A camera that is small, colorful, easy to walk around with, and produces good images that can be modified in camera which are easy to transfer and share. What were Lumix thinking?!? I love sitting in front of my computer for hours editing photo and video……NOT. Great video! Thank you! The only thing missing from this video is 4k 120p slow motion footage of you running across the streets of Osaka. Too bad the S9 can’t do that.
This is called show, not tell. I now know that this small camera is capable of taking great photos and video. Looks like a perfect travel camera. And Benj didn’t have to say a single word.
Probably the best video in the midst of the useless noise created. Using a tool for what it is meant to be used for. Not commenting on the camera, but just shooting with it...kudos Benj. TH-cam needed this!
Thanks for showing…not telling… I’ve always been into point and shoots, this camera looks like tomorrows point and shoot, with access to fab colour grading in vids and still for the masses, nice ;-)
Really enjoyed this, thanks for making a video just focusing on the output of these great photos and videos. The LUTs used look great too, have they been made for photo based profiles too or only LOG?
This camera would be the perfect travel camera if it had an EVF! The compact Sony's don't let you shoot with LUTs in stills, but I have a feeling that this will be coming in new camera bodies since Lumix has been getting so much praise for this feature.
haha that intro! Great shots man, seems like the banding issue isn't as big a deal as people are making it out to be. Do you get control over the grain size and roughness in the Lumix Lab App?
I was going to list, but it took waaaaay too long to start labeling all of them individually. Most were with the S Primes (24/35) a few that I borrowed Jordan Drake’s 100/2.8 Macro and then some with another lens
Finally real content and not the drama BS which Gerald started. This is what youtube needed on this camera. Some people don't care about specs or intricate details. They care about if a camera works for them, using it and enjoying using it. Gerald doesn't bring up anything new as this happens in all industries but does come off as entitled and contradicts is his own points.
He started this simply to move attention from the camera that he doesn’t have. But why did he make a video when he said in the video that he doesn’t care.
Missing that viewfinder 🤣 Great video! The luts are definitely interesting. It’s about time someone has a little competition for Fuji. Would love to see Sony do something in the C bodies like that. I do use the BW profile when shooting to “see” it in camera, but otherwise it stays on natural. The colors in this video 🔥
Wonderful images, and a great reminder a camera is just a tool in our toolbox. There’s no such thing as a one size fits all solution, and the quality of craftsmanship is in the hands of the operator, not in the specs.
Its a neat little camera, a friend and I where talking about it and maybe you can explain. The LUT is pre-applied, right? If that is the case say an image could use a slight boost in the shadows, you would still have to take it in post or does it work in a completely different way than what I am thinking?
@@benjhaisch Yes that makes sense! That was our debate if that is the case and you have to take it into Lightroom to apply the preset the for some it could render that feature useless. I like the idea, but I guess I will always be a RAW or Film shooter.
Gerald got too butthurt… Gerald and his friends like Brandon Washington TRIED to discredit the capabilities of a camera that THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO EVEN PERFORM ANY TESTS ON 😂🤣
@@angeloplayforone yes, on Friday Brandon Washington did a 2 hour podcast with several guests including Gerald. They basically trashed the S9 for 2 hours. The people who trashed it didn’t even have the S9 to test either lol
@@robvision3888 Yes, I saw it. How can you trash a camera without use it or being the target audience? Brandon likes RED cameras for dynamic range. He thinks RED cameras make better video. Brandon has not won an Academy Awards on best cinematography that I know. I wanted to say to him instead searching for the best technology in camera try to be creative. I come from the Netherlands and this year the Academy Awards winner was the Dutch Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema for the film Oppenheimer. He uses an old film camera to shoot Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. So Hoytema camera for Oppenheimer is trash as it doesn’t have the dynamic range of RED.
@@angeloplayforone yes, you shouldn’t trash anything a car, or a camera, or food, even bicycle until you actually try it. You’re right the camera doesn’t matter in order to win awards. However I am a RED shooter and I do prefer to shoot RED because of the RAW and Bit-rate and you can grade without degradation, it’s 6K so I can crop too. I also prefer to shoot with Panasonic with my REF because highlight rolloff for Panasonic is easier to mix with RED cinema camera footage. Sony footage highlight seems a bit “crunchy” and harder to mix with RED footage. But yes I also shoot with Sony too, mostly personal stuff not for work. My point is… don’t trash it if you have t tried it yet. It makes you look immature when you do that.
As a L mount user, i have to admit to be tempted by the s9, but I would be doing what Benj did in the opening, smashing it into my eye as i try to use the non existent EVF.
@@benjhaisch well at some point there would have to be a sequel model,right?:) I recently bought gm1 for cases when I can't carry larger cameras and got to admit - despite 16 MPs, dated post processing and old,it's a great pocket camera so far.
Maybe I missed it, but what lens was used to shoot the video? Was it the 26mm f8 that appears in almost every picture of the S9 including a frame in your video?
No, a bunch of the S primes and the Sigma 28-45/1.8 got a lot of play here. That Sigma lens wasn’t out yet when I made this video so I wasn’t able to label them.
@benjhaisch What Sigma lens? You are in your posted video posing with the Lumix 26mm lens on the S9 as if you were actually using it to make the videos. I think almost all of the videos from the Osaka privileged are misleading in showing the tiny Lumix lens on the camera but never actualling using it for making their videos. The Sigma lenses are great on the S9, the lens you pretended to use in your posed picture is not.
@markr041 nowhere am I pretending to be using that lens. Most of these photos wouldn’t even make sense to be a 26mm f/8 anyway. I talk about all of this in my full video though.
@@benjhaisch There is a picture of you shooting with that 26mm f8 lens in your video. The lens you actually never used . So why are you posing with that lens on the camera? You do not identify the lens you actually used; but you show a picture of you shooting with the 26mm. You do not think that is misleading? Same as all the other paid influencers, pretending to use that lens. The lens used is as important as the camera used. No way the viewers of your video could reproduce what you did with the lens you pretended to use.
I did use that lens in some of the photos though? Do I need to “pose” with every lens that I used? I’m just reusing b-roll from the full video I made on the camera. This video isn’t even about lenses, it’s just about using the camera in general. Definitely didn’t get paid to make any of these videos either fwiw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Combination of the 24/35/85 S-Prime lenses and I think some with the Sigma 28-45/1.8. The lens just wasn’t announced when I made the video so I wasn’t able to label them if that makes sense.
My kanji knowledge is nonexistent so I needed some help, but I did take Japanese in high school and college so I’m hoping it sort of translated correctly ;)
I really don’t care if reviewers get a free trip from a camera company. Great deal for them but I do care about reviews that leave out cons because every camera has them. I just watched a review on the internet that totally ignored saying anything about a lack of hot shoe. I would think this would be part of every review.
For sure, there are times when things slip my mind but generally I try to make mine as fair and objective as possible. I think I spent almost 1/2 of my first impressions video going over the specs/lack thereof. But I still forgot to mention the headphone jack and the main thing I missed that I wanted to comment on was the lack of extra dials that would have been really helpful.
benj do you think its fried that the camera doesnt have a hotshoe??? you cant use a flash with it??? dont respond to this if the lumix overlord will shut your future trips down if you say something bad about the camera
I absolutely respect Gerald for what he does in this industry. No need to call him a fraud. He does what he does and does it well. The camera space is a better place with him and his channel in it.
He’s sort of like a camera engineer in that he loves cameras and knows the intimate details on how they run. The people actually making the cameras don’t need to be amazing artists to make great cameras. Same can be said for his analysis. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A camera that is small, colorful, easy to walk around with, and produces good images that can be modified in camera which are easy to transfer and share. What were Lumix thinking?!?
I love sitting in front of my computer for hours editing photo and video……NOT.
Great video! Thank you!
The only thing missing from this video is 4k 120p slow motion footage of you running across the streets of Osaka. Too bad the S9 can’t do that.
I saw a video that 4K100 is possible and it keeps the AF.
This is called show, not tell. I now know that this small camera is capable of taking great photos and video. Looks like a perfect travel camera. And Benj didn’t have to say a single word.
Holy cow thanks so much for the support!
@@benjhaisch Thanks for inspiring us to create!
This is exactly what I wanted, use the camera and show me the results sooc! Thank you for this.
Probably the best video in the midst of the useless noise created. Using a tool for what it is meant to be used for. Not commenting on the camera, but just shooting with it...kudos Benj. TH-cam needed this!
Figured it was a good follow up and reminder that the output is what matters :)
@@benjhaisch absolutely...we are getting too caught in the gear to a point where all the fun is drained.
have you encountered any banding issues due to e.shutter?
Thanks for showing…not telling… I’ve always been into point and shoots, this camera looks like tomorrows point and shoot, with access to fab colour grading in vids and still for the masses, nice ;-)
Photos/videos look excellent bro! Your LUTs are amazing. Great colors. This camera is very capable in the right hands!
This is warm and fuzzy I think I got introduced to Benj from the Golden Hour podcast?
Appreciate the sooc content. Let the camera speak for itself 👌
Really enjoyed this, thanks for making a video just focusing on the output of these great photos and videos. The LUTs used look great too, have they been made for photo based profiles too or only LOG?
They’re made for a 709 image. I have additional conversion LUTs but these are over the standard profiles in camera
This camera would be the perfect travel camera if it had an EVF! The compact Sony's don't let you shoot with LUTs in stills, but I have a feeling that this will be coming in new camera bodies since Lumix has been getting so much praise for this feature.
haha that intro! Great shots man, seems like the banding issue isn't as big a deal as people are making it out to be. Do you get control over the grain size and roughness in the Lumix Lab App?
Great stuff! Was video handheld or did you used gimbal?
Handheld
idk if it is about the location or the photo itself... but 2:48 is my fav pic so far
I'm not sure if I missed it, but which lenses did you use (other than the 26mm)?
I was going to list, but it took waaaaay too long to start labeling all of them individually. Most were with the S Primes (24/35) a few that I borrowed Jordan Drake’s 100/2.8 Macro and then some with another lens
resolution is not everything guys, depth of light and color is what this camera missing
Hey Benj, great video! These photos are pretty great.
Finally real content and not the drama BS which Gerald started. This is what youtube needed on this camera. Some people don't care about specs or intricate details. They care about if a camera works for them, using it and enjoying using it. Gerald doesn't bring up anything new as this happens in all industries but does come off as entitled and contradicts is his own points.
Fwiw, Gerald didn’t start it to my knowledge, he just responded to it.
im a little out of the loop, who is Gerald? and what did he do?
@@doctorsnarf8764he sells purple hdmi cables and didn’t get a free trip to Japan
He started this simply to move attention from the camera that he doesn’t have. But why did he make a video when he said in the video that he doesn’t care.
@@benjhaisch No Gerald certainly started it.
Missing that viewfinder 🤣
Great video! The luts are definitely interesting. It’s about time someone has a little competition for Fuji. Would love to see Sony do something in the C bodies like that. I do use the BW profile when shooting to “see” it in camera, but otherwise it stays on natural.
The colors in this video 🔥
Wonderful images, and a great reminder a camera is just a tool in our toolbox. There’s no such thing as a one size fits all solution, and the quality of craftsmanship is in the hands of the operator, not in the specs.
Great photos sir! Thanks for what you did here.
Its a neat little camera, a friend and I where talking about it and maybe you can explain. The LUT is pre-applied, right? If that is the case say an image could use a slight boost in the shadows, you would still have to take it in post or does it work in a completely different way than what I am thinking?
The LUT is applied at the time of capture, but you can adjust later with the RAW file if you shot both of that makes sense
@@benjhaisch Yes that makes sense! That was our debate if that is the case and you have to take it into Lightroom to apply the preset the for some it could render that feature useless. I like the idea, but I guess I will always be a RAW or Film shooter.
I've been seeing this "Straight out of camera" being translated as "カメラから直接" on Instagram, too. It's not correct, though. What people use is "撮って出し"
Appreciate the correction, glad I at least made the same mistake as others ;)
Gerald got too butthurt… Gerald and his friends like Brandon Washington TRIED to discredit the capabilities of a camera that THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO EVEN PERFORM ANY TESTS ON 😂🤣
Did Brandon Washington also do this?
@@angeloplayforone yes, on Friday Brandon Washington did a 2 hour podcast with several guests including Gerald. They basically trashed the S9 for 2 hours. The people who trashed it didn’t even have the S9 to test either lol
@@robvision3888 Yes, I saw it. How can you trash a camera without use it or being the target audience?
Brandon likes RED cameras for dynamic range. He thinks RED cameras make better video. Brandon has not won an Academy Awards on best cinematography that I know. I wanted to say to him instead searching for the best technology in camera try to be creative.
I come from the Netherlands and this year the Academy Awards winner was the Dutch Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema for the film Oppenheimer. He uses an old film camera to shoot Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. So Hoytema camera for Oppenheimer is trash as it doesn’t have the dynamic range of RED.
@@angeloplayforone yes, you shouldn’t trash anything a car, or a camera, or food, even bicycle until you actually try it.
You’re right the camera doesn’t matter in order to win awards.
However I am a RED shooter and I do prefer to shoot RED because of the RAW and Bit-rate and you can grade without degradation, it’s 6K so I can crop too. I also prefer to shoot with Panasonic with my REF because highlight rolloff for Panasonic is easier to mix with RED cinema camera footage. Sony footage highlight seems a bit “crunchy” and harder to mix with RED footage. But yes I also shoot with Sony too, mostly personal stuff not for work.
My point is… don’t trash it if you have t tried it yet. It makes you look immature when you do that.
the camera dont got a hotshoe lmfao
In camera lutz and preset is the real defining trait of this camera. Not sure anyone else allows you to do that.
Only the S5II/X and S9 do in photos to my knowledge
As a L mount user, i have to admit to be tempted by the s9, but I would be doing what Benj did in the opening, smashing it into my eye as i try to use the non existent EVF.
Obviously had to add that as a bit of a tongue in cheek joke ;)
fantastic work brother
Appreciate it, man! Wish we were able to hang more there too!
Hi Benj! Can I add the cascade Luts to the S5iiX or is it just the S9? Thanks!
I use them on my S5II as well!
@@benjhaisch how exactly do I add them? Wanted to purchase them this morning but the rep at ”lookslikefilm” was unsure. PM me?
Had to watch it twice it's that good. I really wish there was a view finder though
Same
If you do more videos like this, perhaps sprinkle in some voice over to explain what was in some of these interesting pictures. Colors looked great.
I usually do, decided to specifically make this one without commentary this time :)
Excellent video as always Benj
Great shots! Thanks!
How do you avoid banding under artificial light condition? Slow down the shutter speed?
Well. The photos in low light are actually better than I expected. Still,I'll wait for S9 pro or S9 mark II with mechanical shutter.
I don’t see that happening, but I’d LOVE one
@@benjhaisch well at some point there would have to be a sequel model,right?:) I recently bought gm1 for cases when I can't carry larger cameras and got to admit - despite 16 MPs, dated post processing and old,it's a great pocket camera so far.
finally sooc and not the typical talking head kind of review. this should be normalized. thanks men! great photos and videos!
Love these Benj
Maybe I missed it, but what lens was used to shoot the video? Was it the 26mm f8 that appears in almost every picture of the S9 including a frame in your video?
No, a bunch of the S primes and the Sigma 28-45/1.8 got a lot of play here. That Sigma lens wasn’t out yet when I made this video so I wasn’t able to label them.
@benjhaisch What Sigma lens? You are in your posted video posing with the Lumix 26mm lens on the S9 as if you were actually using it to make the videos. I think almost all of the videos from the Osaka privileged are misleading in showing the tiny Lumix lens on the camera but never actualling using it for making their videos.
The Sigma lenses are great on the S9, the lens you pretended to use in your posed picture is not.
@markr041 nowhere am I pretending to be using that lens. Most of these photos wouldn’t even make sense to be a 26mm f/8 anyway. I talk about all of this in my full video though.
@@benjhaisch There is a picture of you shooting with that 26mm f8 lens in your video. The lens you actually never used . So why are you posing with that lens on the camera? You do not identify the lens you actually used; but you show a picture of you shooting with the 26mm. You do not think that is misleading? Same as all the other paid influencers, pretending to use that lens. The lens used is as important as the camera used. No way the viewers of your video could reproduce what you did with the lens you pretended to use.
I did use that lens in some of the photos though? Do I need to “pose” with every lens that I used? I’m just reusing b-roll from the full video I made on the camera. This video isn’t even about lenses, it’s just about using the camera in general. Definitely didn’t get paid to make any of these videos either fwiw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I do wish more cams would move to in-cam LUTs
3:32 IS MY NEW FAVOURITE
Love this!
I concur
is this the camera with no EVF? and no hot or cold shoe?
Drama aside, the images hold up and speak for themselves
Are these photos all shot with one lens? What is it?
Combination of the 24/35/85 S-Prime lenses and I think some with the Sigma 28-45/1.8. The lens just wasn’t announced when I made the video so I wasn’t able to label them if that makes sense.
Nice touch adding the Japanese title…
My kanji knowledge is nonexistent so I needed some help, but I did take Japanese in high school and college so I’m hoping it sort of translated correctly ;)
No viewfinder. No way. As far as the results. They’re fine. But all cameras coming out now the results are fine. And they have a viewfinder.
I really don’t care if reviewers get a free trip from a camera company. Great deal for them but I do care about reviews that leave out cons because every camera has them. I just watched a review on the internet that totally ignored saying anything about a lack of hot shoe. I would think this would be part of every review.
For sure, there are times when things slip my mind but generally I try to make mine as fair and objective as possible. I think I spent almost 1/2 of my first impressions video going over the specs/lack thereof. But I still forgot to mention the headphone jack and the main thing I missed that I wanted to comment on was the lack of extra dials that would have been really helpful.
💯
S9ではなかったけどパナソニックでライカへカメラ供給してなかったっけ？ ライカブランドで販売するための？
S9は私の心のライカです
benj do you think its fried that the camera doesnt have a hotshoe??? you cant use a flash with it??? dont respond to this if the lumix overlord will shut your future trips down if you say something bad about the camera
Oh my god, a real camera tester and a photographer....not a fraud like Gerard Undone....
I absolutely respect Gerald for what he does in this industry. No need to call him a fraud. He does what he does and does it well. The camera space is a better place with him and his channel in it.
@@benjhaischplease print his amazing photos and put them on your wall....
@@benjhaischyeah, i bought recently one of his image and put it on my wall...I look at it at night only with the lights off :)))
He’s sort of like a camera engineer in that he loves cameras and knows the intimate details on how they run. The people actually making the cameras don’t need to be amazing artists to make great cameras. Same can be said for his analysis. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wait, why do u think he is a fraud?
better to shoot RAW. makes a lot of different iq-wise.
Pretty “whatever”. Just another camera.