I Didn't Have Any Room For The Stupid Beans (Day 3397 - 3/14/19)

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The vlog starts out with Stephen hearing a rumbling sound coming from outside. He wonders what the sound is coming from and tries to look for the source of the sound out the window. Mal says that it might just be a helicopter passing by. Stephen then talks about how he made an appointment to see a general care physician tomorrow about the pain in his neck. He says that they just finished doing Breakfast Stream which can be seen on the TV as the stream chat is still on there. Stephen says that he has been preparing things for the gaming stream tomorrow. He said that this vlog will be released on Friday at 3 PM, so if you're watching this the stream starts at 5 PM PST. Stephen said that the stream will be a Puyo Puyo Tetris competition between him and Mallory.

Stephen then shows Mal making Barbacoa with beef chuck roast. Mal asks Stephen to get the tongs for her and he struggles to pull it out due to all the other cooking utensils in the way. Stephen says that there is a lot of chuck roast so there will definitely be leftovers. He said that Mal is going to put the chuck roast in the slow-cooker to cook for 8 hours, so they will probably eat dinner around 6 PM or 7 PM. Stephen says that they have finished recording all the videos for when they go on a trip in April, so just have to do some mass uploading and scheduling. There are then clips of Mal cooking the chuck roast in the slow cooker with clips of Sagan and the birds outside intermixed.

Stephen and Mal then go for a walk since the weather was nice. Stephen says that he is not using the microphone because he wanted to see how well the built-in mic performs outside with wind blowing. He also said that he was doing it for people who might want to buy the Sony Alpha 6400, and was curious about how the audio sounds with wind. Stephen then says that a package with the camera cage he ordered was delivered to his parent's house. He said that it was shipped from China on Monday, but it already arrived. The company he ordered the cage from is called SmallRig which Stephen says is an awesome company. Stephen goes to his parent's house and picks up the package. He returns home with the package. Stephen says that this company is the same company that he got a cage from for the Black Magic Camera. He said that he was really satisfied with the last one he got so decided to order from this company again.

Stephen opens the box and says that along with the cage he also got 2 accessories. He said that the accessories kind of conflict with each other, but he got both in case he decided he liked one better than the other. Both accessories are cold shoe mounts. He said that he got 2 since small rig stuff is fairly inexpensive. Stephen takes out a bag with a wrench and screw and finally the camera cage. He then realizes that he can't show off the cage without getting another camera since the cage goes onto the camera. Stephen gets the LX10 camera and has Mal film him. He tells Mal that it doesn't have a wide shot like the Alpha 6400 camera to which Mal agrees. Stephen says that adding the cage doesn't increase the form factor by much and you also still have access to the flip screen and battery cover. He said the cage also increases the expandability of the camera since it adds various mounting points (holes of various sizes) and you can put stuff on those holes. For example, if you wanted to you could put things like rails, monitor, or lights on the camera. Stephen said that the cage allows you to put things on the camera that you normally can't put on a camera that size.

Stephen said that he is going to mount the microphone on side so it's not in the way of the flip screen. He mentions that you could put the cold shoe mount anywhere on the camera. Stephen then puts on the cage and mounts the microphone with the windjammer. He says that it's a little big, but he doesn't care since it's his job. Stephen says that the reason he didn't use the other mount is because you can leave the camera set-up as it is inside a bag if it's big enough. He says that the only way to mount the microphone so that it fits is to put the microphone on the side where the microphone is connected so that the microphone cord isn't bent and then put the flat side into the the camera bag. Stephen mentions that the camera cage slightly covers a small part of the screen. He then says that the pistol grip is the same grip he used for the old vlog cameras and that with it the camera doesn't feel much heavier. Stephen then films with the camera in front of him and says that the built-in microphone works better when he is in front. Since it is a cardiod mic, it works better when he is in front of it. He thought that it would be a good chance to test how it sounds like when he films in front of himself.

The beef chuck roast finishes cooking in the slow-cooker. Stephen said that the smell of beef coming from the kitchen has been taunting him. Mal pretends to be the beef and yells "Stephen!" in a weird voice. Stephen yells back "Thanks beef!" Stephen said that he was going to eat the beef in tacos. Mal has her beef with cheese sprinkled on top. Stephen says that he chose to eat it with black beans this time. He mentions that it switches between black and pinto beans for his tacos. Stephen prepares his tacos and says that he made a mistake. He said that he put too much beef in which made him put too much lettuce and everything else in. This made is so that there was no more room to put the black beans on his taco. Mal then asks Stephen if he remembered to turn off the burner to which Stephen says he did. Then, part of Sagan's ear pops up in frame. Mal said that Sagan decided to sniff the microphone. Stephen says that it's probably because he thinks it's a cat. He then eats the taco and says that the meat tastes good, but it was a little spicy.

The video transitions to a bit later in the evening. Stephen says that he made an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow afternoon. Kepler then jumps into his lap and tries to sniff the windjammer. Stephen then says that the camera set-up is big, but Kepler is also a big kitty cat.