But this isn't US TV, this is an captive audience that has a special need, the need for real information. One cannot cover a subject like this scope in 20 minutes without making it sound like an infomercial. Could Dave have made it a bit shorter? Yes, but not that much.
Everyone has to understand what this style of video is.
I went into knowing that:
a) I knew absolutely nothing about the scope
b) I only wanted to spend an hour or two tops unboxing and playing and recording (a proper 1hr review video would normally take all day to shoot)
c) I was
not going muck and around and learn stuff and set up shots etc and then press record. It is basically leave camera rolling and record, and work with whatever material I captured.
d) The deliberate intention was to do a long rambling video of me unboxing it and my first impressions. This is a deliberately different style to a review.
Now when you go into a video like that, the end result is
always going to be a non-concise rambling and long video.
Could it have been shorter
with the material I had? Yes, but not by much as Lightages said, and it would be a choppy mess.
The only way to make the video more "bang per minute" is to go into it knowing it's going to be a full review and expend 5 times the effort and time doing so. In which case I'd be able to cover twice or three times the material I did in this video for the same length or less.
Now, people can argue all they want over the merits of one style vs the other, but it will, as it always does, come down to the fact that you can't please everyone. I deliberately made this video for those who like my unboxing/first impression videos. If you don't, then that's fine, I fully expect that. But please, no complaints about it.