Budget Gourmet, Episode 2: Compact Cameras
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In a landscape of non-stop (often paid for) specubator youtubers Hugh continues to deliver the level headed, logical, dose of reality and perspective we all need. 👏🏻
I've been shooting with high-end cameras for years and recently picked up a "5 megapixel" (debatable) Sigma DP2 - and absolutely love it! It's the camera (apart from some of my film cameras) that I reach for and makes me want to get out of the house and take photos - and that's what it's all about! Great video as always...
You forgot to mention the Ricoh GR series.... 😏
This is a service we desperately need. Thank you for creating it.
So refreshing to hear someone enthusiastic about the "serious compact" genre which has fallen on hard times of late. I have had about a dozen compacts, mainly powershots, from the 3MP up to my current 3 year old G7X Mk2 - all have done yeoman service as the pocketable minuteman for walkabout and casual outings and capturing the lion's share of memorable moments of family and hobby activities where an interchangeable lens camera would be obtrusive. Reminds me of Ming Thien's essays on compacts and vigorously defending and promoting pocket compacts as worthy of serious and even commercial usage. Enjoyed this message very much!
This videos are not only helpful, they are pure art! Thank you so much for your work! I promise to help the channel at the end of this month
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Hugh - no one can hold my attention like you. You’re the undisputed master of monologue. A joy, as always. 👍🦘🇦🇺
Peter, you make me blush - but I am happy you appreciate what we do. 🙏🏻😊😊
Absolutely
I'm still in love with my Sony RX100 iii. I use it regularly. The stick-on hard grip makes all the difference.
My favorite pocket zooms which is almost all of what I really need (and in the $50-$100 USD range) are: the tiny Canon S95 f2.0; Olympus XZ-1 f1.8; Panasonic LX3/LX5 f2; and the Ricoh GX100/200 f2.5 with the famous Ricoh ergonomics and one-handed street shooting snap focus capability. Almost all of these cameos have the older CCD sensor which gives you those super rich greens and reds and offer super close macro shots. If you want interchangeable lenses, get the Nikon 1 (body starting at $50) with the 1" sensor, terrific fast hybrid autofocus (phase detect and contrast detect) and 400fps/1200fps slow motion video. If you absolutely don't need 4k and the other bells and whistles, these great cameras are practically being given away. I've got about a dozen.
I currently own, or have owned all of the cameras you mention. I have always loved the rendering from CCD sensors. The Canon, Oly and Panasonic LX5 are all terrific, with the LX5 being my favorite. Good in low light, nice graininess for B&W street shooting. On par with the Ricoh GR digital 1, IMHO...with better ISO range and larger file size. Even the LX7, with its CMOS sensor, is a very nice camera. My first DSLR was a Nikon D40...6mp CCD sensor. That camera produced beautiful, natural images.
Refreshing to hear you talk up point and shoots…..I buy old interesting point and shoots, chuck them in a carry bag or pocket, and take pictures of beautiful things I see as I go about my day. They don’t cost the earth, so not a lot of downside if they fail on me, and I get to take lots of pics, which to my mind is the whole point of being a photographer. Recent purchases are a LUMIX LX5, Ricoh GXR with S10 module … image quality is perfectly fine enough
Excellent video (as always). I really enjoy videos about excellent/interesting used gear that is available. I completely agree that not everyone needs tons a resolution and the latest and greatest camera to make beautiful photos. Please keep making these great videos!
We have to realise that we love buying new tech. Great images have been possible for a looong time on all types of cameras.
Totally agree! Small compact camera is the way to go! Your videos are totally captivating. Thank you
I really love the way you present your videos.
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Luv your perspective on photography! I shoot with an Olympus em5 as I like the smaller size for street or travel. Funny as I was thinking on picking up a used sony rx 100 mk 3 as a second camera just to have with me 100% of the time. Great to see people that have similar perspective.
If I were forced to be reduced to a single camera, my LX100 mk1 would win hands down. The physical handling, menu systems and build drove me from Olympus to Panasonic for my M43 bodies. It is a beautiful, elegant machine.
I agree. Every day I go biking with my 5 year old Lumix DC-ZS70 in my pocket, pants or coat, with it's 30x optical zoom and image size set to 5 (down from 20Mpixels). It has a EVF, I rarely use, but like when I need it. I take 20 or 30 photos of stuff of interest, people, stuff, animals as I ride around the streets of Cologne. This size camera I can hold and control with one hand, I can't do that with a smart phone. I organize them periodically, add a story, and post them on websites for friends. I have real camera's (g9 and s1r) for trips, but day to day small and with me wins every time. Some of my best pictures are the unexpected ones.
Love this!
Thanks Hugh.... Another great discussion. I sold a Canon G7X Mark ii to raise funds for a camera with an APS-C sensor. After selling it, I realized how much I enjoyed that little camera and am considering buying another one, although the last thing I need right now is another camera.
Thanks for this series Hugh!
I needed something to fit into my back pocket cycling jersey...RX100VII is spot on. What a great camera!
So timely. I just sold my dslr, 24-105 and 40mm lenses to simplify and buy a nice compact (and have change). I took up photography after using my phone for a while and got sucked into CZcams's algorithm and professional YT advice. Ultimately I stopped enjoying photography cos the kit was too much of a hassle. I'm hoping simplifying will inspire me once more. Great video and advice
The brilliant idea of Oskar Barnark was to use inexpensive 35mm cinema film rolled into sealed cartridge* and exposed horizontally for photo reporters, becoming the de facto « full frame » 24/36mm format. Cinema 35mm film was exposed vertically, which is equivalent to today’s APSC format. I inherited a Leica IIIc with 3 optics from my father which was stolen from me in the 80’s. This broke my heart as that was basically all I inherited from him. (*) which prevent accidental exposure while loading/unloading the film.
As always, informative and excellent.
6:59 Canon S90!!! YES! I had one and loved it. In a stupid moment of generosity, I gave it as a gift to a very good friend. I selfishly feel sorry for doing so still!
Excellent video and absolutely stunning images. Proof that you don't necessarily need the latest and greatest to take excellent shot.
I have three wonderful full frame Nikons, that I adore. In addition I also have a dozen film cameras that I still use regularly. However, in Oct 2019, when I took a quick trip, of only four days, across the pond to London, in order to see my favourite footy team play, I traveled only with my iphone and the Sony RX100V. I created wonderful images, which I regularly peruse to spark amazing memories. I do not regret, in any way, traveling super light for that excursion. Believe me, my top end Z with pro glass has a place in my heart that is difficult to displace, but as you often say “use case dictates “ …. That light dynamo did its job….and well (and so did the phone!)
Your way with words is impeccable and inspiring.
In large part, I think camera manufacturers have done this to themselves. There is nothing stopping them from incorporating the same technologies, image processing techniques, and levels of finesse in the user experience (how many cameras successfully and easily maintain and utilise a wifi connection? Allow images to be shared reliably and with ease? For example.)
They rested on their laurels, and didn’t move with the times. Image sensor and focusing tech, yes, 100%. Everything else? Nope.
Watching this as I just purchased a RX100M7. What a great compact. I recently came back from a trip after vlogging with it. But I did end up using the XH1 with its 55-140mm lens more. I just can’t keep just one camera. No fun in that. And yes Hugh, I did come home and 😘 my SL2.
I just re-acquired a LUMIX LX-7 ($75 in original box!) because I missed it. One of my all-time favorites especially for “city shooting” in Europe. I love this little cam and all these years later some of my favorite images came from it.
Great video.
User experience as much or more important to me than image quality.
I like the rangefinder style with a flip out screen and within my budget. Thats why I still use a fixed lens 12MP Nikon P7800 on occasion released late in 2013.
Been looking for an upgrade to my rx100mk1, so this video was very helpful. Thank you Hugh😊
Thanks for reminding us that we can still purchase a good camera without ending up on public assistance.
I still have my "primeval" Nikon Coolpix P310 front 2012 that I purchased in 2013. I still use it. It's a 16 MP compact I can toss in my pocket.
Wonderful video as always.
I only wish you’d mentioned the LX100’s delightful multi-aspect sensor that allows for a 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9 aspect ratio, all without cropping (that is to say, none of which is a mere subset of the other). The 1:1 is a true subset of the 4:3, but otherwise the 4:3 is taller (has more vertical resolution) than the other formats, and the 16:9 is likewise wider. It is such a wonderful, photographer-centric innovation, and one that I wish other manufacturers would mimic. After all, in a mirrorless world unbound by either the constraints of a film format or a reflex viewing system, the only constraint is the image circle of your system’s least-forgiving lens. I love the classic 3:2 aspect ratio, no doubt, but I’d love the ability to get a camera in my system (Fuji) that could give me uncompromised options ranging from 16:9 to 1:1.
i'm still using my ricoh gr2 and somehow cannot sell my panasonic gx85 simply because of their size x performance x value proposition. that said, i have also recently purchased a sony a7r3a. specific tools for specific jobs. thank you for the effort and sharing. i am an appreciative subscriber. stay well.
Hugh... Another Simply Awesome Eye Opening Video with a heaping plate mind expanding content!! On a side note would love to hear in your truly awesome style a comparison of Nikon Z50 vs Nikon Zfc vs Sony ZV-E10 in the categories of Street vs CZcams Studio vs Vlog as you can only do!!
You are Gandalf of the stories. I'm a beginner in this world of photo and cameras but my best friend send me one night an episode with you and till that moment you are in my favorite list. Good job!:)
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For light and somewhat small I use a 12 year old 12MP APSC Leica X1. Auto focus is slow. Battery life is terrible. However image quality is terrific. The X1 has a f2.8 36mm equivalent Leica lens made in Germany. Not a zoom lens as you stipulated in this video but a really nice stills-only camera. You can find these for around $400 or less. A great companion to my Q2 Mono.
Oh man that Canon S90 with the CCD sensor sure brings back memories
Love this. Thank you!
last vacations I only took my Canon G9X with me. I rarely missed my bigger camera but often enjoyed the smaller size. I took my camera always with me as It is smaller than a smartphone. Maybe it helped to change my approach that I found the podcast Demming lens;-)
Great video and, especially, a focus on wonderful images shot with ‘surprisingly’ few MPs. Some of my best shots are from my Pentax K10D, 10MP baby. I just watched two of your videos and you mentioned about the number of our pictures that we have hanging on the wall (you said four); that reminds me that I should update mine! 😊
That’s just the big ones. 😊
I can’t stop shooting with the Fuji x100v. It's bigger than a compact, but the images and experience are excellent. I use a cheap sling bag made by champion. I also put the camera in a lens protector. It's perfect.
One can learn so much from your videos. Thank you for your educational content :)
Truly: my pleasure and privilege! 🙏🏻😊🖖🏻
Loved the video!. Despite having Fujifilm Xt-2 and X-E3 with various lenses....nothing sits as well in my hand as well as my trusty Fujifilm X30 compact camera. On paper and in practice it is technically inferior. BUT...I still prefer using it and I prefer the images that I get with it . Cheers Ian.
Hi Hugh, thank you for yet another very informative and thought provoking topic. Amongst your other videos, I do like the 'I'm not doing it' video.
I think that the used market aspect is highly relevant. Amongst my cameras are a Sony A7ii, A7rII and a Panasonic GX9 - none of them are the latest versions but I'm more than happy with the images - what more do I need, especially when I can rent the 'specials'.
However, there is one aspect of your this video that, amongst others, I find intriguing. If the camera industry has moved, granted over some time, from large format to medium format to 35mm full frame. Does it imply that the future is Micro Four Thirds? Smaller, feature packed, and if they can improve the sensors, great image quality. Henri Cartier-Bresson may still have his say.
Thank you for your content. I look forward to your insights.
Great content, and I have to say you are lit beautifully.
Refreshing... I have a Olympus stylus 1s which is a 28 to 300 mm eq with a constant aperture of f/2.8 and I use it a lot because of its flexibility. And it cover my need.
I also have my Xe1 paired with a Minolta 1.4 for family memories and it's absolutely stunning.
And obviously the story and the feelings with a photos is more important Than megapixel. At the end of the day it's just a tool.
Thanks for this really refreshing video and the different perspective you put in it. It's in the same spirit than Mattias Burling series of forgotten cameras.
I currently enjoy my OMD1M3, usually with the 17/1.8 which I'm growing to love, but I think sometimes I have too many lenses. Your Q2 video inspired me . I've always lusted after the colours and clarity of Leica lenses. I'm looking at something light and capable to take on a world trip in 2025 (UK, France, Iceland, maybe Alaska and maybe Machu Picchu, we'll see). The Q2 would fit the bill nicely, albeit whilst creating a bill of it's own....but the rx100/7 is so much more pocketable (and has a flash)....aaaarrrrrgh!
Started my proper shooting with the S90. It’s a great little camera. A bit too little. I also really enjoyed the camera I moved to from that, the Olympus XZ-1.
Hugh is right....buy used from a company like KEH or a local Camera Dealer. I bought a used Sony a7iii with less than 2600 shutter count and decided to spend the money on new glass. He has shown me that I should use my Canon Powershot G7X Mark II a bit more to see if it can do what I need it to do. After all, I am not a Pro, don't shoot video, capture landscape and cityscape, so, this compact camera would probably do what I need. I do shoot film on my Pentax K1000 also.
While curating some photos from some years ago, I noticed that I had to actually look at my exif data to sort out vacation photos taken with both a Canon point and shoot and my (then: new) Canon 5D, which was an interesting revelation....I lugged my full frame camera and a bag of lenses around Italy. I'll do it different next time. Great video.
So interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Great video as usual. I just bought a second Leica CL. Becky will not be giving me back my old one…
My first DSLR was a Canon 40d, 10 whole megapixels and I made some of my favorite images with it :D.
The LX100 II is cropping into the mFT sensor, so it is not equivalent to F5.6 at the long end.
In terms of dynamic range, my Canon G5X II has a better dynamic as my mFT gear. Also the noise is lower, because there is an base ISO of 125 instead of the 200 at mFT.
Inpurchased this little camera two years ago, it makes my mFT setting obsolete and I don’t even think about taking my A7rIII with me. It’s just gorgeous.
This inspired me to pull my old Powershot A630 from a box in my closet. Thanks!
Glad to be of service. 😊🖖🏻
Suggestion for Ep 3: adapted vintage glass!
My Canon G9X has served me well in circumstances where a DSLR is just not an option. Think Cuba in 2016 [the authorities had issues with DSLR's] or our annual tandem bicycle tour in the San Juan Islands [no room for the DSLR kit]. Call me "old school," but I prefer the feel of a camera to my Samsung 20FE when I care to be "serious" about capturing an image.
whats the smallest and lightest way I can get full frame F3.5 on to a gimbal - its the sony A7C.
If that camera had a front dial and brighter rear screen it would be all I need.
Hi Hugh, could you kindly provide a link to Episode 1 of your Budget Gourmet series, I just could not locate it labeled as such in scrolling through all of your videos on your home page screen. Thank you!
Here you go! czcams.com/video/8fKZMcOfS4s/video.html
What do you recommend (besides Leica) in a small digital rangefinder with interchangeable lenses?
Rangefinder STYLE? FujiFilm X-E4.
Brilliantly said with great examples. I believe though that the laws of optics are here to stay, smart phones improvements or not, mirrorless cameras will also benefit, actually be at the forefront of these technological advances. For sports, let say car racing - have no clue why that one came up first - a Sony a1 Mk II with a 400mm f/2.8, or for a bird photographer specialized in warblers, will always need a 600mm f/4 with a converter, or maybe the lens will have become a f/2.8 by then, but as you so well said, for the majority of people, know your needs, the real ones, and buy accordingly. I have seen a Canon sensor development that people wouldn't believe, something that would make the one inside the a7S III look like blind in the dark, it was seeing at night like daylight with more megapixel you would dream of. With AI and face recognition that you would think that you're in a Matrix World. History often repeats itself, but not necessarily in a linear way, or exactly the same way.
Ha ha! Beer budget Mr Leica? Just kidding ;-)
Get a good compact camera that shoots raw and that is in the profile roster for DxO PureRAW. Run your RAW images through PureRAW, and you'll find your compact camera images punch well above their weight class. I have a ton of photos taken with a Canon G9 (for which PureRAW has a profile, PureRAW will not work on photos taken with camera/lens combos or fixed-lens cameras for which there is no profile, and they have something like 6,000 profiles). I've been running them through PureRAW, and I would almost say I needn't have purchased a Sony A7R II (but I still enjoy my Sony and it's far more flexible with its battery of great Sigma lenses).
"Hughbonus" Hilarious! You should keep it.
I just bought a Sony RX100iii because I got annoyed that when Google updates their camera app, they sometimes take away control (white balance, for example) and move features around and stuff. The buttons on my Sony will never move and its firmware is pretty much done
Decisions decisions... Do I take the Canon G16, Canon S120, Lumix TZ90 ?
I generally packed just about everything that I own (compacts, mirrorless and dslrs), but take a majority of shots on the TZ90, G16 and my mobile ... hmmm
The S120 stays in my daily work to walk bag.
Guau, your pictures sounds so good!!😉
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Been using KEH for years with good success... no more eBay for me... too many trolls, liars, look & return artists.
Hi Hugh. Have you ever reviewed Ricoh GR III? I've been searching on your channel and I think you haven't... Have you ever tried it? If yes, which is your opinion? If not, would it be possible that you review that camera?
I am a "compact" (understanding the compact term as non-interchangeable lens) cameras guy. I currently own a Sony RX10 IV and a Sony RX100 V, but I've been considering replacing the RX100 by a Ricoh GR III for a long time... So your opinion would be highly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.
I have not. Not top of mind, but maybe someday…
Maybe of interest to you:
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With the RX100V focus, you don't want to use the GR III
6:28 and 7:05 are my favourites! Do you use sun locator or similar apps for that photos?
I do on occasion plan using Sun Seeker, but after all these years I basically know when and where I wanr to shoot. Then again, when I want to shoot and when I CAN shoot are sometimes different things. 😊🖖🏻
@@3BMEP thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it.
Canon G7x mkii is a sleeper, esp for street. It's a discreet beast.
Best choice beside Ricoh GR III and a smartphone!
Love my Pentax Q with a d mount yashica 1.4…
BTW Hugh would have been great in the matrix movies, as the creator of the matrix …his speech patterns would be spot on…👍
Even though my main camera is a Sony a7riii, I still can’t let go of my trusty Panasonic GX9 and Pana-Leica primes (15, 25, 42.5). But I also have a new iPhone 12 Pro max, so despite the compact M43 form factor and magnificent glass, it’s becoming harder and harder to justify keeping so much extra gear. I really, really keep hoping all of the camera companies, especially Panasonic, will dig deeper into computational imagery and offer more software upgrades - it seems like such a waste of potential.
I SO hear you!
@@3BMEP - there was some buzz a while back about Sony’s new ‘stacked’ MFT 21MP sensor. A new line of super fast mini cameras could be a game changer…or not. Maybe I’ll hold on to my good glass for just a little while longer 🤓
I like that idea!
You didn't mention the Ricoh GRIII 😯
Dont use my Sony RX100 II enough since I bought a Fuji X-T2 then the X-T4.
What about a Nikon1 j5 ?
Ricoh GR / Canon GX / Sony RX are the best compact camera series.
I really loved and hated this video!!
I loved it because I enjoy people using older cameras and still getting beautiful pictures!!
I hate this video because it always seems when a CZcams channel gives a good review on an older camera the used price goes up IF you can find the camera.
I will say cell phones or compact cameras dont draw attention from the public.
Best of luck in your photography journey!
Duane
Ha!
For street photography I only use my smartphone for everyday usage or a compact camera for planned photowalks. 95% of my keepers have been shot with the smartphone.
Delighted it works for you!
That 47 megapixel, Leica...has a very nice bad boy camera strap! Do you have a source for this, sir? btw, love this new series!
Rock n Roll straps - nice guy, too!
@@3BMEP Thank you, sir! I will mention your name!
suggestion for Budget Gourmets Episode 3, a camera that fits exactly in the middle of the point & shoots of today and the bigger yet still compact X-T2 of the first episode : the original Fuji X100. I can find it for about 200€ in France, incredible value for money.
While we're at it, you can also check the Fuji X10 and X20 (that have been completely forgotten despite having killer integrated lenses, and an optical viewfinder at a vrey small size & price, I can find an X10 for like 100€ second hand), as well as the X-T1 which is basically a much cheaper version of the X-T2 while retaining almost all the features that makes the X-T2 good
with that said, very enjoyable video !
Great suggestions 👍🏻
The Fuji X10 / X20 is probably more camera than most of us will ever really need.
And don’t forget the Fuji X70, amazing little aps-c camera!
@@Acomyztly Fixed focal length, though - falls outside of Hugh Brownstone's criteria. Nice camera, of course.
@@urbanimage same thing for the X100 tho, doesn't make it a worse camera for me. The only real downside of the X70 is the lack of viewfinder which can be a pain sometimes, especially in sunny weather
I own and grab an image from time to time using a Fuji 140, a Sony 20 meg point and shoot 2/3 the size of a pack of cigarettes. My favorite, an Olympus 810. I bought a brand new Olympus TG 6. Not because it is water proof, shock resistant ad fit proof. No, it fits in my pocket and 12 megapixels is enough. And I have a screw-on telephoto too. But, I’m partial to Olympus so…
Oh! Forgot this, how about a tiny 12 megapixel,
Interchangeable, multi lens system camera that shoots video (sort of) that fits in a shirt pocket.
Pentax Q.
I’m intrigued by an ILC version of these small cameras!
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Hi, dear. Would like collabs and do a video about budget lens.
5:08 Instagram never was a true photo sharing platform.
Are you trying to sound like Jeff Goldblum?
It takes all the energy I have to be myself!
Wow! This must have been scripted Hugh!
Almost always is!