IS THE ELGATO PROMPTER THE BEST TELEPROMPTER?
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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a grown man whining like this is really uncomfortable.
awww sweetie...are you lost?
He doesn't work for Elgato bro. It's called a review. Why would he only talk about the good things when there is also bad things.
You surely don't know anything about reviewing a product.
Teleprompters are a game changer. We got one at my workplace a few years ago and our production quality saw an immediate improvement.
It covers off so many choke points for content...and if done properly...it is seemless
I started with the DesView and upgraded to the Elgato Prompter. The fact that the Elgato Prompter fits lightly onto my lens with rings is super awesome. The DesView did the same thing, but the Desview text is too small and I could never get the speed "just right". My only issue with the Elgao Prompter is the clunky software, but it has been improving. The one big annoyance I have is that when connected and you Alt-Tab, you have to look at the prompter to see which app you'll be alt-tabbing into.
You may need another screen for the glide gear but you need a computer connection for the Elgato. If you’re going to be filming in the same location constantly then Elgato is the way to go . If you’re going to be filming in different locations and offices , glide gear is superior .
First of all thank you for this review. I’ve been trying to decide if I want to make the switch from my GlideGear to the Elgato. For now I’m sticking with my GlideGear and PromptSmart Pro software. If, and when, Elgato improves their software to equal or improve what I’m already using I’ll most likely switch.
As you mentioned the biggest issue I have with the GlideGear is my camera is literally trapped on it. It’s a total pain to remove it and every time I do the biggest issue I have is getting it back in the same spot. Just the slightest bit off and I the fabric that surrounds the lens gets in the way or the camera isn’t aimed exactly the way it was.
The other issue is that PromptSmart continues to make me log back into their website to use their software. I’ll sit down ready to record only to find the script I saved isn’t on the app. It took a while for me to realize that I had to log into their website again. Logging into their app is also necessary to use the paid Pro features like voice activated scrolling. At least it will allow me to copy my scripts on my iPad and paste them directly into their app. Once I discovered this would work it’s saved me a lot of time.
I’ve heard rumors that Elgato has heard our pleas and is working on improvements to their software. This includes a voice activated scrolling feature that’s supposedly in beta. It will be interesting to see if this actually happens.
@donbullock-techihound oh I'm on it.
Also...it's nice to hear that it's not just me having the issues...lol
Will a quick shoe fit? it seemed like you could just add one and it would be near perfect.
@@mycosys Adding a quick shoe might be possible but it will raise the camera higher in the GlideGear and most likely cause it to be too high and cause the top of the teleprompter to come into view. There is still the issue of keeping the fabric shield that goes around the camera lens out of view.
@@donbullock-techihound had wondered that, why i asked. oh well
I just use a PowerPoint with black background and white font…. 1000% customisable. No camera hub software, no third party app. I change the slides manually but you can also set timing if you want…
Saw Jon Anderson's YES in concert last night, and he used a prompter monitor. He's 79 y.o. and I'm glad he used it instead of having lyric mistakes in his own songs.
Wonder what kind he was using...
Thanks for the product review, man 🤙🏼
Never used a teleprompter, but then again, have never spoken into a camera for a video. I know if I ever did, staring into the camera, my mind goes blank (like on conference calls). Thanks
@steveschnetzler5471 this thing is amazing for conference calls too...lol.
That creepy eye contact goes a long way
Der Prompter ist großartig, und ich nutze ihn selbst! Ich habe viele tolle Feedbacks bekommen, weil ich den Menschen direkt in die Augen schauen kann. Das macht enorm viel aus und kann ich jedem empfehlen.
I bought another quick release for my camera mount on the prompter. Solved so many problems.
I've been thinking of the Prompter purely out of connivence and cutting bulk, since I've been using a Glide Gear-esque prompter setup with a android tablet & free wireless screen mirroring app. It's surprisingly stable, as a mirrored or secondary monitor setup for video conferencing/meetings/etc - but to your point it's bulky and requires a lot of steps. When I needed to read copy, I just used a simple web interface (but I'm sure there are plenty of other means currently.) Having said all that, I'm still on the fence and am now considering a dedicated 10" portable monitor instead of my tablet; Liliput for example have HDMI mirroring built into their firmware. Just wish the options weren't originally built for the DSLR era, as so many of us are streaming with mirrorless. -whew- Great video! haha, hope this helps someone?
Thanks, very helpful and well done comparison.
I have the elgato prompter. I like the simplicity. It does have some limitations. The screen resolution is a problem for MsTeams, as some of the buttons are not on screen. It also needs a power switch. I would like the option to turn it off. This is complicated by the fact that I cannot install software on my work laptop. I use it everyday Sony A7IV with 45mm F1.8 FF lens.
oh...the 45mm has been of interest to me...though I think I might get the 35....
Anyways...all good points.
I wonder if there will be a "pro" version in the coming years that has a much better screen.
@DarkCornerStudios I picked up the Samyang 45mm for about £200 at the beginning of the year. It small and fast, and works well with my prompter
Have you ever tried mounting a phone immediately left of the lens, for the classic 'looking just past the lens' portrait framing?
No I have sadly not had any time for stuff like that.
Hopefully with time I might free up to do so!
We used to have a teleprompter operator who progressed the script more or less depending on her mood rather than the speed of your delivery. Even in the university TV studio we operated the teleprompter from the gallery, of course these were three camera ops and there was a teleprompter on each camera. I don't recall how the script was loaded though, I think it was just pasted from a document. But, yes an essential bit of kit.
@davidsillars3181 having someone else control my script would enrage me 🤣
But yeah...it should be pretty easy for Elgato to take some hints from the other apps out there.
@@DarkCornerStudios Back in the day we had several different options for the teleprompter. The talent could use a foot pedal to control the speed themselves, another presenter from the show could operate it or an extra camera operator or flood director could do it.
During live news updates it was a camera operator or floor director on crew that had the job. The problem is that the updates were in Italian or Portuguese and none of the cameras operators or floor directors spoke either language. You had to get a sense at how the presenter was reading. Whether they seemed like they were rushing or dragging. But how do you do that when you can't read the printed text? The broadcast was in Toronto. So in the stories there would be words or names that you would recognize. Mayor David Miller. Prime Minister Paul Martin. They became the markers that you would use to judge how you were dealing.
One day I was working on a Saturday on a Greek show where the producer sat in the studio and operated the prompter for his two on camera presenters. It helped him be close to the floor to support his talent. However, some issue came up in the control room and the director and technical director needed the producer to go in and settle an argument. So as a spare wheel (who later developed a spare tire) I had to jump in to operate the prompter. Forget not reading Greek. It doesn't use the same alphabet! I don't know if I made them race or if they sounded like they were having a stroke.
I'll add that in my days working in the studio with inexperienced on camera presenters in local community cable television or in multicultural programming coaching some green talent I found that using a teleprompter is a good idea. But it is also another skill set to learn. So research, interviewing, writing, mic handling, turn and spin plus reading from a prompter.......while trying not to look like you are reading from a prompter. In my side hustle work working on videos all sorts of would be talent always thought they could reinvent the teleprompter with a friend or child holding paper or rolling sheets of paper. "Will this work?" Well it will be very clumsy and look like you're reading something below the camera, to the side of the camera etc.
what is your lighting setup?
Rode to trump the market for Teleprompters, like the rodecaster? Prediction for 2025.
Between Rode and Elgato wouldn't put anything past them...
Thanks, interesting video! Setting up Eyemeeting Prompter with Speakflow. Time will tell if it serves my needs. If not, well it’s still very good fun 😊
Hey I enjoy your content! Your sound camera angles and lighting are awesome. I do have a question. You mentioned the problem you were having with the prompter software. I have the prompter coming to a year and I have called Elgato so many times with still no results. You mentioned the Mac System Setting, General, Sharing but you don’t tell us what to do press after that. Can you please help me with this. I am so frustrated. Please help me resolve this issue. Thank you.
@@NewWineMinistryNLC under sharing...you just enable screen share
Hi Aiden, thanks for your sharings, what is the mic you are using in your setup and to what is it connected? It looks that is far from you but picking your voice really well. Thanks 🙌
@@RobertoJorge it's a shotgun mic.
I use the Sennheiser MKH416
This was recorded through a Lewitt Connect 6
@@DarkCornerStudios Thanks for your quick reply 🙌 will check the MKH416 and the interface. Im using a Comica VM30 directly to the camera but looking to improve 🙏
@RobertoJorge it's not the most affordable mic...but there are some more affordable ones...I have reviewed a few
@@DarkCornerStudios yep, 😂 just checked the price. Will have to check some of the ones you have reviewed 🙌 thanks
Respectfully, I disagree...I would've had the same sentiment when this device was initially released. The app sucked and yea the copy and paste option was hell annoying. Since then they have implemented quite a few features into the app and have even said that voice recognition is coming very soon. Recently they also added the ability to paste an entire document and it has it automatically format the doc into respective sections.
Yes there's work to be done but I think it's solid for the price point.
@@TheMichaelTech you apparently didn't watch to the end
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Make people super uncomfortable describes me after the break up.
Someone show this man a cheese plate. The Rigging kind, not the eating kind. God knows he doesn't need any more cheese in his diet.
Lol...fat jokes?
Need a doll to show me where I hurt you?
That's sad buddy
A rambling mess sounds like a first date with me.