The ULTIMATE iPad Pro vlogging setup

Hello and welcome to today's video. Today

I'll be showing you how I converted my

11-inch iPad Pro into the ultimate

vlogging device. So as you can see in

front of me, I have quite a few items and

I'll be going through step by step telling

you what they are, how much they cost,

and what they do. And then I'll be

assembling them all into one ultimate

vlogging device which I like to call the

iPad Pro ultimate vlogging device. Okay,

so as you can see, there's many components

that go into converting the iPad Pro into

a vlogging beast, and they all do

different things. As you can see, we have

them laid out in front of us. So first of

all, we have this. You might be able to

guess what it is. It is a super wide-angle

clip-on lens, and you know, it's in the

name, it's pretty self-explanatory. The,

the cameras on the iPad Pro are good,

don't get me wrong, they're very good.

But they're just not very wide. They're

very zoomed in, especially if you're using

the front-facing camera and you've got the

iPad at arm's length. Your face is going

to take up most of the frame and it feels

very close, so you really need some kind

of wide-angle clip-on lens. Now there's

many different types of wide-angle clip-on

lenses and it depends on how much you want

to spend. It's up to you which one you

get. I personally prefer this one because

it's quite small As you can see, it's

quite small, fits in your hand, but it's

still very good. Don't, don't think that

small means not good. You can get small

things and they still perform very well.

The brand name is Kenko. No, not the

coffee, Kenko. And if you want to see

the side, here we have the specifications.

It's a Kenko high-definition 0.4x

super wide lens. 0.4 is pretty wide.

I don't really feel like you need to get a

wider lens. That's wide enough. Okay,

moving on. We have a microphone with a

hot shoe mount. So this, this is actually

for DSLR. Usually people buy these for

DSLRs to put on the hot shoe mount to get

better audio quality. But this one is

special because look here, it has a little

switch and you can switch between cameras

or tablets or phones, so just switch it to

the phone or tablet side, and it's a

Comica V30 Lite, and it also comes with

this fluffy thing which I think it's

called a wind— a wind muff. I'm not sure

what it's called, but it stops the wind

blowing and stops those wind noises, so

audio quality is a lot better than the

built-in microphone on the iPad Pro. But

the problem is the iPad Pro doesn't have a

3.5mm audio jack, so you're gonna have to

get one of these little converters,

adapters, and this allows you to plug in a

3.5mm audio plug into a USB-C

device. So you can plug this into your

phone or your GoPro or your

iPad Pro, and then it should work

perfectly fine. Here we have the mount

adapter for the tripod, and we're going to

need that for the tripod holder. Now this

is a very special tripod holder— I mean

iPad Pro holder for the tripod. Let me

show you why. Okay, so this is a Ulanzi

branded tablet holder.

It's made out of metal, it's very sturdy,

and you just screw it in like that.

Twist that knob and it tightens. Now the

special thing about this tablet tripod

holder is it actually has a hot shoe here,

or is it a cold shoe? I get it confused,

I get it mixed up sometimes. Anyway, this

is very important because the microphone

slots into here, and we're going to

slot that in in a moment.

Next and finally, we have the tripod.

Now this is, this is up to you. You might

think this tripod is pretty big, but I

think it's good because it's very sturdy,

very strong, and once you've assembled all

this together, it's going to be very

heavy, and you're going to want to have a

sturdy, strong tripod that can support all

of that. But if you want a smaller tripod,

you can get one of those mini tripods.

It's completely up to you. I personally

like this tripod because You can extend

it, it's very strong, has a little lever

here, but all the liquid inside of it has

dried up anyway. And the

tripod has 2 functions. Number one, you

could use it as a tripod and just leave it

somewhere to film hands-free, or you could

fold it up like this and actually use it

like a big selfie stick like that. Works

both ways pretty effectively. Okay, so

that was the explanation and tour of all

the different components. Now we're going

to assemble it into its final form, the

ultimate iPad Pro vlogging device. Let's

begin. Okay, so first of

all, we need to plug in the adapter.

Quite simple, just goes in like that.

And then we need to attach the tripod

mount onto the Ulanzi tablet holder.

That just screws in quite simply.

Screw that in tight, you don't want things

to be loose on this setup. You don't want

that $1,000 iPad Pro dropping to the

floor, do you? Now where do we put the

wide-angle lens clip? Well, we can put it

on the front-facing camera for now, it's

not really important. Now the tricky thing

about these clip-on lenses is you need to

make sure that the lens is exactly aligned

over the camera lens, otherwise you're

gonna get distortion, you're gonna get

vignetting, and it's just gonna be ugly.

So make sure it's lined up over the camera

lens like so.

Okay, next we attach the microphone. Now,

the direction you attach the microphone in

really depends on where the audio is

coming from. So if the audio is coming

from, from your mouth, then you want the

microphone pointing towards you. If you're

filming something that's in front of you,

then you're going to have to put the

microphone the other way around. So you

can put it in this way around or the other

way around. Let's, let's face it towards

us at first in the beginning, and then

we'll switch it around later.

Okay, so that slots in, and then you need

to tighten this screw until it's stable.

Make sure it's tight. You don't want this

wobbling. Okay,

and then we attach the USB-C adapter

into the USB-C port of the iPad Pro.

You might want to cut off this little

keychain thing because it does get in the

way. Okay, so it's

taking shape quite nicely.

And you can even use the back of the iPad

Pro holder as like a little grip.

And that's what it looks like. So the

final step is we need to attach it to the

tripod.

And there we have it, the ultimate iPad

Pro vlogging device in its final form. We

have everything assembled, it's on the

tripod. You want to make sure this is nice

and tight, otherwise the the iPad is just

gonna flop down and you might break the

screen. That wouldn't be ideal. From the

back, it looks like this. You can see the

microphone cord is leading directly

into the USB-C port. We have the clip-on

lens here, and we have the

tripod which is holding everything

upright. And it's also quite portable if

you just fold up the tripod like so.

And then lift it up. It's not too heavy.

I'm right-handed, I'm not left-handed, so

it's a bit tricky for me to hold this

right now. But if I was using my right

hand, I'd be able to hold this much more

efficiently. And yeah, it actually works

quite well as a big selfie stick.

And I think it's quite good for taking

videos because, as you can see, we've got

this nice big screen, nice big viewfinder,

And we've got this microphone for better

audio. Now if we take off the clip-on

lens, you can see the difference it makes.

See how much closer my face is with it

off, and when I put it back on, it's just

such a big difference. Okay, so I've now

flipped the clip-on lens round and

attached it to the rear-facing camera,

and as you can see, it's very wide angle

with it on. If I take it off, this is the

difference. Huge difference right there.

It's just a bit tricky getting the clip-on

lens directly over the lens bump. So if

we fold up the tripod a bit and pick it

up, you can actually see how portable it

is as a vlogging device. Now the great

thing about having a big screen is it just

makes framing the video much easier,

and I'm going to walk over to the mirror

to show you what it looks like.

Okay, so that's what it looks like. Now I

know what you're thinking, probably looks

a bit silly, probably looks a bit big,

and I don't have the microphone plugged

in. And yes, admittedly it does look a bit

silly, and you're going to need a lot of

confidence and courage to walk outside

like this. But don't worry, people don't

really care about you. They're, they're

too busy with their own lives to worry

about someone you know, you're just

walking around with a big iPad. So if

you're going out for an outing, you have

so many options. You have this microphone

for the audio, you have clip-on lens for

wide angle, and then you can use the

selfie stick tripod as a tripod. You can

put it down on the ground, you know, take

some nice footage. And you know, it looks,

it looks okay. What you have to keep

in mind is if you want to get good quality

footage, then yeah, you're going to have

to use something that's a bit bigger and

you're going to stand out a bit more. But

you shouldn't worry about that. If you're

serious about what you're doing, then

don't feel embarrassed when it comes to

using proper gear. So I hope you like this

video. This was a

video about my iPad Pro, converting it

into the ultimate vlogging device. Hope

you enjoyed it. Maybe you can make one

yourself. You can make it— you can

customize it to your own desires. So you

could get a different clip-on lens, you

could get a different microphone, you get

a different tripod. Really is up to you.

But those are the main components: the

lens for wide angle and the microphone.

Apart from that, there's not really much

else you can do. Well, I guess you could

get a clip-on ring light so you can

illuminate your face better. If you really

wanted to, you could clip on the GoPro,

so you could be capturing video

footage from this side and from the other

side simultaneously from the GoPro at the

same time. If you want to do that, you can

do that. There's a lot of options with

this setup. Hope you liked it, and I'm

gonna go.