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Unfortunately in this case, the hot shoe is too tight for the trigger to fit. So adding more would just make that fit worse. I'd be worried about damaging the delicate Sony multi interface if I tried to force it.

Yeah the photos feel similar to the Pentax 645D with a difference in terms of "glow" and with how each camera handles white balance. I'll be putting out a comparison video soon!

Yeah had it for a little bit! That's what I used for the Halloween episode! 😁🎃

Thank you! I appreciate that a lot! I'm really glad you enjoyed the photos! 😁

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Not in this outing, but I have used ND filters in the past to shoot carnival long exposures at sunset and twilight hours! These were all without an ND filter because I don't have one for that particular lens. I'm glad you enjoyed them though!

Thank you for watching! I picked it up to build a tilt-shift system out of it with 6×7 lens. Still working on the system, but figured I'd take it out in the meantime! Definitely not the fastest camera nor the most cost effective. Full frame has it beat in many regards there!

@@ColtonMatocha cool I am also interested in tilt and shift photography. it is crazy that Fujifilm is only one building native tilt and shift lenses for the mirrorless system. so hope to see your experience, I saw that there are some adapters don't know how well they perform. the third party lenses like samyang astrahori and Laowa didn't convince me yet.

Yeah I think that was definitely a factor as well

The biggest drawback for me has been with the speed it takes to save a RAW file. Not a deal breaker at all, but certainly slows the workflow a bit. Well worth it for the IQ, especially out of the 120mm lens! What do you mostly shoot with your 645D?

@@ColtonMatocha some 'slow' digital cameras are well worth the wait for saving images because of the IQ, which you mentioned already ... (another example: Sigma cameras with their Foveon sensors ...) i don't own a 645D, yet, but have seen and examined its image samples closely by downloading and working on them in my computer since the day it came out ... 🙂

Hey! How has it been going with the mamiya? So I think I meant to say wired cable release, but misspoke thinking of the wireless flash system I was using. Sorry about that! The wired cable release works great for minimizing movement though!

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That's great! Europe definitely paves the way for customer protections! "Something in, something out" has been my mantra lately!

Ah yes that could be a good buy there! That's thinking smart! Especially since you can't do much film photography without the film! 🤣

I think most folks go for one of the first two options. Option three is the easiest to "do", but the hardest to accomplish. It's actually very easy to get a camera and put in the work of taking photos, but that path isn't usually the 'fast tract'. Interestingly, while the first two options are the most common, I feel like for some folks they could start there and then eventually "get it". Almost like a gateway drug. As long as they don't become content just saying "I am a photographer" or buying up all the latest gear, then they might actually stumble into a subject they are passionate about and start making the art! That's the hope anyway. For everyone that takes option three, or who transitions into option three over time, we wish us well! Best always to remember why you do it!

Totally agree, that's how I felt about my recent Canon R7 purchase. It was a need, and it worked out wonderfully for the trip. It has improved my workflow tremendously. That does mean that black friday/cyber monday will be mostly ignored by me. I'll be hoping some of the stuff I have for sale on marketplace sells during that time or shortly after.

Yeah I totally agree with your points there! One of the challenges of photography is to press ourselves to do ever more with the same gear! That hard work improves us as photographers far more than any gear could. I also have the E-M10m3 and use a cheap 30mm macro lens for it. Absolute beautiful quality lens. Thanks for watching and sharing a bit from your perspective!

Yes totally agree! I've been working on parting with equipment I don't use and making a less cluttered space. It really improves the workflow! I'm glad you got a monitor like that! It's something I've been lacking that has made editing a little challenging. Maybe one day I'll get a better monitor lol. Out of curiosity, what was the camera that you found in the bag?

@@ColtonMatocha it was 2 cameras, I been collecting older ccd cameras. 2 Kodak ones, Z712 IS and Z8612 IS

Yeah I think there was something special in those Kodak sensors. I've noticed that across multiple sensors (Kodak 4/3 and Kodak medium format) that color accuracy is fairly uniform. Kodak knew what they were doing! At least with sensor creation. Would be amazing if they made sensors again although not likely 😆

Oh that's great info! Thank you for sharing! That certainly opens the door to other prime lens options for this camera. I'll have to remind myself of what's out there.

@@ColtonMatocha Nice! I shot that system professionally for a few years, the E-500 was the first SLR that I bought myself (after shooting on a Minolta film SLR handed down from my mother) before I could afford anything better. The last few holdouts that I kept for a long time after switching to Nikon were the Olympus E-3 with the Olympus 35-100 f/2, and the PanaLeica 25mm f/1.4. Those were my two favorite lenses in the system among those that I owned, though the 14-35 f/2 would have been another I would have liked to own - I never did.

@@reginalb124 both of those lens sound really nice. I wouldn't mind getting my filthy hands on them one day! 😁

Thanks for watching and thank you for your thoughts. I actually do have an exhibition for the candy art (including the bears) which opens in January 2025. Some of those candy art images are also already showing in a separate gallery as well. I've also recently printed a Zine of this series, so I'd say the goal for me is quite clear. That said, I don't expect everyone to find that interesting. That's fine with me. I'll continue to make videos about camera tests and equipment, but I don't find that content interesting enough to do that exclusively. My goal has always been to work on things that interest me, and to share that with anyone else who also finds it interesting regardless of the mass appeal or lack there of! I appreciate your thoughts and hope you have a great weekend!

That all makes sense to me however I would say that just because something exists and you're photographing it, doesn't mean it isn't creative. The exposure you chose, the angle you shoot at, the exact moment you chose to click the shutter, etc, etc, are all creative choices. Even if the goal is to be as direct and objective as possible, Or to take as much of yourself out of it and report as factually as possible. That's still a creative choice in my humble opinion. I think there could 'Maybe' be an argument for the difference between creativity and originality. You could shoot anything creatively, but perhaps for it to be purely original or "new" requires even further effort to either make something never before seen, or to portray something which already exists in a completely new light so as to make it feel new. But, just because something isn't totally original or new doesn't mean it isn't creative or interesting! I would agree that even breakfast is creative. Just because I'm creative in making breakfast doesn't mean it's gonna taste good. In fact, my girlfriend will tell you that my scrambled eggs are lazy and bland, but that might be something for another time. Creativity doesn't guarantee success, nor does originality, but creativity does persist in nearly all actions. Some just benefit from clearer creativity than others. I also would say that in your photography, while you may just be reporting the facts at the right moment, is still very interesting. The industrial work you've done is incredibly interesting to me and the way you've chosen to image those photographs (whether by choice or necessity) makes them very good to look at! Hope your rainforest retreat is everything you want! Or at least everything you've been approved for by Lisa's rubber stamp! Have a great Sunday! Cash is king in this case as I have plenty of broken cameras and a deficit of repair knowledge 🤣

@@ColtonMatocha I take your points... but they raise further questions/issues/caveats for me. So... 'exposure, angle, moment' etc - these are choices i make, but they are tightly constrained choices limited by the environment, technology, light... by lots of things that i have little or no real control over. At some point as i'm orienting myself to a composition, and i've done those mechanical things that the camera and physics permit, i experience a sense of ease with what i see in my viewfinder and i depress the shutter. But that's all i've done - ie stuck it in A or M, waved it around, thought 'that's nice'. I have contributed nothing to the image that will arise, because it was there before me all the time and, if not before me, then the identical image was there for anyone else who happens along. When i think of my creativity, i think of an output derived from a complex process within me - there is something intensely personal about it - and while it may be independently replicated by another person standing next to me, that occurrence is highly unlikely. But here's a banal example... i look up, see the full moon, go 'wow', and take a photo of it with my iPhone. The image looks great. Globally, a million other people did the same thing that night. I'm not going to go thinking i'm being 'creative' under those circumstances, so the question becomes one of when and where do we start shading into the world of creativity? If i use you as an example: your candy shots are creative. You exercise control over nearly all aspects of the process. You are even constructing the subject, which is something i never do. Your carnival shots are also creative. You produce something that cannot be seen in the actual-factual world (excepting by those with a visual impairment!) - you modify reality in a way that changes its effect on our senses - this is a creative act. Now - you say that some of my photography is 'still very interesting'. [Thank you]. So we can agree that something can be interesting despite not being creative... my point here being that i didn't do anything to make those scenes, and many of them i didn't think of at all until the moment i saw them (surprise!). From that moment my process is mechanical - just what i wrote at the beginning. I have no need to go out and try to exercise my creativity in the realm of photography. The simple fact is that, where i live and in the places i visit, my creativity would be redundant because the photos are just lying around waiting for me to pick them up. All i have to concentrate on - and i'm working freakin' hard at this - is getting better at harvesting. Fresh paragraph (lol): Really appreciate the interaction with you, Colton. You help my thinking and my photography - two of the four things that are most important in my personal world. Hopefully it can continue and, again hopefully, maybe one day you'll get the itch to get outta Dodge and i can offer you some hospitality down-under. Have a great day, hombre. Cheers.

You've worded that perfectly. The steps to identify noise, cut it out, and deal with it when it's unavoidable! Those are the markers for success. I absolutely agree that doing (even with less than ideal conditions) is better than thinking about doing (waiting for perfect conditions). Through that we learn and advance much more! What has been the biggest noise for you?

@@ColtonMatocha One of the biggest noise is more or less self inflicted. I thought about this for sometime, I caught myself fearing the outcome more than the work, so basically...being comfortable doing little, rather than starting a new project that requires more attention and perhaps more effort. I guess there is 2 concepts, fear of failure and fear of success. If I don't do, then I won't fail, but if I do and I succeed then it will require change. Sounds weird. Getting out of my comfort zone ( easy as packing up a camera, take a drive and then spend time to just enjoy taking photos) I did a high school senior photo shoot for the first time. It was so out of my normal ( comfort zone) I spent a good 3 hours...on location, and I am so happy with the results. the client was so excited! I was worried with the equipment I had, but ended up having so much fun in the process. lessons learned!

@thissidetowardscreen4553 That resonates a lot with me. When I was working as a photographer for large clients, I was so stressed that something would go wrong and that it would ruin the shoot so bad I would not be able to deliver the photos. Of course that was mostly in my head and nothing ever so extreme took place. Just that thought though was a big obstacle in picking up consist work for a time. Even to this day, that still pops up every time I get a chance to do a collaboration. If I succeed then more potentially larger opportunities will come and I'll finally be found out for a crappy photographer. But of course that is also just noise as well!

It's a great camera for sure! What do you photograph mostly?

I agree with that generally, however I think corporations lead us to believe older equipment is no good, when the reality is that it can still produce excellent results.

@@ColtonMatocha Totally agree with you and that is why I haven't upgraded to a newer camera. Now, I have a small canon powershot s50 with ccd which I bought around 2003 and the images are definitely different to a cmos, it resembles close to my film days photos. Still have that camera too and take with me on my cycling tours.

I've never heard of those models either but it looks like they're an E-mount mirrorless camera designed to look like a DSLR. I wonder if these were some of the earlier e mount models? Regardless, I'm glad you found one that takes pleasing photos!

I'm not sure about repairs. I would suggest checking Fujifilms website. They should have a global repairs center. That said, depending on the repair, it might be more expensive to fix than just to buy another used one.

Oh that's interesting, I wasn't aware there even were two versions! I wonder which version I have. I bet there is some documentation online for the v2 which would indicate what the improvements are supposed to be.

Hey that's great! I may need to borrow that time machine once you've got it up and running in our time!

@@ColtonMatocha The future me said you used it already???? 😉

@thissidetowardscreen4553 Sounds like I might be creating a nice little paradox for myself! 🤣

Thank you! I really love the colors as well! No tweaks to the colors specifically. I only played with the exposure settings a bit. Very minimal edits

@@ColtonMatocha Thanks for the response! The only experience I've had with a CCD sensor is with a LEICA M9. The colors from the 645D kind of do remind me of the M9.

@@loriolus I think one of those (maybe the M8) used a Kodak made sensor which is also the case for the Pentax 645D. Those sensors made by Kodak were pretty good when it came to color science

​@@ColtonMatocha Yes, both sensor in the M9 and M8 are made by Kodak. However, camera manufacturers sometimes add their own sauce to the color science, and I'm glad that Pentax(at least from the samples you've shown) left it close to untouched.

@loriolus yeah manufacturers color science is honestly often the most important variable for the final result. I have noticed though that Kodak sensors used in Olympus, Pentax, Leica, and Hasselblad cameras all seem to have great color science. That leads me to wonder if Kodak had a closer partnership with these brands to help define color science for these sensors. Who knows lol

You'll be happy to hear that the dusting is complete! 😁 I suppose I never really shoot in black and white so I wasn't aware that was how cameras did it. Very interesting. I wonder what benefit there is in a camera that shoots natively in B&W versus one that shoots in Color. At least as far as the end result is concerned. I do agree though that this camera handled the photos well! Only some basic noise reduction in Lightroom! Hope you like the series! How much have you made on those 3-way geared heads so far???

I have not! Although this might be worth checking out. How does it compare to paid tools like Lightroom?

I think the color would be impacted due to a few variables including the chemicals used for lens coating back in the day, but also any potential imperfections to the lens which have occurred over time.

Happy Halloween to you as well! Hope you enjoyed your time away! I enjoyed the pumpkin one as well! 🎃 I've actually never lived somewhere where I had any trick or treaters to give candy to, but I've certainly been trick or treating before!

That's exactly how I do it! Prevents waste!

Don't want these pixels to end up in a landfill or floating in the ocean 🌊

@@ColtonMatocha They're going to anyway, but after further post-processing.😐 (Run this by your Vet for further clarification😂)

Sounds nice and spooky! Really ups the experience of this video 🎃 I have to say the fingers were the best because of the variety of colors! Wish there had been a few more of them honestly 😁

@@ColtonMatocha I noticed there were green fingers - good you're eating healthy for a change.😂

@luzr6613 My doctor would be so proud to see that I'm finally eating "colorful foods" 🤤

It's gotta be this Fujifilm finepix J40. I carry it with me daily!

It seems like that's the most common use for the coldshoe!

@ColtonMatocha To be honest, besides that some people put an optical viewfinder on it, I don't really know what other uses you could get out of it.

Yeah I agree. Whether the sensor or the color science, it seems like a more appealing result!

That's perfect! Hope you enjoy it and that it sparks creativity for you!

That's a great callout too! We already have so much screen time and adding in an evf just increases that. Obviously an issue for folks such as yourself!

@@ColtonMatocha Exactly. Well, EVFs are always being getting better nowadays, from resolution, but they still look weird...because it's not an bright, all glass pentaprism, like via (D)SLRs...i'd therefore always love to look through a fine OVF. I enjoy both my 35mm SLRs, rangefinders and DSLRs. It's a no brainer for myself - and with EVFs always the same.

You might try hitting the 'info' button on the lower left side of the camera. That should turn on the display. There isn't any live view though so the only thing the back screen shows is the settings info.

@ColtonMatocha okay ! Then it's normal, I honestly thought there was a "liive view" on the display while preparing to take a picture. I believe everything it's okay now. Thank you so much Colton

@@ColtonMatocha I'm just subscribed to your channel, I really appreciate your quick response

@@krizlion3328 Oh gotcha! Unfortunately I think these older Sensors/Processors lacked the ability to do live view. Glad that your camera is working fine though! It won't take long to get used to it! Thanks for subscribing! Hope you enjoy the content!

Yeah they are both phenomenal cameras! I prefer the Pro, but that doesn't mean the RZ isn't great as well! It just didn't make sense for my personal situation to keep both cameras so I had to pick.

The E-500 is a great camera! I still use mine to this day! Just shot photos of Max V's 2022 Formula 1 championship car with that camera! As far as the Canon goes. I wouldn't say it was a bad choice. I'm loving the camera and the sigma lens I got for it. The colors from this camera are incredible thus far. However, I will agree that the market has changed a lot, and will likely continue to do so in the coming years. I can see how brands would be weary of additional competition, yet also, I can see how a partnership with third parties could reduce pressure on in-house R&D and make a camera system more appealing. I feel confident that Canon will eventually open the mount further to third parties, but it will certainly be interesting to see what happens with the overall market in years to come!

Yes K mount has some great lens to choose from. EF mount did too! Hopefully RF will! At least the nice component of mirrorless is that many mounts can be adapted.

Fair points, but I'd still say regardless of EF lens, it's foolish of Canon to block third party manufacturers from making RF lens.

@@ColtonMatocha But Apple does it and everyone buys it, it's a closed operating system. I don't see many people wanting to switch to Android!

@@ggdfggdfgdffgfddg34 That's an interesting example considering that Android phones make up 72% of the smart phone market globally and Android is very open to third parties whereas Apple is not and iPhone holds about 27%

@@ColtonMatocha Believe me, friend, in my country the average payment is $650 and almost all the girls have iPhones. It's status. Don't count how many phones are sold, think about how much they sell for. Apple earns much more from each iPhone than Androids. And this allows Apple to introduce innovations. Like Canon, let's not forget that after Sony, it is the only sensor manufacturer, Panasonic outsourced sensor production.

Lol Canon was asking for it! 😂