The Search for the Perfect Camera (and Why It Doesn't Exist)

[@dwtphotography]

Ooh. A new camera! Panasonic full-frame cameras are great. Very underrated in my opinion...

[@JasonFriendPhotography]

I love them David… but im keeping the Fuji for my ‘fun’ camera!

[@jamesmlodynia8757]

I just came back home from a trip to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, my parents moved to the area roughly 30 years ago when they retired, they have since passed away and are in Cape Charles cemetery. The last few years when I visited there grave site I spent some time photographing Chincoteague national park, this trip I stayed on Chincoteague Island in a hotel near the park entrance so I could photograph the sunrise and sunset, I used the Panasonic S5 MKII and my wildlife camera is Fujifilm XH2 and a 100-400mm Fujifilm lens, on the Panasonic S5 I used the Panasonic 16-35mm f4, the camera and lens setup was perfect for landscape photography while on this trip. I drove from the Hudson Valley region of New York State 🗽 a 350 mile drive one way.

[@JasonFriendPhotography]

That sounds a perfect combination of cameras. I’m doing similar - S5II with 28-70 and Fujifilm X-Pro3 with 55-200 (and 11-20 but that doesn’t get much use). Thank you for the comment

[@SCtester]

Great video, it was interesting to hear your reasoning. I myself am making a decision between buying into a Sony or Panasonic system for landscape Photography (a7C or S5). It's a difficult decision. I feel both bodies are good, so really it comes down to lens selection. What's your experience with lenses on the two respective systems? The Panasonic 24-105mm seems really good, but that Sony-only Tamron 28-200mm is very appealing with the longer reach. How would you say the image quality compares?

[@JasonFriendPhotography]

That’s a tough question… I’d say the Panasonic 24-105 is probably the better lens but the Tamron 28-200 is a surprisingly good lens - especially considering it’s a super zoom. Honestly I don’t think there’s much between them. The biggest difference however is Sony colours v Panasonic… I know you can edit anything to look like something else but out of the camera, I much prefer the Panasonic colours. Enough to return to Lumix after trying Sony for a year.

[@thomaschipman]

not sure why you'd think you'd need to do any sort of stitching if you had a camera that didn't offer the crop ratio you're looking for; you'd just take your shot and crop the raw to whatever aspect you wanted in post. in-camera crop is really only a convenience for composing. what i'd really like to see is a camera manufacturer that lets you add a custom aspect ratio.

[@JasonFriendPhotography]

Valid point and I use to do it all of the time when I used Canon DSLRS… I like the aspect ratio crop in camera simply so I can compose properly … I’m not very good at pre-visualising when stitching photos to create a pan. I’m with you on the custom aspect ratio - I think it’s something every camera should have.