Leica vs Sony. Pointless.

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2023
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Komentáře • 92

  • @bryancrawley9130
    @bryancrawley9130 Před rokem +58

    Hey James! I just wanted to let you know that I've been a huge fan of yours for about a year, and throughout that year I have went through and watched every one of your videos. Starting with the most recent, and all the way to the beginning. You've made massive improvements as a photographer in those 5 years, and your sense of humor hasn't been lost either. Although I can't say that I've been with you since the beginning, it sure does feel like it. I love your videos and I can't wait for the next one. Cheers mate!

    • @Vartan297
      @Vartan297 Před měsícem

      Completely agree. 👍🏻

  • @adnamamedia
    @adnamamedia Před rokem +11

    I really liked the way you explained each of your decisions in this video, it helps a lot for someone like me that is relatively new to digital photography (I've shot with film for years, but recently have almost completely given it up due to being priced out)

  • @TheJannik532
    @TheJannik532 Před rokem +3

    Thank you so much for your videos. Really helps me to calm down, kinda therapeutic. Im always happy to see another video of you

  • @nxmrjake
    @nxmrjake Před rokem +3

    LOVED seeing the edit process.

  • @agamaneo643
    @agamaneo643 Před rokem +1

    I really enjoy your way of sharing the idea of photo editing, which inspires me a lot on how to manage the details in shadow.

  • @Jake-vt4ow
    @Jake-vt4ow Před rokem

    Beautiful image! TY for going through the edit.

  • @nxmrjake
    @nxmrjake Před rokem +5

    holy moly. i've been battling a specific problem editing bright sunlight on foliage making it look like crap.. and you mention clarity.. this feels like the answer!

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno Před 10 měsíci +1

      I reduce clarity for any woodland image and often grassy images as well. It’s just too eye catching and reducing it lends itself to a dreamier, softer look.

  • @cragdoo71
    @cragdoo71 Před rokem

    Great video, informative and simple explanations ....keep at the good work 👍

  • @colbybundy6082
    @colbybundy6082 Před rokem

    Beautiful photo, James. Always enjoy your vids.

  • @STENCHOVDETH
    @STENCHOVDETH Před rokem +1

    Gorgeous footage james

  • @keithw8646
    @keithw8646 Před rokem +2

    Good description of vibrance!

  • @Kristoff0402
    @Kristoff0402 Před rokem

    Once again, BANGER footage

  • @ImagesbyAsh
    @ImagesbyAsh Před rokem

    Brilliant video, James It's really interesting to see your editing process and how you create your awesome images.
    Thanks for great explanation of the difference between vibrance and saturation. I need to go back to re-do all my edits!!!!!

  • @gregscott2330
    @gregscott2330 Před rokem +3

    Hi James, I really enjoy your videos. I am not a big fan of introducing man made objects into scenes but you make it work. Great job on editing.

  • @SappeninMush
    @SappeninMush Před rokem

    another interesting video James!
    I aspire to be as good as you at spotting an image.

  • @Merjia
    @Merjia Před rokem

    Watched this before editing the shots I took today; beer in hand. Cheers for the great guide James!

  • @louisburley1597
    @louisburley1597 Před rokem

    I love the new preset pack. It’s the best

  • @neilstevensphotography

    Great video and images as always James... You've been such a source of Inspiration for me since I picked the Camera back up in 2021 and decided to learn how to use the thing properly - Your presets too, have been a really helpful starting point for a lot of my images, when editing... Never knew about that masking option though when sharpening, thanks for that 👍👍

  • @tjsinva
    @tjsinva Před rokem +3

    ☘ Ireland is the Emerald isle, thus the green. 😜 Carry on! 👍🥂

  • @MeAMuse
    @MeAMuse Před rokem +3

    I used to be crazy about lens corrections but these days I don't really do it much. I found that I was removing the vignette with corrections and then adding them back in with the tool (it does depend on the image though), and for lens corrections - I found the main place where they are used is wide-angle lenses.... but actually, I found that images "feel more inclusive" when you leave the corrections off (it helps the viewer feel like they are there). I definitely feel the same about greens... biggest thing I learned from your editing videos in the past.

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno Před 10 měsíci

      Same. Remove the vignette and then add it back in at the end. The only time I obsessively check it now is m, like you say, wide angle shots. Usually where it’s making buildings or telegraph pole etc. bend unnaturally.

  • @toddlogan2955
    @toddlogan2955 Před rokem +1

    James, can you share your Export settings as well and how those are affected by the end use of the image?

  • @RobtJMooreII
    @RobtJMooreII Před rokem +2

    #3:21 minutes in, I like the Leica.

  • @billkipper3264
    @billkipper3264 Před rokem

    Great video James. Although your style and mine are vastly different I really enjoy watching. For example, you like manmade objects in your photos while I will do anything possible to remove them. However, when you were talking about clarity you really helped me with an edit I'm working on. I had applied a touch of clarity but I stopped the video and looked at my edit and realized it looked much better with a little removed rather than added. Thanks.

  • @papermate8773
    @papermate8773 Před rokem

    Thank you for going through this and going through what you are thinking and why.

  • @peteg330
    @peteg330 Před rokem

    Thanks for the edit process James, interesting about the saturation and luminance sliders, I'll be checking those out next time I'm editing a pic with some bright colours. I think I need to be buying your presets too, I do have an email about them from you.

  • @MrShanePhoto
    @MrShanePhoto Před rokem

    Kerry is so beautiful. My next road trip will have to be kerry

  • @tpf1952
    @tpf1952 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow! I learned a lot more about editing landscapes in Lightroom than I thought I would. Thanks you, James!

  • @alexishealey4528
    @alexishealey4528 Před rokem

    Thank you for this video. They are so heartwarming and help me out so much!

  • @alex.mortz9
    @alex.mortz9 Před rokem

    Great video as always James! A massive fan of your editing style so this was a great addition to the channel! Always look forward to seeing a notification for a new video from you!

  • @JonathanRobinson11
    @JonathanRobinson11 Před rokem

    Super helpful. Please do more of these. Thanks.

  • @lukemerrill1272
    @lukemerrill1272 Před rokem

    This video was genuinely helpful getting to see how you edit your photos... and for delaying my "need" for a Leica just a little bit :)

  • @Dez_Blanchfield
    @Dez_Blanchfield Před rokem +2

    As someone who has travelled the world often to "go find a country lane" or "back street alley" in remote places around the likes of New Zealand, Australia ( where I live ), most of Asia, EU, UK and America, it was hilarious to enjoy this week's vlog focused on just a single country dirt ( well gravel or metal as American's call it ) road and be thoroughly engrossed in every tiny minute detail including your edit walk through - felt like I was literally standing there / now of course it's on my "bucket list of places I would love to go to but probably will never have the time to do so" ;-) 10 points to Gryffindor, and warmest regards from Sydney.. ( come visit some time, would love to take a week out and do nothing but VIP tour you around our humble little home of Sydney )..

    • @HamazingKayliee
      @HamazingKayliee Před 8 měsíci

      I'm American and I've never heard of a metal road

    • @Dez_Blanchfield
      @Dez_Blanchfield Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@HamazingKayliee - metal, as in rough rock, gravel.. sadly your nation's been horribly impacted by the refusal to speak english and use the metric system..

    • @HamazingKayliee
      @HamazingKayliee Před 8 měsíci

      @@Dez_Blanchfield You literally said in your comment that Americans call it metal. We don't.

    • @Dez_Blanchfield
      @Dez_Blanchfield Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@HamazingKayliee - yea, you do ;-)

    • @Dez_Blanchfield
      @Dez_Blanchfield Před 7 měsíci

      @@HamazingKayliee - also, adding "literally" to a sentence as you did, is both redundant, and very "American", you merely need to phrase it thus - "you just said" or even simpler "you said".. adding "literally" is both redundant, and horribly Merikan.. please stop.. just speak normal english..

  • @hobbytake2845
    @hobbytake2845 Před rokem +1

    Great behind the image look. Fantastic edit!

  • @therabbithat
    @therabbithat Před rokem +1

    Thanks so much for a description of the preset! I can try to approximate it in darktable. Would pay for darktable presets btw

  • @kgadeberg
    @kgadeberg Před rokem

    Hi James, great video as always and so nice to get a small peek into how you work with your photos in post processing. Have you chosen the white work space deliberately? and do you usse it for all images?

  • @maximebarber3780
    @maximebarber3780 Před rokem

    Thanks for sharing your editing process, James, very insightful! Didn't know about the sharpening masking (alt key on windows). However much I love your editing style, these edits looked awful on a similar photo of mine. I wonder if it's due to the fact that I shoot on Olympus 🤔

  • @marlenehazlehurst8666
    @marlenehazlehurst8666 Před rokem +5

    Stupid question, how do you strip the greens out and replace with yellow.

    • @CianMcsweeney
      @CianMcsweeney Před rokem +2

      You can change the hue/saturation of individual colors in most photo editors, basically you only change the hue/saturation for greens

    • @piketubeman
      @piketubeman Před rokem +3

      Not a stupid question at all ❤

    • @banditalley9592
      @banditalley9592 Před rokem +1

      He shows it at 8:40 - Move the hue slider a bit then desaturate green and over saturate the yellow

  • @jamesbenson8008
    @jamesbenson8008 Před rokem

    Is that near Portmagee?

  • @rickbiessman6084
    @rickbiessman6084 Před rokem

    Love that video title. And also the lesson to be learned there. Thanks for turning this into a really helpful little editing tutorial! =)

  • @phucth91
    @phucth91 Před rokem

    How do you record audio for both gopro and main camera at the same time?

  • @raycarter4030
    @raycarter4030 Před rokem

    pylon tee hee. Me likey the Leica image.

  • @jakelarntz
    @jakelarntz Před rokem

    Been waiting for an edit walkthrough from you on your current looK!

  • @mynus01
    @mynus01 Před rokem +1

    I'll move to Europe by the end of the year, but I still couldn't decide where.
    Of course I want a great place to live, but I also enjoy landscape photographing on weekends.
    Which country would be a good choice, and why?

    • @krassertyp69
      @krassertyp69 Před rokem

      If you don’t mind paying a lot of taxes, Germany could be a nice place.
      If you don’t and have a job in tech, maybe Switzerland is an option

    • @krassertyp69
      @krassertyp69 Před rokem

      Germany: lots of interesting places and places to shoot. Very easy to reach and hike, often not photographed thoroughly. The South is awesome for that. You also have neat towns and a lot of interesting architecture. The alps are somewhat in reach

    • @krassertyp69
      @krassertyp69 Před rokem

      Switzerland: really small places, but huge towns. Really interesting landscapes and somewhat easy to reach. You also live very close to the alps and, we’ll let’s not ignore it: Pay is really good, rent and living costs are high tho

    • @krassertyp69
      @krassertyp69 Před rokem +2

      I strongly recommend a round trip to figure out your favorite before moving

    • @mynus01
      @mynus01 Před rokem +2

      @@krassertyp69 thanks a lot for the suggestions, I'll do a trip in a couple of months to check the grounds!

  • @jasongold6751
    @jasongold6751 Před rokem +1

    i'm sure those pre-sets are wonderful. I don't. I couldn't when I shot film, I still do. It simply is, what it is! I sleep better. Leica vs Sony? There's gotta be a difference! There must! More Leica Lemonade next time.. Great images!

  • @-goodwin
    @-goodwin Před rokem +2

    This place looks insane.

  • @christopherthompson4464

    Enjoyed this. 2 comments/questions: 1) The sky seemed irrelevant? 2) Are you wearing vivobarefoot hiking boots...? They really look like them. If so, what is your take? Bestest.

  • @1NebraskaPyro
    @1NebraskaPyro Před rokem +1

    I miss you shooting on your Lumix cameras

  • @tpf1952
    @tpf1952 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @nicolasguillenc
    @nicolasguillenc Před 10 měsíci

    Hey James, back to when you used to shoot in 4/3rds, what was your favorite focal length?

  • @Brohannthesecond
    @Brohannthesecond Před 4 měsíci

    Wooow where is this exactly?? So beautiful!

  • @randomstuffman01
    @randomstuffman01 Před rokem

    Nice. Thanks. toronto canada

  • @ernstfrohlich897
    @ernstfrohlich897 Před rokem +1

    Mir gefällt das Sony Foto besser. Die Farben sind eine Spur ausgewogener. Insgesamt bietet die Sony Kamera ein wesentlich besseres Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.

  • @Milchknirps
    @Milchknirps Před rokem +1

    I'm feeling soo the same way about greens. I do love nature with all those green tones, but... i find it ugly on most Pictures. Normally don't like those "Vivid" Landscapes with greens (and other Colors) trying to murder ones eyes. Thats why i'm loving those Classic Chrome or Nostaglic Negativ Sims in Fuji Camras. Thy just tweak those greens to a more eyefriendly tone.

  • @klarkolofsson
    @klarkolofsson Před rokem

    I would never use Squarespace because I’m like George Costanza that way. I would also not use presets, evidenced by this photo. However I like your videos and take on photography.

  • @istvanbally2817
    @istvanbally2817 Před rokem

    40 mil? I'm shocked.

  • @matejbednarik8736
    @matejbednarik8736 Před rokem

    When it comes on choosing between Leica or Sony, the answer is clear -Hasselblad. 😁👍

  • @ZappaBlues
    @ZappaBlues Před rokem

    Irish midges or migrating Welsh midges, that got lost??

  • @kronkite1530
    @kronkite1530 Před rokem

    “You can’t be a real landscape photographer, you weren’t using a tripod.”

  • @hp3642
    @hp3642 Před rokem

    i don't use leica digital cameras for several reasons, but POINTLESS is to compare a m11 body with a third party lens with another camera system and say then this is a leica to xxx comparison.

  • @williamschultz8198
    @williamschultz8198 Před rokem

    Does it surprise anyone that James was attacked by Midges?

  • @vispolonia2670
    @vispolonia2670 Před rokem

    -green +yellow is part of Canon's color science

  • @aprilczareen5706
    @aprilczareen5706 Před rokem

    Why'd you change the title of the vid? Hehe

  • @BrianMosleyUK
    @BrianMosleyUK Před rokem

    I wonder if we will miss these observation skills when Google photos takes a smartphone snapshot of any location and produces a portfolio of professional standard images using AI as trained by every landscape photograph scraped from the Web.
    You're right about Leica vs Sony, totally irrelevant in the real world and our near future.

  • @twotone3070
    @twotone3070 Před 9 měsíci

    Personal choice I know, but I hate the pole in the opening photo, it seems way too dominant, seems better when it is nearer the edge of the photo and acting as a frame. But hey, you have quarter of a million subs and get paid, I don't.

  • @annashtraus
    @annashtraus Před rokem

    Might be due to the fact that Leica has Sony sensor inside it 😂

  • @Louie_Ponce_Motography
    @Louie_Ponce_Motography Před 8 měsíci

    People buy preset packs? Lol 🤦‍♂️

  • @cameraprepper7938
    @cameraprepper7938 Před rokem

    It is not pointless ! Sony are a LOT cheaper than Leica, so you can save a LOT of money or get more gear !

  • @rw5400
    @rw5400 Před rokem

    Pointless!
    Your review that is.
    Comparing Voigtlander and Sony lenses on 2 different sensors.
    Other than the body, what does Leica have to do with it?
    In the film days, a 21mm Voigtlander was compared with a 21mm Leica on the same body with the same film and development.

  • @doniherald7745
    @doniherald7745 Před 3 měsíci

    Well it just another generic japan vs german. As logical consumer im always taking japan, german made is just overprice for most people.

  • @reversibel5114
    @reversibel5114 Před 8 měsíci

    You completely messed up with the video title

  • @jf6375
    @jf6375 Před rokem

    we really are phoning this one in this time. I remember when he had a little more content to his content. but i guess everyone has an off day.

  • @AlexFit-hl7xw
    @AlexFit-hl7xw Před rokem

    Тратить на это свою жизнь - безумие! Абсолютно пустая затея, кому нужны эти изображения?

    • @piketubeman
      @piketubeman Před rokem +2

      Spending your life riding around on bicycles is insane, 🤣 what crazy people ride bikes just for pleasure, its tool for getting places 😂

    • @piketubeman
      @piketubeman Před rokem +1

      Oh I'm so sorry you don't even ride bicycles, you ride disgusting motorcycles that tear up the landscape and make it crap for the rest of us.😂