Thanks for the shout out and the kind words Jordan! I'm a big fan of this show and all of you. Chris I've always connected with your disdain of 35mm, 28mm for the win, miss you pal! Joran, I really enjoyed your street shots from Japan, also I'll be visiting Japan in a few months and I'd love to point at fruit and have it be masterfully made into a cocktail. Gonna need a name drop of the bar. Cheers guys!
Having Jordan back is like having your Dad come home ten years after he abandoned the family and ran off with the school dinner lady. Missed you Jordan!
Tokyo Summit must've been amazing. I was so close to visiting Japan at one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to visit Asia. All the best!
I keep nearly everything I shoot. The worst to the best. Everything is chronological on backup drives straight from the card, then I copy my favorites to another drive. Then I copy the ones I want to edit to my ssd, then save them to yet another folder on my favorite drive. Then I periodically backup my favorite drive. You never know when somebody might lose everything in a fire or something. My brother in-law recently committed suicide shortly after his Facebook got hacked. His mom asked if I had any pictures of him cause she could no longer find any of decent quality. I didn't think I did. Turns out i do, they're just slightly out of focus, or the composition isn't quite there or the lighting wasn't ideal. None of which matters to her.
Watching you guys read that OM systems promo with a straight face… I hope OM appreciates the legit promotion they are getting. No other podcast is taking that camera seriously
Really enjoy these podcasts. Keep it up! I wanna hear more stories about you guys rubbing elbows with industry people and what secrets you know. Suggestion for future episodes: Cover which camera company has the best app!
yo, thanks so much for the shoutout Chris!! And my condolences for having to say the words 'Tammy Trashbags' out loud on the internet on a proper podcast lmao For anyone else reading who might be frustrated by their stale environs let me just add some context - I'm agoraphobic, and only very very slowly expanding the area in which I feel comfortable outside. I walk very similar routes every day. I guess what you learn doing this is that nowhere stays the same - light touches & transforms everything - and we're actually pretty bad at truly knowing our surroundings. We think we know a place just because we've been there for weeks, months, even years; but I notice new details, entire new buildings, angles and interactions between city & nature every week. Familiarity can make us complacent, replacing what's really around us with the rough sketches of memory - stuff that might be useful for getting from one place to another, but that doesn't tell us anything about the actual beauty & lifeblood of a place. Photography has been a gift for reminding me how to see. I understand the desire to go new places (a town or city an hour away on the train seems far-off, exciting & exotic to me!!), but if we're 'stuck' somewhere (town or country) we may as well show it the respect of greeting it with fresh eyes every day. I've found it'll often reward us with something surprising or beautiful.
Thank you for the insight on how you deal with the ton of image situation! Sounds really scary what Jordan and Chris says, but I'll try it for my next couple of shoots. I guess my mindset is similar to Jaron's :D
That Kodak dual-lens compact camera was actually pretty sick as well. I borrowed my mum's one for my first year living in Japan. This was long before I ever got into photography as a hobby, but I was never disappointed with the images from that thing.
After all of Chris' 35mm hate, I'd like to see him use the X100VI with the wide converter (and tele, for that matter) when he and Jordan get their copy. I wonder if a 27mm X100 would finally fully win him over
1:06:23 Thanks guys! Those are good points I completely forgot to keep in mind, how the processing behind the light gathering procedure can differ from camera to camera. Interesting!
@@POVwithRC interesting, I had no idea that TG was popular in NA in the Clarkson years. I thought maybe the LeBlanc and years it may have been more popular there.
HDR generally doesnt get diplayed as most displays are 8bit. Even if you have content in 14bit you will most likely see an 8bit selection of those 14bit. The exception is 10bit hdr monitors but even those dont show you the full 14bit range. The benefit of having content with 14 bit is that we can bring down highlights and up shadows to the visible 8bit range.
Hey, maybe a fun question to answer: what's (for each of you) your favorite 'bad' lens? A lens for videography that breathes terribly, a incredibly flawed photographic lens, an oddball eccentric lens that is for a mount that may not be used anymore, etc
Ok, let’s talk last meal, you guy’s are sad. LAST MEAL!!! Starter: Small Antipasto plate (not too big) and a good California Sauvignon Blanc. Soup: French Onion Soup paired with another good California Pino Grigio. Main: Filet Mignon with a wonderful red wine sauce (shallots, wine, butter, lemon juice, crushed anchovies, thyme & parsley. And side of brussel sprouts , and roasted cauliflower. With the best French Bordeaux you can get. Cheese: Aged Gouda with Dow Sherry Cigar: Rocky Patel Decade with Springbank 15 year old scotch. Finally: A fine glass of Prosecco to celebrate a good life & fine last meal!
Disagree about the AF on the VI. Using the VI for last two days, I find it performs equal to the V and in line with its design concept. This is not a sports camera. Stills and video focus works perfectly well. The subject tracking works great. IBIS is game changing on this platform.
Anybody interested: What would your last meal be if you were on death row? Mine: Steak and, broccoli, potatoes & gravy, and red wine-for dessert chocolate cake. That’s my comfort food. Yours? If interested leave your answer below-if not then it’s all good-I enjoyed watching this podcast. ❤
1:22:40 I used to be the worst. I couldn't pick photos so I kept nearly all. But since I shoot sports, the sheer number of images taught me and now I'm pretty ruthless. During a 90min football game I shoot ~5,000 photos. I have shot at least a million photos with Canon R6 so you have to delete most or you won't find anything later on. In my primary collection I keep 2-4% of photos. Since cloud storage is so cheap (1€ / 1TB), I store photos there that didn't make it to the primary collection, but made through the initial culling.My image viewing program has a configured lag of 50ms between showing photos so there's no time to think; I'm with Chris (1:26:20): I do it by feel. Important note: I choose the photos that I keep, not the ones that I delete. Inaction means delete during the long slideshow. During the initial culling I review ~4,000 photos / hour.
@@professionalpotato4764 I use AWS but that's just because I was and am reasonably familiar with it (I use it at work). At least when I last checked AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive (my choice for storing photos that didn't make it to primary collection) is priced about the same as Google Cloud's Archive Storage.
I still keep everything. I dont even touch the raws before sorting, storing and copying them. I have the picked ones in a different folder so I can look at just them. The only real drawback is storage and storage is cheap. Even portable ssds arent that expensive anymore.
@@professionalpotato4764 AWS. It's only because I was already familiar with it. At least back then Google Cloud offered a similar service and the price was about the same.
Gents from Alberta how could you not choose your last meal to be a 60oz Porterhouse grilled to perfection!!!! Also, lots of hype around the X100VI.....I think my Zf with a lens like the 26mm is a better combo for not too much different of a price. Also, still loving my Zeiss ZX1...yes a 35mm, but the lens on that thing is wowza....
Thanks for that great show you put on! Here is a question for Tech Support: How does EV compensation works behind the scene. When I look at the aperture or the diaphragme openig or the ISO they seam to stay the same. If I increase the EV by say 2 stops do I just boost the signal? And does that generate noises? Finally, could I use reduced EV instead using ND filter for example?
Last meal? Fish and chips, Cod in batter and fresh potatoes, not frozen obviously, and all deep fried from a quality chip shop. with tomato sauce, salt and vinegar with a lemon slice to dribble over the fish. Served piping hot in a cardboard takeaway box with a plastic fork and serviette. Next thing to heaven [in so many ways].
Jaron out here with an actually interesting taste in anime - very refreshing. Have you seen the original Trigun series too? If so, how do you think they compare? I've got a lot of love for the original, which has made me apprehensive about starting Stampede 😄
I have not finished the original yet, but I will. From the few episodes I have seen of it though, it's very different from Stampede. Pacing especially.
@@PetaPixelYeah it's a very 90s anime, especially in terms of pacing 😅 Most shows these days rework that to more modern tastes, though the new remake of Urusei Yatsura is like a proper throwback to the 80s/90s anime - has the same art style, insane plot, and pacing; but with beautiful modern animation 🤩
With respect to Sigma, I think their goal is to say to Sony and Nikon and Fuji and OM and Panasonic that they have the engineering chops to OEM amazing glass for all of them. Being that sort of trusted specialist is a good place to be. Their high end releases are reference designs they can sell and manufacture for other brands under contract.
People seem to love the x100 but I would definitely prefer an updated x pro instead. I have to agree with Chris as I'm not a fan of 35mm, I can pretty much count the number of shots I have over the last 25 years at 35mm on one hand.
Yes 40MP makes the crop modes more relevant, but at 50MM equivalent you're already looking at a sensor size similar to m4/3. For someone like me who would never use anything much wider than 45MM equivalent, the converter makes sense. I wish they offered a version of it with a 30MM lens natively.
@@seth094978 The converters really ruin the feel, portability and aesthetic of the camera. I got one for my X100F and used it like 2x because it becomes kind of an absurd camera with them mounted. You end up with a smaller and better combo just using compact mirrorless body with a smaller prime lens. I shot m4/3 for a while and saying it's like a full resolution m4/3 sensor at 50mm sound like a big positive rather than a con.
Love your videos and podcasts, even the ones that are not relevant to me. Big thanks to all of you. I am a Canon R5 hobbyist shooter and I am a member of the possibly growing community who gets increasingly frustrated with the R mount lens lineup. I am really not impressed with that super slow 200-800 lens that everybody seems so excited about. I‘d really love to see an RF 600 f/5.6 DO with built in 1.4 converter. Such a lens - provided it delivers good performance - could be an answer to Nikon‘s 600 f/6.3 and would kick Canon to the front row again. I am a bit jealous with Nikon shooters for their superb choice of glass for wildlife. I wonder how you guys feel about this, am I totally off track or do I have a point?
The AF not keeping up with objects coming towards the camera might very well be due to the slow sensor readout. If the lens can move the focus group from MFD to infinity in 1/2 of a second (I assume it should be even faster), it certainly can keep up with the speed of a bike coming towards the camera. I've had the same with my Sony A7R V + 200-600mm lens (focus point spot on, but actual focus not where the point showed it) and I knew even back then that the lens was capable of keeping up and it's "proven" that by working beautifully on my subsequently purchased A1. And the A7R V also has an abysmal RS.
"When I use this it makes me happy" Aww, thats a cute statement. Can you guys look into the DUVO handheld lenses from Fujinon? They look like the b4 TV zoom lenses we have all be waiting for since 2012.
Based on Jaron’s depiction of the meetings with the various bigwigs at the trade show, I even more than before think I made the right decision switching from Canon to OM System.
Sigma should take the lead and introduce a macro for mirrorless in the 180mm - 200mm range for both APC and full frame. Macro photographers who work in nature with insects and other difficult to approach subjects would welcome a macro lens that provides more working distance. This same group of photographers often use a tripod and need working distance to avoid disturbing the subject or surrounding area. I’m still using an old Canon 180 macro with a Fringer adaptor on my Fuji XT-5. It’s a big and heavy rig but there currently are no modern options. A tele extender on a shorter macro just isn’t the same.
I love the upmarket moves being made by third-party lens makers. Viltrox is another one who is trying to go high-end. Their recent Pro 75mm and 27mm are a marked step up from their initial budget offerings. They've confirmed loftier lenses are on the roadmap for this year ("Lab" grade lenses). They're also remarkably candid in interviews when talking about market strategy, design, and roadmapping. So between them and Sigma, it's a good time to be in this space.
46:10 As a Fuji user myself it feels like they do have some pride to swallow. Not only with GFX and leaf shutters, but also with the X-trans sensors. The X-trans pattern has outplayed its role long ago and is not just unnecessary on 40mp, but also assumingly wastes more processing power and battery life. The only reason customers swallow the X-trans thing is because they think that's what's responsible for Fuji's color rendition, when GFX proves that it isn't.
To me, the 24-50 2.8 is for people like me (if I was a Sony shooter). I would be concerned about the frame reduction of 3rd party lenses if I were to upgrade to an a1 or a9 iii, or even want future proofing for if a potential a7V comes out with increased frame rates. I think most people would be better served by the sigma 24-70 or tamron 28-75, but I would appreciate that lens to hold me over for when I would eventually upgrade.
While I don't "hate" the X100VI, I will admit that I don't quite understand what all the hype is about. I mean, other than the hybrid viewfinder, is there ANYTHING this camera does that other Fuji cameras don't do?...or at least do anything better? Is it not just a less useful XT camera? I'm not trying to be snarky here...I really don't get the hype.
I shoot X-T as well, and I'm not on the X100 hype train either, but I get it. The promise of an tightly integrated package with professional-level IQ is very appealing, especially to casuals and hobbyists. The integrated lens means it's smaller, less hassle, and more pocketable than an equivalent ILC + lens combo (there is no equivalent 27mm lens from Fuji or any third-party manufacturer, for that matter). Integrated ND filters are super handy and play into the all-in-one aspect. The X100VI is also the most compact IBIS-enabled camera to date from Fuji. And you basically still get all the features of the flagships for that generation. It's like buying a Playstation over a gaming computer. Or like iPhone over Android. They each appeal to different types of people, and neither are inherently better because they're just different enough.
With the Panasonic superzoom, Pansonic need new smaller, less expensive camera to fit it. frankly I would like to see this sort of use case covered by a revised, compact MFT camera.
The Fuji looks great now and if it wasn’t for the fact that I have other nice cameras around the 35mm equivalent focal length, I would buy one. I actually prefer a 40mm equivalent but 35mm is so versatile. I have a couple of 24 and 28mm lenses and even on the Leica Q2, I just can’t get excited by this focal length. For what I want 24 and 28mm lenses are too wide most of the time. I’d buy a Sony A7C with a 35mm Sigma Contemporary lens, or a used Sony 35mm f1.8. Or a M4/3 body. Less pleasing to the eye but these alternatives are competent with reasonably compact 35 or 40mm equivalent lenses available that can be swapped out for alternatives.
I don’t think I’d want an X100 camera as an only camera but I think the X100VI will compliment my X-S20. Really interested in the touch tracking in video once it comes out. Waiting on my preorder. Chris should have just shot 50mm crop mode on it since he hates 35 😂
I preordered the X100VI on February 20. I didn’t buy the F. The V was selling for a premium and I thought that was nuts for a used camera. I ordered the V but the store wasn’t able to fulfill the order. So sad. I preordered from B&H. I used the store’s credit card and will save the 11% sales tax in Seattle. I wanted to buy locally but the $170 savings is irresistible. I want the IBIS. 40MP is OK but not a feature I really want. With the TCL I might crop to 70mm with 15MP or more. I love the 35mm POV. Not as small and lightweight as the GR it is still small enough to put in a jacket pocket. I do video clips so I’m looking forward to trying this out. Fuji, why do you insist on using the 2.5mm audio jac? Boo! I loose the dongle all the time. I tried the GRiiiX but it doesn’t focus at all. I tried snap and touch the screen to focus then shoot with no joy. I reset the camera X2 also no joy. It is now a paperweight. The salespeople at the local store don’t use this camera and haven’t been able to help me. I had been hoping Panasonic would release a new GX body with PDAF. So far no rumors to that effect. Please, please, please Panasonic include an audio jac! Mask On Nurse Marty(Ret)
So my current workflow, which isn't ideal (am trying some culling software to help simplify the duplicates). I go through and rate the photos in lightroom, via star, but rejecting anything that missed focus (unless its an exceptional one like my parent's labrador sneezing and I got focus on the nose not the eye). Then I go through the rating, moving down from 5* downwards, rejecting anything that doesn't "spark joy" (its an oversimplification, but if a photo doesn't make me happy, its being junked). Everything thats rejected without a star rating, is deleted, everything that's got a star rating but rejected is exported to the rejected library/folder (I use creative cloud lightroom), and anything thats picked, remains in the CC library... I do not like deleting data, it gives me anxiety, and also I did loose a lot of photos due to a nasty interaction between an aperture library and dropbox (I was young and inexperienced)... so I don't reuse SD cards (I only use type 1 cards, and they're pretty darn cheap)... and each camera has its own sd card... I'm probably going through ~64gb of sd card per quarter (although if I do a video project, thats obvs going to be blown out of the water, and I try to use separate sd cards for those projects). Its not perfect, and its wasteful, but its how I handle my anxiety...
Thank you for another entertaining episode. Question to Jordan: Can you give a link or a more specific name of the photobook on the pandemic in the canadian health system? I did not find anything on this.
I don't think they should, CMOS is still behind film when it comes to compelling colors and transitions between those colors due to how the color filter array works
I would love to see a sigma 50-150 aps-c sibling to the 18-50… at a related size… I love my tamron 70-180, but it’s got the nickname of “spawn of chonky boi” (chonky boi is my sigma 100-400) in my lens collection… But my sigma 18-50 is a wonder…
I've owned many Fuji cameras (the latest being the X-S20 which is fantastic in almost every way) but I find their modern Jpegs a bit "meh" - and since Fuji's whole identity is Jpeg focused, it feels insane to say that but, for me, I've always prefered the Jpegs I get from my Canon 6D. They have a richness to them and a sparkle in the highlights that I just can't get in my recent Fuji bodies. I'm desperate to love Fuji Jpegs because I want to shoot APS-C over FF really badly, plus I HATE post processing but those old 6D images are magic. What's most frustrating is that I know Fuji can do magical jpegs because they've done it before. My X70 took the most wonderful pictures straight out of camera but since then Fuji Jpegs have gone flatter and duller and cooler and whatever I try, I can't find that X-Trans 2 look. The trouble is those X-trans 2 bodies are really slow compared to a DSLR like the 6D and have awful battery life. So PLEASE Fuji give us a modern mirrorless body with the Jpeg style of the X-Trans 2 sensor and I will buy it immediately!
What's funny is that when the x100v was out, literally EVERYONE pronounced it the "vee" now it's funny to watch people awkwardly stumble through calling it the 5. Also anyone else have an issue with it being x100 - ending in a number, followed by a Roman numeral? Either way, I want one just not for $1600.
The 24-50mm f 2.8 means you dont need 3 or four primes and a standard Zoom, its huge saving. What I think you are missing is lenses, they are very, very expensive, If this is your Hobby, most people will only afford two or three accessory lenses ever, Personally like jordan the 20-40 2.8 is better range, because you dont need a wide now either, add in a 100 2.8 Macro and 150-600 telle, and you are done, there is your amaterur / hobiest holly trinity.
WE WANT Fuji X-S20 vs Sony A6700 vs Canon R7.
AND WE WANT IT NOW
I have the R7 and it sucks ...
I have the R7 and it doesn’t suck.
@@BlendyStick Good for you!
Thanks for the shout out and the kind words Jordan! I'm a big fan of this show and all of you. Chris I've always connected with your disdain of 35mm, 28mm for the win, miss you pal! Joran, I really enjoyed your street shots from Japan, also I'll be visiting Japan in a few months and I'd love to point at fruit and have it be masterfully made into a cocktail. Gonna need a name drop of the bar. Cheers guys!
Miss you too Behrad! Congrats on the awesome podcast!
Having Jordan back is like having your Dad come home ten years after he abandoned the family and ran off with the school dinner lady.
Missed you Jordan!
That’s dark lol.
I want to see the dinner lady.
@@SamandSteve you don't
@@fred4859 true. I'm not sure how and why we got there...
@@bingbong4848 lol well it’s too late to get off the ride now .
Tokyo Summit must've been amazing. I was so close to visiting Japan at one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to visit Asia. All the best!
Dear diary...
This podcast is quickly becoming one of my favorites on CZcams! Great job Chris, Jordan, and Jaron!
Hearing GxAce get mentioned was a total mental flashbang. Absolutely phenomenal work
Guys. Bring back Unsung Cameras of Yesteryear ASAP
I keep nearly everything I shoot. The worst to the best. Everything is chronological on backup drives straight from the card, then I copy my favorites to another drive. Then I copy the ones I want to edit to my ssd, then save them to yet another folder on my favorite drive. Then I periodically backup my favorite drive. You never know when somebody might lose everything in a fire or something. My brother in-law recently committed suicide shortly after his Facebook got hacked. His mom asked if I had any pictures of him cause she could no longer find any of decent quality. I didn't think I did. Turns out i do, they're just slightly out of focus, or the composition isn't quite there or the lighting wasn't ideal. None of which matters to her.
I definitely want to hear more about ISO invariance
Watching you guys read that OM systems promo with a straight face… I hope OM appreciates the legit promotion they are getting. No other podcast is taking that camera seriously
Thanks guys!
Yes GxAce in the pod please!!
Really enjoy these podcasts. Keep it up! I wanna hear more stories about you guys rubbing elbows with industry people and what secrets you know. Suggestion for future episodes: Cover which camera company has the best app!
yo, thanks so much for the shoutout Chris!! And my condolences for having to say the words 'Tammy Trashbags' out loud on the internet on a proper podcast lmao
For anyone else reading who might be frustrated by their stale environs let me just add some context - I'm agoraphobic, and only very very slowly expanding the area in which I feel comfortable outside. I walk very similar routes every day. I guess what you learn doing this is that nowhere stays the same - light touches & transforms everything - and we're actually pretty bad at truly knowing our surroundings. We think we know a place just because we've been there for weeks, months, even years; but I notice new details, entire new buildings, angles and interactions between city & nature every week. Familiarity can make us complacent, replacing what's really around us with the rough sketches of memory - stuff that might be useful for getting from one place to another, but that doesn't tell us anything about the actual beauty & lifeblood of a place.
Photography has been a gift for reminding me how to see. I understand the desire to go new places (a town or city an hour away on the train seems far-off, exciting & exotic to me!!), but if we're 'stuck' somewhere (town or country) we may as well show it the respect of greeting it with fresh eyes every day. I've found it'll often reward us with something surprising or beautiful.
I'm so happy to see that Jaron is a fellow guardian!!!
Eyes up.
Thank you for the insight on how you deal with the ton of image situation! Sounds really scary what Jordan and Chris says, but I'll try it for my next couple of shoots. I guess my mindset is similar to Jaron's :D
Waiting for a6700 vs xs20.....
Absolutely do a review of the Tamron 20-40mm! That's such a cool lens and is rather affordable and portable.
I really like it.
20:30 Yup, Jeroen, one-fourth of a second, or, as I was taught as a kid in the 70s: one quarter of a second. 😁
That Kodak dual-lens compact camera was actually pretty sick as well. I borrowed my mum's one for my first year living in Japan. This was long before I ever got into photography as a hobby, but I was never disappointed with the images from that thing.
After all of Chris' 35mm hate, I'd like to see him use the X100VI with the wide converter (and tele, for that matter) when he and Jordan get their copy. I wonder if a 27mm X100 would finally fully win him over
I absolutely enjoy Jaron's nerdiness.
1:06:23 Thanks guys! Those are good points I completely forgot to keep in mind, how the processing behind the light gathering procedure can differ from camera to camera. Interesting!
these three are like the camera equivalent of Clarkson Hammond and May
Haha who's who? I reckon Jaron=May, Chris=Hammond, Jordan=Clarkson. Not sure how many of our North American friends will get the reference though 😊
@@bingbong4848Every American Friend would get the reference. UKTG was the only TG. And the only TG we acknowledge had those three.
Only without the beer bellies.
Nooooo! One of those three had many negative traits none of which could be attributed to the PP trio 😂
@@POVwithRC interesting, I had no idea that TG was popular in NA in the Clarkson years. I thought maybe the LeBlanc and years it may have been more popular there.
HDR generally doesnt get diplayed as most displays are 8bit. Even if you have content in 14bit you will most likely see an 8bit selection of those 14bit. The exception is 10bit hdr monitors but even those dont show you the full 14bit range. The benefit of having content with 14 bit is that we can bring down highlights and up shadows to the visible 8bit range.
Heard it here first, if you need weatherproof, get OM!
Hey, maybe a fun question to answer: what's (for each of you) your favorite 'bad' lens? A lens for videography that breathes terribly, a incredibly flawed photographic lens, an oddball eccentric lens that is for a mount that may not be used anymore, etc
Ok, let’s talk last meal, you guy’s are sad.
LAST MEAL!!!
Starter: Small Antipasto plate (not too big) and a good California Sauvignon Blanc.
Soup: French Onion Soup paired with another good California Pino Grigio.
Main: Filet Mignon with a wonderful red wine sauce (shallots, wine, butter, lemon juice, crushed anchovies, thyme & parsley. And side of brussel sprouts , and roasted cauliflower. With the best French Bordeaux you can get.
Cheese: Aged Gouda with Dow Sherry
Cigar: Rocky Patel Decade with Springbank 15 year old scotch.
Finally: A fine glass of Prosecco to celebrate a good life & fine last meal!
Disagree about the AF on the VI. Using the VI for last two days, I find it performs equal to the V and in line with its design concept. This is not a sports camera. Stills and video focus works perfectly well. The subject tracking works great. IBIS is game changing on this platform.
Sigma Medium Format (GFX) would be awesome!! Please, please!!
Chris, I'm with ya brother! Give me a 24,28,40,50mm.. nuts to 35mm 😅
Anybody interested: What would your last meal be if you were on death row?
Mine: Steak and, broccoli, potatoes & gravy, and red wine-for dessert chocolate cake. That’s my comfort food. Yours?
If interested leave your answer below-if not then it’s all good-I enjoyed watching this podcast. ❤
1:22:40 I used to be the worst. I couldn't pick photos so I kept nearly all. But since I shoot sports, the sheer number of images taught me and now I'm pretty ruthless. During a 90min football game I shoot ~5,000 photos. I have shot at least a million photos with Canon R6 so you have to delete most or you won't find anything later on. In my primary collection I keep 2-4% of photos. Since cloud storage is so cheap (1€ / 1TB), I store photos there that didn't make it to the primary collection, but made through the initial culling.My image viewing program has a configured lag of 50ms between showing photos so there's no time to think; I'm with Chris (1:26:20): I do it by feel. Important note: I choose the photos that I keep, not the ones that I delete. Inaction means delete during the long slideshow. During the initial culling I review ~4,000 photos / hour.
Which cloud service do you use?
@@professionalpotato4764 I use AWS but that's just because I was and am reasonably familiar with it (I use it at work). At least when I last checked AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive (my choice for storing photos that didn't make it to primary collection) is priced about the same as Google Cloud's Archive Storage.
I still keep everything. I dont even touch the raws before sorting, storing and copying them. I have the picked ones in a different folder so I can look at just them. The only real drawback is storage and storage is cheap. Even portable ssds arent that expensive anymore.
@@professionalpotato4764 AWS. It's only because I was already familiar with it. At least back then Google Cloud offered a similar service and the price was about the same.
Gents from Alberta how could you not choose your last meal to be a 60oz Porterhouse grilled to perfection!!!! Also, lots of hype around the X100VI.....I think my Zf with a lens like the 26mm is a better combo for not too much different of a price. Also, still loving my Zeiss ZX1...yes a 35mm, but the lens on that thing is wowza....
Yes! Petition to get @GxAce on the pod pronto!
That was fun!
Updated crop sensor shootout. OM1II vs G9II vs XH2s/XS20 vs A6700 vs R7 vs Z50
Chris, your answer of Chicken pot pie solidifies that you and I would be great photography friends. It said a lot lol
I’ll eat chicken pot pie with you anytime.
I LOVE gxacehes so inspiring and im so glad you guys gave him a shoutout!
Thanks for that great show you put on! Here is a question for Tech Support: How does EV compensation works behind the scene. When I look at the aperture or the diaphragme openig or the ISO they seam to stay the same. If I increase the EV by say 2 stops do I just boost the signal? And does that generate noises? Finally, could I use reduced EV instead using ND filter for example?
Last meal? Fish and chips, Cod in batter and fresh potatoes, not frozen obviously, and all deep fried from a quality chip shop. with tomato sauce, salt and vinegar with a lemon slice to dribble over the fish. Served piping hot in a cardboard takeaway box with a plastic fork and serviette. Next thing to heaven [in so many ways].
Oh good fish and chips, like really good ones for England or Ireland would be right up there for me too.
Jaron out here with an actually interesting taste in anime - very refreshing. Have you seen the original Trigun series too? If so, how do you think they compare? I've got a lot of love for the original, which has made me apprehensive about starting Stampede 😄
I have not finished the original yet, but I will. From the few episodes I have seen of it though, it's very different from Stampede. Pacing especially.
@@PetaPixelYeah it's a very 90s anime, especially in terms of pacing 😅 Most shows these days rework that to more modern tastes, though the new remake of Urusei Yatsura is like a proper throwback to the 80s/90s anime - has the same art style, insane plot, and pacing; but with beautiful modern animation 🤩
in US the price of x100v increased by 200 USD, but in Japan the price went up from 182000 to 280000 JPY, a whopping 55%.
Hope Chris is using Noctua fans in that Fractal Design Terra case.
I am in fact using a Noctua as the main fan for the AIO. So far so good!
With respect to Sigma, I think their goal is to say to Sony and Nikon and Fuji and OM and Panasonic that they have the engineering chops to OEM amazing glass for all of them. Being that sort of trusted specialist is a good place to be.
Their high end releases are reference designs they can sell and manufacture for other brands under contract.
@mipmipmipmipmip Leica is OEMing glass for Nikon and Fuji and OM and Sony? Had no idea fam.
Excellent episode fellas. Would love to jump on sometime
Oh bro! We’d love to have you on. It was great to meet you for the first time in San Jose. Thanks for letting me take a picture of you!
@@niccollsvideo it was an absolute pleasure and honour for me so no worries at all. Let's schedule it some time👏🏿
People seem to love the x100 but I would definitely prefer an updated x pro instead. I have to agree with Chris as I'm not a fan of 35mm, I can pretty much count the number of shots I have over the last 25 years at 35mm on one hand.
Now I'm wondering where Jaron got the sushi bowl since I'm heading to Tokyo in April.
Maguro to Shari, they have two locations in Tokyo! Enjoy! -Jaron
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The nice thing about the X100VI being 40MP makes the crop modes a lot more useful. 20MP at 50mm should make the TC attachment nearly irrelevant.
Yes 40MP makes the crop modes more relevant, but at 50MM equivalent you're already looking at a sensor size similar to m4/3. For someone like me who would never use anything much wider than 45MM equivalent, the converter makes sense. I wish they offered a version of it with a 30MM lens natively.
@@seth094978 The converters really ruin the feel, portability and aesthetic of the camera. I got one for my X100F and used it like 2x because it becomes kind of an absurd camera with them mounted. You end up with a smaller and better combo just using compact mirrorless body with a smaller prime lens. I shot m4/3 for a while and saying it's like a full resolution m4/3 sensor at 50mm sound like a big positive rather than a con.
Love your videos and podcasts, even the ones that are not relevant to me. Big thanks to all of you. I am a Canon R5 hobbyist shooter and I am a member of the possibly growing community who gets increasingly frustrated with the R mount lens lineup. I am really not impressed with that super slow 200-800 lens that everybody seems so excited about. I‘d really love to see an RF 600 f/5.6 DO with built in 1.4 converter. Such a lens - provided it delivers good performance - could be an answer to Nikon‘s 600 f/6.3 and would kick Canon to the front row again. I am a bit jealous with Nikon shooters for their superb choice of glass for wildlife. I wonder how you guys feel about this, am I totally off track or do I have a point?
The AF not keeping up with objects coming towards the camera might very well be due to the slow sensor readout. If the lens can move the focus group from MFD to infinity in 1/2 of a second (I assume it should be even faster), it certainly can keep up with the speed of a bike coming towards the camera.
I've had the same with my Sony A7R V + 200-600mm lens (focus point spot on, but actual focus not where the point showed it) and I knew even back then that the lens was capable of keeping up and it's "proven" that by working beautifully on my subsequently purchased A1. And the A7R V also has an abysmal RS.
"When I use this it makes me happy" Aww, thats a cute statement. Can you guys look into the DUVO handheld lenses from Fujinon? They look like the b4 TV zoom lenses we have all be waiting for since 2012.
Based on Jaron’s depiction of the meetings with the various bigwigs at the trade show, I even more than before think I made the right decision switching from Canon to OM System.
Here for the natto 😂
Sigma should take the lead and introduce a macro for mirrorless in the 180mm - 200mm range for both APC and full frame. Macro photographers who work in nature with insects and other difficult to approach subjects would welcome a macro lens that provides more working distance. This same group of photographers often use a tripod and need working distance to avoid disturbing the subject or surrounding area. I’m still using an old Canon 180 macro with a Fringer adaptor on my Fuji XT-5. It’s a big and heavy rig but there currently are no modern options. A tele extender on a shorter macro just isn’t the same.
I love the upmarket moves being made by third-party lens makers. Viltrox is another one who is trying to go high-end. Their recent Pro 75mm and 27mm are a marked step up from their initial budget offerings. They've confirmed loftier lenses are on the roadmap for this year ("Lab" grade lenses). They're also remarkably candid in interviews when talking about market strategy, design, and roadmapping. So between them and Sigma, it's a good time to be in this space.
Love the sexy green Terra case in the background 😀
**rushes to the Fuji bit, after tripping over my faux leopardskin rug**
46:10 As a Fuji user myself it feels like they do have some pride to swallow. Not only with GFX and leaf shutters, but also with the X-trans sensors. The X-trans pattern has outplayed its role long ago and is not just unnecessary on 40mp, but also assumingly wastes more processing power and battery life. The only reason customers swallow the X-trans thing is because they think that's what's responsible for Fuji's color rendition, when GFX proves that it isn't.
For the record: Shogun is great!
To me, the 24-50 2.8 is for people like me (if I was a Sony shooter). I would be concerned about the frame reduction of 3rd party lenses if I were to upgrade to an a1 or a9 iii, or even want future proofing for if a potential a7V comes out with increased frame rates. I think most people would be better served by the sigma 24-70 or tamron 28-75, but I would appreciate that lens to hold me over for when I would eventually upgrade.
While I don't "hate" the X100VI, I will admit that I don't quite understand what all the hype is about. I mean, other than the hybrid viewfinder, is there ANYTHING this camera does that other Fuji cameras don't do?...or at least do anything better? Is it not just a less useful XT camera? I'm not trying to be snarky here...I really don't get the hype.
I shoot X-T as well, and I'm not on the X100 hype train either, but I get it. The promise of an tightly integrated package with professional-level IQ is very appealing, especially to casuals and hobbyists. The integrated lens means it's smaller, less hassle, and more pocketable than an equivalent ILC + lens combo (there is no equivalent 27mm lens from Fuji or any third-party manufacturer, for that matter). Integrated ND filters are super handy and play into the all-in-one aspect. The X100VI is also the most compact IBIS-enabled camera to date from Fuji. And you basically still get all the features of the flagships for that generation.
It's like buying a Playstation over a gaming computer. Or like iPhone over Android. They each appeal to different types of people, and neither are inherently better because they're just different enough.
With the Panasonic superzoom, Pansonic need new smaller, less expensive camera to fit it. frankly I would like to see this sort of use case covered by a revised, compact MFT camera.
Oooo you totally should have Casey on!
Middle ground fuji... I'm with Chris.
I bet if Fuji had replaced that 23mm with a newly reformulated 18mm, Chris woulda pooped himself
Myself and anyone within ten feet of me.
Panasonic 7.1 is fine-ish, lots of people are ok with m4/3 pro lenses at the equivalent of an f8
Is that an ITX Fractal Terra on Chris' desk? PC gamer spotted. 👌
It is indeed! It was a lot of work jamming everything in there and I did modify it heavily with a dremel tool but I got it to work with the 3090rtx
"Death row tuna"
That, or something similar ("Death Row Sushi"?), would be a great name for a sushi bar. "Sushi to die for."
It seems very versatile...can itvtake tge z 1.4 teleconverter?
The Fuji looks great now and if it wasn’t for the fact that I have other nice cameras around the 35mm equivalent focal length, I would buy one. I actually prefer a 40mm equivalent but 35mm is so versatile. I have a couple of 24 and 28mm lenses and even on the Leica Q2, I just can’t get excited by this focal length. For what I want 24 and 28mm lenses are too wide most of the time. I’d buy a Sony A7C with a 35mm Sigma Contemporary lens, or a used Sony 35mm f1.8. Or a M4/3 body. Less pleasing to the eye but these alternatives are competent with reasonably compact 35 or 40mm equivalent lenses available that can be swapped out for alternatives.
I don’t think I’d want an X100 camera as an only camera but I think the X100VI will compliment my X-S20. Really interested in the touch tracking in video once it comes out. Waiting on my preorder. Chris should have just shot 50mm crop mode on it since he hates 35 😂
I preordered the X100VI on February 20. I didn’t buy the F. The V was selling for a premium and I thought that was nuts for a used camera. I ordered the V but the store wasn’t able to fulfill the order. So sad.
I preordered from B&H. I used the store’s credit card and will save the 11% sales tax in Seattle. I wanted to buy locally but the $170 savings is irresistible. I want the IBIS. 40MP is OK but not a feature I really want. With the TCL I might crop to 70mm with 15MP or more. I love the 35mm POV. Not as small and lightweight as the GR it is still small enough to put in a jacket pocket. I do video clips so I’m looking forward to trying this out. Fuji, why do you insist on using the 2.5mm audio jac? Boo! I loose the dongle all the time.
I tried the GRiiiX but it doesn’t focus at all. I tried snap and touch the screen to focus then shoot with no joy. I reset the camera X2 also no joy. It is now a paperweight. The salespeople at the local store don’t use this camera and haven’t been able to help me.
I had been hoping Panasonic would release a new GX body with PDAF. So far no rumors to that effect. Please, please, please Panasonic include an audio jac!
Mask On Nurse Marty(Ret)
Some kind of videography does have spraying…Chris, to what are you referring? 😂😂😂
Hi as a BMX street rider I'll have you know that people are shooting BMX with an x100 v. Mostly lifestyle shots but also some tricks.
So my current workflow, which isn't ideal (am trying some culling software to help simplify the duplicates).
I go through and rate the photos in lightroom, via star, but rejecting anything that missed focus (unless its an exceptional one like my parent's labrador sneezing and I got focus on the nose not the eye).
Then I go through the rating, moving down from 5* downwards, rejecting anything that doesn't "spark joy" (its an oversimplification, but if a photo doesn't make me happy, its being junked).
Everything thats rejected without a star rating, is deleted, everything that's got a star rating but rejected is exported to the rejected library/folder (I use creative cloud lightroom), and anything thats picked, remains in the CC library...
I do not like deleting data, it gives me anxiety, and also I did loose a lot of photos due to a nasty interaction between an aperture library and dropbox (I was young and inexperienced)... so I don't reuse SD cards (I only use type 1 cards, and they're pretty darn cheap)... and each camera has its own sd card... I'm probably going through ~64gb of sd card per quarter (although if I do a video project, thats obvs going to be blown out of the water, and I try to use separate sd cards for those projects).
Its not perfect, and its wasteful, but its how I handle my anxiety...
Thank you for another entertaining episode.
Question to Jordan: Can you give a link or a more specific name of the photobook on the pandemic in the canadian health system? I did not find anything on this.
Alone Together by Leah Hennel.
www.amazon.ca/Alone-Together-Pandemic-Photo-Essay/dp/1771605634
Alone Together by Leah Hennel.
www.amazon.ca/Alone-Together-Pandemic-Photo-Essay/dp/1771605634
I share Chris’s dislike of 35mm. But 28mm? No way! 50mm is the way! :-)
Someone needs to ask Fuji why the AF tracking improvements are coming to every XtransV body BUT the X-H2. :/
can you please do a review of the new OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko 150-600mm Lens
Why don’t Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc not include any theft protection?
Yes please bring GxAce in the podcast!!!!!
Sharpness is a consideration of petty bourgeois. Henri Cartier-Bresson.
How do you know vindaloo? Goan dish
keep in mind weather resistant is not the same as waterproof!!
I guess speaking about how PP was shamed into removing inappropriate AI generated photos of minors was not something you guys had the balls to do.
I am with Chris...35mm... really!
Sigma should probably work with Sony to complete the Foveon since Sony has so much money for R&D.
Jordan pfff ! Vindaloo, thats not the hottest curry, you ought to try a 'Tarka', its a little otter 😂
I chose the hottest dish that I enjoy the flavour of, it is my execution day after all. I tried Tarka once and it wasn’t my favourite.
- Jordan
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tarka 'the otter' being a book written by Henry Williamson, for all those that didn't get the joke 😉😇
I wish Sigma would just make another cinema camera with better ergonomic. The Foveon thing, though... They should just move past it.
I don't think they should, CMOS is still behind film when it comes to compelling colors and transitions between those colors due to how the color filter array works
Lamb, yeeess! 👍🚀🐑
I would love to see a sigma 50-150 aps-c sibling to the 18-50… at a related size…
I love my tamron 70-180, but it’s got the nickname of “spawn of chonky boi” (chonky boi is my sigma 100-400) in my lens collection…
But my sigma 18-50 is a wonder…
I've owned many Fuji cameras (the latest being the X-S20 which is fantastic in almost every way) but I find their modern Jpegs a bit "meh" - and since Fuji's whole identity is Jpeg focused, it feels insane to say that but, for me, I've always prefered the Jpegs I get from my Canon 6D.
They have a richness to them and a sparkle in the highlights that I just can't get in my recent Fuji bodies. I'm desperate to love Fuji Jpegs because I want to shoot APS-C over FF really badly, plus I HATE post processing but those old 6D images are magic.
What's most frustrating is that I know Fuji can do magical jpegs because they've done it before. My X70 took the most wonderful pictures straight out of camera but since then Fuji Jpegs have gone flatter and duller and cooler and whatever I try, I can't find that X-Trans 2 look. The trouble is those X-trans 2 bodies are really slow compared to a DSLR like the 6D and have awful battery life. So PLEASE Fuji give us a modern mirrorless body with the Jpeg style of the X-Trans 2 sensor and I will buy it immediately!
The Tamron 20-40F2.8 makes way more sense to me then the Sony 24-50F2.8z I've got a review of it on my channel, it's a great lens
4th Second is good...
0:33 Wong Tin Lam's answer to Jordan's question: czcams.com/video/eBBI_MFK-XM/video.htmlsi=Kf8qMjK3IvhdluJT&t=3544 From 《The Mission》 by Johnnie To. 😘
Sony should realise 200-600mm version ii , because original 200-600 very poor in Image stabilization & with little light waight
Could you please do a review of the new Laowa 10mm F2.8 AF lens?
We are working on that right now, actually. Look for it to be included in a video in the next couple of weeks.
What's funny is that when the x100v was out, literally EVERYONE pronounced it the "vee" now it's funny to watch people awkwardly stumble through calling it the 5. Also anyone else have an issue with it being x100 - ending in a number, followed by a Roman numeral? Either way, I want one just not for $1600.
The 24-50mm f 2.8 means you dont need 3 or four primes and a standard Zoom, its huge saving.
What I think you are missing is lenses, they are very, very expensive, If this is your Hobby, most people will only afford two or three accessory lenses ever,
Personally like jordan the 20-40 2.8 is better range, because you dont need a wide now either, add in a 100 2.8 Macro and 150-600 telle, and you are done, there is your amaterur / hobiest holly trinity.