The Almost Perfect Camera

[Music] this is my favorite video camera the canon s120 I've had every iteration of it from the original s90 which I lost the s95 which I broke it's 100 I also broke another s 100 broke that the s 110 which I broke but it still works and now the s 120 best yet it's an almost perfect camera there's just one really stupid major design flaw and that's the location of the microphones see all the previous versions had the mic in the front which is fine but now it's on the top see the trouble is when they hold the camera you intuitively hold it like this and when your fingers here it's directly over the microphone which means instead of your audio sounding like this it sounds like this not cool canon so here's how to fix it you're gonna need a razor blade microns 0:05 and some rubber gloves popsicle stick white spray paint five-minute epoxy and blue tape blue tape is super important and start by painting one end of the popsicle stick white then you want to measure out the space under the microphone between the power button and flat now cut the white end of the popsicle stick to those dimensions and now you want to label that tiny piece of wood score the camera to give the epoxy something to bite on to now tape off that area making sure to protect the microphones while leaving enough space for your marker working with epoxy resin is a delicate process if not handled correctly this will wreck your entire life combine equal parts resin and hardener you don't need much mix thoroughly but quickly play a thin bed of epoxy down and place the marker then cover it and resin let that set for about 60 seconds then remove the tape let it harden for a while there now you have a little marker that'll keep your finger above the microphone instead of on top of it I like to further customize mine by removing stickers engraving a return notice a date I like to delineate the on/off switch with white nail polish and lastly to cover up all branding because [Music]

Channel: CaseyNeistat

Views: 4,779,705

Rating: 4.9106917 out of 5

Keywords: canon cameras, Canon (Organization), s120, camera review, video camera, neistat brothers, Camera (Invention), customize, custom

Id: ddL-ycOksHM

Length: 3min 51sec (231 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 20 2014

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[u/Winston_Montag]

I've seen the gizmodo video that's a tour of his studio and I've wanted to build a shooting rig like his. Has anyone tried? I think it's really cool