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My 2 cents as a Mechanical Design Engineer and a photographer who understands both sides as consumer and creator. Niccols, kudos to you for realizing the responsibility as a reviewer and that every product is also made by similar hard working people. Having some humility, accountability and work ethic is required for both companies and reviewers. Just as engineers work hard and hope to succeed through a poduct, so do youtubers, their product being the review. Don’t act like you have moral high ground just because you have audience. Great companies and engineers love to hear feedback, it helps them improve. Reviewers have the choice to make if they want to use that on a click bait for views or be honest and make a value added content. Always remember trust is long lasting, sensationalism is not. I never ever watch CZcamsrs that rely on sensationalism to get views, I have too much respect for my own time. Overall great to hear some genuine thoughts.

would have been great if they could have figured out 16 bit video and had the codecs to save it. even if it was external

Ethics being discussed on a photo channel sponsored by OM system ... I watch Chris and Jordan's videos as an entertaining way to learn spec sheets. But when it comes to tests, there have been too many "good" or "very good" AF hit rates without saying what is good (70 %, 50 %, 30 % ?). Too many recommendations of the A7iv as the jack of all trades, including sports. When my experience with the A7iv for sports is 6 FPS and fixed AF spot only to get good results (90 % sharp).

Speaking of RAW compression (for stills) - it's still better to use uncompressed just because in a rare event of storage media failure in uncompressed file you'll get just one single pixel line, with any compressed file system or HDD glitch you'll get a whole image or large part of it destroyed. Besides that lossless is ok, and for many apllications lossy is ok too.

Actually there is few topics mixed-up together (in Gerard's video and this reaction to it). Firstly is about how 'being-first-rush' didn't help produce a good review and provide people with information (except reciting press-releases). Second is about did reviewers has to disclose clearly relations and 'invitation' terms. Third is about brand strategy to undermine possibly non-pleasing reviwers/ So, personally, I've visited couple of country-wide and one whole-European events - cameras and lens presentations. It was back 15+ years agom when there was no such youtube reviewers network established. I've flew, fed and accomodated by Sony (or Zeiss once) being a member and moderator of local national user forum. Our members were eager to get first-look reports of new products (NEX system launch event in Croatia, and local A900, A77, A6000 Zeiss Batis lens line-up). Couple of selected community members as well as ambassador photographers, photogrpahy magazine journalists (that time the paper magazine were still alive) joined together, met European and one or two times World-wide Camera division management, exchange thoughts etc. Nobody ever asked us to promote some 'brand biased' opinion. Dont' know, maybe nowadays things were changed. Back in late 2000-s and 2010-s we all were excited about new gear and capabilities as well as meetings collegues.

47:57 Why not wildlife on medium format? Years ago Mamiya claimed to be 'Masters of the Medium'. Famous wildlife photographer Jim Zuckerman was known for his work in the field using medium format. Imagine hauling around an Mamiya RB/RZ with 500 mm lens? He did it and produced fantastic results. Fuji seems to be following the Mamiya model. Wide angle lenses, multiple portrait options, telephoto, tilt shift all part of the kit.

Great podcast gentleman. For those who are struggling with Apple photos, I’d like to make a suggestion. I’ve been using a program called Mylio Photos for over 10 years. It’s an amazing tool for organizing your pictures. It sees RAW and JPEG easily, whichever one you want, with the ability to instantly switch between the two. It also has raw processing capabilities that are very capable. It’s not as good as DXO PhotoLab, but it handles 85 to 90% of my raw edits beautifully. Its power as a database is unrivaled. I currently have 1.6 MILLION images within Mylio Photos. The main reason I abandoned Lightroom many years ago was the inability to scroll through my massive photo collection and at that time it was only 500,000 pictures.. Finally, Mylio’s most unique feature is it’s ability to have your photo library across a virtually unlimited number of devices. My office has four Mac desktops, three MacBook Pro laptops, an iPad and an iPhone 13 with 512 GB memory. All of these devices are able to hold my entire 1.6 million image database. That includes my iPhone that still has over half the 512 GB space available for other things. Two of my desktops are used for holding the originals which is known as a VAULT. All other devices are holding optimized JPEG’s. But I can download any original to my iPhone or any other device via Wi-Fi from anywhere in the world. This program has no equal and yet so few serious photographers even know it exists. It’s actually, a serious business advantage for anybody using it. All of this for only $99 a year and you can see it for yourself with a 30 day trial at www.mylio.com. And by the way, yes, there were many of us in the 80s and 90s that shot medium format, specifically the Pentax 645, to produce wildlife images. But I see no need for medium format in today’s wildlife photography marketplace. If you ever want to discuss the business side of wildlife photography I’d love to share my experiences from a 40+ year career making a living in the great outdoors.

Thanks - informative & well presented guys :)

The Leica D-Lux 8 is being made in China, so I don't expect there to be any supply issues.

In terms of a fixed lens camera with a bright lens (i.e. the D-Lux8), I still wish OM would re-release the Olympus Stylus-1 camera (28-300mm equivalent f/2.8 zoom lens), but add splash resistance and change the viewfinder from TFT to OLED. It is nice as a vacation camera where I can just stuff it into a jacket pocket. But as a vacation camera, having it be splash resistant and being able to see the viewfinder with polarized sunglasses is a big advantage. I don't always want to carry my OM-1 with 12-200mm lens, but I often want more zoom range. I was in Disney in April, and I used the Stylus-1 as a secondary camera one day. Unfortunately, I smashed the LCD in an accident, and I had to replace the camera when I got back.

Let's be honest. These "preview" videos of products offer almost nothing of any substance that you wouldn't otherwise find out much more quickly by reading a 2 minute spec sheet. I've watched a lot of Kai videos for the entertainment value, but I have never leant a single thing from his videos and I still don't know if he's a good photographer or not.

Folk you always do soft reviews focused on positive aspects and soften edge when something wrong. Don't soften edges please.

Im waiting for the rangefinder.

S9 good but Coca Cola :,( bullets for babies

Shocked they made this lens for the GFX format. They want to creep in other segments of the market it seems.

Now give us a 70-135 f2.8

The S9 reviewers were transparent and based. Gerald sounded like a baby. He's trashing his competitors bc he didn't get a trip. Boo hoo.

OM1 hands down! OM1, especially mark 2 is a masterpiece. It's a camera that you instantly fall in love with.Inside and outside, this camera rocks. Couple it with Pro lens and you have an unbeatable power in your hands.

Is there anything similar on the Sony full-frame mount?

I just want them to release a new 135mm 1.8 or lighter? Or a 85mm 1.2 and I would say the same "I'd happily use only Sigma!"

Mind blowing!

I use a lens cap on my 24-70 mm. Whar are people seeing after a phone has been thrown around or been in your back pocket for a year. How do you keep the lens clean and scratch free?

As a m43 shooter, I would hate having to lug that monstrosity around 😂

Very comprehensive review for a launch video. I can't see how you'd make it any better. Well done. You've put lots of work into this, and not just sat around in the hotel lobby.

I”ve used the Hollyland in a recent video and I’m also an audio engineer… idk what’s going on with your gain settings but I have virtually absolutely no noise floor in my audio when using the mic. And even in editing, the audio waveform literally show no noise floor, so something is off.

It appears that you guys are quite indoctrinated. If you really want to understand the point Gerald was making I would recommend reading "Manufacturing Consent" by Herman and Chomsky

I love the Idea of some re-reviews! How obout also re-reviewing the old RX100 III/IV cameras?

no, not for me. It is a glorified mobile phone

Jason, I wish you would stop Chris taking every question and thus, effectively quieting Jordan down. More Jordan, less Chris!

I have a Sigma 16mm that has been powered on for almost 4 years on a Sony A6500 that I use every day for Zoom calls and it nails autofocus with great rendering as well today as the day I installed it. Excellent longevity, color, contrast, and sharpness. I can’t be happier with Sigma ❤

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Knowing all the "logistics" that you get in these trips, how unbiased do you feel to then write a review about the product that gave you all those horrible "logistics"? And would you write a bad review on it knowing that future product launches would be compromised? How much are you willing to give away in order to give an honest opinion?

Away from all debate and differing views. What speaks against mentioning in a sentence that the trip is paid for?

I've been watching you guys forever because of your humor and because you occasionally address negative things. I don't agree with you that people can assume they know just because you've been around a long time and it sounds like an excuse. I'm thinking of people who are just getting into the subject or young people who have no experience, where would they get the knowledge to assume that? That's why there are rules to help avoid misunderstandings. I hope you take this as productive feedback. Remain critical <3

Even my LX100 has an EVF. So the size couldn't be the excuse for not having one. Maybe just cost reduction.

I don't really understand the poop storm. Every manufacturer tries to influence the perceptions of their products through the people that have audiences for those products. I have no misconceptions about that. I would do it too. And as a manufacturer, I would avoid connections with those influencers who don't approach these opportunities with energy and interest. Advertising 101. Hanging out with your friends and doing a video "later" isn't a good investment for a manufacturer. And from a consumer's point of view, I parse the information from all sources and make a decision accordingly. I don't need you to tell me that you were flown out to the event in order for me to judge the quality of the information you provide.

"You are kidding yourself if you believe it is ethical to accept free, all-expenses-paid trips to Japan from the companies whose cameras you review and remain objective. It's hard to deny that such perks could influence your reviews.

Soooo glad you covered this.. in wasn’t sure you would

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Real nice job! Thanks!

I learned about petapixel when they published a d500 review on their website really early, though the review was hastily done, it was not really a good read, chris and jordan gave this channel more credibilty for me, perhaps you can now hire better writers of camera reviews or photography articles, the yellowstone park video was awesome

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This Phase 1 camera was tested against an 8x10 film camera, equivalent lens for the same field of view and shooting Velvia slide film. The 8x10 was marginally better in all respects.....just marginally, it says a lot about the Phase 1 camera. However, the 8x10 is affordable it doesn't cost $62,000. I own two of them and a number of lenses. Its damn huge, heavy and slow, the film is expensive but the results and image quality are without equal.

Are we going to get a full review of the Zf? Probably not at this point.

1:25:45 insert joke about being breadwinners

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Jordan, Chris, and Petapixel need to NAME and SHAME the next time a camera company puts them in the doghouse for an honest review. The only way to change the camera maker's awful behavior is to tell your viewers and readers when a camera company punishes you. And yes, actually reveal the NAME of the camera firm. The Japanese camera makers would see that as rude? Perhaps. But being put in the doghouse for an honest review is *exceptionally* rude.

Mrs J Thanks for your indirect advertisement lol