Great video as always Kieran. The Neewer grip there is a new version of that Grip out it has a thumb grip and it makes such a difference to the handling of the camera. That shower cap brilliant idea .
I never knew that Pat, thanks for the heads up. Trust me to get the last of the old model. Slightly embarrassing at the same time as I am a Newer Ambassador. Then again I did just go off and order it myself when I knew the ZF was coming for review. Thanks again and yes shower caps are fantastic for bad weather or the odd shower.
Having tried the Smallrig and Neewer grips I can without question say that the Nikon made ZF-GR1 grip is a quality item. Including a thumb grip and arca-swiss plate in a custom made bracket by Nikon. Sadly only available to the far east market I brought mine new off of eBay (it arrived in 10 days) It is'ant cheap but quality in respect of Cameras rarely is?!
Hi Steve, thanks for the input. I haven't tried the Nikon grip as it wasn't available as you say. Interestingly Neewer have a new grip now too since I bought mine and it has the thumb grip now also. It might now be exactly the same quality but in fairness for the price it's amazing value. Thanks again for the feedback and enjoy the ZF 👍
Hi Kieran I have a rocket blower but suggest you upgrade to a “filtered” blower - no need to ‘blow dust’ onto a sensor - some thing like VSGO V-B012E Camera Cleaning Blower with Filter, Tumbler Design Lens Cleaning Blower under $20 is a much better design, cheers Paul p.s how is the cooling on the Z8 these days?
Hi Paul, funnily enough they wanted to send me one for review and I declined it as I have never had an issue with the rocket blowers, I see the point though trust me... Always seemed crazy to use a rocket blower when it has been in your bag for ages and probably sucked in god knows what... Still works for me though, in saying that I do clean my sensors myslef every couple of months and test them regularly :-) I have been on the wrong side of dust specs on long shoots before and I learned my lesson the hard way. The Z8 cooling video was in all honesty put on the long finger as I was very busy with shoots and god those videos take forever to do. The last one was about 4 days work, I have a slight update so i will get around to that soon now. Sorry about the delay but I am getting there.
Just me, but I'd rather see your face in the thumbnail than some random stock image. But maybe you are seeing more views with stock images than your face?
Hi John, I wish everyone thought the same as you :-) When I put my mug in the thumbnail the click through rate isn't great sadly. It does make me wonder do people expect the model on the thumbnail to be the one doing the video... How dissapointing would that be :-) If I ever get famous it work a bit better I suppose. Seriously though thanks for the input, I might try it again on the next video. It's one of the resons I try to keep the text similiar as its a bit more branded then and peopl might think to themselves "hey there's a new video from the mad Irish man" and watch it :-)
@@kieranhayesphotography Likely people do think the pretty stock image model is in the video and thus click. But I appreciate people who put their face in the thumbnails as when I am scrolling through I recognize the person. Thanks for the response!
Judging by the number of people liking your comment it's something I should consider going back to. Still thinking of those people expecting the model and getting me instead is a bit funny. Seriously appreciate the input.... Out of curiosity do you think I should but up more RUclips shorts and give people the option of choosing the next video subject. They are ideas I am playing with, hard to do it all while running a full time business but I am willing to give it a try.
@@kieranhayesphotography I'm not the person to ask about shorts since I really don't like them 😄 Probably 80+% of my RUclips viewing is on a large TV. And the remaining is on my computer. I almost never watch RUclips on my phone, so that puts me in the small minority I think. As someone who needs reading glasses now I don't enjoy watching videos on my phone.
Thanks John, appreciate the response, I am more or less the same, it's all large screens for me too. That's part of the reason I haven't really done them as of yet, I am being pushed that direction though :-)
Great video as always Kieran. The Neewer grip there is a new version of that Grip out it has a thumb grip and it makes such a difference to the handling of the camera. That shower cap brilliant idea .
I never knew that Pat, thanks for the heads up.
Trust me to get the last of the old model.
Slightly embarrassing at the same time as I am a Newer Ambassador.
Then again I did just go off and order it myself when I knew the ZF was coming for review.
Thanks again and yes shower caps are fantastic for bad weather or the odd shower.
Having tried the Smallrig and Neewer grips I can without question say that the Nikon made ZF-GR1 grip is a quality item. Including a thumb grip and arca-swiss plate in a custom made bracket by Nikon. Sadly only available to the far east market I brought mine new off of eBay (it arrived in 10 days) It is'ant cheap but quality in respect of Cameras rarely is?!
Hi Steve, thanks for the input. I haven't tried the Nikon grip as it wasn't available as you say.
Interestingly Neewer have a new grip now too since I bought mine and it has the thumb grip now also.
It might now be exactly the same quality but in fairness for the price it's amazing value.
Thanks again for the feedback and enjoy the ZF 👍
Hi Kieran I have a rocket blower but suggest you upgrade to a “filtered” blower - no need to ‘blow dust’ onto a sensor - some thing like VSGO V-B012E Camera Cleaning Blower with Filter, Tumbler Design Lens Cleaning Blower under $20 is a much better design, cheers Paul p.s how is the cooling on the Z8 these days?
Hi Paul, funnily enough they wanted to send me one for review and I declined it as I have never had an issue with the rocket blowers, I see the point though trust me...
Always seemed crazy to use a rocket blower when it has been in your bag for ages and probably sucked in god knows what...
Still works for me though, in saying that I do clean my sensors myslef every couple of months and test them regularly :-)
I have been on the wrong side of dust specs on long shoots before and I learned my lesson the hard way.
The Z8 cooling video was in all honesty put on the long finger as I was very busy with shoots and god those videos take forever to do. The last one was about 4 days work, I have a slight update so i will get around to that soon now.
Sorry about the delay but I am getting there.
Just me, but I'd rather see your face in the thumbnail than some random stock image. But maybe you are seeing more views with stock images than your face?
Hi John, I wish everyone thought the same as you :-)
When I put my mug in the thumbnail the click through rate isn't great sadly.
It does make me wonder do people expect the model on the thumbnail to be the one doing the video...
How dissapointing would that be :-)
If I ever get famous it work a bit better I suppose.
Seriously though thanks for the input, I might try it again on the next video.
It's one of the resons I try to keep the text similiar as its a bit more branded then and peopl might think to themselves "hey there's a new video from the mad Irish man" and watch it :-)
@@kieranhayesphotography Likely people do think the pretty stock image model is in the video and thus click. But I appreciate people who put their face in the thumbnails as when I am scrolling through I recognize the person. Thanks for the response!
Judging by the number of people liking your comment it's something I should consider going back to.
Still thinking of those people expecting the model and getting me instead is a bit funny.
Seriously appreciate the input....
Out of curiosity do you think I should but up more RUclips shorts and give people the option of choosing the next video subject.
They are ideas I am playing with, hard to do it all while running a full time business but I am willing to give it a try.
@@kieranhayesphotography I'm not the person to ask about shorts since I really don't like them 😄 Probably 80+% of my RUclips viewing is on a large TV. And the remaining is on my computer. I almost never watch RUclips on my phone, so that puts me in the small minority I think. As someone who needs reading glasses now I don't enjoy watching videos on my phone.
Thanks John, appreciate the response, I am more or less the same, it's all large screens for me too. That's part of the reason I haven't really done them as of yet, I am being pushed that direction though :-)