Since when did "unboxing" become a thing in equipment reviews? What's the value except to add filler to the review? What am I missing?
Louissolomon Member 85 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 More info | Feb 09, 2022 08:40 | #1 Since when did "unboxing" become a thing in equipment reviews? What's the value except to add filler to the review? What am I missing?
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Feb 09, 2022 10:20 | #2 I agree with you, really strange videos, especially when that is the entire video
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gossamer88 "something else"  More info Post edited over 1 year ago by gossamer88. | Feb 09, 2022 10:59 | #3 I find them useful when I want to rebox and sell...LOL EOS R5 | EOS R7 | iPhone 12 Pro
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Feb 09, 2022 11:12 | #4 Part of me feels like it was a way for people who really didn’t have anything useful to contribute to still be able to make a video. It seems silly to me, but I guess some people like “unboxing” videos.
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OhLook insufferably pedantic. I can live with that.  24,821 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16157 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | Feb 09, 2022 15:16 | #5 Maybe they get income from ads connected to the videos. PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | A FEW CORRECT SPELLINGS: lens, aperture, amateur, hobbyist, per se, raccoon, whoa | Comments welcome
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Wilt Reader's Digest Condensed version of War and Peace [POTN Vol 1]  More info | Feb 09, 2022 15:46 | #6 The only value I can see to 'unboxing' video is that if you get a 'white box' product at lower price you can see that you got everything included in the factory box. You need to give me OK to edit your image and repost! Keep POTN alive and well with member support https://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php
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joeseph "smells like turd"  More info | Feb 09, 2022 16:17 | #7 occasionally it's useful to know exactly what's included in the box when you buy stuff, but otherwise I see little or no value in watching any of these. some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", and an M5, also an M6 that has had a 720nm filter bolted onto the sensor:
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gjl711 "spouting off stupid things"  57,717 posts Likes: 4036 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas More info | Feb 09, 2022 17:55 | #8 Britania757 wrote in post #19342342  Part of me feels like it was a way for people who really didn’t have anything useful to contribute to still be able to make a video. It seems silly to me, but I guess some people like “unboxing” videos. Unboxing videos have been around for a very long time. Here Not sure why, but call me JJ.
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Wilt Reader's Digest Condensed version of War and Peace [POTN Vol 1] More info Post edited over 1 year ago by Wilt. | Feb 09, 2022 18:15 | #9 The justification for Unboxing videos!... You need to give me OK to edit your image and repost! Keep POTN alive and well with member support https://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php
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There are a number of items where an unboxing video is useless. People were making unboxing videos for t-shirts at one point. I bought a pair of earbuds recently and there were more unboxing videos than reviews. I mostly shoot with film cameras are there are a number of unboxing videos where the camera is being taken out of a box that the seller packaged the camera in so it’s not even the box that the camera would have come in when new.
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drsilver Goldmember  More info | Feb 28, 2022 02:09 | #11 I don't know. With all the shipping problems lately, maybe they're just excited something arrived. "Look, I got one! From FedEx, even. Come share my special day."
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Feb 28, 2022 02:17 | #12 OhLook wrote in post #19342422 Maybe they get income from ads connected to the videos. Not "maybe."
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