Photography MYTH BUSTING - Lenses Explained - Camera Bags - Gimbal Heads - Family Portraits

In this episode of Photography Online we explain everything you need to know about lenses and bust one of photography's greatest ever myths.
We also discuss the importance of taking family portraits, we look at three different styles of camera bag, we show you how to make a DIY mic for your camera and we look at why you might need a gimbal tripod head for your sport or wildlife photography. Once again we bring you the show from Armadale Castle and grounds on the Isle of Skye.
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[@munmelenfrance6710]

That is the absolute clearest focal length explanation and demonstration I have ever watched.

[@PhotographyOnline]

That’s good to hear. We hope it was useful.

[@remco2777]

Agree, for me too.

[@melbies]

I totally agree. I have been watching and trying to pick up photography tips for about a year now, and this explanation was the best by far. So grateful to have come across this video! Thank you :)

[@molokaibicycles]

Great video! I find it quite educating. Although your interpretation of focal length compression is quite accurate, we must take into consideration the terminology itself. An example. In layman’s term: If a friend comes up to you and says “You see that building over there?” You would probably say: “Yes”. However, technically, you do not actually see the building. What you see, is the light reflecting off of the building. In total darkness, the human eye can not see that building. Only a photographer will really understand the theory of light under normal conditions. With that being said, compression in telephoto images is a universally accepted layman’s way of explaining the parallax effect we perceive. Just a thought. And again, thank you I enjoy all of your videos.

[@cerealkiller4248]

Marcus the pictures of your mum were lovely. This struck a chord with me as my mum detested having her photo taken, and, as she’s just gone into a care home suffering Alzheimer’s and Dementia, the chance of a candid at home are lost forever. I have very few pictures to show my children aged 4, 6 and 8 when they’re older. People take note................

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for sharing your views. The reason for the feature was to try to inspire people to take photos of family while they have the chance, so hopefully it will be absorbed by some.

[@Bolton115]

@@PhotographyOnline My Dad hated having his picture taken most of the time, so after he died at 52 I don't have nearly enough pictures to show his grand babies, the younger of which he never got to meet. I know where you're coming from, Marcus. Thank you for sharing.

[@garfalls]

My favourite, most practical bags is always the one I’m going to buy next.

[@PhotographyOnline]

At least you have good incentive to keep buying!

[@timothylinn]

Hahaha. So true. That said, there has been a lot of innovation in bag design over the last five or six years. WANDRD got closer to designing my perfect bag on their first attempt than any of the established companies did over the previous 25 years. I love that we are no longer captive to the priorities and whims of a handful of bag designers now.

[@digipak07]

Greetings from Pakistan. I must say this episode made me unlearn something that I learnt and believed for more than 30 years. No one has ever explained it better than Marcus, you did. Absolutely amazing. The family bits of your and other hosts really added a lot to this episode. I am so glad that I found this channel.

[@douglasbrownsr.2511]

Markus, your daughter is adorable! "Strike the pose" and she moves right to it with a great smile. LOL Awesome!

[@PhotographyOnline]

She's been well trained!

[@Henry30065]

Photography online just keeps improving with every episode. I enjoyed and, more importantly, learned something from every contributor to yesterday’s show. Well done to the entire team!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching Alun. Glad it was helpful to you.

[@clintwoosley9512]

Im not crying! YOUR crying! Such a charming little girl looking at her grandmother. My wife is the youngest of nine. I have 3 good spontaneous portraits of her siblings caught with natural light so far. Its a project for me. Fantastic primer too!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching Clint. All the best with the portraits

[@allenmorley5963]

Very elegant explanation of perspective by Marcus. But I thought he was going to take the opportunity to dispel that other phrase: "zoom with your feet". That really gets my goat!

[@TheJust022]

Finally someone how shows us the facts! Very good lesson! I really enjoy the part of the focal lengths. That is why I keep a frame in my bag to pre visualise the scene.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Yeah we were getting bored hearing everyone talking about lens compression so thought we’d explain things clearly.

[@jpdj2715]

Well done. An important lesson. And, if you went to old school photography school - vocational/applied BSc - then these myths had been busted in there. There's one thing you might have missed in there, when being taught lenses, that you certainly got taught in art school, if you took the class in "perspective drawing" - the "square law". This square law totally "explains" the distance and perspective phenomenon and once we understand it, its 'inverse' derivative is immediately obvious. If at 'distance' 1, you see an 'area' of 1 x 1, then at distance 2, you see 2 x 2, at distance 3 see 3 x 3 - notice how the area that you see goes from 1 to 4 to 9 and this is where we find the square law. So the 'area' we see, changes with the 'square' of the 'distance'. If we create a table in our spreadsheet program: distance, area, and 'area j/area i' where j=i+1 - simply put, we run a series of integers "distance" in column 1, then square that in column 2, and next in column 3 divide the area of the present row by the area of the previous row, then we see the compression in the third row. If you plot these three columns into a line plot for distances 1 .. 6, then you nicely see the exponential area increase of 'area' but the change in the rate of area change in column three and this illustrates the difference between compression in the foreground and the background. With this understanding - columns 2 and 3 - we have an easy moment in flash photography to understand that a (flash) light that needs to illuminate our subject, loses its intensity more quickly in the foreground, than in the background. The inverse square law adds a fourth column to the table, where the intensity of light relates to the area that is lit. If at distance 1, our lamp has an intensity of 1, then at distance 2, it has an intensity of 1/4 - 1 divided by the corresponding area. So we get intensity 1 at distance 1 for area 1, intensity 1/4 for distance 2 and intensity 1/9 for distance 3, etc. If we put that in the fourth column and generate the line graph again, the inverse square law is visualized as well. And we have learnt how, for instance, we can easily turn a white cyc into a very dark, almost black or black even, grey one in our studio shots.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi JP. Thanks for your detailed comment. We have already covered the Inverse Square Law (the most useful law for any photographer to learn as it can be applied to so many elements of photography) in our Jan part 2 show. If you go to 7:00 into that programme you will see it. Obviously we don’t go into too much detail as we need to keep the audience attention but hopefully you will see that we didn’t miss this important info. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.

[@key2adventure]

I don’t think we need take more family portraits, as we do a lot on our mobile phones. The problem is that they stay on the phone, are typically not printed and put into an physical album. I have started instax printing a lot of images from my phone, that is one way to have a physical memory.

[@johnborkovec1083]

As a Newbie to photography, and a KZbin junkie, this was probably THE BEST explanation of composition (as it relates to f-stop and focal length) that I've seen. Thank you for this! Well done!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching John. Great to hear it was useful. More to come!

[@randycaldwell9346]

I've watched several of you alls videos I have enjoyed them all. Very informative Thank You all! Good job great team work!

[@tomronollo9411]

Great focal length myth buster ---but with visuals-- and this is what is needed for one to go out and experiment on their own-- This is how learning takes place thank you

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Tom. Great to hear it was helpful.

[@SP-ll8nv]

I totally enjoyed the explanation of F-stop and focal length. I have never heard it explained so clearly and accurately. As the presenter said, "It is what it is..." Thanks, I have finally understood.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Great to hear it was useful to you. Thanks for watching.

[@jimmason8502]

You say tomato, I say tomata...when photographers talk about compression they generally mean keeping the foreground subject the same size and using focal length and distance from foreground subject to "compress" the background. While distance from the subject matters, so too does focal length as you change distance. You kinda proved that point in the first 14min.

[@mrgrumpy75]

I've only just found this channel. I love this!! The item about lenses was a real revelation. And Xiana is a total natural !!! This whole episode was packed full of awesome information. I'll be exploring the rest of the channel more when I get some more time and I look forward to the next episode.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Welcome on board. Glad you found us.

[@davegrenier1160]

The last time I saw the "compression" effect and the actual effect of perspective and focal length/subject distance explained as well as here was in the (probably early) 80s in Modern Photography magazine, that showed a similar sequence of photos. Hearing the myths from other sources has driven me nuts for decades! Well done!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Dave

[@garyhook1372]

Think Tank fan here. Mostly Retrospective or Vision, but I have Backlight for hiking. Also other messenger styles, plus a sling. Next is an Airport Advantage XT, I think. Excellent demonstration of "compression".

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Gary.

[@npmerrill]

Very touching, poignant bit on family portraits. Ty for being the best photography show on yt.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching and for providing your kind feedback,

[@tjmanou6422]

GREAT explanation re focal length and compression. And the little girl is a STAR. She ads such beautiful energy to the whole video. Thank you for all of our efforts.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching TJ

[@mareklhotsky6008]

Finally someone explained the compression correctly and mainly easily to understand! I've been fighting with this opinion couple times but with no luck! It is about the perspective and not the lens! Thank you for that👍 from now on I will be sharing this video every time when someone starts about how nice compression this or that lens have!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was useful Marek. There are many photographers out there who struggle with this, so thanks for helping to explain the facts to them!

[@marcsawian]

The Show of all Shows 👌👌 eagerly waiting guyz 💛💛

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Marc. Not too long to go!

[@alpharedwolf]

EXCELLENT WORK!! Cristal Clear, to the point explanations!!! You just got a new subscriber from Texas, U.S.A.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Awesome, thank you!

[@martinbenford3442]

Lowepro Whistler BP 450 Backpack for Camera - Grey Recommended

[@nitinb9202]

Damn all the other fancy product pushers, your explanation of lenses will keep the dinosaurs busy dissecting their words. The family photos explanation is an emotional subject. My grandfather gifted a small photo to my mom on her first childbirth , which was she 2 months old. I still remember her wet eyes explaining it when I became interested in photography as a youngster. This generation have a delete button, we didn't.

[@stephenberger2798]

Hello from Florida,USA. I really enjoy your channel. I visited Scotland during the Queen’s silver anniversary. Beautiful country

[@remco2777]

I follow a lot of photography channels, but your demo and explanation on focal length and distance was a real penny-now-drops for me. Thank you!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was useful. More to come!

[@kearneyIT]

Lad's this is the best show to date. absolutely brilliant. great job. love it!!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brianbrooking496]

Like the old days of TV, waiting ages for your show to come back on. Well it feels like ages by modern standards...

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hope the wait was worth it!

[@brianbrooking496]

@@PhotographyOnline always worth the wait... good things come to those who wait

[@Bolton115]

@@PhotographyOnline It's always totally worth the wait.

[@jeffstephens5266]

The best photography channel on KZbin. Brilliant shows very time, well done all involved.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks very much Jeff. We hope you continue to enjoy our future content.

[@peterkin1000]

Informative, interesting and entertaining - as usual. I found the demonstration of the effect of focal length and the distance to the subject particularly interesting. Best wishes to the team.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Peter. Glad to hear it was helpful

[@spidersj12]

I love this mythbusting of compressing backgrounds.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Spiders. Glad it was helpful

[@extrajay4868]

Nice explanation and demonstrations. Ironically I heard of this video through someone who apparently doesn't understand photography, through one of their videos.

[@AdrianW_photo]

Super edition. Loved the the DIY mic segment. I wholeheartedly agree about the importance of capturing portraits of our loved ones for posterity.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks fot watching Adrian

[@markthompson3863]

Another great show. Really enjoyed it and picked up some great knowledge as always. Marcus and Shiana will soon have their own comedy programme, but the explanation was spot on. The section on family portraits hit home as I recently lost my father and have hardly any photos of him in recent years. Ruth as ever the perfect host to link all the segments together and enjoyed watching her take her family portraits. Keep it up team !

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching Mark. Sorry to hear about your father. Hopefully you have some nice shots to remember him by. Thanks for your continued support. All the best.

[@davidgscott]

Thanks for a great show. What Marcus failed to mention about focal length is that, since he was doubling his distance to the foreground subject and not the background subject, the background subject was being magnified more than the foreground subject, creating the illusion that the background subject was coming closer too the foreground subject.

[@PhotographyOnline]

David. There was no “illusion”! This was the purpose of the exercise - to show that the lens simply captures what the eye sees, which is a change in perspective as you adjust your distance. There is no illusion.

[@stephenkerley3395]

Perspective explained so well 👍

[@donridgway7269]

I've been watching Brit-based photography videos for the past year, and I'm finally learning to say "kit" when I refer to equipment.

[@PhotographyOnline]

You'll soon be saying "wee" instead of "small" and measuring distance in metres!

[@ariaan_]

Enjoyed the episode again, and was moved by the family portrait feature. It inspired me to go out into the garden and take my wife's portrait with her gardening tools. I think I should take more pictures of the day to day happenings in our house and family.

[@PhotographyOnline]

That’s great to hear we’ve inspired you Ariaan. Thanks for your continued support

[@richmcphotos3194]

Could you guys talk a little bit about which cameras and lenses are reasonably water resistant? A lot of times you are out in bad weather… Looking forward to the usual good show,

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Rich. It's very difficult to discuss weather sealing on camera gear as it only becomes obvious that it is good or not when used in very bad weather, and we can't use gear which doesn't belong to us in bad weather. We use our own gear in bad weather all the time and never have any issues. We use mostly Canon gear which is stated as being weather sealed, but we have no idea whether this is better or worse than other brands who make the same claim. Hope that makes sense.

[@jn1982]

Thank you for explaining the focal-length physics. It's a matter of what people can use easiest, and the idea of "compression" is easy to say but is definitely a misnomer. Same thing for folks saying "my tyres have 25 pounds of air" when they are describing 25 lbs/in2 pressure in the tyres.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was helpful!

[@timrosenburgh9485]

Another great video as always. The focal length was explained by Marcus brilliantly. Look forward to the next one as usual.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Tim. Glad you enjoyed it. All the best

[@ridealongwithrandy]

Good stuff again! I think a lot of folks benefited from the lens/f-stop segment. The parabolic dish thing is brilliant! Harry's backyard view is amazing. I too have a gimbal for either the tripod or my monopod, which really helps a lot. As I travel by car nowadays, I have 3 bags, a Nikon bag, an Olympus bag, and a film camera bag, when I travel, I take it all!! Avery interesting and engaging show again! Cheers!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks as always Randy.

[@bobk4438]

I use a small messenger bag. Micro four thirds makes this easy.

[@declanlong1867]

Really clear presentation. Practical, useful content. This is one of the best photography sites I have come across...aimed at enthusiasts, but doesn't require much prior photography knowledge. Top class!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Declan. That’s our goal, so good to hear we are achieving it

[@martinsarre]

Another great show. We can't become photography online supporters here in Guernsey (it's a google thing) so I decided to buy a t-shirt to help support this channel.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks very much Martin. Who knew Guernsey was a communist state?!

[@martinsarre]

@@PhotographyOnline 😂🇬🇬,not far wrong there

[@nikonman3971]

Farout, dude, master my.... our master , You know how hard it is to teach that to my college students . Spot on bro. Long live film📷 Your the man . 🦇

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad to help

[@ipedder68]

Brilliant, every day is school day . Without doubt the best photography show around 👍

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks very much Ian. We appreciate your continued support.

[@oscar33212]

I think you did ani excellent job of proving what you set out to disprove. If I want to compress the image, so the church looks closer, I need to use a longer lens and move further back from the subject.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Dean. Actually you just need to move further back. Changing focal length just compensates for the lower magnification experienced by your more distant viewpoint. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for watching

[@carolynvines2027]

Great clarification on focal lengths!!!!! I really appreciate this!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Great to hear it was useful Carolyn. All the best

[@ChrisFilshie]

Great explanation of focal length by Markus and his daughter. BAGS! What a can of worms you opened there! There is no such thing as the perfect bag for all occasions. Thanks Harry, now you have me looking for a smaller 'short walk' bag. Your thoughts about family portraits struct a personal cord. Thank you! Great content all around ...as usual

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BPLeroyLotusEvora]

As always, absolutely excellent and Cristal clean teaching. What gems this team are churning out! Thank you!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Wow, thanks! Glad you like our stuff.

[@BPLeroyLotusEvora]

@@PhotographyOnline should have been crystal clear! When spell checkers go 😑

[@keithpinn152]

Hi guys: Sorry for being late in responding to this great video. When it comes to camera bags, I have a closet full of different types. My primary bag is the LowePro - Pro Tactic 450AW. I also have a MindShift sling bag for trekking where I don't need to carry much equipment. Cheers, Keith

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks as always Keith

[@MuhammadIkhwan95]

I am quite a suprise of the focal length so called "myth" in this video bit well.. you proved it precisely. Well done. I love this video 👍👏

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching

[@johnboothroyd7087]

Really great show yet again. Tell Harry if he wants to really look 'cool' with his shoulder bag to get a Billingham - may be a red one!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Harry would only be interested if it was pink!

[@howardrankin7119]

Another well balanced episode. Lots of explanation and information , and some charming moments

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@azjoe_6310]

Sorry about losing your mom at such a young age Marcus. I am glad you have that last beautiful picture of you both.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Azjoe

[@parvezbomanji1385]

it has now made understand the myth that distance from the subject causes compression not focal length, which only magnifies

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad to hear it was helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@tyeeggleston6159]

I am so glad I discovered this show. I learn sooo much from all of you. Y'all make it very simple and easy to follow. I would love to take some photos of the castles and other historic places. Keep up the amazing work..can't wait till the next show....❤

[@PhotographyOnline]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@PeterLariviere1]

Great show. My current bag(s) are the Mindshift 13 sling which is my travel bag. I can carry a large pack that I check at the airport and have the sling in front. Also for urban environments I like the sling. My 'taking the big lens' is the Mindshift 15. It is a great pack that for the necessities of wildlife photography. And finally if I am taking everything I grab my Gitzo Adventury 30.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for the info Peter

[@AndyCurriePhotography]

The feature on the lenses was fantastic - really well done, very informative and superbly explained. A very enjoyable episode yet again from the team! - looking forward to the next already!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lynnjohnson3669]

wow, thank you Marcus for the explanation of focal length. You made is so easy to understand. thanks. Also thanks to the whole team for a most entertaining and informative show, as always.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tysonator5433]

I thought I knew a lot until the focal length compression was explain with actual examples. Good and informative video, keep up the good work. As for bags, I have tried a lot and IMO the bags that works best is the bag you ate most comfortable with. Which may not be a camera bag ! So I purchased a padded insert for camera body and lenses for a rucksack I enjoy wearing or I can use another bag like holdall if I am say in a hall or studio and not outside.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Tyson. All the best.

[@Andy-zr9gi]

Really well presented and clear, I wonder if people appreciate the effort and time to edit such a video.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Andy. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Some people (like you) do appreciate the time and effort we put in, while others do not. Glad to see you are in the right group!

[@Steaphany]

On the subject of Family Portraits - Digital photography makes it all so easy to go through a memory card of photos and deleting the ones that "Just did not turn out" I have found that it's best to never delete a photo, memory is just so cheap that it's a small price to pay when it turns out that the blurry or poorly lit image just may be the last photo of that family member ever taken.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Well said

[@barryrasberry376]

Just happened along and found your video, so inspiring, easy to understand and immediately had to share in our FB Photography Group.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks very much Barry. Welcome to our channel.

[@StefanOffermann]

Again a show with great content, especially the Marcus explains things type of feature. For my bags, I got the Peak Design Sling 10l for my birthday so I am currently in love with it and go for shorter walks and less gear. Works for me 👍

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Stefan.

[@mikdavis8561]

loved the explanation of focal length and of course thr rest was ace as well

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching Mik

[@kjd99]

Thanks for the very good focal lengths explaination, I finally understand it now ! Now to get my cat to strike a pose !

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JIMMYSBN]

that top gear style intro =)

[@PhotographyOnline]

You know it!

[@ToastandJam52]

As always an interesting show. As for camera backpacks: I have not found one that I liked. Being 6"4" probably has a lot to do with it. The solution I found was to get a day backpack from the local hiking shop (about 20 quid) and a couple of padded inserts and that I got "used" (they were brand new) for about 30 quid. This does for my camera, lenses and filters. I have another little bag that holds all my batteries, sd cards, cleaning cloths, and cables/charger. Much cheaper and amazingly more comfortable than anything I have seen in a camera shop.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on bags. Much appreciated.

[@250GTOAJ]

We were in Armadale many years ago while on our Honeymoon, we did not know there was a castle to visit so we will have to make a point of going there. Great Video and can we have more of the young lady from Scotland please! 😀👍🇨🇦

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Alan. We can highly recommend visiting Armadale Castle next time you are on Skye. If the “young lady” you refer to is Xiana the little girl (as opposed to Ruth - who is also a young lady!), the she appears in many of our shows including the previous one. Thanks for watching.

[@todaymueller8940]

Great show again, interesting and informative. My domke messenger bag and Olympus pen is enough for me. The bigger the bag the more stuff you end up lugging around.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for sharing!

[@whereswa11y]

I would like to know about the church/cute girl shots. Please can you tell us what you recall about the elevation at each position?

[@PhotographyOnline]

If you’re asking because of that crazy guy who thinks the Earth is flat, then the one thing he failed to take into account is that the photos were all handheld and were therefore all at slightly different heights. This explains all the differences he drew attention to. It has nothing to do with lens distortion or the world being flat!

[@whereswa11y]

@@PhotographyOnline lol yeah I know. I debunk these flatties… which is super easy , barely an inconvenience. But I had to ask. He was making a big thing about the mountains being visible in the wide angle shots but when the 200mm lens was used, you could no longer see them. I tried to tell him that the camera was obviously a slightly lower elevation. You can see that by looking at the power pole cross bar in relation to the cute girls body. Anyway many thanks. I learned stuff I didn’t know from you so that’s good . I have a 2000mm telescope and I am trying to get a tracking shot of the ISS. No luck yet but I will do it.

[@extrajay4868]

@@whereswa11y If you scroll down, you can see flatzoid himself commenting on this video 2 years ago.

[@whereswa11y]

@@extrajay4868 oh really? Thanks for the heads up

[@lordmonkey3285]

This is an amazing video, great channel

[@georgevanhout8996]

thank you so much for clearing up the lens debate. Fantastic!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Well, someone had to! Thanks for watching George.

[@hedgehog092370]

Fantastic show. Been a wee late to jump on the bandwagon but managed to catch up on most of the previous episodes and current now. I changed my itinerary from going to Inverness and instead visited Skye a couple of weeks ago and managed to get some decent shots. The chaps are fairly fit to go up and down the mountains, but not me - made do with some strenuous climbs and resorted to a plenty Of wayside shots. Well done for the show - clearly something of this sort was a missing void on KZbin from this neck of the woods - clearly competing with B&H Event Space

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching.

[@JohnPaul-ii]

Thanks for another great vlog. Lots of interesting information, and a couple of touching moments. As for bags, Backlight 26L was the choice I made. Fits my Canon R5 with 24-105 attached, a 70-200 f2.8, 16-35 f4, filter kit, Canon flash and other accessories needed. All up 8kg in weight. Tripod not included. Thanks again for sharing. Stay safe 😷🇦🇺

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching John

[@SkiwithMike]

Lenses explained = brilliant

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks. We hope it was useful

[@roohif]

At the 13:52 mark, would you agree that the height of your camera above the ground is higher in the 12 mm shot than it is in the 200 mm shot?

[@whereswa11y]

I too would like to know this. Please can you tell us what you recall about the elevation at each position?

[@brianbrooking496]

Just had the “Eureka” moment.. as I learn this hobby, I had read multiple times In reputable publications about telephoto lenses compressing the scene. Now I know the truth and .... a bit like last May’s video with the snooker balls and “depth of field” had to think about it for a wee while. First class explanation and demonstration with her wee lass,, really appreciate that one, well really appreciate them all... i still can’t believe I never made the realisation myself that it was my distance..... seems so bloody obvious now. 👍

[@Bolton115]

This did make me recall the episode where they shot the moon behind the lone tree and talked about using a telephoto lens to do so because of the perspective provided. Mentioning specifically how it would make the moon look large in the scene and close to the tree. Which it did.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad it was helpful Brian. Time to throw those reputable publications in the bin then!

[@Energine1]

The reason you keep hearing about telephotos compressing the scene is that the compression effect itself IS real... As you can see here. And the best tool to do it with (as opposed to cropping/loss) is a telephoto lens as you can see here by the terrible quality cropped image... So while technically yes, the lens is not causing the effect itself it makes no difference on how you shoot and thus is an unnecessary distraction.

[@Tom-rp8qb]

Great show - as always - thank you so much :-)

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching Tom

[@andyv6127]

I enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks for all your hard work. Having the cute girl help you explain focal length was very entertaining :)

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davedoohan2732]

Great explanation of focal length and distance influencing the scene!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@aarjaycee3601]

Another Top notch show Entertained, educated and more Looking forward to next month already

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks very much.

[@AlexanderSogliero]

Fantastic video with great tips and pointers. Thank you soo much for sharing your considerable knowledge.

[@PhotographyOnline]

You’re welcome Ajay. Hope it is useful to you.

[@harvymckiernan93]

Oh wow! Spot on!!! I've been saying this for years and this explanation puts it perfectly into perspective (forgive the pun!). I love photography science. Halving, doubling, inverse square law, all at play here. My knowledge of this goes back to my technical illustration days when creating accurate perspective grids for conal vision of foveal vision. Now we need a video on why, "zooming with your feet" with a prime lens is utter nonsense 😉

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it and agree Harvy. Amazingly there are quite a few people who have told us we are wrong, despite us having proved the point with hard evidence. Thanks for watching

[@harvymckiernan93]

@@PhotographyOnline,thanks, yes I've always perceived Telephoto lens Magnification like you would with a camera sensor crop factor. Identical principle at the end on the day. The image doesn't change, you simply crop more into it. Another evaluation for another day 😊 Looking forward to your next video.

[@briangarner8484]

Another great and informative show. I look forward to these every month. please keep up the great work you all do.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks, will do!

[@jssherrard]

Cutest foreground subject ever! Thanks for a terrific episode. 📸

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for watching

[@yukonchris]

Another very nice video. That said, "compressing the scene" is a term that I have definitely used, but I have always used in the visual, rather than the technical, sense. Perspective is a different matter altogether in my book. While Markus changed his position and moved backwards in order to compensate for focal length and maintain the subject size, the visual effect was indeed "compression;" objects in the background appeared larger, and therefore gave the sense that they were closer to the subject, and to the photographer. It's about the visual effect. As for bags, oh my goodness, that is opening a Pandora's box! If there is any single gear category that has caused me grief, it is the ubiquitous bag. I have owned a number of bags over the years, most of which ultimately disappointed. Interestingly, one of my favourite bags was also one of the first that I purchased specifically for photography--a small Tamrac shoulder/sling type bag. It is so heavily worn now that it literally has holes in it. Most of the other bags, from messenger types to backpacks have proven poorly designed for the task--size/capacity/comfort. The exception is my current backpack (a Shimoda), which is awesome on all three notes. So, depending on my mood and carry requirements, I switch back and forth between a medium sized backpack and a compact shoulder bag. I don't think there is a perfect bag. There are bags that represent the best compromise solution for the task at hand. Anyway, enjoyed the video, as usual--very professional, informative, and entertaining.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Christopher. Thanks for taking the time to comment with your thoughts. The purpose of the focal length/distance exercise was to show that it is the distance which influences the perspective rather than the focal length (which is what many photographers mistakenly think). We didn’t say that there was no compression - we simply show that it is the distance from the subject which does this. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your views on bags. All the best.

[@randygumaer282]

I use a LowePro camera backpack w/telescoping handle and wheels it's a combination of both options. I highly recommend it for landscape and street photographers, I find it indispensable to my workflow.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for the tip Randy.

[@randygumaer282]

@@PhotographyOnline I did forget to ask a question not covered in this video, what is the difference between a DX lens and an FX lens, what do they do differently, and can you mix the different types of lenses and cameras?

[@davebrown3117]

Hi, I'd like to throw in my 5cents about aperture numbers for some that are challenged by fractions: The bigger the F-stop number, the bigger the depth of field for a particular focal length lens. The F-stop numbers don't represent any particular measurement but a ratio from, say, F2 to F32. So get out there and test your lens out.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks for sharing!

[@rhw2005]

Another great show guys! Superb content. Thank you!!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers Roger

[@victorcarmelo8606]

Great show as usual, love the variety of topics, look forward to the next as I think I recognised Mr. B. in the darkroom at the end. Thanks.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Well recognised

[@madmechanic7641]

Great show guys. Whats wrong with Harry.. He hasnt chucked any Canon L lately. Marcus.. Brilliant explanation And Ruth Brilliant photo.. Keep up the good work : )

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks alot. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@ThinkTankPhoto]

Thanks for checking out our camera bags, team!

[@PhotographyOnline]

You’re welcome. We always enjoy promoting the best products on the market, especially ones we use them ourselves.

[@grantwellsphoto9779]

I have all three of the bag styles featured (plus a few others) and I swap my gear in and out depending on the type of shoot I am doing.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Sounds perfect!

[@randygeene9455]

I love the parent pictures. You both have a great looking Mum and Da. So sorry for your loss Marcus, I hear the sadness in your voice when you think of not having more photos of your Mum. Ruth, does your brother sell his Highland cattle figurines? We have fond memories of Scotland, unfortunately not Skye, from just before the lockdown, and would love to see his products?

[@randygeene9455]

Silly me! I just found the link in the show notes below.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you found it okay. Thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment. All the best

[@davidwhite2544]

just stumbled across this channel. i like the content and the way it was presented. subscribed.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Welcome on board David. All the best