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Blackmagic menu is the gold standard

Wonder how the M9 performs. I think it has the same sensor as the M8 ?

scary times indeed, cheers and peace from Montreal!

My favorite lines is ……. Just get out and grab the images .. Who cares … I take the images for myself, what I like And how I see it. After that, if I could make only one persons eyes smile, I’ve done my job!

Buy the best gear possible. Gear does matter

General culture will make us better photograph.

Always a pleasure to watch your videos my friend ! Some really good advices, we always learn, everyday. I remember last year, arriving to the famous Lago Di Braies in Italy, I felt exactly as you, everyone was hurry to take their shots, some in wedding dresses etc, no one seemed to enjoy this peaceful morning with the first rays of the sun at this place... I remember I just sat down for 15 minutes, breathing, watching those trees, those mountains... living the moment! People should eat those energies places like these have to offer instead of just thinking of their social media posts.

My best tip, you do you. Dont look on other photographers and how they shoot, try to make it on your own and develop your unique style. And maybe dont overexpose your images. 11:01 you should have made a time-lapse instead of photographing the mountains haha

Top man Dave, thanks for that.

I’ll have to clean my cheese puff hands before my photo walk

when editing know when to stop. make 90% of shot in camera

Legend, quality tips 👍

Not going to lie that’s a Sony problem, that’s the main reason why I stayed canon & Leica..can’t stand menus, less is more.

Skip the kit lens 😂

Camera menus and printer controls-no excuse for either being so bad. I suspect it comes down to profit, making it easier for us is not a hot new feature, so the manufacturers see no profit-driven point in improving the interface.

Thank you Dave: good rant, nicely argued. I wasn't aware that Fuji was outstandingly bad (I understood Sony to be worse), but it was a major excuse for ditching them to finally move to Leica (which I really always wanted to do anyway). I had a day out, where it was cold and the light was fading, and I wanted to use a tripod, and couldn't remember where to switch off the IBIS, and I though f... this, enough is enough. Surely it isn't so bad if you use the camera every day as a professional, but many of us don't get chance as average consumers with other jobs. In fairness, I am not so sure it is entirely the menus themselves, but the huge and endlessly increasing volumes of features that the (mainly Japanese) manufacturers try to cram in, in order to win the spec-list pissing contest ! How about voice commands ???

Nice video Dave ! When you mentioned that you clean your sensors every three months may I ask if you do it yourself or you send your cameras to your camera shop. Cheers man ✌️

My guy spitting out great video after great video!

I totally agree about the Fuji Menus. I have a GFX 50SII and it is a mess. I hate menus with submenus with subs within the subs. I’ve used Canon the longest and am more used to their menus but there are still times that I get lost. The worst is that Canon and Sony call it “soup” but Fuji and Nikon call the same thing “meat & potatoes”

Again, amazing content. Very inspiring.

Great to see wisdom positively creeping into your soul and mind Dave. Big love and respect From a Dad and photography level.

You have a great way to highlight the real value of photography in our life!

Holy shit! Im so happy i found this video! ❤ truly beautifull dude!!! Almost made me cry 🙏🏼👌🏼

Man, these are all gems! Great intro too! I can't tell you how many times I've taken random non-banger shots that YEARS later I go back and look at with such fondness. Still trying to stop using AWB, but it's harrrrrd. I agree about the cringe "get the photo" influencers - too each their own I suppose. Great video Dave!

Be very careful of social media, including RUclips. Are you being facilitated in your journey or are you being led? Are you being provided valuable information or are you being marketed? Hint: your gear is probably good enough. Great advice on the boring photos. Would add: Preservation. Are you going to be able to find all those digital photos twenty years from now? They’re not repeatable, therefore priceless. Thanks

Saw this earlier, and you'll also find my comment on there: ruclips.net/video/pyDM7O_YAcg/видео.htmlsi=p8PAXZgMlyHKY3-s&t=248 And I'll repeat, "one day it'll all make sense." I think one thing I'll tell my younger self would be to pick up a camera earlier. Photography is a life's work that will never be boring, or useless.

It's not about the camera, it's about how you use it.

Your videos are unreal dude! Loved the intro, cozy photography video for a cold morning like today. Keep shining!

Agree that there should be a way to simplify those menus. I'm not a Leica user, but they made the usage of the camera crazy simple. A friend once lend his Leica Q2 for a week and I didn't even have to look any video or tutorial about it. I just started shooting straight away and managed to change settings on the fly. But for the other brands out there, that's one of the reason why I'm very unlikely to change system for my digital camera because I don't want to go through that whole learning phase with a new system... Keep up the work ! Juste came acroos your video and I'll look forward to your more positive vibes on the channel :)

Well said

I think bloated menus are a consequence of the concept of hybrid camera. My ideal digital camera takes only stills and has a menu system that looks like blackmagic's does for video

I don't really understand what you need to access the menu in real time as I don't think aside from something you really need from the menu most of the time you don't need to access the menu at all. And because you don't really need to access the menu so much camera company don't change how the menu work.

i like how on nikons you can favorite your used settings but i agree they are still wonky the first time around

Hasselblad X2D. Best UI and menu system of any camera on the market by a country mile.

Sensor dust is my nemesis. Easy to clean on mirror and mirror less. But on the Qs and Ricoh GR, it's a real pain in my brown dot.

Why do manufacturers sell you an expensive camera that come with a terrible camera strap. Every brand does it. WTF.

Nice video. Nothing nuts about the crop modes though. It doesn't change the perspective so it's utterly useless.

Cameras need to be ergonomically designed. The camera companies need to listen to users. They also need usets to beta test new modrls.

Can we also add to the improvements list: help buttons that actually tell you sometime useful. Case in point: Sony’s anti-flicker option. The help button just says “turns on the anti-flicker feature”. Well no $h*t, Sherlock! What I was hoping for was which hz it would detect but no, I had to go and Google that. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks for this amazing video but Is there a big difference between the Leica M8 and M9 other than the larger sensor and more megapixels?

After touch screens have come to digital cameras and we know how this can help the user experience as it does in smartphones there is no excuse. Especially for Sony that is also in the smartphone business. Too bad Samsung left the camera business, they were less traditional and experimental.

As a product designer and user interface designer of more than 14 years now - I should do a video reviewing all of these from a designers perspective. I’m not disagreeing that most of these menu systems have room for improvement, but I’d love to look at trying to reverse engineer how they came to the decisions they came to. Maybe over Christmas if I have time 😅. I personally use Fuji and I shoot wildlife and birds so I set my x-h2 in a very specific way with the custom modes and I rarely have to go into settings. With my x100v/vi I set it once and never have to go into settings. But that initial setup is a nightmare for truly fresh users, having to go watch a RUclips video or read a manual to navigate the camera is a red flag.

This is awesome !! Thank you SO MUCH !!

M11-D. Perfect camera menu system.

menu barrier is good for big companies to maintain their customers by making it harder for them to switch. I know for a fact some Canon users are reluctant to switch to Sony in the beginning simply due to menu differences.

This is so funny, like you I just use Leica nowadays & have them set up with my user profiles. My friend phoned me tonight having just purchased a Nikon Z6 III & started asking me question on his menu. I was lost in minutes how to set it up for him to personalise.

In a word: Japanese They make great hardware. They never have good software. As a Nikon and Fujifilm shooter at least Nikons have had the same menu structure over the years. So I can change bodies and not feel totally lost. But Fujifilm is far worse!

Your rant is spot on. I would submit that the manufactures have added so many features and capabilities the user ends up overwhelmed and frustrated. For the fun of it go to your Leica store and sit down with an SL3 and play with the menus. Leica did do a fine job of refining the menu system. Please don't think that since you have owned the SL2 that they are the same - They aren't.

100% I‘m using the A7iv and A7iii as a B cam and switching between these two menus is the worst thing ever… especially on events when everything has to be in no time

What a wonderful message, combined with such wonderful images. We watched on with horror from the other side of the Atlantic, but here in the UK we've had our moments of disbelief too so we feel you pain. As I said to my American friends just a couple of weeks ago, we're all in this together.