All the best for ‘25

Have good Christmas

Great video!!

Great video and humor 🙌🏼🔥

Oh and also, I loved your family vlogs! 🔥🧨💪🏽🤠👍🏽🧨🔥

Ha! Vic, substitute the music/recording niche, same kak. 🤣 🤣 Happy Holidays to you & yours! From just down the road... 🎅🏾☘☮🤘🏽🤠👍🏽☮☘🎅🏾

Tip on lens removal use a silicone lens cover to for grip. It’s definitely a pain taking off the lens but a silicone cover makes it 100% easier

Thanks for another great video, i know it is a year old but in honesty i keep coming back to your videos to refresh my memory since i only use my GoPro infrequently and forget why i set things the way you advise.

I subbed coz im guilty😅 and just starting a channel

when i use capcut to render from my dij action 5 pro my video quality is too noisy. original video is super but after my render same options (4k 60 fps high bitrait) im not happy. how can i solve the render problem

I want you to know I appreciate your videos. I learn a lot from you. I do like your reviews as well, they feel real and not scripted like mad. Your personality really comes through in your videos. Just wanted to let you know that your hard work is appreciated.

Are these filters compatible with go pro 12?

The reason is simple: during the 2020 COVID pandemic, many people stuck at home looked for ways to make money online. They saw that some people were making a lot of money from online videos, so they decided to try it themselves. This led to a boom in the camera niche as people sought to create the best possible videos. However, as things returned to normal, the number of viewers decreased while the number of channels remained high. This created the impression that the camera niche is dying. I don't believe this is the case. The audience is still there, but it's more spread out. Many channels will eventually give up or move on to something else. As the competition decreases, things will likely stabilize and the camera niche will return to its pre-2020 state.

keep your head up uncle Vic when times get tough punch that shit stay strong love from Australia <3

The DJI Osmo pocket 3 has been a game changer for us. Its easy to take on press events and with extended battery, I can use it all day with out worry.

Listening to what you say in the video. The camera seems very fragile for backpack holiday. I was considering action 5 or a panasonic hc vx 981 4k camcorder

Let me drag you back into the pit with a camera settings idea;- camera settings to film Christmas lights in your area at night. You could slip a good old spirit of Christmas story into that quite easily and get out and about to boot. Merry Christmas Vic👍

I would block shorts if I could. I can’t stand them. I don’t get unboxing. Who cares ?

I wanted a step up from the action cameras i bought the Zv-1 when it first came out. My friend bought a $3k dslr we compared both camers edited photos. Although the full senor had the best results zv-1 did great. The action camera photos are my favorite. The best camera is the one you have with you.

Nice video and message 🙂👍

HI Vic, I bought the ZV-E1 through your vids and its great for a amateur OAP like me, but I upgraded to the120fps and shut the flap screen during op and have only 100fps not the 120fps, I'm in the UK which is PAL have you any advice, thank you.

Most are just trying to sell products and get paid. A very few are authentically trying to teach now.

Thanks for sharing Vic 😊

Yes, totally agreed with you.

11:00 I use ChatGPT it to clean up auto-captions from KZbin so viewers that want it get a better experience (it puts each sentence on its own line and corrects things like capitalization and punctuation). I've also been giving it the finished transcripts where it creates a starting point to website articles based on that. The ideation thing personally isn't something I'm interested in using it for, but I'd love... really love... an AI that can help edit videos. Though I think that level of technology is pretty far off because I think we'd need AGI level AI to actually edit like a human would and understand what it's doing in the process.

Yes, there are tons of camera channels out there. But, I think it gives you more choices of creators to pick from. A lot of creators are not knowledgeable enough to carry themselves, but, somehow manage to accumulate a lot of subs anyway. There are only a handful of creators I actually listen to as far as choosing a camera goes. As far as the audience goes, YES, they are getting lazier. In my opinion, a big part of that comes from people taking on the same wants and expectations of their favorite content creator. Like when people complain about rolling shutter or a camera "missing"a feature, mainly because their favorite creator told them these things were important. Even worse is when a content creator does a review about a camera they don't even have in their hands. Their commentary is purely based on the specs of the camera and not on actual use. Yet, they get lots of views anyway. As long as vlogging and KZbin are popular, I think we will always have the "camera niche". Until people find another shiny object to focus on, we will still see a flood of new videos about cameras. To be honest, I'm always curious about new cameras. Especially when new cameras have features that use to only exist in much higher end and more expensive cameras. Great commentary, Vic. You have your finger on the pulse of KZbin for sure.

Classic!

Agree and I think it’s interesting Lumix is circling back to the point and shoot with their newest release a couple days ago. Old is new again? I guess someone had to jump back in with those old Canon g7x mark I and iii cams going for multi-thousands (!!!) on the used market 🤷🏻‍♀️

When you said long form content, i guess i’m the guy. I just watch your video till the end and i feel i’m old. Maybe because of your accent but your points are right.😊

I feel this has been overthought and over analyzed. Just make good photography videos and ease up on the obsession with reflection and gear.

I'm sick to death of "And now let's get into it" camera & tech gear videos AND tech tutorials. I subscribe to literally a hand full of people who's style I grown to like and I pitty anyone who's betting on making a living on any platform now days. My advice is get a proper job & any income from a platform is a bonus.

Good man Vic. Loved what you had to say. Subscribed. 👍😊

I watch ZERO short-form content. Life is too short for that stuff.

I love the thumbnail!!!!!!

You are so correct about getting products to review. It can be a royal pain in the rear. I have only had a few want to send me something to review but most of them are pure junk. I am not going to waste my time on a tech gadget that is nothing more than toy. I will In the future, be more selective of what I accept. Great video Vic!

Never! There's a whole year ahead where creators will recycle and update this years content. Yay! 😂

Nah, It's alive! The carpet baggers are the ones dying. You know who they are. Shun ai in art folks...or else.

5:01 that wasn't so bad, Camera Raw or possibly even Lightroom could possibly fox this. If too bad I us Camera Raw in Photoshop anf use layer masks to fix spesific areas with spesific color of fringing to not effect areas with same color, just brush in corrected areas. In this scene it wasn't bad. But on picture doesn't tell the whole story. But looks promising. If it performs as well in many more scenerios, it might be the lens to go for. Which I have to do even with 24-70mm GMII lens. It's like morse code. But yellow, green, or age, magenta, blue, purple. Even color noise especially at window shades, vents on buildings, car grills. Not as bad on the fe 85mm 1.8. But I still has some. Still have to us photoshop on some pics. But don't use that lens anymore, but kept it anyway. But the Surui seems to beat this lens price is similar, but more features. Maybe I should get one as a replacement for my Sony FE 85mm 1.8. 🤔 If you can get your hands on one it would be interesting to how they compare. Cus the price is about the same new. I got mine used from a dealer. The weight isn't a bad thing if one want a portrait lens prime and shoot in slower shutter speeds, but with 1.4 one doesn't need to shoot as low. But the weight will make it easier to hold. The Sony fe 1.8 feels too light, unbalanced. So sucks for slow shutter speed, but it's 1.8 vs 1.4 her ei think it's might be an winner. But I Fone don't want the added dwieght it's not optimal.

I really enjoyed this video & I do keep hoping & praying story telling isn’t dead. I started my channel to do this type of channel, I actually really enjoy story telling channels & the channels where we get to know the person on the channel! You definitely hold people’s attention so well, and are a genuine talker, you’re just being yourself and that’s what I like in channels & want to become. I have enjoyed your videos, keep being you & prayers for your wife. ❤

Photography niche won't die. People want useful vids. Reviews, comparisons, nice videos.

I don't see the point of making same video somone did, without atleast adding more information, others didn't. Some vids parents much help lirk super short reviews or overviews. Some are. But one area I see lack of content is polarising filters. Which I'm currently looking I to, but can't find any info on what's the evs for me.

Couldn’t agree more, Vic. Spot on! Gear can be such a trap. Here’s to creating more stories.

Actually older Gopro cameras only were usable in summer, spring, autnumn, as the battery was flat in sub zero temps. So atleast that ha improved now 9 to 13 all can record in extreme low temps like - 20c. But I've not tried them yet still on Hero 7,but I can't record for most of the winter. But otherwise Gopro hasn't improved much, since few years ago, video quality got improved few years back, but then not so much if at all, and still sucks in the dark about as bad as 7. But I see the competition does much better in the dark. 🤔 But as for cameras, it seems like all brands have great or good cameras. But 4 Session. Was usable in sub zero, but its so tiny camera it gets hot. But top models are still way too expensive for me, I simply can't afford it. I hope the tech trickles down some day. I've not turned stupid yet. I love long form content.

It needs something to jab the consciousness of viewers, KZbin is similar to how TV was, I guess, the challenge is that KZbin is instant gratification, and Shorts are that quicker fix when the audience, who generally are trending to having the attention span of a goldfish,, need one. If we look at cooking shows on TV, for example, the older types went away, and fresh new talent came and changed the story of how it was told. Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey are good examples. So perhaps we need more swear words when something is shit, it's shit, and call it shit, that's going to mix up the rhetoric a bit, I feel. Just my thoughts away, Pal. Another good video

Vik! So many things come to mind as I watch this. Not the least is that you pulled the mental chatter right out of my head. It is indeed hard for me to carry on with KZbin as well, but I really hope YOU do as I could listen to you talk about bog roll. Ironically I found you when I got my OP3 earlier this year for one of those “settings” videos. But you’ve hit all the points about the state of KZbin videos in our niche. I think that’s why some are reaching back to do reviews of old or weird camera gear. I struggle to carry on with fresh ideas even though I’m fortunate to have some long term loans of very good camera gear to use. But a few months back I did a sponsored video on some grip gear and I don’t think it even has 250 views yet 😂 And yes people are lazy. They won’t crack open the camera manual themselves. I get the stupidest basic questions all the time. I shall work harder on the story structure. (And thanks for your reply to me on your last video, even though it probably pained you to reply.) If you’re looking for an idea to make a KZbin video about I’d love to see your actual process of using Chat GPT to help generate ideas and story lines etc. That’s a huge black hole in my head right now. Lots of high level stuff but no trusted details on the how-to side of things. Or just send me to a person/video who can teach me if you’re not into making it yourself. Happy holidays to you and your family. Hope your wife recovers, your health stays on the upswing, and that you can re-energize in whatever way is best for you. If that means leaving us for a few months, or forever, all the power to you! I totally get it. Hugs from Calgary, Canada.

I've learnt alot as newbie from your vids and craic

i unsubbed from so many channels this year. Its essentially the home shopping channel 24/7 with creators with zero integrity , out to get that bag and zero regard for their audience. There is a way to do it but many creators just use their audience to farm affiliate links, sell merch, review free stuff and bang in a sponsor aswell. Its shopping fatigue, shill fatigue and zero creativity as everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. Its bad, infact its worse than that.

I agree

You have a gift with storytelling for sure. When I found your channel I was not only informed but entertained. I genuinely look forward to your videos. Actually one of the few people that I subscribe to where I watch every video, all the way through. Keep em coming and keep telling great stories!

Subscribed, and agree! Every camera has become so good now, which I think is great, it levels the playing field a bit, but where I think (hope) happens is what people DO with the thing rather than just tell me about the thing 🙏🏾