My favorite one is “gear doesn’t matter”. The harsh reality is that it does. But not in the way most people think. It is not “more expensive = better”. Lenses, cameras, flashes etc are tools to create a look you want. The more tools you have the more options you got. You can do a lot with a drill, but that won’t exactly help you painting the furniture you just built. Also some subjects require specialized tools. Shooting wildlife with the kitlens is very inefficient.
"gear doesn't matter! look these studio photos!" Yo what's the gear then? "a compact camera" ...and just that? "three lights €350 each, a €200 flash syncer, a €200 reflector panel, an €50 intervalometer, an exterior screen sync €100 and a €300 screen, adobe Lightroom €800"
@@muzlee7479the lens is definitely the second factor, after the photographer. Next is the camera. For comparison, imagine a fighter jet that has a radar to guide missiles. The pilot is extremely experienced and the aircraft has a 1998 All aspects band I pulse doppler radar that can tilt the cells to resist perpendicular notching. The missiles are mod. 1 1955 Air to air radar guided that have short travel distance, bad maneuverability, a bad communication with the radar signal and no datalink (communication with the launcher aircraft) and high resistance to air travel. The pilot is cracked and knows how to make enemies fly in a way they can't avoid the radar. The radar is inmune to evasion, but the missiles are doodoo. Same as with the lens-camera-photographer paradigm.
@@leif12345 obviously the photographer is the most important. If they don’t know what they are doing not even the most expensive stuff would help enough (because it does help).
Truth No 6: always buy a heavy camera and an extremely heavy lense. You'll always have a good excuse why you missed the shot because your gear was too heavy to carry around.
I was once thinking of buying a certain desirable lens but realised due to its weight, I would be less likely to carry it with me and therefore use it.
All depends what your end game might be. I have the GFX100II. It's ever so slightly bigger than a Nikon Z8, lenses are bigger, but no heavier than Nikon professional f2.8 zooms. The rendering, once you lay eyes on it, makes one immediately forget size. We've become such a nation of babies, many are afraid that something might be this_much too heavy or big for them w/o ever looking at other parameters. I suppose it all started with Sony's marketing of the original A7. Sony convinved people carrying something that had size was not good, so buy our stuff instead.
Never had that problem with my D3X and Nikon safari grey 300mm lens that’s like 10lb that gets tiring after a while. I’ve broken a strap or two with this lol
Here's a nugget too... Pro's more often than not, will not have the latest and greatest gear (unless they are lucky enough to be sponsored by a manufacturer). They generally only replace when current gear is producing substandard images that the CLIENT can see, or if something breaks.
I was waiting for an elevator yesterday and two men in front of me were having a conversation. One said to the other, "I heard Jason Vong and Mark Bennett aren't best friends." Obviously, I just waited for a later elevator. I don't have the need for that kind of dishonesty in my life.
YT algorithm has not failed me this time. You sir, are a man after my heart. I'm a hobbyist. I shoot both film and digital. I have more cameras and lenses in my collection than I have space to store them. This is the best advice for anyone starting out. Rock on Bro. I've just subbed your channel. 🤘🤘
Do you know what camera I use? People look a at my photos, they never think to ask what camera I used to take the picture. They don't know, they don't care, providing I can given them the results they want. But - I don't take sharp, grain free (noiseless) photos in a dimly lit theatre with a smart phone. A smart phone will not cut it. I need to use something more substantial.
I’ve listened to so much of this over the years. Do this not that type of thing and it really does hinder your creativity. Just go shoot as much as you can and you will find out what works best for you.
What I have learned on youtube is: Don't sit around on youtube all day watching video's. Grab any camera, go out and let's see what the day will bring you. It's like fishing, maybe you are lucky and catch 200 fish, or maybe none. But atleast you improving yourself by just doing it. Getting out of comfort zones! And with comfort zone, I mean your house.
@@MrSupermule Met a lot of people doing landscapes, car spotting, bird/wildlife, on circuit, modelling or just random street photography. On the outside it looks pretty scary to hang around with camera dudes with huge gear, but they love to share the passion with anyone. I did a lot of comparing with other peoples photo's and got great feedback and tips how they do it in the edits or from the camera itself. Love how the 70 year olds are just creating amazing pictures out of the camera instead of editing, most of them don't even have edit software and still create amazing pictures with the options that only the camera is giving to them.
Agree 100%. I have friends with 5k cameras who are asking me for advice on how to get my results when it comes to product photography. I own a Sony A6400.
Tip nr 3 : indeed, you don't always have to shoot at f1.4 or f2.8 because you can ! A shallow depth of field is not always flattering, not even in portraits !
I used to be that only Full frame guy. But my 1st dslr was a Canon T3i and I loved that camera. My 2nd was a Canon 5D mark III. Mostly used for sports photography. But I'll admit nostalgia always hit me looking at my old T3i photos. My next 2 cameras were the Canon 90d in January 2000 and in 2022 my Canon R7. The R7 is the perfect mix of my 5D mark III and T3i.
God I hate this one, and it's still SO prevalent... I've seen people as recent as last week recommending the A7S III over the A7 IV or A7R IV/V if someone wants better low light photos. Even had someone that thought his D90 was better in low light than modern APS-C cameras because of it's larger pixels.
My first camera was a Canon Rebel SL3. I had fun with it but as a learned more and tried new things, I learned about how Canon nerfs cameras and that’s when I started considering an upgrade. Now I have a Sony A7IV, but if I had started with a more fully featured APS-C camera like a Sony A6xxx or a Fuji I wouldn’t have upgraded and it would still be my primary camera. As for aperture, with the SL3 I bought the cheap 50mm f1.8 lens from Canon. I’d try to get photos of my little dog as she runs around and I quickly realized that the wider the aperture, the more time is needed for the AF. After watching a video from Pierre Lambert he was talking about aperture and NatGeo and how they usually want photos at f8 or smaller. I use a 35mm f1.4 but when I do street photography I’ll stop it down to f4 or smaller.
Im on a sl2 or 200d in my country. Honestly curious as to how they nerfed? I seem to have everything i need and the camera works good and I find it has more features and better image quality than my more expensive fuji had. You mention that you upgraded to an expensive camera, i feel like it should be expected to have more when it is double in price. The 200d is still ok for me but just wondering about it since ill be upgrading in a year or so.
My advice is simple af, as someone who has 5 years of experience in a professional and hobby field, if you love photography to the extent that you want something more than your phone but not too much, by a second hand professional compact camera like canon g11, g7x, lumix lx5 and etc. If you love photography to the extent that you want to commit to being a professional or in any "photography jobs", seriously, just get the full frame like EOS RP, which is cheaper than another brand's apsc and micro four third. Or get a good second hand dslr like Nikon d750 or d850 or 5d mark iv. The analogy is simple, you're an artist here...tools are actually matter if you want to be a "true artist". At the same time, a true artist shall deliver the 100× better results with the cheapest tool compared to a beginner and amateur with high-end tools. Imagine of you have the high-end tools as a true artist.....
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The amount of times these myths get pulled up on forums and social media... What is troublesome is that new photographers actually believe this stuff. I was talking to a young photographer the other day and she insisted that she'd rather have a FF and as 'low' an aperture number as possible because that way you get the creamiest bokeh... Very useful when you're shooting landscapes I replied...
I'm honestly sick of narrowing down which smartphones I'll look at buying based on the camera. This is part of why I'm getting into photography. I don't like my camera being exclusively attached to my phone. And also why I'm going micro 4/3, I want the portability
Sensor size does matter in the sense of capabilities and bar set to capture those photons, which is why people buy a bigger TV. There's just more space to see the entire picture. So the idea is that, buying the most updated camera will technically/optically result in the most advanced photo/video of that shot. Which, if money is the only obstacle instead of building the camera by scratch, money is then seen as useless to a photographer. Therefore, money is useless. But alas, these companies do it to sell more gear. Save people, not money
Woo! made it in the hour of release!! 🎉 I have a small request, could I ask for a more detailed review on the RX100m7? The portability of the rx100va was phenomenal for my recent travels but I think a newer model might be more versatile to carry.
I have a Sony 6400 with a Tamron 17-70 2.8, and try out the flash on my Camera, and laugh. Because the Lens is so big, it makes a half moon shadow XD so its useless with the 17-70, sad but hey xD
The myth that fullframe was better then APS-C was actually true till a few years ago. The reason is that most manufacturers built the premium lenses mostly only for fullframe and the lenses for APS-C were a little bit mediocore. And we all know that lenses make a bigger difference than the camera body. And I doubt that there is a possibility that APS-C (or even MTF) could ever reach the same MP as fullframe or medium format. And while MP in general are not that important, there are instances, where you are happy with each MP more. If you shoot wildlife or deepsky you often have to crop the final image and a higher resolution means more possibilities to crop with sufficient qualitiy - even in event photography that can come in handy when you shoot for example 35mm and spot while reviewing the images a great scene in the background. Where the smaller sensor cameras shine is mobility, as they are smaller and lighter and so are their dedicated lenses.
The day that I rely on software embedded in an 8 oz. smartphone where I have little, if any, control over JPG as opposed to carrying a 10 lb. camera and lens having total control with RAW will be the day that hell freezes below absolute zero.
The problem with flashes is that not everyone knows how to use them correctly in manual or HS. That's why I say not everyone is a professional photographer or videographer. Good video Jason. Btw, you need to make a video teaching this new generation to go study first before taking up this serious profession and not just use it to post photos just on Instagram, because they are damage the industry.
Another myth is that telephoto lenses increase “compression”. They don’t - the perceived distance between objects in the distance remains the same provided you don’t move closer to or further away from the subjects. A crazy crop from a 28mm lens will be the same as a 300mm lens apart from the depth of field
It's not just about the Film Simulation on Fuji. In general, APSC is just a good middle ground. The only practical advantage in most scenarios for the bigger sensor is low light/noise performance which can be easily solved these days in post processing. In camera NR, is also quite good these days for video work. APSC has advantage when it comes to overall cost and weight. DOF: not a real advantage for any sensor size. FF gets shallower DOF while APSC gets things in focus easier and less likely to do focus stacking and at the same time with acceptable background blur. With APSC dedicated lenses these days F1.2 is quite cheap compared to FF for F1.8 equivalent DOF which is more than enough for most people and as Jason said aperture is just a tool to achieve the look and story telling you desire. I swear that I have heard FF users who try to avoid F1.2 and in some cases F1.4 as it's too shallow and hard to work with. With FF you can get wider FOV easier while on APSC you get more zoom in FOV easier too. All in all, it's different tool for different job. DR: It's not really a perceivable advantage unless you really push the editing very far (in such case it is not the camera but the person behind it). A difference of a stop of less is hardly noticeable and nobody is going to be able to tell if a photo is taken by APSC or FF based on DR.
Been a pro photographer for over 20 years and use fill flash all the time when I'm doing portraits, in the studio or outdoors, in addition to use of other light modifiers. Wouldn't do it any other way.
Same! Nothing beats the gleam of sparkling catchlights in the eye and if you're running and gunning you always know you'll get the picture wherever the daylight is.
Very interesting, what are the settings and technique (except obviously turn flash on)to get the swirl effect with flash as at minute 9:26? thx in advance and also thx for showing pics of Florence in Italy, my hometown .
0:57 there are sunset portrait scenarios w/backlight where my iPhone photos look significantly better than anything I can get with my full frame. Can it be fixed in post? Do I need to take multiple shots and stack them?
The off camera flash myth is just stupid... literally every sports, event, red carpet photographer uses their flash on camera (and with head pointed directly to subject). They are all professionals! and they are producing industry standard results.
It’s simple: expensive cameras are for professionals. The sensor size isn’t everything, but most of the time, the bigger the sensor, the more expensive the camera. Yes, many professionals use smaller sensors, and some amateurs use medium format sensors, but usually, the sensor size is what makes the camera more expensive and the purchase harder to justify for someone who doesn’t make money from it.
Up to a point but equally important, for me anyway is the construction, build quality dust and weather sealing and durability of high end bodies. I shoot sports outdoors in a British winter. As a Nikon shooter I could still get perfectly serviceable images in my subject areas with a D4x - I have a D3 in the cupboard that I still use on remotes in good light conditions. I just upgrade as I wear stuff out.
5:30 I had a 50/1.8, but still went and bought the 1.4 big bro. Why? - The focus ring does not havve slack. - It has 9 shutter petals, instead of 7. - It is just a liiiiiitle bit slightlier sharper, mariginally. In fact, the third reason was just a plus. I could not stand that slack on the focus ring.
Man come on….look at Sony. Their crops are almost as expensive as their FFs, used. There’s NO competition when there’s a 10% price difference. Normal shooters will never print their stuff, displaying their pics only online, so you can’t tell the difference, and they honestly may have never in life seen an actual photo taken on an actual camera, so they think their iPhone portraits look good, when in fact the ancient Nikon d3300 with a legit flash (bounce it) will utterly destroy any iPhone portraits using the awful flashlight flash. As far as smartphone vs ILC, uhhhh only the main lens is stated mpx, and the rest are 12. Don’t even try to crop in, so you better get the best shot you can, off the rip.
I wouldn't call them 'lies', just opinions that you disagree with, rather than facts which are incorrect. I disagree with them also, but calling other peoples honestly held opinions 'lies' is just impolite.
Size of gear is my favorite one. Love, love, love my Fuji GFX 100II. Once you experience the rendering, whatever perceived size and weight issues goes away fast. Really fast, actually. There's nothing like it, at least that I've ever owned/used in over 30 years of advanced hobbyist photography. Too many whiners out there seemingly worried about the wrong things, and believing every single thing they read on the internet. Imagine that. Then stick with your iPhone. They were made especially for you.
couldn't agree more with all these!! especially no. 5; used the on-camera flash on my Canon 60D for years when i couldn't afford speedlights, then I just bounce the light with a mirror (or the back of my old iPod Touch back then). light is light, how you use it and refine it is another. 🫶🏼
Maybe the one who think only full frame matters will say that one day camera makers will make very cheap full frame cameras that will kill the entire APS-C market
I'd really like a tiny little hotshoe flash like the one on my a5100. I mostly never need flash, but having something tiny for when its needed is a godsend. I definitely do not need/want a flash that is the same size as a medium lens :(
@JasonVong The pop-up flash on my a6400 goes unused most of the time, but when I need it, it's there, and ooo, what a difference! Sometimes, f1.4 is not enough. I hope it comes again on the a6800 and with new colours like Lumix G9 with app and LUTS. A camera for enthusiasts, vacations, and family's photos.
Being able to ceiling bounce my built in flash on the a6400 is amazing. I don't do it often since I mainly use the A7 IV now. Crazy that they removed it going from the a6500 to a6600 while increasing the size of the body... but then the smaller a6400 and a6100 still had it.
We doneed pocketable zooms like camcorders or pocket cameras were. i miss the 12x and 20x zoomsfor travel. I am not traveling with a super expensive, heavy, and very large zoom lens on a vacation. A job, sure, but not for fun and snartphones dont quite do it
If you want to take outdoor photos with blue sky and not under expose the rest, smartphone is your best friend if you don't know how to do post-editing in Lr or Ps.
Not sure about the APSC argument using Fuji. You say there sensor size doesn't matter, but also that they are popular because of film simulation. So they saying that APSC is in because of the film simulations might be misleading. If they offered both FF and APSC cameras with film simulations then the FF versions might be more popular. I think this is a false application of "ergo propter hoc". Since film simulations are popular right now, therefor APSC must be popular right now is not necessarily true without an alternative (that is not outside most peoples budget such as medium format).
Im a professional using apsc switching from FF for years. Only other photo/videographers will judge but my clients never ever asked me abt my choice of gears. only downside is low light.
The phone processing looks so unnatural and makes alot of images that arent in 100% perfect light look like crap. I sold my eos m6 because people raved about the new iphone 14 camera and i figured that was all i would need. Regretted that pretty quick when i looked at my phone pictures and saw what the phones "smart processing" had done to the colours. Was already looking to upgrade anyway so i grabbed a r100 and its much better in colours and sharpness. Should have just got that and a pixel 7a or something to begin with but oh well.
"Nikon is shit" is the one I encounter most. As an amateur aviation photographer I must say that it's pure bullshit. If you pay attention, you can see many Nikons at an airshow.
Never have I had a client give a damn that I shoot Nikon, as a matter of fact I’ve never had a client ask me anything about my camera. Would be pretty pissed if I showed up with my phone tho.
I do not agree with the smartphone part. As long as smartphones does not have optical zoom and also cannot have bigger sensors smartphones will still be crap. Phones are harder to hold that will affect photo quality. Camera phones are also not suitable for genres like Wildlife or Sports photography. Smartphone camers are more for "dead" subjects.
So you got a 50mm f/1.4? To get the most use, use all the f stops for different subjects. Also, you probably only really needed to get a 50mm f/1.8. They are cheaper.
With regards to the 5th myth (on camera flash), I think I saw you once on one of your videos referring to it as "does anybody still use them (on cam flash, not the exact words)". Just saying.
Hey Edwin! If you happen upon it again, feel free to link me! And that was the point I was trying to make in this video. I was told to not use it so I never bothered with on-camera flash. But I realized that was dumb and learned to do cool stuff with it like I mentioned in this video! Hope that clarifies things!
Should not make any difference to what canera is used as they all tell you to edit them in photoshop or some other photo editing suite, so spending hundreds or thousands on a camera and then spending time highliting taking things out and changing the picture to what they want it to be and not what the actual photo showed, so spending money on a expensive camera is money well spent not.
@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 Truth! If you stumble upon Bigfoot feeding the Loch Ness monster a little green Martian and you just have a crappy cellphone camera at hand ...
If you’re going to take the time to take nice photos .. as in you are a photographer… using a phone is moronic IMO Tiny crap sensor. Photos look okay on a small phone don’t look a them on large monitor/display or print. With that said most people don’t look at photos on anything but a tiny phone
My favorite one is “gear doesn’t matter”. The harsh reality is that it does. But not in the way most people think. It is not “more expensive = better”. Lenses, cameras, flashes etc are tools to create a look you want. The more tools you have the more options you got. You can do a lot with a drill, but that won’t exactly help you painting the furniture you just built. Also some subjects require specialized tools. Shooting wildlife with the kitlens is very inefficient.
"gear doesn't matter! look these studio photos!"
Yo what's the gear then?
"a compact camera"
...and just that?
"three lights €350 each, a €200 flash syncer, a €200 reflector panel, an €50 intervalometer, an exterior screen sync €100 and a €300 screen, adobe Lightroom €800"
@@muzlee7479the lens is definitely the second factor, after the photographer. Next is the camera.
For comparison, imagine a fighter jet that has a radar to guide missiles. The pilot is extremely experienced and the aircraft has a 1998 All aspects band I pulse doppler radar that can tilt the cells to resist perpendicular notching.
The missiles are mod. 1 1955 Air to air radar guided that have short travel distance, bad maneuverability, a bad communication with the radar signal and no datalink (communication with the launcher aircraft) and high resistance to air travel.
The pilot is cracked and knows how to make enemies fly in a way they can't avoid the radar. The radar is inmune to evasion, but the missiles are doodoo.
Same as with the lens-camera-photographer paradigm.
@@leif12345 obviously the photographer is the most important. If they don’t know what they are doing not even the most expensive stuff would help enough (because it does help).
the more expensive the camera, the more convenient its to use
You can get paint mixing attachments for drills so... A drill is actually a useful tool when painting😁
Truth No 6: always buy a heavy camera and an extremely heavy lense. You'll always have a good excuse why you missed the shot because your gear was too heavy to carry around.
actually heavy gears give stable videos haha. shucks
I was once thinking of buying a certain desirable lens but realised due to its weight, I would be less likely to carry it with me and therefore use it.
All depends what your end game might be. I have the GFX100II. It's ever so slightly bigger than a Nikon Z8, lenses are bigger, but no heavier than Nikon professional f2.8 zooms. The rendering, once you lay eyes on it, makes one immediately forget size. We've become such a nation of babies, many are afraid that something might be this_much too heavy or big for them w/o ever looking at other parameters. I suppose it all started with Sony's marketing of the original A7. Sony convinved people carrying something that had size was not good, so buy our stuff instead.
Never had that problem with my D3X and Nikon safari grey 300mm lens that’s like 10lb that gets tiring after a while. I’ve broken a strap or two with this lol
@@shadostorm8375 Untill you reach a certain limit😉
Here's a nugget too... Pro's more often than not, will not have the latest and greatest gear (unless they are lucky enough to be sponsored by a manufacturer). They generally only replace when current gear is producing substandard images that the CLIENT can see, or if something breaks.
The biggest lie on RUclips is that Jason Vong is not my best friend.
Lmaoo!
I was waiting for an elevator yesterday and two men in front of me were having a conversation. One said to the other, "I heard Jason Vong and Mark Bennett aren't best friends." Obviously, I just waited for a later elevator. I don't have the need for that kind of dishonesty in my life.
I'm sorry, who are you?
@@JasonVong 😂😂
@@JasonVong you’re confused because normally you just call me bestie.
YT algorithm has not failed me this time. You sir, are a man after my heart. I'm a hobbyist. I shoot both film and digital. I have more cameras and lenses in my collection than I have space to store them. This is the best advice for anyone starting out. Rock on Bro. I've just subbed your channel. 🤘🤘
Lie #6: Professionals only use [insert brand name].
Konica/Minolta, Yashica, Petri....oops, those are non-existent brands.
Dont worry, all your negative space will get cropped to hell by instagram squarifying your carefully composed pics
Do you know what camera I use? People look a at my photos, they never think to ask what camera I used to take the picture. They don't know, they don't care, providing I can given them the results they want. But - I don't take sharp, grain free (noiseless) photos in a dimly lit theatre with a smart phone. A smart phone will not cut it. I need to use something more substantial.
Untill you reach a certain - and a high - limit, only photographers take issue with grain.
“…..always create your photo with a Fibonacci sequence…”. Laughed hard at that one. Well done Jason.
I’ve listened to so much of this over the years. Do this not that type of thing and it really does hinder your creativity. Just go shoot as much as you can and you will find out what works best for you.
What I have learned on youtube is: Don't sit around on youtube all day watching video's. Grab any camera, go out and let's see what the day will bring you. It's like fishing, maybe you are lucky and catch 200 fish, or maybe none. But atleast you improving yourself by just doing it. Getting out of comfort zones! And with comfort zone, I mean your house.
it's true, if you don't go out fishing you won't catch anything and you also get fresh air and perhaps a good experience
@@MrSupermule Met a lot of people doing landscapes, car spotting, bird/wildlife, on circuit, modelling or just random street photography. On the outside it looks pretty scary to hang around with camera dudes with huge gear, but they love to share the passion with anyone. I did a lot of comparing with other peoples photo's and got great feedback and tips how they do it in the edits or from the camera itself. Love how the 70 year olds are just creating amazing pictures out of the camera instead of editing, most of them don't even have edit software and still create amazing pictures with the options that only the camera is giving to them.
Great job on the video Jason! Thanks for making it.
Direct flash is ok as long as you tone it down a bit, just turn down its power.
Agree 100%. I have friends with 5k cameras who are asking me for advice on how to get my results when it comes to product photography. I own a Sony A6400.
Tip nr 3 : indeed, you don't always have to shoot at f1.4 or f2.8 because you can ! A shallow depth of field is not always flattering, not even in portraits !
I use flash in product photography. Only the built in flash and no other light. It came out fantastic.
I used to be that only Full frame guy. But my 1st dslr was a Canon T3i and I loved that camera. My 2nd was a Canon 5D mark III. Mostly used for sports photography. But I'll admit nostalgia always hit me looking at my old T3i photos. My next 2 cameras were the Canon 90d in January 2000 and in 2022 my Canon R7. The R7 is the perfect mix of my 5D mark III and T3i.
Biggest bullshit is “high megapixel=poor low light performance”
Exactly my 50MP A1 looked better in low light photos than my A7SIII did. The “bigger pixels” didn’t really matter when the noise was HUGE.
God I hate this one, and it's still SO prevalent...
I've seen people as recent as last week recommending the A7S III over the A7 IV or A7R IV/V if someone wants better low light photos. Even had someone that thought his D90 was better in low light than modern APS-C cameras because of it's larger pixels.
Newer cams have better NR, thats why you get better results in lowlight.
My first camera was a Canon Rebel SL3. I had fun with it but as a learned more and tried new things, I learned about how Canon nerfs cameras and that’s when I started considering an upgrade. Now I have a Sony A7IV, but if I had started with a more fully featured APS-C camera like a Sony A6xxx or a Fuji I wouldn’t have upgraded and it would still be my primary camera.
As for aperture, with the SL3 I bought the cheap 50mm f1.8 lens from Canon. I’d try to get photos of my little dog as she runs around and I quickly realized that the wider the aperture, the more time is needed for the AF. After watching a video from Pierre Lambert he was talking about aperture and NatGeo and how they usually want photos at f8 or smaller. I use a 35mm f1.4 but when I do street photography I’ll stop it down to f4 or smaller.
Im on a sl2 or 200d in my country. Honestly curious as to how they nerfed? I seem to have everything i need and the camera works good and I find it has more features and better image quality than my more expensive fuji had. You mention that you upgraded to an expensive camera, i feel like it should be expected to have more when it is double in price. The 200d is still ok for me but just wondering about it since ill be upgrading in a year or so.
I know lots of pros that use APS-C sensors. And a few that use micro 4/3,
That lock example from Prof. Hines was like a eureka moment when i was first starting out a couple years ago 🔥🔥
The thing about travel photography is that it's about location. What's the point of going to. a beautiful location and blurring it out?
My advice is simple af, as someone who has 5 years of experience in a professional and hobby field, if you love photography to the extent that you want something more than your phone but not too much, by a second hand professional compact camera like canon g11, g7x, lumix lx5 and etc. If you love photography to the extent that you want to commit to being a professional or in any "photography jobs", seriously, just get the full frame like EOS RP, which is cheaper than another brand's apsc and micro four third. Or get a good second hand dslr like Nikon d750 or d850 or 5d mark iv.
The analogy is simple, you're an artist here...tools are actually matter if you want to be a "true artist". At the same time, a true artist shall deliver the 100× better results with the cheapest tool compared to a beginner and amateur with high-end tools. Imagine of you have the high-end tools as a true artist.....
really connect with tip #4! I always keep in mind the potential to put my photos as a phone wallpaper lockscreen!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The amount of times these myths get pulled up on forums and social media... What is troublesome is that new photographers actually believe this stuff. I was talking to a young photographer the other day and she insisted that she'd rather have a FF and as 'low' an aperture number as possible because that way you get the creamiest bokeh... Very useful when you're shooting landscapes I replied...
Great, simple and straightforward video. Thank you and take care.
Where do we draw the line on sensor size? 8x10" film. There's a reason Ansel Adams schlepped that big view camera around.
I'm honestly sick of narrowing down which smartphones I'll look at buying based on the camera. This is part of why I'm getting into photography. I don't like my camera being exclusively attached to my phone. And also why I'm going micro 4/3, I want the portability
Love these tips Jason!
Great stuff as always Jason!
Excellent instruction, thank you.
Top G video -thanks!
Sensor size does matter in the sense of capabilities and bar set to capture those photons, which is why people buy a bigger TV. There's just more space to see the entire picture. So the idea is that, buying the most updated camera will technically/optically result in the most advanced photo/video of that shot. Which, if money is the only obstacle instead of building the camera by scratch, money is then seen as useless to a photographer. Therefore, money is useless. But alas, these companies do it to sell more gear. Save people, not money
Woo! made it in the hour of release!! 🎉
I have a small request, could I ask for a more detailed review on the RX100m7? The portability of the rx100va was phenomenal for my recent travels but I think a newer model might be more versatile to carry.
I have a Sony 6400 with a Tamron 17-70 2.8, and try out the flash on my Camera, and laugh. Because the Lens is so big, it makes a half moon shadow XD so its useless with the 17-70, sad but hey xD
0:42 - I have just been to Seceda, in the Dolomites, Italy on the day you posted this video. Crazy.
The myth that fullframe was better then APS-C was actually true till a few years ago. The reason is that most manufacturers built the premium lenses mostly only for fullframe and the lenses for APS-C were a little bit mediocore. And we all know that lenses make a bigger difference than the camera body. And I doubt that there is a possibility that APS-C (or even MTF) could ever reach the same MP as fullframe or medium format. And while MP in general are not that important, there are instances, where you are happy with each MP more. If you shoot wildlife or deepsky you often have to crop the final image and a higher resolution means more possibilities to crop with sufficient qualitiy - even in event photography that can come in handy when you shoot for example 35mm and spot while reviewing the images a great scene in the background.
Where the smaller sensor cameras shine is mobility, as they are smaller and lighter and so are their dedicated lenses.
The day that I rely on software embedded in an 8 oz. smartphone where I have little, if any, control over JPG as opposed to carrying a 10 lb. camera and lens having total control with RAW will be the day that hell freezes below absolute zero.
The problem with flashes is that not everyone knows how to use them correctly in manual or HS. That's why I say not everyone is a professional photographer or videographer. Good video Jason. Btw, you need to make a video teaching this new generation to go study first before taking up this serious profession and not just use it to post photos just on Instagram, because they are damage the industry.
Another myth is that telephoto lenses increase “compression”. They don’t - the perceived distance between objects in the distance remains the same provided you don’t move closer to or further away from the subjects. A crazy crop from a 28mm lens will be the same as a 300mm lens apart from the depth of field
You're are funny dude! Keep up the good work.
Spot on
1:44 that caption though 😛
Hopefully you can do a video about how to use external flash for beginners.. 😊
If you are looking for a video right now, look at SLR Lounge beginner Flash videos.
Really simple and easy steps to follow.
There’s 100s of videos on RUclips about that
This was great!
It's not just about the Film Simulation on Fuji. In general, APSC is just a good middle ground. The only practical advantage in most scenarios for the bigger sensor is low light/noise performance which can be easily solved these days in post processing. In camera NR, is also quite good these days for video work. APSC has advantage when it comes to overall cost and weight.
DOF: not a real advantage for any sensor size. FF gets shallower DOF while APSC gets things in focus easier and less likely to do focus stacking and at the same time with acceptable background blur. With APSC dedicated lenses these days F1.2 is quite cheap compared to FF for F1.8 equivalent DOF which is more than enough for most people and as Jason said aperture is just a tool to achieve the look and story telling you desire. I swear that I have heard FF users who try to avoid F1.2 and in some cases F1.4 as it's too shallow and hard to work with. With FF you can get wider FOV easier while on APSC you get more zoom in FOV easier too. All in all, it's different tool for different job.
DR: It's not really a perceivable advantage unless you really push the editing very far (in such case it is not the camera but the person behind it). A difference of a stop of less is hardly noticeable and nobody is going to be able to tell if a photo is taken by APSC or FF based on DR.
6:14 pff haha 🤣. Good one. Asstounding but now this moment is totally captured in my mind.
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Been a pro photographer for over 20 years and use fill flash all the time when I'm doing portraits, in the studio or outdoors, in addition to use of other light modifiers. Wouldn't do it any other way.
Same! Nothing beats the gleam of sparkling catchlights in the eye and if you're running and gunning you always know you'll get the picture wherever the daylight is.
Very interesting, what are the settings and technique (except obviously turn flash on)to get the swirl effect with flash as at minute 9:26? thx in advance and also thx for showing pics of Florence in Italy, my hometown .
Great video! I thought the same thing too, pros use only full frame cameras, til I saw a lady photographer taking portraits with an iPhone...
its all about creativity
0:57 there are sunset portrait scenarios w/backlight where my iPhone photos look significantly better than anything I can get with my full frame. Can it be fixed in post? Do I need to take multiple shots and stack them?
The off camera flash myth is just stupid... literally every sports, event, red carpet photographer uses their flash on camera (and with head pointed directly to subject). They are all professionals! and they are producing industry standard results.
For every "pro's don't do X" I can find you a photographer getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to do exactly that.
It’s simple: expensive cameras are for professionals. The sensor size isn’t everything, but most of the time, the bigger the sensor, the more expensive the camera. Yes, many professionals use smaller sensors, and some amateurs use medium format sensors, but usually, the sensor size is what makes the camera more expensive and the purchase harder to justify for someone who doesn’t make money from it.
Up to a point but equally important, for me anyway is the construction, build quality dust and weather sealing and durability of high end bodies. I shoot sports outdoors in a British winter. As a Nikon shooter I could still get perfectly serviceable images in my subject areas with a D4x - I have a D3 in the cupboard that I still use on remotes in good light conditions. I just upgrade as I wear stuff out.
5:30 I had a 50/1.8, but still went and bought the 1.4 big bro.
Why?
- The focus ring does not havve slack.
- It has 9 shutter petals, instead of 7.
- It is just a liiiiiitle bit slightlier sharper, mariginally.
In fact, the third reason was just a plus. I could not stand that slack on the focus ring.
I died laughing throughout this vid, but not before I subscribed.
Man come on….look at Sony. Their crops are almost as expensive as their FFs, used. There’s NO competition when there’s a 10% price difference.
Normal shooters will never print their stuff, displaying their pics only online, so you can’t tell the difference, and they honestly may have never in life seen an actual photo taken on an actual camera, so they think their iPhone portraits look good, when in fact the ancient Nikon d3300 with a legit flash (bounce it) will utterly destroy any iPhone portraits using the awful flashlight flash.
As far as smartphone vs ILC, uhhhh only the main lens is stated mpx, and the rest are 12. Don’t even try to crop in, so you better get the best shot you can, off the rip.
I wouldn't call them 'lies', just opinions that you disagree with, rather than facts which are incorrect. I disagree with them also, but calling other peoples honestly held opinions 'lies' is just impolite.
Size of gear is my favorite one. Love, love, love my Fuji GFX 100II. Once you experience the rendering, whatever perceived size and weight issues goes away fast. Really fast, actually. There's nothing like it, at least that I've ever owned/used in over 30 years of advanced hobbyist photography. Too many whiners out there seemingly worried about the wrong things, and believing every single thing they read on the internet. Imagine that. Then stick with your iPhone. They were made especially for you.
couldn't agree more with all these!! especially no. 5; used the on-camera flash on my Canon 60D for years when i couldn't afford speedlights, then I just bounce the light with a mirror (or the back of my old iPod Touch back then). light is light, how you use it and refine it is another. 🫶🏼
Smart phones don't have aperture selection or most dont
Stopped watching at the bit about smartphones.
Maybe the one who think only full frame matters will say that one day camera makers will make very cheap full frame cameras that will kill the entire APS-C market
always remember the "3B" !
Sony's built-in flash is pretty good. Sad that it is no longer on the new Apsc cameras.
Ah that's true now that you've mentioned it, I realized the new a6700 & ZV-E10 II both don't have the built-in flash. 😞
It started from the a6600 already unfortunately.
I'd really like a tiny little hotshoe flash like the one on my a5100. I mostly never need flash, but having something tiny for when its needed is a godsend. I definitely do not need/want a flash that is the same size as a medium lens :(
@JasonVong The pop-up flash on my a6400 goes unused most of the time, but when I need it, it's there, and ooo, what a difference! Sometimes, f1.4 is not enough. I hope it comes again on the a6800 and with new colours like Lumix G9 with app and LUTS. A camera for enthusiasts, vacations, and family's photos.
Being able to ceiling bounce my built in flash on the a6400 is amazing. I don't do it often since I mainly use the A7 IV now.
Crazy that they removed it going from the a6500 to a6600 while increasing the size of the body... but then the smaller a6400 and a6100 still had it.
Smaller the sensor, more the noise. Heaps and heaps of noise .
We doneed pocketable zooms like camcorders or pocket cameras were. i miss the 12x and 20x zoomsfor travel. I am not traveling with a super expensive, heavy, and very large zoom lens on a vacation. A job, sure, but not for fun and snartphones dont quite do it
If you want to take outdoor photos with blue sky and not under expose the rest, smartphone is your best friend if you don't know how to do post-editing in Lr or Ps.
How do you take the spiral picture thingy 🥺 I have an x100v
can you review vivo x100 pro for photography and video ?
Not sure about the APSC argument using Fuji. You say there sensor size doesn't matter, but also that they are popular because of film simulation. So they saying that APSC is in because of the film simulations might be misleading. If they offered both FF and APSC cameras with film simulations then the FF versions might be more popular. I think this is a false application of "ergo propter hoc". Since film simulations are popular right now, therefor APSC must be popular right now is not necessarily true without an alternative (that is not outside most peoples budget such as medium format).
Im a professional using apsc switching from FF for years. Only other photo/videographers will judge but my clients never ever asked me abt my choice of gears. only downside is low light.
With which app did u took that iphone dng?
The phone processing looks so unnatural and makes alot of images that arent in 100% perfect light look like crap. I sold my eos m6 because people raved about the new iphone 14 camera and i figured that was all i would need. Regretted that pretty quick when i looked at my phone pictures and saw what the phones "smart processing" had done to the colours. Was already looking to upgrade anyway so i grabbed a r100 and its much better in colours and sharpness. Should have just got that and a pixel 7a or something to begin with but oh well.
Like ! Thank You .
There is a reason myths have a foundation in reality…
You forgot 1 thing about sony build in flash: its can change angle😂
Haha that's true! But gotta keep the video more general incase we got some Canon users watching 🤫
I can't help laughing 😂
Samsung moon photos are real! Just..errr...not taken by the phone owner 😅
"Nikon is shit" is the one I encounter most. As an amateur aviation photographer I must say that it's pure bullshit. If you pay attention, you can see many Nikons at an airshow.
Only Gen Z sonyers says that.
@@fractalplugs Probably because I am Gen Z
Never have I had a client give a damn that I shoot Nikon, as a matter of fact I’ve never had a client ask me anything about my camera. Would be pretty pissed if I showed up with my phone tho.
I do not agree with the smartphone part. As long as smartphones does not have optical zoom and also cannot have bigger sensors smartphones will still be crap. Phones are harder to hold that will affect photo quality. Camera phones are also not suitable for genres like Wildlife or Sports photography. Smartphone camers are more for "dead" subjects.
What is that little flat plastic lens that you’re using? 😳😳
its super ironic that the largest sensor is the medium format it should be called the Large format
It is because there is a large format. It's just that they don't sell these in shops. They are only really used in specialist/artistic applications
There are larger sensors and film. Large format cameras exist, they re just incredibly expensive.
I PAID FOR 1.2, I SHOOT IN 1.2 ALWAYS
"Best camera/lens for....."
By the way, the Star Wars Snow White at 1:51 is Amber Arden. She's been cosplaying as that character for years.
2:40 Hey I think I know whose voice is that
So you got a 50mm f/1.4? To get the most use, use all the f stops for different subjects. Also, you probably only really needed to get a 50mm f/1.8. They are cheaper.
With regards to the 5th myth (on camera flash), I think I saw you once on one of your videos referring to it as "does anybody still use them (on cam flash, not the exact words)". Just saying.
Hey Edwin! If you happen upon it again, feel free to link me!
And that was the point I was trying to make in this video. I was told to not use it so I never bothered with on-camera flash. But I realized that was dumb and learned to do cool stuff with it like I mentioned in this video! Hope that clarifies things!
@@JasonVong no problem. Thanks for the video, and for acknowledging.
oh yea, some pros use lenses too* lol
Lie #6: Signing up for photographer overpriced workshops and "game changer courses" will make your images better
Should not make any difference to what canera is used as they all tell you to edit them in photoshop or some other photo editing suite, so spending hundreds or thousands on a camera and then spending time highliting taking things out and changing the picture to what they want it to be and not what the actual photo showed, so spending money on a expensive camera is money well spent not.
Myth #1: The best camera is the one you bring with you.
Truth or false?
@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 Truth! If you stumble upon Bigfoot feeding the Loch Ness monster a little green Martian and you just have a crappy cellphone camera at hand ...
@@Soundbrigade But that's what Photoshop is for.
@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 Yeah, yeah, yeah .... you know what I meant.😉
Im a street photographer, and I suck at math hahaha
The shutter speed should be twice of focal lenght. For me Thats a myth, right?
Not really, it is a matter of geometry and stability. However, it is only a guide to avoid shake, not a rule.
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Yeah F bokeh, just do it in post if needed.
If you’re going to take the time to take nice photos .. as in you are a photographer… using a phone is moronic IMO
Tiny crap sensor. Photos look okay on a small phone don’t look a them on large monitor/display or print. With that said most people don’t look at photos on anything but a tiny phone
I just hate the tiny pop up flash seriously 😆🤣 really makes u look like a frekkin amateur!
Nice click bait.
No1 is big lie it's the same as saying a tablet is better than a full blown pc
Is "Advices" an actual word? 🤔