MOVO iVlog4 Smartphone Video Kit Gear Review

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today taking a look at IVlog 4. The smartphone video kit from Movo and just before we dive straight in. I want to remind you to please like subscribe and if you’ve got something to say then please do drop it in the comments box below so the world isn’t necessarily short on smartphone video kits. In fact, these things have boomed over the last few years. A lot promising to turn your smartphone very simply and easily into a very effective sort of mini video studio, so what sets the eye vlog for apart from the rest and I’m pleased to say really quite a lot now you do get a lot for your money and you get really quite a complete mini video kit going on here and everything clips very nicely either with clips or shoe mounts all.

Provided Onto This Very Nicely Built

sturdy metal frame which goes onto an extendable tripod. There’s a lot of things which come with the Ivlog 4 which Don’t necessarily come with your average external mic and tripod kit for one. This led light which can be powered by UsB with three different stages of light let me switch it on for you guys um there you go the stage one two and three gets really quite bright. Indeed now I’m used to using lights with diffusers which are a bit kinder on the eyes, so I certainly found it a little bit glaring, but in low light conditions. It’s a very effective way of lighting your source.

Another Thing.

I’m really pleased to see that Movo have gone for on the Ive like 4 is provided. This lapel mic system rather than going down the route of an external microphone. Now typically I find with external microphones mounted either onto a tripod system like this or onto the top of a camera. You get the problem of being too far away from the source.

So Inevitably Youre Capturing Too Much Background Sound

or capturing too much of the sound of the room of course with a lav mic system that’s not the case. Your mic’s gonna be really close to source and if you’re vlogging which indeed the Ivrog4 is aimed at then you’re going to be getting a good quality of sound, which is incredibly important when making your Youtube videos. The next thing that moveo have included in the pack of the eye vlog for is this rather handy clip on 18 millimeter wide angle lens, which is really pretty cool, so if you need a wider shot than what your camera is providing you simply click clip. The lens over the top of the lens on your camera and you’re gonna open up your camera angle and for those of you who love taking selfies provided with the Ivlog 4 from Movo is also this one touch shutter control button which pairs up very simply with your smartphone via bluetooth enabling you to control the shutter from distance now. The Ivlog force framework is all mounted on the tripod with this very easy to maneuver ball bracket and once you tighten up you can check you’ve got your shot exactly level by utilizing these two spirit levels, which are featured on the smartphone clamp Okay so I’m going to turn my lights off.

Now My Camera Off My Condenser Mic

off and my outboard gear. I’m going to rely solely on my smartphone running through the 4. let’s go check it out okay so now I’m using. The IVlog 4 and i’m using that through the front camera of my Motorola G10. So the first thing to say is I’m utilizing the built-in-led light system and it’s on the first level of lightness and I got to tell you it’s making really big difference.

So Typically In My Setup.

I’ve got two sets of lights so that’s going to mitigate some of the shadow issues so that’s one thing which you may get a little bit more with using just one light source, but let me show you the difference with the light switched off so yeah. I think you can really see that that little led light that you can put on the shoe mount of the frame makes a really big difference on the I vlog for when presenting your videos and this led light does have a number of different settings. This now Now being the brightest and as you can see it produces an abundance of light. It’s lighting up the source superbly well and making a really really big difference to your vlog video next on to the lav mic, so i’ve got the receiver mounted onto the frame and that’s connected by trs to trrs into my Motorola G10 smartphone.

Ive Got The Transmitter Connected To Me With

a belt clip and we’ve got the microphone just here. I think you can already hear the improvements that you get from using a Lav mic over using either the microphone that’s built in on your smartphone or indeed an external mountable camera that again may well be a bit too far from the source. I think lav mics are the way to go is an inexpensive way to get some good pro sound, particularly when vlogging one thing. I really want. To mention to you guys is for me in particular using the Motorola phone.

I Could Not Get Sound From This Microphone

without using a separate app which I had to download um. It does mention this briefly in the IVlog manual that but it doesn’t provide you with an app to download so I’m going to say to you guys. I’m using open camera, which is a free app works very very well with Motorola. I suspect it works very well with most other Android phones too and the great thing about open camera is. It allows you to have an option where you can select the sources external microphone.

This Makes All The Difference.

Then it will receive the lav mic with ease or indeed any other mic that you’ve got plugged into your headphone Jack okay so next up. I want to show you this 18 millimeter. Wide angle lens, which is very very easy to use you literally just need to clip it over the lens that you’re using from your camera and you can notice all of a sudden We’ve got wide angle.

You Can Just See Much Much

more of my room and that can be a really really handy thing to carry about on your shoot let me show you the difference it makes I’m going to just unclip it from my phone and there we are we’re back into small angle mode. There you go really handy very useful little lens if you want a bit more from your shot so movos I vlog four that’s what it looks and sounds like so in summary Movos I vlog four now it’s worth saying for me working professionally. I like a piece of gear to do its job if I’ve got some filming. I like to have a decent camera If I’m doing lighting.

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I Like To Have A Lighting Rig

and if I need to capture sound. I like to have some good mics and some good outboard too, but that’s not really who or what the Ivlog4 is aiming at and typically I find smartphone video kits to be well a bit fiddly and frustrating, but I’ve got to say to you guys Moba’s. Ivlog4 has really won me over if you’re looking to get started into the world of vlogging or indeed already in the world of locking and lagging on gear or indeed space, then the Ivlog 4 could be a great solution for you. The Ivlog 4’s pretty much got all of your bases covered and it’s very easy to use and get set up.

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When Setting Up A Lot Of Video Gear

can be a bit of. A pain so there you go that’s Movos I vlog for all the links to the olive vlog forum in the description below. I hope you enjoyed that video if you did please remember to like subscribe and most importantly have yourself a great day.

Summary

Johnny takes a look at the Ive like 4 smartphone video kit from Movo . Everything clips very nicely either with clips or shoe mounts all . Movo has gone for a lapel mic system rather than going down the route of an external microphone . It’s a very effective way of lighting your source. I’m pleased to say really quite a lot now you do get a lot for your money and you get quite quite a complete mini video kit going on here and everything clips very well . Johnny says he’s pleased to see that Movo have gone for on the IVlog 4 is provided. It’s provided with a very nicely built sturdy metal frame which goes onto an extendable tripod. The led light which can be powered by UsB with three different stages of light let me switch it on for you guys um there you go the stage one two and three gets really quite quite quite bright. The light is very effective. The camera is very bright. I found it’s a little bit glaring…. Click here to read more and watch the full video