I bought the cheapest camera on amazon 

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.

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

Lewis, you are by far my favorite creator on RU-vid. 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!!!

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.

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

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

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

I honestly loved the character in the potato ones footage.

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 :)

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

The pointlessness of this is making my day.

If Lewis did food reviews he'd probably compare a Michelin star dinner to a microwave meal

I don’t get this, the cheap camera is aimed at beginners and children whereas you are comparing it to a professional camera for industry work. It’s like comparing a tricycle to a Ferrari.

This was hilarious the whole way through!! Hahaha this was amazing, Lewis!

This is so hilarious, two completely different realms. Love that ending, cracked me up

Really enjoyed this! also love the mark Maggiori print in the bedroom

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!

Dude your humor is unmatched, I love it!

The ending made me sub lmao

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

dude, loved this video keep making stuff like this!

The “Good Bye “ At the end 😂

Loved this haha. Can you do a video talking about how you rig your Komodo up for commercials?

Lewis, you continue to create interesting content brother. Keep it up. Really enjoy your videos.

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. 🎼🎶🎵🎶🥁✌😎

the best part is the end of the video when you lock it! I'm laughing so hard! 🤣🤣🤣

Hysterical Nice work Lewis. Well done

I liked the start... Middle.... And the end. Nice video.

Always entertaining and/or informative

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.

This channel gets better all the time!!

Honestly I was quite surprised it didn't look worse

Great video, curious if you could make a Black Magic camera look as good as the Alexa mini. Are you planning on uploading any DaVinci grading tutorials soon btw?

It’s always exciting . Thanks.

Thanks for this great video again! Would love to see a comparison between the Blackmagic 6k Vs The Alexa Mini

Great video as usual! you should do this again but with a cheap dslr, so you can get the depth of field and full manual controls :)

Hey Lewis, am learning a lot from your channel! Any chance you could update your gear list in the description to include links to your recommended scrim kit, flag, neg fill, boom arm etc? There are a ton of options out there and the quality varies quite a bit. Thanks 🙏

the end part tho...i love consuming your contents ...just love the way you do your stuffs....thanks for taking out your time to entertain and educate us...jah blesss

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

OMG. So so funny! Thanks. You made my day.

Omg yesss the ending is perfect.

I knew gear doesn`t matter 🤣🤣

Thanks for the chuckle, chief. LOL

Haha love the way you did this lewis haha 😂🙌🏽💖

Hard hitting stuff!

Lol love the ending

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.

I thought there would be a far bigger difference but its not which is both impressive and disturbing hahaha

Got that nice mark maggiori print on the wall 🔥

lol... that ending was hilarious

I think I’d be more interested in an 8K potato camera.

you actually convinced me to get that cheap camera!

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

Great video lewis. You made that potato look pretty outstanding for the price! Say g'day to Raz and Ben at Raz Rentals from Tyler at The Vision House, the next time you see them.

I love your screen overlay/web browsing graphics, but I wish the pointer hand was mirrored and went behind the button.

Great video , a friend of mine shot an entire feature film 🎥 on a iPhone 6 and now the BFI is funding his next feature film, I do think great tools help, but in the end, at least for auteur cinema , a great vision is the ingredient you can’t buy, but an Alexa is beautiful 😻

The cheap camera is better than my phone hahahahaha

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. NEVER STOP PLS

The chuckles 😂

The ending 😆👏

the potato camera for the win

Probably the same camera inside that you would buy as a dash cam.

great video! You should try do like cinematic short clip with both cameras, same angles same everything and show both. 100$ vs 5000$ something like that

Hey Lewis.. great content brother. Love how you keep giving us these gems. I have peculiar question however. How di you manage to do the transparent Google search screen in the beginning. I would love to use that same effect on this short that I am shooting real soon. Hoping to hear from you.

love this fkn channel man

Thanks for the indiana jones ending. Made me laugh

thanks for the cool videos we are waiting for more)

How did you do that opening shot with the google overlay looked amazing!

Damn that's not that bad. That's miles away from my cell phone camera back in 2008 !

This second click bait title / frame is way better than the first. You got me! Good job.

I’m definitely buying that $100 camera

Would you ever consider doing a DaVinci tutorial?? Ik some exist already but I really like the way you explain things and just enjoy your videos overall :)

I see that Mark Maggori painting in the bedroom 😏😍

watching this in 480p to give the amazon camera a chance

Look at those nice red skin tones LOLOLOL. Great video BTW

this is so strange but funny

What immediately struck me with the cheap camera was the motion blur (or lack thereof) was it shooting at a super high shutter speed?

Absolute madlad

This video turned out to be way more interesting than I thought 😅

It’s a good day when Lewis posts

Love your videos, Lewis! Hope to work with you someday.

for $50 more you coulda got a canon eos-m, loaded magic lantern and shot at 14bit raw, that would be a great comparison. Try it!

Client “ but they both shoot 4k 🤪” 😂😂😂

So, what I'm taking away from this is that I need to get a $60,000 camera (body only). Thanks for the tip.

Dude thats a dope jacket

He would never do a side by side with a -+ $1000 dslr because Arri would kick him out of the cinematographer guild.

Spent majority of the video roasting the cheap camera 😂🤭

Damnit Lewis I’m trying to get work done

Well when you know what you are doing, even the worst camera is not that bad... hahaha

lewis we miss cinematography breakdown videos.

Finally I've found the camera that all the "buy my course" ads use 🤣 great work

Alexa doesn't look 1000 times better though, but costs so.

blessed content tbqh

Would love to see this comparison with a GH5s

the bluetooth device is ready to pear

What. An. Amazing. Ending :D

Dis dude is so gud, i will know as much as him one day.

If Roger Deakins call to have chat with you and your Alexa was out being serviced. I'm guessing in a heartbeat you would whip out that potato cam to record the conversation. ;)

Hahahaha, that was really funny. The "Raiders" shot in the end was great. (what camera do you use to shoot your videos?)

damn.. i loved that cart ahaha.. where can i get one?