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Lonnie George
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I like cameras and I love documenting life. Here are my thoughts along the way...
A Legend in the Making - Fujifilm GFX 50R
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Part 1 - But Why?
04:27 - Part 2 - Hands On
09:31 - Part 3 - Image Quality
13:09 - Part 4 - A Different Aspect
16:20 - Part 5 - Obsession
19:32 - Part 6 - Versatility
20:57 - Part 7 - Reality Check
01:40 - Part 1 - But Why?
04:27 - Part 2 - Hands On
09:31 - Part 3 - Image Quality
13:09 - Part 4 - A Different Aspect
16:20 - Part 5 - Obsession
19:32 - Part 6 - Versatility
20:57 - Part 7 - Reality Check
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A Ricoh GR Story - How 1 Became 2
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EDIT: Apologize for the incoming abrupt audio switches in the Intro and Outro I had some copyright issues I needed to address and didn't want to take the entire video down. Music by Skeeter Music - musicskeeter@gmail.com Products from the video Ricoh GR III - amzn.to/3ECnhSO Ricoh GR IIIx - amzn.to/3St10MW Fujifilm X100F - amzn.to/3IQoXtp Lanyard Wrist Straps - amzn.to/3Y9usJi Peak Design 45L T...
Film Vibes w/ Dehancer
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Digital Film an oxymoron but an interesting concept to add some analog detail and visual interest to your post-processing workflow. With the prices of film rising, let's explore if we can inject some analog characteristics into our digital files. Is this a worthy addition to your toolkit? Ultimately I think it is otherwise, I would have scrapped this whole video as I have no interest in selling...
X100V vs GR III - Let's Talk About it
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Time to sit down and have a long conversation about things to consider when looking at the GR III as an X100V alternative. Hear my thoughts on owning X100s and GR cameras and please do not get overtaken by the hype. 00:00 - Intro The Body: 01:37 - The Size 02:57 - The Handling 04:28 - The Flash 06:12 - The Build 08:25 - The Expandability The Lenses: 10:06 - The Focal Length 12:50 - The Aperture...
Fujifilm X100V - Why So Special?
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I'm sharing my perspective on the Fuji X100 Series, as someone who has owned an X100 for 8 years hoping that it can cut through some of the hype and give you an idea if it's the camera for you, or not. 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Point and Shoot? 01:56 - What Compares? 02:41 - The Viewfinder 03:10 - The Controls 03:47 - The Leaf Shutter ND 04:50 - The Companion 05:30 - The "Film" 06:08 - The Experien...
Fuji X100F on Street - A Quick Walk
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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - Let's Go 07:48 - Recap Music by: JustDan Beats - ruclips.net/video/41NElrWdilI/видео.html VYLAN - ruclips.net/video/r5CA_Plt9Z4/видео.html Items in Video: Fuji X100F - amzn.to/3s2P7kk Gariz Half Case - amzn.to/3CBWDrh Haoge LH-X54W Square Metal Lens Hood - amzn.to/3g5ZXDr Tiffen 49GG1 49mm Glimmer Glass 1 Filter - amzn.to/3yKN602 Lensmate Thumb Grip - amzn.to/3D4...
Canon 5D - Is it Still a Classic?
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Hope you enjoy my non-technical opinion on the Canon 5D Classic through the lens of how this camera impacted me personally. 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - Disclaimer 02:02 - The Definition 02:55 - The History 05:38 - The Legend (w/ samples) 08:34 - The Simplicity 12:08 - The Cons 15:10 - The Glass 16:30 - Perspective 18:14 - Is it Actually Over? #Canon #Canon5d #5dclassic #5dc #5dmkI
The Fuji X100 Series vs The Sony a7c & 35mm 2.8
Просмотров 81 тыс.2 года назад
I know it is long overdue, but hopefully you enjoy. I still don't know much about making videos, so forgive my shortcomings and let me know what you think about this style in the comments below. Thanks 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Body and Handling 8:46 - Performance 11:20 - Image Quality 12:48 - The Real Difference 15:15 - Which One?
Fujifilm X-Pro1 - Things to Love, 10 Years Later
Просмотров 21 тыс.2 года назад
#Fujifilm #Fuji #Xpro1 #xpro2 #xpro3 #Fujixpro1 #fujifilmxpro1 #photography #street #streetphotography #ducumentary #rangefinder #fujilove
Leica M8 First Impressions in 2022
Просмотров 20 тыс.2 года назад
#Lieca #Leicam8 #Leicam9 #ccd #photography #camera #rangefinder #Leitz #ccd #mustbenice Back with a random video excuse me while I get warmed up because it's been a while! Let me put this disclaimer upfront I do not recommend anyone buy this camera in 2022 unless you can afford for it to turn into a paperweight if something major breaks on it. At this point, some of them are reaching 16 years o...
Quick Zeiss 55mm 1.8 Review
Просмотров 13 тыс.2 года назад
#Sony #a7c #a9 #Camera #Photography #Zeiss #50mm #streetphotography #portrait #photo #SonyAlpha 0:00 Intro 0:49 Build and Features 2:13 Size and Weight (w/ comparisons) 3:06 The Special Sauce (w/ image samples) 4:56 Interjection about AF 5:56 Flaws 6:53 Price/Value and Conclusion
Fuji to Sony Switch - Update
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.2 года назад
#Sony #a7c #a9 #Camera #Photgraphy #SonyAlpha #Fuji #Xpro3 #Xt3 0:00 Intro 0:54 Channel Update 3:53 Why Switch? 5:06 My Setup 8:40 Moving to a9 from X-T3 15:50 Moving to a7c from X-Pro 3 (ergonomic shortcomings) 25:21 What I Would Do Differently 28:27 Outro a9 bracket extension - www.ebay.com/itm/164531885766 a7c Thumb Grip - www.amazon.com/dp/B08SC7LXKM a7c Quick Release Plate with Wooden Grip...
Sony a9 in 2021 - 10 Pros & Cons
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
#Sony #a9 #Camera #Photgraphy #SonyAlpha #Sonya9
Ricoh GR III - A Longterm but Casual Review
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#Ricoh #RicohGR #RicohGRIII #GRIIIx #Camera #Photgraphy #Everydaycarry #EDC #compactcamera #pocketcamera Is this the perfect everyday carry? I think so...
Used Camera Deals! Which is the Best????
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Used Camera Deals! Which is the Best????
Fuji to Sony?!? a7c Short Term Thoughts (w/ Samples)
Просмотров 13 тыс.2 года назад
Fuji to Sony?!? a7c Short Term Thoughts (w/ Samples)
Fujifilm 50-140mm f2.8 Thoughts (w/ Samples)
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Fujifilm 50-140mm f2.8 Thoughts (w/ Samples)
Fujifilm 35mm 1.4 (not a) Review (w/ samples from Xpro3,Xpro1,XE1,XE2,XT1,XT3)
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Fujifilm 35mm 1.4 (not a) Review (w/ samples from Xpro3,Xpro1,XE1,XE2,XT1,XT3)
Fuji X-Pro 3 vs Sony a7c vs Leica M
Просмотров 18 тыс.2 года назад
Fuji X-Pro 3 vs Sony a7c vs Leica M
Fujifilm 23mm f2 Lens Review (quick & non-technical)
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Fujifilm 23mm f2 Lens Review (quick & non-technical)
Fujifilm 18mm f2 Lens Review (quick & non-technical)
Просмотров 10 тыс.3 года назад
Fujifilm 18mm f2 Lens Review (quick & non-technical)
Fujifilm X-Pro 3 Review - 1.5 Years Later
Просмотров 20 тыс.3 года назад
Fujifilm X-Pro 3 Review - 1.5 Years Later
The GR is all you need ! The camera of the future!
X-T20 is smaller and you can swap lenses. 18/2, 28/2.8.
It’s taller than both the x100 body and an a7c. It’s not as thick as an a7c but I don’t know if the differences either way with the camera body are meaningful. Attaching a lens to the xt-20 makes bigger than an x100 in every dimension. At the end of the day they are all small enough to not be a problem unless you need one to fit in a small jacket pocket (x100 at most, but Ricoh GR even better). Use whatever suits you the best
Music is too loud.
Lenses with aperture ring: Sigma 17/4, 24/3.5, 90/2.8, Sony 40/2.5 and you have much focal range covered.
Thanks for this! Yours is the best comparison video I've seen re: these two amazing looking cameras. Very much appreciated!
Nice to see you here on RUclips. I Saw you First in the Facebook group of adapted lens on gfx. Hey made more videos about this theme. Love to see the Tamron 45mm pictures on this video. Share you Instagram account,i wanna follow you. Cheers from Brasil.
is this lense best choice for video? or 35?
Which 35mm? I like the Sony 35mm 1.8 better for video personally
Yo, I love your content, but can we please retire the term "shot" when we talk about photography. Cameras aren't guns, we make photographs with them.
Lol no. Its literally in Mariam Webster dictionary bro. A single word can have more than one meaning, it’ll be ok. “a : a single photographic exposure especially : SNAPSHOT b : a single sequence of a motion picture or a television program shot by one camera without interruption”
@@Lonnie.G Just because it is in the dictionary doesn't necessarily mean we should continue using it. The International Center of Photography in New York requires their writers to not use "shoot" or "capture" in their texts because they evoke violence and alienate a lot of people. Language evolves, there were many words that were seen as okay and part of common parlance 50 years ago that we would never use today.
@@bendude I wish you would find something more meaningful to worry about. Have a good one
I wish you would be more willing to hear a pretty harmless criticism and engage in dialogue.
@@bendude sorry to disappoint you but I’m not here to serve you. The currency exchanged here is time. If you don’t like something I do, please feel free to spend your time somewhere else. I’ve paid you more of mine than I wanted to….and I don’t mean that in mean or angry way - I barely have time to make videos, so forgive me if I’m not so open to the nitpicking on something that I tried my best on given the time I have. I’m nobody in the photography space so this is likely not the best place to start your crusade against established definitions of the word “shot” - it will make absolutely no difference at all if you were somehow able to convince me. As such, I’d rather just be left alone honestly. It’s moments like these that I regret even sharing my thoughts in a public space. I appreciate your initial complement, but know that it’s highly likely that one day, probably soon, this whole channel and all the content will disappear because I’m honestly just exhausted of all the nitpicking like this. As you can probably tell, this isn’t solely you and your “harmless criticism”. It’s death by 1000 papercuts. What might seem minor and harmless to you might be that straw that broke the camel’s back for somebody else. Once again, I hope you have a good one - I feel like I’ve already said too much.
Whats the point of making a video in the dark.
I’m sorry, where are your videos?
Autofocus, no one does any videos on it. Is it slooooww and unable to be used as an everyday carry? Not interested in sport etc. Also any blackout?
It is slow. I can’t answer your second question. I can adjust to just about any autofocus speed - which is what people have been doing for years with older cameras with and without autofocus even. It does change the way you shoot if you primarily rely on or are used to fast AF. Yes definitely has a fairly long blackout. It think the older processor requires a good amount of time to process and write the image and the shutter is large and not really built for speed. Despite this, it’s still a great camera but I wouldn’t want you to be misled into thinking it’s something it isn’t .
...great overview of m8...thanks for sharing!
George, this is by far one of the best reviews and overviews I have watched here or on any platform. You covered everything in an extremely professional and thorough way. Your delivery was outstanding. Your creativity was always incredible. Thank you for taking the time to do this, and for putting so much into the video, filming, production, and content. I recently purchased the 5D Mark 1 and Mark 2. I own several much newer cameras. I bought but lost the Sony A7 III, and using it made me not enjoy the newer features from more advanced cameras. I completely understand need for updated features. I use photography as a break away from running a national company, that works with higher risks youth, who live in poverty and deserve the best from myself and my team. I say that because my appreciation for photography is because it allows me to escape from deep thinking and always paying attention to the entire world. I only see the world through the view of my lens while my camera is in my hand. The simplicity of the 5D Mark 1 allows me to decompress and step back from the world. I also bought a few Leica cameras, for the same reason of why I appreciate the 5D. The difference between the Leica camera bodies I own and my 5D is the size and weight. My Leica cameras are all compact with attached lenses. These are my travel cameras. They are very portable. They do not give the level of excellence the 5D offers, but they do transform a trip to a new location in my own city or while traveling into a complete getaway.
Looks cool and can be a conversation starter? Go nuts if that’s what you want from a camera. Both fine cameras, work with what you have or like.
I like the design of Fuji x100, looks very stylish, unfortunately I have yet to find a single photo taken by it that I also enjoy. Yeah, they all look kinda ok, but I have this feeling that even canon powershot would achieve this quality under right conditions. Photos do not look professional level and I don't believe this - it's a man behind the camera that matters BS. You clearly are a professional, but even in your hands x100 looks like something shot on a point and shoot(which it is by the way), while A7c definitely has this high quality look. There are some shots when they look pretty close, but those shots are mostly when both of them look "meh". Then A7c excels, but Fuji keeps being meh. Just my opinion.
Great video!
The soundtrack in the video is too loud and distracting 😢
thank you so much, i think that is one of the absolute best reviews out there (and there are tons of)
Its 2024. I just bought this lens. Was so bored of it but then did more and more research I decided to try it out. NOW? Wow I love this lens on my A7 IV. Its amazing and so lightweight.
Anyone looking at one get the EG-S focusing screen, helps a lot to manual focus through the viewfinder.
Great review, sir! Fully comprehensive and well thought out. Thank you very much.
Found one for 1900$ mint w/o the lens. Do I really need the “medium format”? Still can’t figure out, but I really love the images out of this sensor size!
Can I use lower the shutter speed to mitigate the problem with light banding/flickering? I'm a wedding photographer from Indonesia and sometimes use the electronic shutter from A7R3. I use the 1/50 to eliminate the light banding
peace! great video, watched every minute. just bought my GFX 50S II so consuming all i can as i wait for it to arrive! would love to hear your opinion/see images you've shot with the Samyang combo - i LOVE that lens on my canon R5, have been really curious what it would do on a GFX sensor.
This is an amazing review, I love that you embraced the ir pollution. Definitely something I’m going to start with next Thursday when I’ll pick one up. ✌️
Wonderful work! Bravo!
a little repetitive, especially Part 5 - but great video!
hi, i'm in the middle of changing system currently. EIther Fuji GFX 50r or leica, is my only 2 choices. My question is, how hard is it to manual focus with it? especially with that mitakon. I dont do landscape, but I'd love to take a family photograph during family events, and travel purpose. So I wont need the wide angle lenses, I'd just buy the mitakon and 1 AF lens if i go down the GFX route. Please advise on how hard is it to manual focus. especially at night or at indoor. thank you kindly, and what a great video. I love videos where people dont review/talk about the latest and greatest gears only.. its getting so boring.. i love older gears talk/re review/long usage review. cheers!
I am taking absolutely horrible photos with this camera I can't even figure out how to take a photo on zoom clearly my shutter speed is all jacked up ... I need help 😭
god, that music made me turn it off
Superb comprehensive comparison. Thanks!
I appreciate that!
Exceptional video. Much more than an informal riff. Pure narrative.
I really appreciate that- thank you!
Thank you for such a thorough comparison. It’s been really helpful.
These things are so impossible to find these days.
The medium format look is this: 1) High resolution images, esp in the case of film. Medium format film gives so much more detail than 35mm, but digital sensors can give high definition with a smaller sensor, so in the age of digital, this isn't such a big issue. 2) This is pure physics and even in the age of digital can only be changed by a focal reducer: Using a longer focal length lens at a closer range for a shallower depth of field. Ultra fast optics seem to help balance this with smaller sensors, but ultimately the sensor size, or effective size, does matter. You can try a test to see the difference. Take whatever camera you have, put a portrait length lens on it, and then take a full body picture of someone. Then, move closer, and a take multi panel image of the same person, 3 or 4 panels, and then stitch the panels together. The stitched image won't look great, don't worry about that, but you will be able to see the difference in lens compression with the exact same lens.
Im late but this video ain't! Good to see you back on here bro! The GFX 50r is tuff but Fujifilm got other plans. I hope to get one soon.
Appreciate it bro!
Nice video, by the way, where are you find the group for the Sony please? The little grip on the flash
cool insight. how does the ef 28 work on the gfx?
Thanks! There is definitely vignetting. Can be mostly corrected in post but it’s work. Corners are soft. But the field of view is really nice - especially when shooting in 65:24 . I’d say it’s functional for casual shooting. Not for critical use though
I have Fuji X100VI and A7cR+35mm f2.8. Main problem of Fuji is: It's automatics will not try to shoot 125 iso. It's unpredictable. Other problems of Fuji are: bad quality noise removing in JPEG and HIF, bad RAW editing app, No support for Fuji HIF on Mac.
1:28 a photographer big on consent ! yes thank you.
Do you feel that the low res of the viewfinder is a bother?
without looking up the specs I never thought the EVF was low res. for a point of comparison I currently use the a9 and a7c EVFs so it’s possible I just haven’t been spoiled by a Hugh end EVF yet. best ones I’ve used are likely this one and the xt3. so it’s all relative and I never had an issue with this evf - feels large to me and crisp enough for manual focus
Yes. More, please.
I love mine; traded a Hasselblad 501CM with CFV-50c digital back for GFX 50R and a couple of zoom lenses. I really enjoy using it, and I wish they would do a 100R. (edit): I'd add three points. 1. You talk about the cropping flexibility but the MF sensor means that aggressive cropping without much loss of quality essentially extends your focal length, so my 100-200 zoom is almost like having a 100-400. 2. The MF sensor has comparatively low noise at higher ISOs, so I often shoot with fixed aperture and shutter speed, and auto ISO. That took a lot of mental recalibration after decades of shooting film. 3. The GF zooms are, to my eye at any rate, comparable in quality with primes in many situations. My 50R came with a 32-64 and I haven't looked at an image taken with it and wished that I had used a prime. Only criticism: I wish it wasn't so easy to move the exposure compensation dial when taking it out of the bag...
likewise a 100R would be a dream. think your additional points are all valid as well and I do wish to get myself a zoom for landscape and hiking. Luckily I don’t recall ,y exposure comp dial ever getting bumped - mine seems fairly stiff
I used the 50R years ago along the 50S and I always came back to it and the 63mm -- but the 50S and the zoom was excellent; just not portable. Now the 100sii is here and the ergonomics are excellent again. As an owner of the XH2S, I still miss my XPro3. So unless. I would use long lenses and need a battery grip, I prefer the "viewfinder to the left" body. Hope Fujifilm will update this body sometime.
Mate, what is that small display under your main monitor?
Really good unbiased explanation of the camera and its features
GFX 50R is zero hype, all real deal. Super unique camera. With that Mitakon.. no other system conveniently offers that particular look.
50R sitting at $3k+ today hurts.
If you’re in the US you just have to know where to look. One recently sold for 1795 on fredmiranda within the past week with 5 batteries (which are hard to find). I’m seeing used from online retailers for $2150-2400 . If not US I’m not sure.
@@Lonnie.G Canada here, so the US pricing you mention is is about right.
@nickthaskater ahhh ok
@@Lonnie.G That was me! I feel like I got the deal of the century. I love this camera so much. For now I’m adapting M and LTM lenses on it but I’m hoping to get a GF lens for it soon but will probably have to sell something first. I also have an x-pro2 so the layout seems very familiar to me. Btw, love the video!
Yeah you got a hell of a deal. Took me so long to find the original batteries at a decent price
Thanks Lonnie, I found this really helpful!
Really appreciate this video. I have had an x-t5 since release and an very happy with the camera and have some great lenses for it. Having had the x70, then the x100v, then x70, then x100v...and now x100vi I have concluded that the x70 is very nice and compact, but lacking in many ways. The x100vi on that sensor is wonderful... but now too similar to the x-t5 in many ways that was never the case with the previous x100 and X-T cameras. I want a compact camera, but while it will fit in a pocket, it's not super compact. I also want something different, yet it's no longer as different as it once was. The ND is nice, but the 1/180000 shutter speed for non-flash and non-video does the job too on both x-t5 and x100vi. The OVF is nice, but I only use it because it's there and I wish to the OVF was better. I find it an awkward child rather than a Goldilocks. I've also started leaning more towards 18 and 27mm on apsc. With Fuji apparently bringing a gfx version of the x100 next year, I have obsessed over getting a GFX50R and 50 3.5 used to at least test the waters. I would never want the huge lenses, nor their price tags. So a gfx in the style of the x100 with (in all likelihood) an adapted 50 3.5 is mighty appealing for my "something different" camera. A GR for lightweight camera could then fill that hole. I have the 27 1.2 for the x-t5 so am not going to gain anything with the 50 3.5 (1.8 equiv on apsc) but I do stop that lens down also. What I would like to do is this summer take the x100vi and gfx50R+50mm 3.5 on a two week road trip I have coming up and just see where I'm at. The X-t5 is my comfort blanket so would leave that and all my nice lenses. How do you find that dial on the shutter button, though? Looks Ike it would be easy to nudge when taking a shot!
That dial can absolutely be bumped on accident. It’s something I keep my eye on for sure. Luckily no effect when the camera is off and in the bag for example but once you turn the camera on you do have to be mindful of it. Great question
Probably the closest thing to a digital Mamiya 7