Camera Chat - Cameras in 20 years, nikon vs canon, flash vs natural light and more...

[@silvercruze2191]

Yes, it is worth doing the Sony v canon v Nikon analysis

[@w.jonesveraza]

Enjoyed this Q& A very much, as always. Thank you for these, Martin.

[@donsoley746]

Martin gets it!

[@ActualCounterfactual]

Yes definitely worth doing 😃. Of course some of the questions could easily be Googled, however some of them definitely worth listening to regarding your own experiences and thoughts

[@lerrynhawke3375]

What a way to start a day..Please do a video about that! That would be a great watch, I'd be interested to know how many people are getting back into film? As you really have got me back into photography with your recommendation of a d810 purchase (love) I've now got a f5 and a b&w darkroom, I just love it.. and my local photography shop in New zealand is really busy with a influx of people wanting to shoot film.. is this the same in the Uk? Let's go take some pictures!!!

[@jamesshephard2013]

Super video!

[@MartinCastein]

Thank you very much!

[@LouisLuzuka]

I’ve been waiting for this ❤

[@photo1416]

Your review and experience are, as always, objective. But I would also add luxury cameras for fans of everyday photography. For example, the lx lumix series. I like their color right from the camera. Moreover, there are decent leica optics, despite the microscopic sensor - very decent results. The xz-1 from Olympus is good

[@terryrobinson4197]

I remember following a spanid6 photographer just called aows. He didnt worry about gear and used a sont a6000. Hope this is the guy your looking for.

[@borderlands6606]

A young photographer who used a point and shoot digicam, gained a lot of traction about 10 years ago. He shot fashion with homespun multi-point lighting and dressed models in his own fashion designs. It was really high quality work worthy of any boutique brand.

[@photo1416]

and canon cameras are actually very durable in many ways, even their three-digit series. And my friend still has a 5d2 with a mileage of more than a million frames

[@MartinCastein]

Yeah I think they are very strong maybe it’s just how they feel it the Nikon cameras feel even stronger but realistically probably it makes more sense to care about shutter durability than the body but my money would be on Nikon if we were doing a weather test or drop test

[@johnstaples1606]

Great work as per…! I love cameras so a phone holds no real interest .. but (and there’s always one) the editing software on my iPhone is really good.. so as a package you could probably drop Lightroom and or photoshop.. also you can print directly from the phone.. As an aside have you considered doing anything around compact cameras.. I borrowed a friend’s Leica d lux 8. it’s really good.. small and easy to use.?? Cheers!

[@LeandroBighetti]

HOW DARE YOU SH1T ON MY FUJI APS-C SETUP MARTIN!! Just kidding, the autofocus IS maddening 😅 but I love the images out of my xt1, can’t help it. Just started doing some paid photography work on it Martin, I think partially thanks to you! ❤ Awesome video, good stuff! 🎉

[@julianrobertson3303]

Thank you for sharing as always . The camera depends on what type of photography one wants to create ?. at best mobile phones will become more popular in future years insofar as simple snap shots like landscapes, architecture , portraits , most static shots . For myself , the viewfinder up to my eye is an extension of my body , my eye is connected through the viewfinder without any peripheral vision interference , that's how I work , I can't do video screens either , I'm old school & like true natural light through the viewfinder so mirrorless is out too . All the new gimmicks will become a distraction in some fields of photography , screens are no good in bright sunlight when trying to take wildlife photography , especially X600 zoom photography ,or street photography , sports photography , it won't be so much that cameras will change , with all the A.I & so forth there shan't be any photographers apart from weddings & media documentation , event , sports , document photography basically , there's no household name photographers anymore like Baily or Litchfield , the mobile phone can be a good tool & each to their own regarding opinions & fair play , technology will move on & is what it is , after we're all dead the the DLSR will be like film cameras & will be worth a fortune with the cameras what remain working . I would imagine that the future camera will be a jig bodyshell with a lens that one would slide their mobile phone into , that is if by then mobile phones haven't become brain implants ?.

[@MartinCastein]

Hahha that would be funny if it’s a brain implant. I think the camera overall will evolve dramatically and potentially look quite different but let’s see. Sometimes these things just grind to a halt

[@ОлександрОж-я3ъ]

Martin, what are your thoughts on Sony a7 3 in 2025? Especially for portrait photography. Is skintone any good? Does it need a lot of postproduction work? Or is it better to go for aomething like canon r8?

[@MartinCastein]

A73 is excellent and will do very well indeed you have to take the whole system into account. I would choose Sony of canon in that regard due to the lenses they have many more options and in some ways are better and cheaper and smaller and lighter

[@LouisLuzuka]

Yeah the iphone is awesome but I need my strobes 😢

[@MartinCastein]

hahah yes indeed but im wondering about some sort of new camera design we havent seen yet

[@artsilva]

As a 11 year Fuji shooter for a fun camera system, I have to agree with you about the AF issues, They just always seem to be behind the curve, but for daily carry slow paced single shot work, it's fine. On the build quality, I only agree about the products from the last five-ish years. Ever since production left Japan they have seen LOTS of nagging issues and overall sub-par build quality. It is why I stopped buying their cameras after my X-H1 and X-T2, with my beloved X-Pro 2 being the best build Fuji has ever produced along with those older XF lenses. Do I rate fuji up there with my Nikon and Canon DSLR systems? No way, but for portability and something different, it's a fun departure sometimes.