The REAL Reason YouTubers Have Better Cameras Than Pro Photographers
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2023
- Have you ever wondered why folks on CZcams have better cameras than "real" pro photographers?
In todays video I am going to look at why this is, especially as someone who does both, and also has a better CZcams camera than commercial photography camera.
Hopefully the video can help you work out what camera you need for your work.
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The 5Ds is such an awesome camera. I moved from the 5Ds to an R5 couple of years back because, where I tend to shoot (commercial photography), having a tilt /flippy screen is so useful. Plus the eye AF comes in handy occasionally too.
What was really surprising though, was how close the 5Ds output compares to the R5. Even high ISO and pushing the limits of dynamic range, the 5Ds is not far off. In a studio situation - I can understand why you stick with the 5Ds.
The title looked like it was going to poke fun at shallow, gear obsessed You-Tubers. Instead it was an education on the economic and time management challenges of a small photo studio and how to use new technology where it provides a very practical benefit. All delivered in your usual entertaining, casual style in a thoroughly professional video. You never know what you are going to learn at the Tin House studio!
Glad you enjoyed it. The title to content situation on youtube atm is a tightrope.
As someone who is working on starting a YT channel, I cannot justify the expense of new gear so I am using what I have. Basically - my phone and action cameras.
It's all you need. I started with a DJI Osmo Pocket. I wish you luck with the channel :)
Thanks for the clear explanation of cost benefits. I hadn't quite considered looking at my camera gear that way. I recently built a new PC so my workflow is faster, particularly for video, and have improved my turn-around time. I never thought about the benefits of shooting in the video equivalent of RAW. I muck about way too much with balancing.
I don’t think many viewers for your stuff really care about 4K. I think most YT’ers over do it. Content is king.
I think I heard MKBHT (or however you spell that) mention that only like 5% of people watch CZcams in 4K.
Yes this is true as a full population, but as a small group of photographers, its actually very high.
If you want to show photos, video resolution matters. 12mp is probably plenty enough for the photos in that case though, unless you crop and zoom in. My pen mini still does a great job for stills in good light.
@@SystemParanoia and no one cares. People watch this on their phone. Even a 200€ phone can do good enough quality for yt
@@SystemParanoia if this is true then we are almost getting scammed. It should be the other way around. You SHOULD be entitled to get more bit/pixel in 1080. YT scamming us.
I guess you've looked into it more than me but I miss 240p on CZcams. 😂I dunno why, nostalgia i guess😂 I'd never have guessed this was shot on a blackmagic. I can see your videos have improved but not once have I ever thought it's better. Better quality gear doesn't really make a talking head any better IMO. Your upload consistency, frequency and the content in them I have noticed as improving though! So well done! Could have saved yourself a few bob n bought some new T-shirts instead of the blackmagic tho ;) who knows perhaps your success is because of the camera haha.
Yup, that's a fact, you can replace anything but time. That's a great thing to remind us of.
I work in a school and taking photos is a significant part of my job. For most of my job my R3 and 1dmk4 are what I use. I shoot thousands of images with those each month. However, when I need to shoot large groups of say 80 or more people a couple times a year, or I need to do close copy work where I need to blow images up, that is where you saved me money. Based on your testimony I purchased a 5dsr last year. It allows me to affordably have a high resolution body that I may only shoot 100 images a year with for two or three final edited copies. It has saved me a fortune over buying a R5 or even renting a body. Of course, my video equipment is more sophisticated. You should know that your discussions of your business methods and equipment philosophy reach a much broader audience than what you may have first thought. Thank you from the US.
This makes perfect sense.
The one thing you might be faced with eventually are demands concerning sustainability certifications from clients.
Working in procurement in a publicly owned company, I can tell you, it's the new demand we are obligated to implement in all aspects of procurement, from fuels over building materials to office supplies, software and even website designers, consultants and other human resources from external suppliers such as PR/commercial services.
It might be a while before it reaches commercial photography, but it's coming.
I imagine, you'll still be able to use what ever camera, you like, but your studio might require some changes for your commercial photography business to be able to obtain those sustainability certifications.
No need to worry about it until clients start enquiring about it though.
I mean, I don't see anything more sustainable than keeping the same camera body for a very long time. Plus, before it reaches the camera consumer (be it photographer or videographer or whatever else), it will probably reach the camera manufacturer. I don't think there is much worry to have at all on this topic, at least not for an indefinite period of time. Maybe it will be awkward for one or two years though, during the adaptation period.
Older cameras still make very good files! There is only a reason to update to a modern high resolution camera if the clients/agencies demand on huge megapixel medium format files…
Looking forward to this one!
Thanks
I upgraded just a month ago.
I wanted to do video. My D90 stopped doing video after I upgraded the software many years ago.
Yes, I do have my iPhone, GoPro, and a Canon consumer video. These were not doing what I wanted.
Nikon just dropped the price of the V7ii and a fast 28 to 75 zoom lens. This combination works to let me do the things I want to do. With the adaprer, I can use the 70 to 300 zoom.
We're the opposite but the same... my day job is video production and I shoot stills on the side. Cameras are BMPCC 6ks and Canon 5ds.
That is a perspective I had never thought of, though it doesn't affect me because I only shoot stills.
If you haven’t heard yet, Nikon won a law suit against Red. The Z8 and Z9 can keep it’s internal Raw compressed format without legal interference. This should be a game changer.
Time and trouble - two good reasons to upgrade your gear. Production efficiency is important when you're a one man band 👍
Thanks. As an employee, I livestream via Zoom and I use 2 X Panasonic G85 everyday. One as my main camera and one as a picture-in-picture camera. There is no need to change as both do a great job and Zoom only outputs in 1080p.
I bought an OM-5 for my photography hobby for the simple reason that it became too awkward to unplug and change all the settings on a G85 when I go out to take photos everyday.
There are better livestreaming camera than the G85, but I don't need them. There are better camera than an OM-5, but the OM-5 is small and light and I don't need the extra features of the more expensive camera.
holy cow, you are so clear! it freaky .
This was helpful!
I shoot stills (ugh hate that term) I shoot photos with a Sony A7 IV and Canon 6D. Up until about 3 months ago I had a Canon R6. Absolutely great camera but after the MKII came out with very little jump in resolution I decided to try a Sony camera. I went with the 33mp A7 IV for one simple reason. To use for the next decade and not upgrade my photo camera. I use all sorts of adapters on it (which was the worst part of upgrading, rebuying adapters) and I even have some of my Canon L lenses left that I use on the Sony camera with Sigma MC11 adapter. I kept the 6D because honestly its worth more to me then its currently worth. That camera is amazing. Photographers should buy lenses more than cameras. And Videographers should upgrade cameras more than lenses.
I would still watch you at 1080, but its clear that you are concerned about quality production, and the devil is in the details, so thanks for putting in the extra effort.
Agreed!
-PD
Unfortunately, youtube insists on lower the video down to 360 repeatedly even though I have the internet speed to play it easily at 480 and higher. Doesn't matter how many times I change the settings it just lowers it to 360 and when I go to change it it tells me it is doing me a favour saving me bandwidth.
i got 4 nikon d3200 for shooting multicam video ,they are not the grates but they do the job , and are cheap , if i got a project that need a better camera i got my 610 , or i can rent blackmagic ursa , , my photography is shot on d2x and my 610 probably get one more 610, ther is no need for better camera the 610 is fullframe shoot up to 3200iso well , has good dinamic range in raw , 24mp is more than enof when most of you images will get print up to 30x40cm or end up in site 500x500px
I don't know who watches 4k, not even my wifi can smoothly handle that. I keep it 1080p sometimes 720p during high traffic when everyone is using the internet in the area I live in.
100% agree! 4k is amazing for nature documentaries on a big screen TV. For everything else watched on a smaller device, 1080p is more than good enough. What matters is the quality of the content.
Well, those are YOUR reasons. Quite obviously, CZcamsrs probably feel the need to have "better" gear, e.g. new as in latest product offering by manufacturer brand A, B, C... because most CZcams channels are gear channels and associating their content with whatever gear is the latest offering on the market, is what drives their channel engagement and hence their monetization - so from THEIR perspective, their gear choice makes a ton of sense too. Ironically, we are starting to see CZcams channels emerge where the opposite is true - a focus on purposefully old gear, as the viewer engagement mechanics for those channels is driven by an affinity for old gear (e.g. "digicams") etc.
Don't forget they they get a HUUUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEE content creator discount from vendors like B&H Photo. One CZcamsr was able to get a brand new Sony A1, which retails at $6500 USD for less than $4000 USD. Many of them review the products to gain CZcams views and then sell them on the market for near full price.
Yes for sure, but I think its worth noting as a photographer before I was on CZcams I could often get gear at trade price too.
What is your bicycle in the background?
Nothing fancy, just a steel Kona fixie. Had it for YEARS.
14 bit colour is already plenty, no one has displays that can show that… Do you use any printer that uses 14 bit or 16 bit as an input? I don’t know how many colours the dozen inks the best inkjets have can create, but I doubt you need 16 bit numbers to count!
Overkill is the name of the game, I’ve actually seen 8K content on CZcams… my eyes can’t resolve that on the displays I use at the distance I use them anyway (if I had a monitor with 8K resolution)
You only have 14 bit in the raw files to recover shadows or highlights to export it afterwards to a 8 bit jpeg.
14 or 16 bit raw files are very helpful if you have to torture the files in post later…
This is the 2nd video I've seen from you and I'm impressed BUT you are giving TOO much relevant information!!! Why not have a bikini model in a few shots or some 120fps slow motion shots on the beach? I appreciate your fresh perspective and real talk. I recently got a 5D III and the photos are amazing! Bosh
Don't worry, thats coming next week, just got to find my bikini...
And don't forget the coffee making shots
I sold my Nikon kit to get mirrorless Sony. I regret it a little bit. Very little bit. Actually only cause sonys 70-200 costs too much
If the tool saves you time the tool is worth buying (if it's prices reasonably - I wouldn't buy Ferrari to save 5 seconds of commute).
Dynamic range...the human eye can perceive 21 stops of dynamic range.... your eyes can SEE it !
16 bits have room for post production but export same bit for printing 🤫🤫🤫
With good audio and great content, even 720 would be fine.
1080 is stabdard, so that's that.
4k is not really needed for a talking head vid like this.
If needed, you could use the CZcams camera on a photographic job. If it saved time…
"Better camera" is defined as a camera which best serves the needs of a photographer. Sometimes this means the best among the latest cameras, and sometimes it means a great camera which became discontinued a few years ago.
CZcamsrs change cameras more often than they change their underwear.
If you can afford it and it saves you time in post, why not? Now I can at least appreciate the details of your beard even more on my little high rez iPad screen, LOL ❤
I am surprised you didn't go for canon R5. What black magic has for you that canon hasn't?
Braw, 6 k (8 k is too big and 4k too small for post) and general usability with power options, SSD as a card etc. R5 is better, but not practical when using its better options
Love your videos, you talk a lot of sense. However in this one I think you're kidding yourself. This is an attempt at justifying kit purchases, which actually goes against your own methodology for purchasing based on monetary return. As a photographer and video maker (by which I stress that I do both, not that I'm expert at either), I can tell you that the only reason you are leaning on the BlackMagic 6k as "saving you time", is that you haven't learned how to do video properly. It would be better therefore if you just said that the reason you are using it, is because of that. No one needs to shoot raw for CZcams. They just don't. Same exposure triangle, plus frame rate. You're effectively using the camera on techie auto so that you can "fix it in post". If you were better at making video, you wouldn't need to. You'd do just as well or better (and no one would care any more or less) if you had a variable ND and shoved it on the 5DS. It's great to have lots of kit, but you definitely do not need a 6k cinema camera...for talking head CZcams videos!
I like your videos for their straightforward "tell it how it is" truths. So i thought it only right that you get called out a little when you fall into a trap.
The "better camera" argument causes all the trolls to climb out of their mothers basement and get in a frenzy. You can always tell the professionals because they know it doesn't matter.
I know wedding photographers using MFT. At the end of the day all modern cameras from the last 6 years or so can produce a professional image in the hands of the right person. A medium format Hasselblad in the hands of a CZcams troll will most likely give the same terrible photo they would have got from a Sony A6000 (no offence to Sony, it's just an older camera) and a pro can make the A6000 look amazing
I have a 32 inch 4k monitor and I never watch youtube videos on 4k, I don't care, it's a waste of procesor power, electricity, bandwidth... everything, I just don't care to watch youtube more than 1080p
No one should be shooting at 1080 anymore these days. The cheapest of cameras shoot in 4k now. Also, delivering at 1080 vs actually shooting at 1080 are two completely different things. There's channels I follow that shoot in 1080 and I can't stand it because it looks like someone shot with a potato and the details I want to see aren't there but the information none the less still exists. It looks especially horrible when I watch CZcams on the TV and they shot 1080 as it looks pixelated and splotchy.
Because they brown nose for freebies upsellin brands , products which very often are Shyte ..
They also get sponsored and go overkill as well. Do you need it? No but they compete with each other so one is going overkill than the other.
@@xiondFirst I see folks push SquareSpace yet all ignore the blatent fact the more images you upload the more your going to pay for bandwidth .. in turn your going to be out of pocket ..bigtime . And i still see folks pushing a lense i've had for 2yrs . and none of them are even honest in there so called reviews .
@colintraveller i didn't know that about square space. I was actually considering it since im 3yrs in the photography game and looking for a place to host my work..etc
@@Isaypreach I upload in the region of 11,000 plus pics to fb , I also post on a website which it now costs 3,500 a yr due to the ever increasing bandwidth due to whats being uploaded etc pic and video wise
@@colintraveller As an ex-web designer, I hate it when people push Squarespace. I know a graphic designer who used it to make some client's websites and they had nothing but problems with it. He said it felt like building Meccano with some of the pieces missing, and no spanner.
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Its been a busy one today
CZcamsrs have better cameras because they're more interested in cameras than in photographs.
I don’t think this title matches the content of the video. This is why your video camera is better than your stills camera, but this doesn’t apply broadly to CZcamsrs.
I’m aware that your titles are AI driven, so I hope this feedback is useful going forward
Yes, I was expecting this to be about why someone who does professional studio photography for a reason is still using 10 (15?) year-old bodies that he knows inside out and back to front, while (some) people whose primary source of income is from their youtube channels always have the latest, most expensive gear.
I am certainly no authority on this topic but since you are talking about your video set up I always feel you overexposing your clips, especially your skin looks blown out to me. Obviously exposure is an artistic choice but I believe your clips would be more enjoyable to watch if you brought down the overall exposure and maybe go for a higher ratio between background and you. Maybe consider exposing with false colours if you dont do already.
That was literally fixed yesterday. Videos were all edited to look nice, but between render and upload JUST my face got brighter and brighter. Was driving me mad, so hopefully in about 2 weeks time those new videos will look correct
@@TinHouseStudioUK Especially with Resolve (I recently integrated it for post) it can get tricky and at times frustrating to dial in the color management and export settings the right way. Looking forward to more content!