I love my X-T3 but fancied something more compact. I’ve built up a collection of lenses so it made sense to buy another Fuji body. I got a used X-E2s in mint condition and I absolutely love it. I only use it with my 23mm or 35mm lenses.

Love you Zain ❤

I shoot films because "cloud storage" made me lose a lot of family historical records.

still too much magenta in skin tone on my taste...

You've highlighted some very interesting problems I hadn't considered. I totally agree on the last of the issues. Wait times this long are killer for a crowdfunded project. Having experienced delays on multiple campaigns on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo, I can attest that it gets very annoying. Most of the time, these companies delay responding to any queries, which can become frustrating. I'm surprised Alice Camera still have people sticking around from their original batch of supporters. Waiting for a project for 3 years is a long time, especially when there are no clear timelines.

I live in Berlin since 11 years and never once someone asked me to delete a picture.

Love the process.

I've taken mine around the world and love it.

Very good Zain. I want them lights too

I was only thinking of you and your mate Leo yesterday. Glad to see you posting an awesome video today. Please make a video with Leo. Thanks. Keep up the great work.😎✌️👍

The cash thing is mainly for tax reasons..... Nice empathic view on Berlin!

The major and the only one issue they genuinely need to fix to even have a sliver of chance of surviving in the market is the PRICE. I'd rather suggest people to go for Black Magic Micro Studio Camera and use it with a smartphone. That also has a MFT sensor and shoots RAW footage. Also is way cheaper than this. The DJI Osmo Pocket is cheaper than this and gets really good footage which is 10bit. The Sony ZV-1 is also good enough and pocketable. Plus they come with log footage facility. All these cameras are good enough for people who are casual video creators or travel a lot and capture footage. This camera is easily 30-40% more expensive and needs a smartphone to function. The advantage it has is interchangeable lens which is probably not something smartphone videographers care about, plus this adds more cost as the camera comes without any kit lens. With the lens perhaps this is cheaper than Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.

If they ever get the chance to release another model, they definitely need to make sure that one doesn't have a sealed in battery. So many perfectly working gadgets these days die an early death because their sealed in battery stops holding a charge and can't be swapped out.

They should also have a magsafe version like the switch lens. But damn, 1500$ is absolutely mental. LOL Sony also already did this almost 10 years ago now. Maybe I will entertain this idea when they use 1" or APSC sensors, but right now none of these products look actually usable. You could buy 2 lightly used Sony a7iii's for the same price. Or even a DJI OSMO would be significantly better for vlogging with the built in gimbal, 1" sensor, and phone connectivity.

hopefully switchlens can do what alice camera can't

You dont need a $1000 phone. Why not by a used phone for $200-$400? Also you probably already have a phone.

I'm one of the original Alice Camera Backers - shipping has only just started and the iOS app is incomplete with critical features like autofocus simply not there. Even more worryingly, it seems that no Android software will be available at this initial flawed launch - so tough luck if you have that type of phone. Communication with Alice Camera has been dreadful, and the sorry litany of missed deadlines and weak excuses has been awful. In your video of concerns - all of the ones you voiced being reasonable - you did not mention the absolute necessity to have a decent interface. I'm not sure Alice Camera has demonstrated one, as on the phone you have to do everything such as set up your stream and then use it as a camera too. Workflow matters. Another concern is the capability Alice Camera have for support and development - they apparently have only 6 staff - how can that look after a challenging user base and keep this product relevant with new features? Seeing the price of the Switchlens - I have backed that - their roadmap gives delivery before the year is out. I gave a suspicion that Switchlens will beat Alice to being a fully usable product.

As a creator myself, who does mostly action stuff with BMX and Mountain Biking, I don't see a huge advantage of this camera. Especially for how much it cost! I use a GoPro for most of my stuff and my phone for some of it, which is a Pixel 7 Pro. The quality from my GoPro is pretty good. I get that I can't attach lenses to it, but I rarely have a need for that. For Vlogging a GoPro with a media mod attached to it is both small and good quality. If this micro 4:3rds add on was closer in price to an action camera it might make some sense. But for what it costs, without a screen and with the need to buy lenses it makes absolutely no sense.

Nice vid man, cool lil nugget about the Eos 5! What stock was that hammock picture shot on? Colours are beaut

Stupid loud background music. WTF. Fail.

I began shooting analog in the mid '90's just because there wasn't digital available (for an amateur budget). Then about ten years later I bought my first digital body in 2004 ( Canon 300D), and then I learned how to take pictures without using the Program mode. Now I'm back to analog and my pictures are so much better than back then. Even better then in digital,, but it was a learning curve for almost 25 years. It's so true what you say. First learn how to take pictures (compose and technically) digital. See what you're doing and experiment. Make mistakes and learn from it, at the moment you make them. Not after a month when you made the picture and then see the result. But analog is so much more fun. But still I shoot digital. It's fast, it's cheap, it's good. But for my pleasure... Analog!!!

Four years and one pandemic later...at least they're still around. All the Indiegogo projects I backed during the pandemic died. I didn't back this one, because the cost was so high. I wish them well, but it's very odd and fishy why there have been virtually no reviews of this camera from M4/3-friendly KZbinrs (aside from Emily at Micro Four Nerds), even though they are on the cusp of delivering the product.

You're not stuck using f/16 when using the Sunny 16 Rule. That's just the starting point. You can use equivalent exposures with wider apertures. Or you can fine tune it how you like as the Sunny 16 Rule is meant as a great starting point anyhow.

Just got an A-1 and I'm wondering where did you get the wrist strap?

I dont see the point of this device , if i want agood camear , i buy one 😅

As a designer and photographer and a Lefthand person, I see the Alice Camera as the first ambidextrous camera on the market with the addition of a secondary shutter button on the bottom of the camera. The camera is a balanced design, meaning if you turn the camera upside down you have the same form factor. This means that you can mount the smartphone in a different direction. Alice Camera please consider my suggestion.....

Today there good cameras to buy this 😅buy a sony,nikon,cannon,olympus,pentax ,panasonic or die

I think poeple that wants to take pro pictures , pro videos , they need a real camera not a toy fixed to yuor phone

Wait, I played the video because I thought you had the camera.

Not bad, I think I want to buy one too, haha.

But I’m broke 😢

I don’t know why Sony or others don’t partner with Google or Apple themselves to add AI post processing to get better shots out of camera. I know the chips would increase cost. Or… sell a M4/3 add on that’s way way cheaper that only takes the image and has the phone do all the post processing and heavy lifting. I don’t know why you couldn’t do that for under $400. I’d consider paying that for a major upgrade in image quality.

I think JJC is a good brand,i also buy its products👍👍

Long time no hear

I wish I could give this video a thumbs down 100 times 👎

Unwatchable crap

STOP putting Background music on videos with NARRATION 🙄 it Only makes it HARDER to hear what your saying 🤷

it should of done what Pixii did evf only and simlpe controls on body

I backed Alice on the first days they came out with the idea, as you said 4 years or so ago. Not received it yet. I told them while you are working on it, please make a phone mount which can swivel up, for content creators essential. Now it seems I need to mount another phone holder on top if I want to film myself. They told me, that they can't do anything for now. I just wish, they would ship my Alice.....

Beneran masbro, really wish it works out. Excellent review

With the death of affordable point n shoot cameras, this unfortunately seems to be only modern affordable option available. The next best thing is easily >1kUSD.

This product does not make valued sense. Carrying around an add-on device to a cell phone. Just to use the cell phone's display. Better off with a dedicated camera like a Ricoh GR III, and keep the cell phone in one's pocket. Even keep the GR in the pocket.

This product looks like a well-meant idea, but once the people behind it started the actual development and discovered how much everything really costs, they went the usual "postpone, delay and fabricate" route.

SwitchLens Funding Canceled Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on May 25 2024 - re launching in June with RAW support

totally agree the radio silence coming from the brand is scary and the marketing is now looking flawed too. I suspect there are issues with the Autofocus system and some of the other features as the launch gets delayed again and again. It’s a shame as one of the SP’s is the open source upgrade ability of the unit. If this is the case why have they not shipped? , Notice there are no real ways of contacting the team too which is worrying. Once the units ship the reviews could kill it or possibly make it a success. After 4 years of wait it better be good.

and i 100% agree with you on moriyama no lies detected

everything in that book should have been a very forgettable instagram post instead, its a book, of shit photos that should have been posts

Nice try. The photos in the book were lazy. It didn’t seem like much thought was given in making the images.

were there crystal formed in the bottle when you used it? I have one that is over a year expired and it does have some crystals at the bottom.

There are one or 2 that may have some vague aesthetic, compositional or artistic quality. It promotes photography for younger photographers to “have a go” but the key phrase here is that “he jumped the queue” in my opinion. As the old saying goes, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”