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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today to give you just a quick rundown of some stuff
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that I will be covering here shortly, tell you about the upcoming reviews and an upcoming
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trip and then also about an upcoming giveaway as well. So I've just released the Sigma 85mm F1.4
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art lens and I will also be providing some coverage of the Sigma 12-24 art lens including
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a review of that lens coming up here in the next week or so. I'll also be releasing a review of
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another Peak Design lens strap as over the next week or so but beyond that I've got some gear here
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that I'm going to be covering over my upcoming trip to the American Southwest and specifically
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the state of Arizona, where I actually am originally from. I was raised in that area
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and so it's always great to go back and to shoot in the desert. So my theme here is I'm going to
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be looking at traveling light in a number of ways. And so my primary body I'm going to be reviewing
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on this trip is the new Canon EOS M5 mirrorless body. And this is a really fabulous camera. I've
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been using it for the last few days. I'm really looking forward to spending some extended time
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with it. And this is basically what we were looking for. It's pretty much a Canon 80D in
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a mirrorless body. And finally, the M series, they seem to have gotten it right. The body is
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really matured. Really, pictures don't do it justice. It's a fantastic camera to look at in
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person beautifully designed It got a great grip on it for a mirrorless body and the integrated EVF just works really well a lot better than the add EVF for the M3 And so I excited about spending some time with it
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And so for the most part, I'll probably throw in a few other, you know, maybe another camera
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body and lenses because that's just the way that I am. But my primary kit I intend to use is the M5
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And so I'll be using the 22 millimeter F2 lens. Then also the Rokinon 12mm F2 lens for those landscape shots I'll be taking there
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And then also I'll be bringing along the Canon 55-200mm compact telephoto that I've previously reviewed
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I had hoped to have the 18-150mm for this trip, but that just didn't transpire for me
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So anyway, that's the kind of initial camera and lenses I'll be reviewing
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but on top of that i'll also be reviewing this vanguard this is the herold er 51 t and it is a
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rolling backpack and i've kind of been i've actually had this bag for a month or well two
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months now but i've been holding off reviewing it because i wanted to use it while flying this is a
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rolling backpack and you know it's got the the handle it's got the wheels and all the things for
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travel. After doing some research, this is the bag I decided I wanted for when I travel. Sometimes
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I just travel to do photography or sometimes I travel to do weddings and I wanted a kind of a
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bag I could carry along that could carry both camera gear and then also some other kind of
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personal gear. And so anyway, I'll be putting that through its paces and reporting back to you on how
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it works, how it works with airline security, how it works as just a general purpose for that
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I also have not previously had a kind of a true travel tripod other than a Joby Gorilla
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Pod which is a cool little thing in and of itself but not really a full featured tripod And so I have this Oban carbon fiber and this is the Oban CT3535 and it has their BE208T ball head on it And so you know a fully functional ball head
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and that can support up to, I think, around eight or nine pounds. And so, in other words
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enough to support every kind of gear that I'm going to be using on a normal basis
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It's really, really light, just around a couple of pounds. And it's quite versatile
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It can change into a monopod with the center column. You can reverse it up and down
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And then it has a pretty fair overall height that it can adjust out to
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Not as tall as some of my normal tripods, but at the same time, for something that will
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collapse down pretty small that's a you know that's a pretty decent height up high enough to
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get the kind of shots that I'd want to use it for and of course it's not going to have any problem
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with the light mirrorless kit that I have packed along for this particular trip and so I mean the
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great thing is is that it's small enough that I can set it up and you know either carry it in its
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own it comes with its own little travel bag here but I'll probably be carrying it just tucked into
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the side of the backpack itself and hopefully get some good use out of that. And so those are the
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main in terms of tripod. I also have another product from a cotton carrier and this is called
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the strap shot. And so this is something that if you're carrying a backpack or another bag
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kind of like I recently viewed the Peak Design Capture Pro, but it's something that just attaches
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on to either you can attach it to a belt, you can attach it to a strap and then of course
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it uses the patented locking system to just lock that in place and so you can have you know keep your hands free but also keep a camera handy and right there And so this is you know easy enough to just you can go sideways and you can attach it to a belt
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And then you just, you know, attach the lock in a different position to where you can slide it in and, you know, lock it appropriately there
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And so anyway, that will be a way that I'll be along with, you know, just a small, just a little tiny backpack I'll be carrying is the way I'll be carrying gear
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And so there are the different products that I'm going to be reviewing on this trip
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And so if there's anything that you're particularly interested as a part of those, keep an eye out for that
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I also want to announce that down below you can find information to join or enter a giveaway
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And these are hot off the press. They have just gotten these in
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This is from the EasyCover manufacturer. I featured some of their products before
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but they have kindly provided a couple of the brand new 5D Mark IV camera covers for me to use
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as giveaways for the channel. And these just add a lot of protection value. They are custom fitted
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to the 5D Mark IV. And so you have access to everything. It's very easy to slip these on
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And it's just, if you're in going into a situation where there's, you know, there's a lot of potential
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for your gear to get banged around. This can save you a lot of wear and tear and pain. And
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you know, best of all, I've got a couple of these to give away for free. And so look down below
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and I will have instructions there on how you can win one for yourself. I'm Dustin Abbott. And if
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you haven't already, you can follow me on social media, sign up for my newsletter. It'll keep you
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posted with all of the giveaways and ongoing reviews from my website, dustinabbott.net
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where I do written reviews and photo galleries, all of that stuff there as well. And of course
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