I Used The Worlds WORST Camera (And YOU Didn’t Notice)
– It all started when I
got an ad on Instagram for a 4K video camera that costs $100. Turns out it's the cheapest
4K video camera on Amazon. So I ordered it for "Think Media," this YouTube channel I work for that has almost 2 million subscribers. And so, this was the idea. I thought it'd be awesome
to shoot a YouTube video for "Think Media" using this camera and see if anyone notices. If this goes as good as
possible, the video does well, no one notices the camera quality, and I can finally tell people to stop giving me the excuse that your camera isn't good enough. If this goes badly, the video flops, the comments rage with 2
million angry subscribers and my boss fires me. And honestly, I was really excited until I looked at the
footage for the first time and realized that,
(record screeching) this was probably a terrible idea.
So, let's go back to when
I was still optimistic about the experiment. It's $100 camera, as
long as the camera works and it's decent, then that's okay. (plastic rustles) (Nolan sighs) Okay, now before I turn this thing on, guys, I've already committed to this. So whether it's decent or
it's absolutely terrible, I'm gonna have to use this camera to shoot my YouTube video and post it. We've got a power button on top so let's hit this and see if it turns on. Please turn on. Maybe you have to hold it down. Oh, there it goes, I see a light. Welcome, guys. I'm so excited about this. (gasps) Ooh, let's set
this wide angle lens onto the camera and get the full effect. This thing has a front light, are you kidding me? (camera beeps) All right, here is the
first test on the $100 4K camera on Amazon.
Here is the moment of truth. All right, here is the
first test on the $100 4K camera on Amazon. (laughs) why? This was probably a terrible idea. Before I take some test
footage with this thing, I'mma show my wife, my brand new camera, and I'mma see how much she
thinks this thing costs. So I wanna show you my brand new camera. Are you ready for this? – Yes. – You're excited. Yeah. I'm excited.
– Here it is. – It looks so vintage.
– I want you to guess how much this costs? – Um, $300. – Here, take a look at it. It's got a flip out screen, but you can't tilt it any other way. It just flips right back like that. Got a flash. It shoots 4K video. This is a wide angle lens adapter. You think $300? – Yeah, 'cause it looks cheap. (chuckles) Am I allowed to say that?
– It is. Yeah, it is cheap. – Yeah, that's my guess. – $100 – Seriously? Oh no. – Also, I'm shooting my next YouTube video with this camera without telling anyone. – Are you just gonna see if people notice? – That's exactly what I'm doing.
Hopefully they don't realize. – Or they're like, "What camera is this?" – Probably not
(Madeline laughing) Let's test this thing out. – [Nolan] You wanna say something? – I would like to say that I don't know how this is gonna turn out. I hope it turns out well. – How do you feel about
me using this camera to my next YouTube video? – I don't think that's a good idea. I haven't seen the footage yet, but, I just can't imagine this would be okay. – I feel like the colors look okay, but it's-
– I feel like they're bad.
– Really? Okay, let's see how this footage looks. – As far as quality goes, I would highly argue that it's 4K. – It doesn't look for 4K at all? – Not at all.
– Not at all. It's not good, but for a hundred bucks, do you think it's worth it? – Um, I'd have to see
more clips, but I just- – I don't think you're in
focus right here either. The background's on focus. – So you think you just not
be too close to the camera? – (sighs) I don't know. Well, now, I need to
shoot a full YouTube video on this camera. – Actually?
– Yeah. – I'd be interested what
it looks like right here, like, with a light and everything. – I'mma try and make it
look as good as I can, with all my lights, mics, everything.
Thank you for being in my video. – You're welcome, sir. You know where to find me. – All right, now is the time to shoot my YouTube
video using this camera. It's not the best quality at all, but crossing my fingers, I'm hoping that this video
project turns out okay, let's just do it. – I started to set up the
camera, lights, microphone, but in doing all of that, I found out something about this camera.
There's one really bad
thing about this camera. – Just one? – It doesn't auto focus. And you can't manually focus either. I tried every setting. I even went back to the
Amazon listing here. I thought it did say
something about auto focus when I bought the camera, but I'm looking at it now and I don't see it. – I think you said it was digital focus. – That's not a thing. – Oh. (chuckles) – The camera's gonna be way over there. I have to sit way over here and it just looks kinda funky. – Oh, in order for it to be in focus? It's like my books back here are in focus, but I'm not totally in focus, so I just don't know what to do.
I have to shoot the video though. – Why? – Because I told people I would, I committed to this. – Is Sean okay with that? – Don't know. – I don't think you should do that. I really don't, actually don't- – My wife thinks that I shouldn't
shoot the video on this, but I told you guys I was gonna do it, so I'm gonna do it. And that's what I did. I pressed record, and 20 minutes later, I finished filming the video. And I'll see you guys in the next video. (camera beeps) And all I had to do
now was edit the video. I kept telling myself that if
the content was good enough, then people wouldn't care
about the video quality. Even with my positive self-talk, deep down, I knew I was still scared. But regardless of my fears, and without telling my boss, I uploaded the video to YouTube. It was time to see if
the people would notice. – Whoo, today is the day.
To be honest, I'm a little bit nervous. The video dropped this morning. Time to see if this
video is performing well and check out the comments. Let's just get right into it. So far, we can see that
it's ranking second of 10 within the first four hours. 8,900 views, that's really, really good. Now for the moment of truth, let's take a look at the likes, dislikes, as well as the comments, and hopefully, I don't
get roasted too hard. Let's just get right into it. So here we are, 636 likes and 46 dislikes. That's pretty good. But really, what I'm
wondering is the comments. There is 167 comments. All right, let's check these out. I'm only, like, 10 comments
and we have a lot more to go. But so far, zero comments
about the video quality.
There's no comments yet
on the video quality. A lot of people just saying great video. So this is good. So far. Let's keep reading comments and hope that there are no other. Okay, that is the last comment. There were absolutely
zero on the video quality. So truly, this mission was a success. But the truth was all of those comments really meant nothing if my boss hated the video. Just like that, I got tagged
in a message from my boss. Okay, Sean is posting about the video. He said, "Heaters this week! Nolan, this is second right
behind the editing tips one." Maybe he didn't notice. Okay, there's some more messages and Tony just responded. "I love how no one commented that it was shot on the $100 4K camera. Basically a baked potato." True, okay, Sean is typing. "Dude, I didn't event notice" (Nolan chuckles) You're right Tony, we got 'em. Now, if you're watching this, I want you to be encouraged. Whatever camera you have, I promise you, it's probably
better than this one.
There's just no more excuses. You can use your phone, you can use your webcam, you can use whatever you have and start making YouTube videos. What really matters more is the lighting, the audio, the storytelling, the editing, and truly, just the content
that you are giving. With that being said, click on the screen and
check out a lighting tutorial to level up your camera, no matter what camera you're using. And I'll see you guys in the next video. (upbeat theme music).
