I bought the cheapest camera on amazon

Potato, potahto?

Gear I own/use

[MoritzHolzinger]

Well, I'm actually surprised how good the quality of the cheap camera is...

[jawstat]

So you weren't willing to rent Last Night in Soho a few months ago, but now you're dropping $100 on a potato? Never change, Lewis.

[flochfitness]

Lewis, you are by far my favorite creator on YouTube. Not only are you super informative about the things that you talk about, but you are incredibly entertaining. Thank you so much for this awesome content!!!

[trippymchippy]

When I was a kid, let's say, 38 years ago - I would have been thrilled with the $100 camera. I used to "make movies" using a very, very bad VHS camcorder that I got at a jumble sale for more than £100 lol. Needless to say, Speilberg didn't feel threatened.

[lukearmstrong]

haha I love that you got to a certain point and realised the only way to match them was to reduce the Alexa quality

[avrahamedery]

I honestly loved the character in the potato ones footage.

[Freddd]

How about a comparison between the Alexa and a semi-proffesional budget friendly camera like the FX30 or GH6? I'm suspecting that these could be surprisingly easy to match even though the price difference is still pretty huge. So that would be interesting!

[thekellymoon]

you actually convinced me to get that cheap camera!

[LowDoughTech]

Honestly, I was expecting far worse with the $100 camera. But, I think it has a lot more to do with your understanding of lighting and being able to squeeze the best out of a junker.

[BoyXx]

it‘s amazing to see how your confidence infront of the camera evolved! really proud of you man…such an inspiration

[titiojack]

Dude, this is definitely the best video on this G-Anica/Montech camera I've ever seen. I'm really shocked how the ''default'' quality is relatively good, and post editing is even better. I'm even thinking about buying one since it's the cheapest I found. Great video, big hugs from Brazil :)

[oouje]

The first shot on the cheap camera its crazy, it looks actually really sharp

[dhyanverco]

the cheap camera is still on a better tripod than I've got

[brendonmwilson]

Dude your humor is unmatched, I love it!

[dylanlundgren]

This is hilarious lol love the harsh comparison cuts between the two

[thomascain]

I just got one of those Amazon $100 cameras 📷 and I'm quite pleased we it. I changed the video resolution to 1080P 30FPS, and set it for Fixed Focus. I use a Comica Audio Mixer, connected to two external microphones to record my drum practice sessions. No out-of-focus, no video jitter or pixalization, plus good recording sound.

Just be aware that you can't attach most off the shelf camera mics to it because most of these Chinese made camera will only work with a single channel mic 🎤 . That's why I got the Comica audio mixer. I can take two channel audio sources and blend them into a single channel output to the camera. Still alot cheaper than spending $600 to $1K for a beginner or casual use camera. 🎼🎶🎵🎶🥁✌😎

[pawpaw]

Can you do an Alexa vs the Panasonic G7 match up? The G7 doesn’t have log or anything amazing. But, you can create looks by adjusting curves and a few other things. I think a video like that would appeal to people with a $500 camera budget. With your technical skills it would really illustrate to novices, like myself, the importance of Technique and attention to detail.

[AndrewKnepper]

I actually just made the same video on my channel, but the camera I bought was $11.99 lol! Love your video!

[glenis]

The pointlessness of this is making my day.

[buzzz]

I’ll take the potato. Er, I should say Pottstato.