Goes to show that nothing beats manual focus.

Thanks for the review, exact one I was looking for! A7R5 owner with deep Nikon roots. If I switched back, the Z7iii will prob better suit me (with full articulating screen). The Z8 also has no physical settings recall (m1, m2, etc.). A7RV can also shoot 26mp in Crop Mode giving every lens an instant 1.5x TC feature (allows my 400mm to instantly hit 600).

Just look at the fabric detail. Not even close.

Hate chase bank

Shot the Nikon D780 DSLR. Learned on a Nikon F2 35mm film camera. Glad to see that it is a comparable camera.

Why in 14:54 the Sony i more accurate in af on video af test?

Isn't there a sixth thing? The ambient light in the Core shadow area? Or if it's not called ambient light, then reflected light...

Sir what was the strobe light power as 1/16 or 1/256 ?

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Easy choice based on availability

Which lights are the best buy to get rolling - VILTROX VL-162T CRI95+, YONGNUO YN 300 II or NEEWER's Bi-Color 660 LED Video Lights???

crazy how the panasonic sensor is half the resolution and yet has so much more detail

I would have matched the rim light with the spot to make it look more like motivated light from the background's sun.

Great short video, Jay! You've effectively covered a classic technique in a minute that would have taken others at least an hour. Love the images! 😃

I expected a wider fov

Yeah. That's "pretty cheap" camera - only body almost 9000 euros ....

dianna is so pretty

"If you don't agree with me, then you probably don't know what you're doing"! 😂 Oh I love the honesty there! Not something you hear every day. I will say that while there's almost always more than one way to do things, I've seen enough of your tutorials to know you've got a lot to teach people. If they don't want to listen, that's their loss. Keep on keepin' on!

Lovely, but, if anyone can afford $10K in lighting systems, videographers, etc., they really KNOW what to do with it already...this is not for beginners or people with limited, no knowledge, other than to aspire....down the road...

Hummm, looks like a nice lens, in term of sharpness between 28-300 and 50-300 ? wchich is the best ?

good joob

I wish I would’ve ran across this video 2 months ago. 😕

I 100% believe that the AI tools in Photoshop are going to destroy the hobby of photography. I'm not talking about the casual user, capturing everyday life, but the hobbyists who join photo groups and camera clubs, and submit their images for competition. . . Serious photographers who exchange images on forums and social media. It is getting to the point where, particularly with landscape photography, the viewer doesn't know what is real, and what it not. Yes, part of that scene may exist, but the photographer used generative AI to expand the horizon, where the software just makes up the rest of the scene. What about that dramatic sky? Did it exist at all? Who knows. This goes way beyond just cloning out a distracting soda can. In my opinion, this technology is cheapening the art of photography. As the technology progresses, hobbyists will ask themselves, why go to the trouble to learn the hobby and capture that perfect scene when viewers aren't going to believe it in the first place?

Very cool look

Wow - thanks - so simple but so profound a basic

I hope I can get a reply, can you let me know the type of metering you're use? Sport? Wide, etc?

Lol ofc the Fuji has a crop factor - its apsc, that’s why a 23 is 35 ff equivalent

I just bought the S5II (only £1999 with the 24-105mm f/4 lens!) last month and my daughter shoots with the R6II, so this was a very interesting video for me to watch.

No EVF and that damn side hinged, conspicuous rear screen means the S9 is dead to me.

Comparing S9 against a7c or R8, would be a lot appropriate.

Yes

This vid was years ago, but thank you for being here when i was researching how to do a group shoot. I brought a ladder and forgot to use it!

5:35 TERROR 😂

In these 3 camera

Which camera is best for cinematography and candid photos please 🥺 tell me love from India

This is great. I’m buying this lens

if you are gonna compare cameras. why dont you use same lenses at the same fstop and same distance from subject..help people see what the real differences of each camera...

Thanks for the help in learning this

I'm a big fan of Aftershoot, but come on, my guy. "Is Aftershoot better, or is Imagen better?" Aftershoot gives you money. "Aftershoot is better!". This makes me sad for Aftershoot's reputation, and yours as well.

Why are you bent over double in every shot of you behind the tripods? Why not get a taller tripod?

Sony's image quality gets better while reducing the exposure a bit

super thanks

The Nikon Z8 works great for my use. I bought it on eBay for $3010 new. I only shoot in JPEG. I’m very impressed with the photos. Top notch video. Thanks for sharing your experience. ❤❤❤

Best explanation of compression

Hex yea it do!! I use 85, 90 or 105, & 135 which all are FABULOUS!!

Great video

...this is a masterpiece of teaching. The best wishes from Germany.

The Sony a6700 photographs and video look better than the Fuji, at least from what I see myself. I’m buying the Sony a6700 soon! 🤩

The reflector and the bounce umbrella look the same because you are not utilising the full umbrella. It's way too close to the flash head. The light source is thus pretty much the same size. You gotta push that bad boy out until the modelling light fills the whole umbrella.

One of the better vids out there. Thank you and well done, Jay.