tell you how many times I've worked on a project beyond the point of a "rational" stopping point. I get a small idea, often late in the project, that consumes me and I end up spending far more time and expense pursuing that one small detail than the project did up until that point. And it is an unwritten rule that this very detail is likely to go completely unappreciated by anyone else but me. I'm glad I'm not alone in this. Most enjoyable, Van.
I love the spirit of this video so much!!
I’ve definitely gone down this rabbit hole before. I never got as far as making a single purchase, but when I realized how much more versatile a GoPro could be with a few modifications then my curiosity got the best of me. Mind you this was back during the Hero 4 era. Thanks for actually being crazy enough to do it LOL
Loved it as always!
Came at an interesting moment in time. Thank you Van.
Very well done!
This is good project bravo 👏
What a shot that was of the guy driving a truck with everything missing but the frame and engine!
i love when u talk about cameras
actually made me lol watching you type out the already printed text while filming with that camera.. love it
I think I've never seen someone phrase "lol" like that. Wonderful
That's a beautiful setup, at first I thought you had purchased Leica M Glass, haha, that would have been just crazy. The rig itself, absolutely aesthetically pleasing..
Love this soooo much 😊
I got shook. You truly are an artist.
Thank you really enjoyed the video
"illogical judgments lead to new experiences"
Man-o-man-the joy is in the gizmo. Having the idea-overcoming the obstacles-making it work-putting it on the shelf and letting it catch dust motes while you sit back and say, "I did that."
This whole camera rig is a gift to yourself and as someone once told me, a gift has to be nice, made and thoughtful and that extra 6 mm lens was a very nice surprise 😁
The question of course is, if a camera with these qualities could be store bought. I think you'll have a hard time finding that with the money you used.
That is petty cool keep it up I know you’ll one of the coolest inventions ever
I love it, a great tool to have at your disposal
Watching watching watching, until the close up seen..... WHOA!
Look forward to every new video
Add a matte box so you can use CP and ND filters in the car. Filming through the windshield , you need the CP to cut the glare. And the matte box flag is going to help with bokah when the sun is at just that high angle. ( I've been building out a 10yo Canon Vixia camcorder with a similar rig.)
It's so beautiful I want to cry, but I fear the tears will distort the stunning image, so I'm fighting it as fiercely as possible and operating a dehumidifier too.
I WISH I could say that I haven't done similar pursuits to end with similar results, only to later realize it wasn't the thing I had tried for in the beginning, but the voyage along the way that mattered most.
I LOVE IT !!! Passion with purpose :) Leica lenses live through GoPro.
great stuff!
Love this!
Oh Van, I think I love you. Now I know the reason why I watch your videos and subscribe to your channel~ through your own actions, you remind me that it’s OK for me, to be me.. and therefore, I fear getting in front of the camera less now.
I think you designed an absolutely beautiful camera there. Where most may see a question mark next to a dollar sign, I see the actual camera itself as being the art.
Consequently, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if it sold for a lot of money one day.
Fascinating, never knew it was possible to buy modified GoPros.
Love these gopro videos
DOGGONE! The image coming out of that thing is beautiful.
Perfectly ok. Ok in every good way. I love everything about this.
I absolutely love it!
great cinematography!
One of the coolest things i've seen in a while
Really, really interesting! I'm planning to extend the sony zv-1, adding a battery pack, like those were done on DLSRs. A 21700 battery would be 4 times the capacity of the origional one, and both of them would have the same voltage. Just need to sacrifise a dummy battery.
Olympus tg-6 with the digiscoping with Celestron humming bird is pinnacle of photography.
Van, you're Amazing person keep on creating
love this!
Can't believe I ran into this.. Outrageously fun and interesting.
That’s so cool. I’m curious, what are you planning to do next with this camera?
Rocking those eye doctor specs
Good stuff!
Good to be back
I like it .good job.
Finally, just what I have been searching for.... A camera like, like.... Like that!
Just ordered the die trying shirt. So cool I love it man.
I ❤❤❤❤ your camera, it is the only one in the world and it is perfect. It was worth it all the way. Well built!!!
Brilliant!
I was inspired about 10 years ago from Zack Arias to glue a “teleconverter” for a point and shoot to the face of my Flip Video HD camera. It was awesome. I had a .5x wide angle and a 2X teleconverter on it. Did a fine job. I’ve wondered ever since then and finding the GoPro why nobody had come up with a similar setup. Seems like a no brained. Or even for GoPro to have a good “portrait length” adapter on it. They say there are more types of GoPros coming by the end of 2023… Hopefully something along the lines of this and what Zack had done fine their way to a production setup. Man that would be cool.
Awesome. There is a setting on GoPro to make the shot tighter. Assuming its a digital zoom but hey might have been worth a try
Love it. I wonder how image stabilization is on the longer lens?
Stabilisation won't work. The GoPro expects the original lens and corrects for it. I had 2 lens swapped hero 7s. You need to set the camera to "wide" and leave the stabilisation off.
loveletters to books, albums or other arts you like would be really cool to watch you do.
this is amazing
this is awesome!
on GoPro settings you can change the range from wide to narrow FYI
Cinematic AF. 🤘🏼🙌🏼
This was amazing
This spirited man loves your videos !
This is enlightenment.
my dawg Van finally built his dream truck and has entered the "Pipe Dream" phase of life, and I AM HERE FOR IT!!!!!!!!
The Neistat brothers are so talented ❤❤
So wait what’s the part to mount the lenses Van? This video and what you made is so creative!
I did the opposite… returned my GoPro and bought a ZV-1 after seeing it in one of your videos. So far so good though.
I love it. @GoPro, come out with a Leica lens longer version, maybe a bayonet mount so you can just rotate to different lenses.
Fantastic lens choices. You can't get better than Kowa and Angenieux for a sensor that small. Also, you can always upgrade your gopro and keep your lenses.
You could. Old M39 or M42 lens (especially M42 USSR), OR canon FD will produce greater picture. C-mount is just cheap as hell.
@@nikostalk5730 would have to speed boost the lenses to get a decent field of view. Wide-angle vintage lenses are so expensive now too.
I respect that of you sir...1love my bro
My GoPro wish list:
Could be a little bigger if it had to be.
20mm FF equivalent lens option.
Ability to close focus.
Ability to record all modes without becoming hot as the sun.
Usable low light.
Built in 3.5mm
Built in cold shoe
Built in 1/4 20 - no more fragile fork mounts or mods!
If they could make a wide lens and a medium lens version that we could choose from, that would be cool too, I’d buy both.
Sony zv 1f
So many things wrong with the ZV1F it's not even funny, but we're talking GoPro here, not Sony.
Honestly maybe all I really want is for Canon to make the S110 again, but catered to video with better sound and a modern sensor.
Instead we get this silly V10 thing... canon has become a husk of their former glory.
very inspiring, I wonder if the camera stabilization still works when you do this