 What's up internet? If you've been watching our channel for a long time, you know that when we started out, we didn't know anything about audio-visual stuff, what cameras to use, what microphones to use, how to edit. We really started from scratch and part of that starting from scratch was ayon namin mag-gastos. We used whatever equipment we had at the time to start shooting the videos and this went on for a long time. To start, I stole an iPhone from my wife, kinuha ko lang one day, di ko na binalik, das nagtakan na lang siya sa nangpunta phone niya and that was our primary recording device for a very long time. Fast forward a bit and we are using cameras now, but the iPhone as a recording device served as well for a long time and we still use them a lot for b-roll, for shooting when we're outside and we're not carrying our cameras. So the brand did send us these items for review but they had no say in what we had to say about it. How do sandmar products help enhance shooting using the iPhone? Yung pagkaya ba kasi nung phone siya ko nung camera, which I didn't even realize until some brands like Canon and Fuji were kind enough to send us their products to try out. A lot of the magic of a camera is in the lens used. Desendaming variations nung lenses na kaya. If you're into photography, you're kind of shaking your head and saying na grave sobrang basic naman noon. And yes, I would say I'm still a beginner in this photography, video stuff. And so this appreciation of the sandmar product is coming from that perspective. But what products can you use that are easy to use that will help enhance your videos and photos from your phone? Obviously you can't swap out lenses on a phone so it has to use software to figure out how to zoom in, to figure out how to focus properly, to get the best image quality out of the lens already in the phone. But that's not true anymore. With products like the ones that Sandmar sent us, it's super easy to clip on a lens to get the look better image quality that you're looking for and that you've come to expect from using cameras. How do they attach? You can do it via the case so they do have a case as well which again is very premium feeling. It's actually quite solid. Lakas ng grip niya on the iPhone, to be honest, I had trouble taking it off when I put it on. So you put on the case and then you can screw in the different lenses to the case or, and this is my preferred approach, you can just clip it on. And if you use the lenses with the clip-ons, that's what you get. Dandun pa rin yung speed and accessibility nung paggamit ng iPhone. So you bring out your phone and then you just clip on the lens and you're good to go. Now the thing about cameras, to be honest, tatatakot pa rin ako sa kanilab because andaming mga different adapters that you seem to need. You need to need so many screws to get this lens on right, to get the camera on the tripod. Andaming mga different lengths and sizes and screws and whatnot. I much prefer tinkering with my computer than tinkering with the tripod stand or one of those light stands, ang gulo ng equipment. Fortunately for Sandmark, again, sobrang dali lang niya gamitin. All of the adapters that came with the different lenses and with the case, intuitive, dummy proof. Kung nagamit ko siya, believe me, magagamit mo rin siya. And the first lens we tried out was the telephoto lens. So this is a natural way to zoom in and I say natural because the way that cellphone cameras usually zoom in is via software. The computer in your phone has to figure out like, if I got closer, what would the image look like? Ang gagandahan ng actual lens where you have glass is that you're actually concentrating more light onto the sensor. So the image looks better, looks more natural. Because it is more natural. Instead of a computer having to guess what it would look like and the sensor's actually reading more of the light, reading more of the image that you're seeing. And that's why cameras usually have a better look. Because aside from having larger sensors, they also have better lenses to focus light on those sensors. So we have that benefit now for cellphone photography with these kind of clip on lenses. It's quite dramatic actually when you're filming with the iPhone, you're on the standard zoom and then you clip on the telephoto lens. And the image jumps forward, but the image is still just as clear. The image is just the same. It's just like you've moved forward. So it is a good quality lens. I know because it's quite heavy at kinabahan ako. Gunon ako sa camera equipment. I'm not used to holding them. When they feel expensive and premium, kinakaban ako that I might drop them and gunon dyan yung pakiramdam ko dito sa telephoto lens. Might seem small and it is very compact, but it's quite hefty. You can feel that this is a premium product. And I also had the premium jitters holding it. I do prefer the clip on's, but the clip on's actually hold on pretty well as I really tried to shake it off to mimic, let's say, a running scene. But as hard as I tried to jiggle the thing, the clip just really stayed on. So the clip is sturdy, but not sturdy enough, fortunately, that it'll crack your iPhone. No worries there. Tamang-tama lang talaga yung pagkaklamp niya. The next kind of lens we had was a polarizer filter. Filters are interesting because I've only read about them. Basically, they're tinted glass that covers the lens of your camera to provide autocolor grading as it were. Instead of having to go into post and changing the color, if you have a tint already or you have a filter already on the lens, you can give the scene the kind of look that you want. Sandmark was kind enough to send their polarizer filter, which is supposed to make things sharper. The polarizer filter is supposed to manage glare and suppress reflections. So it's ideal for outdoor environment where it's very bright and you kind of want to get the light just how you like it. Although interestingly, when I tried it out indoors in a Starbucks, it seemed to give everything a more natural golden color. Which, nga, if you're in Starbucks, you're kind of thinking coffee, you're thinking a lot of browns, a lot of earth tones. Bagay na bagay actually ang polarizer filter to shooting in a Starbucks or in a coffee-cafe-type environment. And I'm gonna keep it real, guys. I'm not that into fancy photography. I barely use the Instagram filters and only just for hardware-sugar photos. The polarizer filter probably wouldn't fit into my use case too much where a lot of my photos are just a product. But in the limited time that I did try it, indoors in a kind of well-lit, cafe-type environment, bagay naman siya. And you can see the difference between the photos. So this is very much a beginner's appreciation of the kind of tools that Sandmark developed. Definitely you can still produce a lot of good content with cell phones, more so if you have tools like this from Sandmark which really enhance the capabilities of a cell phone to bring them in line with what you can expect from much more expensive cameras. Kahit ako nga na beginner palang natuwa naman ako using the lenses from Sandmark. So if you're a creator or a hobbyist in photography or videography, you might actually want to consider using your phone more often with tools like these to capture the settings and the video that you want. In fact, there are content creators that produce exclusively using their cell phones. Even MKBHD has a separate YouTube channel where he shoots exclusively on an iPhone. So definitely you can have a YouTube career just using cell phones, more so if you start using stuff like this from Sandmark. Thanks for watching. We also clean and replace GPUs. Nasamakati ang physical store namin and you can also buy from our site www.hwsugar.ph na 100% palaging up-to-date yung inventory dun. Kung instock yung item sa amin, available yun sa site. We also ship nationwide. Thanks for watching and maybe one of these days, magkita tayo sa shop.