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Thank you very much!

Yes, you're right!

Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🎄

ha ha ha ha 🤣 Such a game would be a direct path to a bad addiction 😃 It's just hard not to mention a word when you're making a video literally about it . And thank you very much!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I wasn't sure if I should post this video after all that happened 😂

@@battooninternet loves to see people suffering 😊 So, good job 👍 And I hope you’ll get there again, the place is beautiful.

Thanks! The place is really spectacular!

Thank you David! Technically, Balkans are in Southern Europe, and despite the history of the region - it’s quite safe to travel there. And it’s worth it! 😀

Thank you, Antony!

Thank you! I'll check!

Thank you John! You always find the touching words! Appreciate your kindness!

Thank you for your words, really, it means a lot to me!

Thanks Goran! I'll definitely check his channel!

Thank you very much Göran! 🙏

Thanks!

Thank you for your hard work and excellent channel!

You're right, and I did it on purpose. Does overexposure make this video worse? I don't think so. At least I can look at my own face in this video and not look away in frustration. Sorry, such are my aging phobias :)

Thank you very much! And You're welcome! 😄

I agree with you (and Simon even listicles in one of my videos about ‘photographers on TH-cam’). I don't think the problem here is genre per se, but how the algorithm encourages one genre in favour of another. Even if it's done conventionally by the hands of the viewers themselves, but the algorithm indulges it. My thought is that I have assessed this (my) viewer behaviour as unhealthy and am trying to be more sober in my choice of videos to watch, and I thought I'd share this idea. Yes, it seems as if the most unusual channel about photos and videos is Camera Conspiracy. At the very least it's funny :)

@@Aphorism89 simon is good channel, very inspiring style

@@realpain84 Yeah, I wish there was less FOMO promoting videos from people sharpening the absolute best of all... in reality things are different than in theory. So I rather stick to people teaching techniques and settings, that´s the real world :)

Yeah, probably you're right. And it's sad.

I understand your point, but I think it's much simpler than that, and there is no conspiracy of businesses. The algorithm rewards those videos that have a higher % of watch time of the length of the video. And videos with tech reviews people are guaranteed to watch longer to learn the specs and see the conclusions of the video author. But if you're right, and it's a conspiracy, then we as an audience can easily fix it by disrupting all their plans - just stop watching all reviews. In fact, all reviews at all. And invest our viewing time (TH-cam's main currency) in something else. And both advertisers and the algorithm will immediately follow us 😊

@@battoon I'm not saying there's a conspiracy, only that's how the system works. If a video is structured well, people watch it, but you are not getting enough support to keep working on perfected videos. There's no incentive and so most videos about training and theory are dilluted and simply don't go deep enough into subject matter for people to learn somehting past some very early beginning, like how does this knob works, or how to use a lamp for a portrait. Meanwhile for reviews, you get stuff sent to you early so that you get a free boost to your viewership, you then get promoted by the algorithm and get good sponsor deals. All that for minimal input, because the reviews aren't even good reviews, because the value is in quick rather than thorough.

It's sad. In other words, when I say it's a trap - I'm much more right even than I thought when I recorded this video. Hopefully, the TH-cam team will realise at some point that this is a problem that exists and needs to be addressed. But it seems for now they are more concerned with developing shorts and competing with tiktok.

Thank you so much, appreciate it! By the way, vintage lenses actually give a noticeable artistic effect sometimes. Although in my opinion in most cases it's a matter of aesthetic, snobbish hype rather than anything rational 😃

@@battoon yes, sometimes the lens flare is nice, sometimes bokeh - but all those "nostalgia" elements are generated with few actions in photoshop... and often autofocus is absolutely necessary... so i would not recommend vintage lenses for commercial production...

True! Nice for "creative search" but not for work :-)

hahaha! Thank you Anna, I'll definitely think about that! 😄

A couple great female photographers I've definitely mentioned in other episodes on this topic, check out the playlist!

Thank you! I think that any camera that you are comfortable using and that gives you the results you want is the best camera in your case. There will always be something better and prettier on the market, something desirable. But that just means that brand marketers don't get paid for nothing :)

Thank you very much! Please feel free to suggest someone else! 👍

Yeah, that's right! It's all clear now - it's the dog. And there's another example of this phenomenon - Nigel Danson - it's the same story, he follows the dog and it leads him to great shots. You've just solved the mystery! 😄

Thank you! Simon is on my list for the one of the next episodes!

@@battoon super awesome!

@seaangmo23 take a look on my new episode with Simon ;)

Thank you so much for your comment! This city is Novi Sad, in Serbia. It has a beautiful old town, which is still not fully reconstructed and you can meet very soulful places. And thanks for the recommendation of the photographer channel, I will definitely check out his work!

@@battoon I’m so delighted to see such lovely Serbian city life and patrons enjoying the beauty of such a proud city and country. I’m still oriented with the atrocities of the 1990s wartime imagery many of us only experienced afar on nightly news updates so it’s almost unthinkable to believe any of that happened when seeing such a lovely place in Serbia. Thank you again and I look forward to watching more as one of your subscribers ✌️

Thank you for your kind words! Indeed, Serbia has rebuilt and changed a lot in 25 years. And the most beautiful thing is to observe the results of the post-war baby boom: the streets of Serbian cities are full of beautiful and intelligent young people. Confirmation of this can be seen in the video 😄

totally agree!

Thank you very much! btw, please check my other videos on this topic: Mads and Attilio are mentioned already, I love both of them!

Yeah! This is a real result of photographer's eye's work! 😆

Thank you! And I totally agree about Jamie! He is on my very first list on this topic: th-cam.com/video/6iz8LIqWUYE/w-d-xo.html

Thank you!

Imagine yourself in the shoes of a more or less experienced thief. Do you have the opportunity to steal a bag with a Canon or LowePro logo, or some obscure bag of unclear use? It seems like the thief would pick the one where something of value is guaranteed to be. Of course, if he noticed you putting Leica in any bag - the type of bag won't matter anymore. But in all other cases - the more inconspicuous the safer, at least that's how it seems to me.

@@battoon Yep! I get it. In cases where one isn't flashing their gear around it is safer, and I honestly prefer not to carry an obvious camera bag myself for two reasons: it is potentially safer (albeit only very marginally), and most camera bags are just ugly and/or way overpriced. I would use Domke; simple and plain, high quality that most wouldn't recognize as a camera bag (I don't think), but they are outrageously priced.

Totally agree!

I appreciate that!