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hey I was going guys Kyle here with awesomesauce news so I kind of bought a bunch of stuff recently to help me improve the quality of my channel and i'm not sure what to do with it all yet because i don't really know how to use it this is kind of the first time I've ever really invested this much into camera equipment before and it's really not i guess that much that i invested i only drop maybe well i'm not going to say how much I spent but regardless I have some new stuff that I've never worked with before one of which is a shoulder rig which I'm really excited to use but today what I'm here to talk to you about is this product from canoa this is the canova to slider let me give you a fuller look at the box huh this is this is if this is any indication that i need a slider I don't know it is so this is pretty cool like I said I've never used one of these before so I'm pretty stoked to try it out so forgive me if I'm my camera skills with this thing aren't up to par but it should be pretty cool so i don't i'm not going to call this an overview even or review for sure this is really just the first look and letting you guys know exactly what i'll be working with from now on on the channel so let's let's unbox this thing so for those of you who don't know what a camera slider is it's basically a tool used to achieve a specific kind of shot in cinematography that looks like this pretty straightforward right now the sec nique is not to be confused with panning where the camera remains stationary and simply pivots left or right with a slider the camera can be in constant motion as it slides across a scene without ever pivoting however you can definitely slide and pan simultaneously if that's the look you're going for and to be honest I'm really not the best person to ask about professional camera equipment all i know is that sliders make things look badass so I bought one this one is 39 inches long weighs 8 pounds but supports up to 11 pounds how does it do that it also features steel roller bearings that right along a steel track so movement remains smooth regardless of orientation there's two rubber feet on each end that are adjustable so you can change the slant and tilt of the slider when using it on a surface but for my purposes I'll be mounting it to a tripod most of the time which gives me a lot more flexibility to shoot from varying heights and angles in the center of the rails is a level and two threads that support quarter inch or three-eighths inch tripods the same pair of threads can be found on both ends of the slider so you have the option to mounted on two tripods for more stability there's also a ruler in centimeters that spans across the rail to help with positioning and timing the sliding block has a three-eighths inch mounting thread for a tripod head which is what you actually mount the camera on to it's worth noting that you will need a compatible tripod head in order to mount a DSLR to this slider you can probably find an adapter that lets you bypass this requirement but it feels so limiting without a head I'm not sure you'd want to on the front of the sliding block is a red knob that locks it into play so your camera doesn't accidentally go zipping down the rails I'm not proud to say that I've already suffered several heart attacks from overlooking this feature the resistance or as I like to call it the slightest of the slider can be adjusted by removing the four screws on top of the mounting block and the tiny retention screw underneath that I'm constantly terrified of losing from there you can turn the middle screw in either direction to adjust the slightest like I said don't ask me about this stuff alright guys that is going to wrap it up for this unboxing and first look of the konova k2 slider and once again I have no real experience with sliders so this is kind of a learning experience for me so if you guys have any tips or suggestions and you've worked with a slider like this before or go ahead and send me a comment in the section below and I'll be sure to read them and find out more about what I can possibly do with this thing so thank you all for watching this video I'm Kyle with awesomesauce news subscribe to the channel if you haven't already tossed me like and I'll see you all in the next video