Everyone’s talking about the Sony A7 iii and the Canon EOS-R. There’s a lot of strong opinion and arguing. This is my take on it.
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As a “photographer” and guitar player whose very involved in both worlds, I have to say that photographers are oddly bad about it. When I’m with my photography friends or browse videos on YT, I find that most photographers talk about the newest gear and constantly compare to each other and will even brush aside beginners because of their “cheap” cameras, not ever really taking a photograph. With guitar players in that culture, there is a similar gear lust and constant pursuit for the best, but there isn’t the toxic attitude towards each other for who has the best or who has the latest pedal or how elaborate their rig is. It comes down to quality of tone and playing. At the end of the day, we just end up playing music and it doesn’t matter what you have as long as you’ve gotten the sound that inspires you and makes you confident in your playing. I love both forms of art, as I only shoot film (for several personal reasons), but there is something about the photography culture, particularly the digital world, that can scare people away.
Thank you Sir, you dont know how much impact your word are to me as a Photographer.
Kisses my Canon 700D
Great video man
i needed this video
Just got into photography last summer. Inherited my grandparents' Minolta Hi-Matic 7, followed by another relative's X-700 and I'm already completely blown away by the whole thing… The fact that I'm able to put light onto a physical medium, and that that medium has a tangible feel to it… I'm in the honeymoon phase and I don't want to ever stop feeling this. I feel like a noob, but I'm also trying to cherish this moment as much as possible before the inevitable gear-obsession begins. It already crept up on me. I bought my first lens off ebay haha…
Your video reminds me to take my time learning about the craft even more… and pursuing better composition before getting a better camera upgrade, for example. Until I feel like my gear is severely preventing me from accessing a new appreciation for photography, I'll push my little X-700 to it's absolute limits.
(The good thing for now is that even if I want to throw more money at photography, I still have so much to explore in the world of film in and of itself… and I'm barely scratching the surface. I'm like a kid at a candy store when I look at the little boxes of Ektachrome, Portra, Ilford, Fuji, Cinestill and whatnot. It's all so fucking amazing and magical to me.)
After a few rolls got scanned and sent to me by the camera shop near where I work, I started seeing things differently around me… Like, trying to visualize how certain film characteristics would work for certain scenarios. I'm kind of worried I won't be able to just "live". To just "see" without the fear of missing a shot. I'm carrying my X-700 all the time now. I'm wondering if i'll ever be able to just look at something priceless, and not take a picture. In a way, my biggest concern about photography making me unhappy, is losing the ability to accept impermanence, to lose my ability to let go.
There has to be a german word for that. Wait no, it's japanese:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1asBOCAmgaw (Morii)
One of the things I find most dope about your channel is that not only do you speak on photography practice, but as evidenced in this video, photography theory as well. Great video.
I couldnt agree more Jamie. Im not the wealthiest guy in the world so my camera upgrades always boil down to necessity 👌
love your video. I'm definitely guilty of doing this myself. focusing more on the gear rather than honning my photography skills.
Hey, thanks for this message. It spurs me on to just continue to learn the craft, no matter how time consuming it may be.
Photography is not about gear, says the chap walking around with a yet unopened camera box under his arm! 😉
spot on, and it's the reason why I almost quit taking photos. I never changed my gear though, jsut stuck to what i bought, but I was so underwhelmed by the image quality i could produce, that it became frustrating. So i thought of buying mor expensive equipment, but then looked at example pictures and youtube tutorials on how they were taken, and what would be the final result. turns out – digital photography, and even e´film – is always going to be a disappointment, because physics. So, the kinda reunited me with my gear, and nowI try to get the best out of it that I can, and just have to commit to the thought, no picture will ever be perfect or very good. there are limitations that hard or impossble to overcome, and this is just it.
Though I'm a bit late to the party, great video. I have an Oly MFT. And al these people are bashing MFT online for being this or that so I started doubting my choice. Till my wife said something similar to you. You bought the camera because it was easy to carry around who cares about bokeh. Now please get out of the house and make a few photo's. And she was right, just as you are. When I still shot film I didn't have a tenth of the options I have now, but no internet so I used what I had. It's good to remember that from time to time.
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I think technology does play a part in what you try to achieve. Shooting Catwalks needs good high ISO performance and good glass for max sharpness. I don't hanker after cameras but I do hanker after good glass because it reduces post production workload by a huge margin. My interest in Photography started when I saw the front cover of National Geographic with the Afghan girl on it. I've never been able to produce work that good, but I suppose at the end of the day, if you could fit a Leica Summarit lens on to a Hanimex or Yashica 35mm rangefinder then why use a Leica M3 body. Good glass and good light modifiers float my boat. Camera bodies fall far behind in my quest for perfection. Just saying like…lol
Spot on! A friend once told me, "you are a good photographer – you must have a really nice camera." I responded with, "you are a good cook – you must have a really nice stove."
One of my images that I sell a lot was shot with a Nikon Coolpix 990 point and shoot. 3.4 megapixel.
Love this video so much. I’m going to bookmark it and watch it the next time I feel the need to buy something. 😉
you are the best!
Great video puts things in perspective for me . Thanks
Amazing!
I use my phone to take photos.
It does the job.
But i really want to buy a camera.
An entry level dslr.
Should i go for it.
By the way im 17 now.
i keep hearing this argument, but at the sametime, these famous photos that are forever immortalized as classic images that will be shown every where, these days one could capture a same theme same if not better quality composition but no one cares cause there's just so much photography going around. So even if it's true that we shouldnt care too much about gear because the old "masters" dont have the same high tech we do today, its still more difficult to stand out because its really over saturated.
both arguments got their merit but maybe one is spoken more over the other.
My first camera was the Pentax MX back around 1975. Then added the MEsuper. These lasted right up to 1998 when I got my first digital camera. (a Kodak!). After a few false starts with Canon and Panasonic, settled on Nikon DSLR’s from 2005-May 2016. Then Sony on up to now.
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Great video.
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Photography makes me want to hang myself
Love this
Thank you thank you thank you for this video … I like that you asked us to remember WHY we started photography in the first place
Thanks for that very interesting point !
I found my creativity by shooting analogue I only use digital camera for videos and it's hard to resist buying new products !
If you don’t talk about gear, most photo YouTube channels will be out of contents…
I'm too poor to buy new gear. I've had my canon dslr for 11 years and haven't purchased a lens in 2 years.
im looking through my ansel adams book at the moment and its mad the locations he went too with his big bulky setup and i whinge about the weight of my fuji xt3 and the battery life! another excellent common sense take on photography, cheers
Great down to earth contemplation. 😊👍
I've stopped watching gear videos unless it's for the specific camera I have because idk its's a show of wealth, hype, materialism etc… I just wanna watch people take photos and talk about art, why they shoot the subjects they do. But kudos to those who can afford it but I want to use what i have until it breaks or is unsuitable
Jamie I have to say I'm not a photographer, I'm a painter, but I came across your videos after buying an X-T20 and even though I have a very specific requirement from that camera and my main focus is oil painting I find your videos very inspiring to get me off my arse and in front of my easel. Your pearls of wisdom really resonate with me and I'd just like to say thank you, keep it up, I'm inherently lazy but find I can translate a lot of what you say into my chosen art form.
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I've been thinking about making a video about this very thing — but you saved me the trouble. I'll link to your video instead. I get asked about gear all the time, and I try to move the conversation elsewhere. This frustrates people — which they mistake for arrogance. But I'm simply not interested in tech talks, and in my experiences, some of the biggest names in tech discussion are not very good photographers (and they don't know who they are).
Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is not exclusive to photographers… it's also a thing in cycling. Interestingly, many people are really into both. There's a saying in cycling that the perfect number of bikes to own is n+1 — "n" being the number of bikes you already own.
If you really like buying bits and pieces, try building a home sound/video/photo/podcast studio. It's endless, though there's something to be said for the act of creating something from scratch.
Great message!