Joan Jet is live in Grand Rapids MI in a few days. She must be 100 years old, I saw her in Baghdad Iraq like 20 years ago and she looked OLD!

These photos are stunning.

This was a great video. I had never considered using video to supplement photography. It’s only natural, though. I’m currently researching macro lenses for my canon. Should be a fun summer.

For some reason, I have the sigma 16mm, but I have a vigilante around my lens whenever I try and turn the steady shot off to make it wider. Do you know maybe a fix ?

I suddenly have a love of bugs! Awesome!

Perfect music for this amazing short.

Beautiful.

Yellowstone park is about 2 hours from where I live. Lots of great photos taken there. Spring is amazing with the birth of elk, buffalo and more.

Fascinating!

I have lots of bees by my raspberries. I’m going to give a shot at macro photography.

Stunningly beautiful.

I LOVE hot air balloons and have been able to go up in one twice. Amazing. Love this video.

I’m not starting a photography channel, but I love photography (very much a novice) and follow your other channel, so I just subscribed to this one. I know I’m gonna love it.

Is this really a video trying to convince an audience that the lens which costs $12,000 more is - wait for it - a better lens? Wow, shocker.

I do not agree that the Sony 90mm is the best macro lens ! The OSS of the Sony 90mm only gives 0.5 EV-stop at 1:1, so the stabilizer system in the lens only makes the lens more vulnerable ! "Real" macro isn NOT only 1:1 !!! I can highly recommend Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm 2.0 and 110mm 2.5 !

And how did you know which building is the right one before one day?

Zero chance I’m lugging around a 600 f/4. The 200-600 is a great lens all things considered including my back. I’m also not a fan of blowing out every background. I want to see the animal in its environment. I would like the Sony 300 f2.8 + 1.4x TC.

Let's try to manipulate stuff on my phone. To take a picture that is awesome

An honest review. Go prime if a pro. But if a hobbyist the 200-600mm is awesome and easier to carry around. One thing about the teleconverters a 1.4X is not really ever used because you learn that just going APS-C you get 1.5X and yes a smaller frame image but you will also use cropping a lot so the the use of upsizing you will you a lot anyway. The 2x also will get you 1800mm is using also 2x + APS-C. A thought on birds in flight you will be zoomed out to see and capture but while tracking you will zoom in and all of just a few seconds pass a prime you will not fine the bird before it gets away.

What about speed for the MEMORYCARD?

You're right that A1 is an animal

The lens looks really great. Still even with a 70% discount it still can be very pricey. The blurry background is pretty cool. Gives lots of options. Thanks for the sweet unboxing. Take care and wish you a Merry Christmas, Brian G Johnson. 🎁🎄☃️❤️

Nice to see you again - Missed you in RMNP this year - the depth of field is really narrow, even your ears were out of focus - maybe stop it down some? - but the Bokeh is really nice - looks like a great buy!

None of these are hacks especially the white balance part when shooting raw!

It’s all about $$$

That lens looks amazing... I buy a ton of stuff from KEH! Nice to see you dropping a video here, too!

Thanks for sharing, the lens is doing a great job.

really beautiful! Amazing!

1:58 that lil spider is measuring the size ...

Great video. That’s answered questions that was holding me back from buying, thank you.

Great video and advice. I’d like to add that many of these lenses are expensive and renting is a great option for those that are on a budget.

Just got my ZV-E1 and a Sony Gmaster 14mm 1.8. Hoping to up my quality on my channel. Been suing a iPhone 15 pro max. We shall see...

can tell you not in England. those kids would have hurled abuse at you and called you a pdf if you were.

Gorgeous videography! Did you use external lights for the video or a shoe mount light?

I have both lenses the 600f4 is simply not a good lens if you do a lot of small forest bird photography especially if you like to walk when you bird. If you prefer large birds in open habitats while staying hunkered down in the same spot get the 600f4. It is simply not practical to walk around with the f4 on a tripod or even hand holding. Small birds are always jumping around unless there is a feeder. I basically don’t bother photograph warblers (or small birds in forests) at all anymore with my 600f4 and mostly use it for waterfowl/ bigger birds in open habitats. I like to wait near a natural food or water source to get good behavior shots without moving too much. -joakospamerwildlife

Sigma 105mm DG Art for me every day of the week

Sony 200-600 make me sad about that chromatic aberration on the edge of subject...

I agree with you about 12 mp being enough. I've never encountered a problem because of it, and it's more forgiving for even cheap lenses. My Sony a7sI screen died, and I really want to replace it with something like this, but the lack of a viewfinder really kills it for me. I do most of my photography in the desert, so during the day using the screen is very hard, even with focus peaking like you showed. But the other issue is night photography, the light of the screen will attract bugs from miles away, or might disturb other night time photographers (specifically for astrophotographers). It's frustrating because I know it would have probably increased the price a little, but not as much when compared to the already high price. Including a viewfinder should have been mandatory because even without the some extra dials to make still photography easier, this would have been close to the perfect nighttime / low light camera, and instead it has a "bigger microphone" that almost no one uses.

The A7RV is better........not as fast on the electronic shutter but better overall image quality. Not to mention the autofocus is unbeatable.

None of these images needed a 600 f4

I really enjoyed this informative video. I have a question for you. I have a Sony a7r5 and 90mm lens which tubes would you recommend for my setup. Can I add more than one extension tube

Thanks for the wonderful tips!

I don't shoot LOG anymore. I setup a custom profile in camera which gives a nice natural look without color grading

The footage looks fantastic and I love the Blackmagic app, but yes... the files are massive! Welcome back (photography Brian)!

Nice sharing. Which settings do you use to film at night?

I love to use the automatic camera setting. Might not be always perfect but makes it easy to make a few quick shots. Works fairly well outside with lots of sunlight. Thanks for the awesome video, Brian. 🐱🐱❤️❤️

I had the Laowa, it broke 10 months in with VERY little studio only use. Trying to get warranty work was impossible, I gave up. I bought a few others, adapted and native, ended up with the Sony and stuck with it. The 90G is by far the best because it has stabilisation that works better than using IBIS only, it works with the focus stacking in some Sony bodies, it has AF and it produced better images than all other options I tried (a half dozen of them). I think it's built better also. Great value lens.

the city reflections in the lake look absolutely sick

Everybody who shot flowers once knows, that IBIS or IS are useless, cause the flower is moving more than your hand is shaking.

Just to confirm -- it is compatible with Sony a7c?