When Manual Focus Snobs Look Down On You For Autofocus

[@cameraconspiracies]

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[@dct124]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're the #1 comedic photography channel

[@nethunters]

You were not panicking. You were Panasonicking!

[@omeharto288]

Autofocus is really nice and I use it quite a bit, but in certain circumstances it's still easier with manual. For example: wanting to rack focus smoothly, without actually wanting the subjects to change positions in your frame.

[@johnsaur]

“You’re capturing someone else’s love. Your heart is empty”. 😂😂😂

[@lavapix]

Manual focus would work great if it were autofocus or is it autofocus would work great if it were manual focus?

[@JoATTech]

For vlogging autofocus is a king. But my guess that for wedding videos AF might fuck you up. For manual focus you need follow focus (like Tilta Mini, Tilta Nucelus Nano, Fogta, etc). It's better to miss 1 sec of focus using manual focus, than if you wedding video is autofocused on grandma instead of bride.

[@yopuivideo]

Before digital I learnt to focus a photograph on the wrong thing.. Vlogging was not a word. Now, I have a Leica with glorious autofocus powered by money and sacrificing things. I never manual focus

[@kevinbatts2804]

The number one thing I learned watching you is that it is ok to admit when you don't know something. This genra of content can sometimes take itself to way to serious. Regardless of what you may think of your abilities you've grown into a very skillfull creator. I haven't missed a video in nearly three years. PS: (If you do read this) At least once you should try one of the Blackmagic Cameras.

[@tangibleplanetvisualmedia1138]

some of your focus pulls weren't bad for an autofocusing scrub, nothing like mine of course, I grew up manually focusing on womprats from my T-16... I'm not overcompensating, I'm not crying in S1H, you can't see my tears, they're out of focus, you're turning it the wrong way... panasonic please love me, you never listen...

[@morbid86]

"Why is there sirens? Is that an illegal feature?" 🤣

[@ZippyDChimp-mr1tf]

Vlogger: Hey Stacy, watch me track this dog’s backside using manual focus. It’s going to be glorious... eh, I turned the focus ring the wrong way! Photographer: .............................loser!

[@pmc7105]

Standard mount, "Of course it fits, it's the mount", lol

[@Fell_Wanderer]

I agree with just about everything you mention dude but have to point out my experiences. I have a G9 and don't have the luxury of reliable auto focus so learning that manual focus isn't just for the pompous camera priest class, who like to tell us how it’s done when all they did was watch camera conspiracy video's from the future, yes we are in a time warp of discovery my friend. If I don't focus manually, it looks like I'm on a choppy ocean cruise sight seeing adventure in search of the elusive Sentinelese tribe of the Andaman Islands, lucky to escape with my life and well stabilized footage, thanks to Panasonic's amazing ibis, albeit with very blurry footage because I relied heavily and foolishly on contrast based joke auto focus (CBJAF). In fact the only way to capture authentic footage of Bigfoot is to use manual focus and reach beyond the foliage and into the unknown. Trust in Panasonic’s ibis, it will finally get the proof we need and won’t have to rely on Bigfoot Tony to stabilize endless footage for us.

[@jmann316]

As a wedding filmmaker I can confirm that my focus is manual & my heart is empty.

[@justmemarcusd7744]

Greetings and Happy Holidays from Oklahoma USA. I just want to say thank you, first and foremost for the amazing camera knowledge although 98% is over my head. But you are my definitive camera decider. That is when I become half the youtuber you are. (No sarcasm) Secondly inspiring me to be a YT'er myself. Even though I'm HoBo AF.

[@oxmanagain]

Don't worry I'm not recording you. Don't trust your eyes. Haha

[@olsonspeed]

The autofocus snobbery began back when AF was horrible. AF has now improved to become a useful tool, some people can't adjust their antiquated perceptions to include technological advancements.

[@peterkelly8357]

I admit my camera can focus a lot quicker and more accurately than I can.

[@weedeeohguy]

Glasses add 10 IQ points. Very professorial. Siren adds sense of urgency. Added in post?

[@PeteMEHO]

This was very useful. I’m getting a manual focus only lens and has made me aware of the struggle ahead.

[@ElBoyoElectronico]

Glad I am not the only one having a hard time with manual focus. When I am filming my drum covers while using three or four cameras, I have to manually set focus from far away and then hope, it will work later. Unfortunately it often doesn't... I often will put a cardbox on top of my drum throne and then focus on the cardbox.

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for the endless laughs! Love it.

[@CASMANWHAT]

LOL this is so true I watched a video the other day of some dude that scoffed when the word autofocus came up. It was weird.

[@dct124]

and yet professional videographers only use manual focus. (for the majority of projects) Vlogging I think AF is a requirement. Use Case is very important when deciding to manual or auto focus. A lot of what you're talking about is accurate. I personally shoot with 3 generations of Nikon glass. The old Manual focus only 50mm F2 focuses so well I don't even need to use the viewfinder to aquire focus whereas I literally can't do it with my G lenses. The D lenses I own I can't do it that well either unless macro. What I would say regarding manual focus use, I still think if you're sitting in an interview setup manual focus exceeds autofocus. Only if you're able to set up your aperture properly so regardless of moving back or forward you'll be in focus. I HATE HUNTING lenses.

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Dude, that Panasonic footage looks soooo nice. Füj level auto exposure. It's joyous to behold.

[@PhearNoneGearGadgets]

The Illuminati brick became extremely cinematic once manual focus was established at 8:30. Great Job!

[@mirrorlessmemory]

Manual focus on the Sigma 24-70 ART lens is a dream to use! Auto focus is only usable on e mount version though so think of it as a manual lens on L mount

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

So cool to see Ben Folds is so into cameras.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

The manual-focus snobs need something in their life to be good at.. If the only thing they have to brag about is how great they can manually-focus a camera, we should let them have it..

[@HarriRomppainen]

Kasey, you did an excellent job focusing manually! Now I am convinced you really don't need autofocus, even with the a7Siii !

[@constantdif7787]

Man! your intros are epic. By far the most enjoy videos to watch! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tubadylan]

I love autofocus, in every way, whether in or out of focus, I love focusing on it, whatever it is...

[@TomScryleus]

I just tap to focus on my GH5. Works great.

[@hepgeoff]

All of the thumbs down people are manual focus.

[@baconcrusader8382]

Jackson Galaxy ref for teh win!

[@RobinNoah]

This title reminds me of digital rev tv spoof back in the days. good times

[@terrystarr3012]

I love your educational videos, you have a good sense of humour. Regards Terry. T-shirts one day jackets the next.

[@keith2599]

Auto focus rather than manual any day, why would anyone mess up a great shot and lose it due to using manual...Manual mode is for static and astro work....I support you 100% on this dude anyways auto focus is the vlogers dream standard....Period...

[@leonardodosvinci4130]

You better go tell Speilberg hes been doing it wrong for 40 years then.

[@keith2599]

@@leonardodosvinci4130 He Has 250.000 dollar cams and 100 arms doing it for him...

[@Rein1s]

Yes, I always look down on autofocus users and their flimsy, plastic lenses.

[@NotAnotherDiet]

Thank you for validating my choices. My pal always makes me feel like litter for my auto focus whoring rather than the glory of manual. And I shoot with a GH5.

[@rickypiero]

on wide angle lenses i don't mind to much to use a bit of autofocus, but for shots longer then 17mm (mft) i go 100% manual if i'm shooting a movie or a paid job. Transition between focus point is so amazing if performed with a good hand. I bought two old amazing yashica ML lenses, the 28 2.8 and the 50 1.4, i use them with or without speedbooster and i do have 4 lenses. Autofocus is not there yet but is improving

[@jimbean532]

Why, why, WHY?! Do I persist in watching the entirety of these disturbingly human self-exposures? 🥴

[@cameraconspiracies]

It's unhealthy :)

[@markyocum8249]

Like any of us are "healthy" 🤣🤣

[@JDFloyd]

Kasey - I keep saying you should do stand-up!

[@C5drummer]

Rudolph, excellent video today. The most enjoyable part of the video, however, is to watch how red your nose progressively became as you presented the glorious blur of the surrounding neighbourhood throughout today's video. Also, did you see how I respected your Canadian ways by adding that extra "u" in neighbourhood?!?

[@ca3rice]

That's cool and all but what about Kevin?

[@Rohol64]

The manual focus snobs that ambush you from within their little cave... hahaha top content !!!!

[@salmanul_fares]

The flaring on that lens is beautiful ❤️

[@raygunz9023]

I noticed Philip Bloom wearing your Toneh shirt in his review of the DJI mini 2. LOL.

[@dpc4548]

When negative advertising still works. Camera conspiracies is so good it can survive anything.

[@originafreerangechicken]

I didn’t see that shirt in the Bloom’s review. I wanted to tho.

[@Rykrer]

@@originafreerangechicken I first noticed Philip wearing the shirt when Philip Bloom asked Kasey for one of his shirts and his tell-tail music clip for his "Review Of The Sony A7S III: THE MOVIE!" KZbin review. In it, Philip does a hilarious Camera Conspiracies parody here at 42:07 time point: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWeqaH-haNmlZrs

[@JosephWilsonProductions]

I think being a manual focus snob goes hand in hand with being a film school minion,,,, .. They teach that snobbery.... lol Personally I believe they both have a purpose.... Great video... BTW, the wheat is very cinematic.. Cheers,,

[@cowboy6591]

Can't beat manual focus for still picks, Macro's etc.. But VIDEO? Auto-focus is a must have hands down.

[@johncampbell335]

I know a pro sports shooter who manually focuses with a 400mm 2.8. It's a real skill. Ps I enjoyed the ad for "nutsack cream". What a time to be alive.

[@MikeMena]

Most epic sun flares ever in this video. Frickin cinema.

[@JoshuaBFishing]

Manual Focus turn direction is easy. Which ever way you think it works, do the opposite.

[@SPACEDESIGNWAREHOUSE]

Do you find that more or less Toneh makes any sort of difference in the ease of locking focus, manual OR auto?

[@professionalpotato4764]

Naturally stopping down makes it easier. Regardless if it's manual or auto

[@SPACEDESIGNWAREHOUSE]

@@professionalpotato4764 stopping down the Toneh? I don’t think you can do that.

[@MarkoPejovic]

i used manual focus for last 5 years in 90% of my work and to be honest i'm so tired of it. I mean i love creative side and that feeling of control but af is very good these days and can be used in 80% of work.

[@TomMakeHere]

Eh I use the GH5 autofocus, or manually focus Out of focus either way lol

[@filipradic5065]

6:11 cinema.

[@Usualeclectic]

I once had an assistant pulling focus-they had a background in racing RC cars with a masters in hobotography and a minor in potato forensics frok KZbin university.

[@alirany]

I was looking for a kind of a comparison review of G9 snd S5. This is the first one I believe. Everyone compared S5 with gh5. But even the body is almost identucal with G9. I think you can do a better comparison. Not just an auto focus test. Panny does not want to make any improvement obviously.

[@jordanmartin324]

“I’m not gonna lie, I want that dresser.” “Is this art? Is this Wheat?” “Reacquire a taste for cat food, a-hole.” Lol

[@jonhewitt3]

The notice on the post, was Kevin lost or missing, is Kevin at cat or dog, these questions need to be answered. Have you seen Kevin?

[@doomsdaydiesel]

It is the "Home Alone" time of year

[@HoratioBlogs]

Has Kevin been abducted by aliens? If only we has a perfect v-logger!

[@ariesmight6978]

Hello...will you produce a video on cameras with CCD sensors. Vs CMOS?

[@david.stachon]

"REAQUIRE A TASTE FOR CAT FOOD!" :-D

[@ECPUz]

How much toneh should I have in my videos if I want them to look like the cinema???

[@hugevibez]

F/0.85

[@ECPUz]

@@hugevibez haha

[@sutaschramm3195]

I bought an old Sony NEX-VG900 and all I had was a couple of lenses from my Nikon D40. All I can do is manual focus. Sheesh, what if I go to an airshow and try to film the flying aircraft, I will have to buy an autofocus lens for sure.

[@doblebo]

If you can take great CNEMATIC video with autofocus, you are a true badass.

[@MarkOakleyComics]

Though.., a lot of those example shots look really nice. It's either a nice lens or you just don't go for those kinds of visuals normally.

[@andyrechenberg]

13:21 don’t think we didn’t see that sponsorship ... “Camera Conspiracies, brought to you by Pest UnHABITAT.”

[@surrogatemarker]

Real manual focus snobs use mechanical focus pullers.. that they like to attach to their pants zipper when they get off work

[@sebastiaanvanwater]

What took this channel so long to use the Oly 12mm f2?

[@rustypadlock5129]

Christopher Frost is cool. If there is one KZbinr you should focus your attention on is Jared Polin and his terrible sense of humor.

[@bikecommuter24]

I figure since I paid thousands of dollars on cameras and lenses and the camera makers spent all that time to develop auto focus, eye detect and mono scene selection I can at least be nice and use it. I imagine there are Manual Focus users who use Auto Focus once in awhile. Its like getting that sweater you hate from Aunt Gracie but you wear it one time around her to make her happy.

[@ShafferN]

Manual focus gang will never be defeated 💪😤 #mfgangrollsdeep

[@nikonman3971]

I was trained 40 years ago in photography on how to focus my own damn camera ,auto focus wimps. But your cool anyway

[@garys639]

Always had an MF lens on my Super 16 Arri,never had a problem obtaining focus,had a really talented camera assistant for that..lol

[@NeonShores]

You need a Nikon just for reverse manual focus B roll. Easy problem solved. Autofocus is the devil!! I use a Panny and I wish the AF was better 😭😭

[@Michael-fw5ef]

As a fellow Canadian, when I tell other Canadians that I don't believe in public healthcare and waiting lists, I get the same snobby reaction.

[@Michael-fw5ef]

@What Are You On About Oh ignorant one, yes I have. I went to the U.S., received excellent healthcare many times and I negotiated a discount of 30% off my bill and was given 12 months to pay. Many Canadians go to the U.S. for healthcare. I received surgery with no wait in Virginia, a barium swallow test with only 3 hours of wait in Chicago and I saw the top doctor on the Eastern side of the U.S. for $700. His fee was only $100, but he said I had to pay for the 6 illegal Mexicans in the waiting room that couldn't 'afford' healthcare. I paid the $700 but I noticed the illegals all had nicer shoes and more expensive phones than I did. They could easily have afforded the $100 regular fee, but they routinely scam the system.

[@drewhalton]

😱 absolute nightmare agreed 😱

[@lyndonlabayan]

Wannabe wedding filmmaker here: It comes down to value for dollar. WHILE I WOULD LOVE A SONY A7Siii.... For the price of the body and decent glass, I could afford 2 M43 bodies, 3 - 4 lenses, a great tripod with fluid head, monopod with fluid head, gimbal, drone, 2 lights with v mount plates with v batteries, a transport van, a 2nd and 3rd shooter, an editor, colorist, planner, insurance for the business and all the hardware, a house, a loving family and STILL be able to buy myself a large ripped berry from boosterjuice with a protein booster.

[@philsag]

Coincidentally the manual focus elitists all happen to be Panasonic users 🤔

[@kyounokuma]

Filmmakers use manual focus for filming creatively no matter what brand of camera they use and regardless of whether or not the camera has AF. Most cinema cameras don't even have AF. They even have a camera assistant whose only job is to pull focus called, wait for it... A focus puller. It's the standard in cinematic filmmaking no matter the delivery platform. Filmmakers do like Panasonic cameras because of the great capture quality and video-centric features. I don't think that anyone would disagree with the notion that AF is definitely something good to have for vlogging. But vlogging is not filmmaking and filmmaking is not vlogging. That's why two different schools of thought exist on the use of AF. For filmmaking, because of the way shots are typically staged, manual focus is almost always more flexible and dependable and repeatable with few exceptions. For vlogging, it's a lot easier to just autofocus because the challenge is usually fairly simple... Track my face in focus. Now focus on this pen. For Panasonic users, a lot of us use our Pannies for both and were willing to tolerate subpar AF performance, for now, in exchange for all of the other goodness that we get from our cameras. Keep in mind, a lot of the features that are now in cameras like the Sony A7sIII and the Canon R5 were available in Panasonic cameras 3-4 years ago. Besides, The current AF in Panasonic's S series bodies is miles above what it used to be and is actually useable to a large degree for video. It's even faster and more accurate for photography than what a lot of competitors are offering.

[@philsag]

@@kyounokuma thanks for spending the time to explain exactly nothing that I didn't know already

[@kyounokuma]

@@philsag That wasn’t for you. That was for all of the people that may have mistaken your attempt at humor for wisdom.

[@pwolkowicki]

Or Pentax users...

[@dejavuking]

At 8:10 that looks like an Australian house in an Australian street lol.. like something out of thingy street or was it home and away I dunno lol 😂😂😂

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

That's the "Little Australia" suburb of Toronto -- but they could only convince one Aussie to move to Canada....

[@flameemperor888]

Like an old Queenslander flat.

[@sagetheowlfatfeathery2083]

This seems to be this thing amongst certain loser photographer types. Along with “I only ever shoot manual”, “handheld”, “I never use Photoshop”, etc. Funnily enough, these people also seem to be big fans of “ICM”, photography. I feel these things may, in some way, be related. Don’t even get me started on “I never crop” and “I get it all correct in-camera”.

[@-grey]

Sony has the fastest manual focus in the business. If only they had the 100% punch in picture-in-picture that the fuj does then I would switch tomorrow. I think I just need to pay a camera man.

[@joshuadrilon3832]

I actually thought about that before. What if all camera and lens manufactures just use the same lens mounts? Having to buy an adapter for every single thing kinda annoys me. That would also serve switching cameras to be a much easier process 😩

[@professionalpotato4764]

Inefficiencies in coding algorithms. And single systems don't work. Because every company operates differently.

[@zacharybohlman4069]

It's quite obvious, each manufacturer wants to invest you in their system to make it harder to leave

[@faiosung]

must admit, nothing worse than a blog when the camera keeps hunting between the blogger and th background

[@raedchen1]

show us the fun of filming in moonlight with f1.4 in AF.

[@CraigDavies.]

I hang my SD cards to dry before viewing my photographs.

[@ericgervais2699]

If it worked, I'd use it. The problem is I shoot on a Nikon d800.

[@MakeArtHurt]

Manual focus = illegal feature :-)

[@sethie_shots]

Speaking of alcoholic families This may be your best video to date. 😂👉🏽💀

[@hajime5486]

You look like Ryan Reynolds from the Mint mobile commercials. I don't want to stereotype but Canadians do tend to look the same

[@akshaysaiju4615]

Not gonna lie, i wish i had a proper manual focus lens on my G9. With my Leica lens I can't trust the autofocus nor the manual focus on the lens.

[@naturalismundi4359]

Below the bottom line: Its a bit like shooting a bow and arrow. Practice lad. Practice.

[@samcan9997]

hm coming from someone whos used a eos D60 most of my life with non wire lenses manual is very useful but since ive got a 80D i have been using auto more often espically wth the 50mm f1.8 STM lens i got with it, trying to manual focus that type of lens i just find painful

[@ZsoltBottka]

Let's focus on the most important question: HAVE YOU SEEN KEVIN?

[@hajime5486]

If cameras were manual only I'm out. I would be completely done weather it's photos or videos

[@makestuffmike]

5:25 hahahaha

[@lyndonbailey9120]

Haha forgetting which way to turn the ring. I know exactly what you mean 🙂

[@rodmehta5356]

You fools! I just ignore ANY focus altogether. That means it's art and therefore I am an artist.

[@jamesaphotography1286]

No, shooting film is the coolest thing to do, and the old school film boys love to tell us digital boys that were not proper photographers.

[@JoseSantos-uc8cl]

Are those the new 2020 multipurpose Enchroma glasses for vloggers? 😂