Really great POV setup. Well done on some very nice shots, the rain drops beading on surfaces adds so much. 45mm seems to be a great focal length for street photography! Amazing what you can get away with whilst your subjects are so deep in their own little world. Excellent stuff. I like this!
The step up in quality compared to something like the GoPro or Osmo Action feels immense when I am watching this on my TV 😮. I also kind of enjoy not having a very wide angle. Well done Sam, inspiring as always 💯
Love the povs. Always inspiring me to get out and shoot my small town. Got the sx10 fujifilm. Will do some street photos Sunday. Might be able to go to Denver but I'm not surev😅
interesting to see that you are using the wide focus area and let the camera decide where to focus, I always assumed professionals use single focus point only for more precision
I have a Nikon d40 and it’s an all around good camera but whenever I take photos of something white big black patches appear and disappear on the photo it’s done this before but I can’t remember how I fixed it and I was wandering if any of you know how to fix it ?
I feel when I get my Sigma 30mm on my aps-c then it will be pretty close equivalent to this. Feel like it's a pretty good prime for aps-c but for ff seems like you wouldn't get much different than just using a 50mm. Good shots as always either way.
The pocket osmo 3 is the dogs danglies! My GoPro 11 hero black i got brand new and always had sd card error only used it like 4 times. Deffo getting rid of that and gna get this Osmo 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great video ! And I 100% agree, a7iii is a fantastic camera. My only concern is that there is a well-documented issue with the a7iii where a minority (but a significant one) of owners suffer premature shutter failure - some with only around 10k clicks - so much so that in the US owners tried a class action law suit against Sony. Hard to assess the real world failure rate of course but it seems to be mentioned online more than shutter failure on most other cameras. Still love mine though. Great camera for street.
My a7iii has done nearly 150k shots since I got it. I go by my own data which is. It’s never let me down for photography. The audio jack however was a known issue to fail and mine did. Simple fix my a local repair shop and it was back to full health. I also know a lot of people who have the a7iii and they never had that issue, a lot of my community have this camera and not one of them mentioned it to me via dms etc. So I’m pretty sure this was an isolated batch issue.
@@Opticalwander Absolutely yes I hope so, and I would add that one thing I LOVE about the a7iii is that it works great with manual focus lenses if you want to try zone focusing - the peaking is excellent and the EVF nice and bright and you still get IBIS - I think that like the iconic original Canon 5D, the Sony a7iii will be looked back on in time as an asbsolute classic
Hi Samuel. Really nice camera walk. Unfortunatelly my last Friday camera walk ended up with broken bones and long days in hospital as it's freaking slippery in my country and looks like sooner than end of the March I will not be able to go and shoot. But lets change the subject. I adore this tiny 45mm f2.8 by sigma since it came out. it actually dropped in price from 450EUR to 300-280EUR in local online stores, I guess it's because people are willling to have much faster lenses like f1.4, f1.8. I have seen some tests and looks like this lens have some ghosting and it finest sharpnes point is about f5.6-f8. I wonder have you looked at Sony 40mm f2.5 G series compact lens? It's smaller than Sigma 45mm and has the manual apperture ring and looks like it's sharper than Sigma 45mm f2.8. Price of course is a bit different thing as Sigma is cheaper.
Hey Sam, I'm looking at upgrading to the A7iv from the A7iii. Don't you have an A7iv too, would you recommend the upgrade? The new POV set up is great 👍🏻
Thanks Sam that was a perfect POV in London. The rain makes it just nicer. Question: You have no problem with the lens or the camera despite the heavy rain? I
@@Opticalwander It's weird how the side to side stabilization of this footage makes your movement look kind of FPS-game-y? Uncanny valley sort of. Like no human moves that smoothly :D Or you are a robot. Either or.
Massive fan of the A7III, any recommendations on where I can get a good second hand reasonably priced 24-70 F.2.8 GM, tried London Camera Exchange (good store) but prices tend to be about £1k.
@@Opticalwander I'm using the stock Sony battery on My A7R3. It drained 5% after only 10 mins of light use. No issues with my Sony lens. I used to have bad battery drain with the Samyang 135mm F1.8 but it works perfectly after firmware update. I've just updated the Sigma firmware as well and will monitor. Thanks
A sony A7 III for 650 pounds? Where? dayum. I bought mine for 1.2K euros second hand but like new and I thought that was a steal. Nevertheless this camera is what made me fall in love with photography. I am building up my photography business again on the side and got some shoots planned. Looking forward to get more sigma lenses. What's your opinion on using the lenses for APCS on Fullframe sensor cameras?
I bought mine for 1.1k the year it came out. If you search around on eBay and Facebook marketplace you’ll find good deals. Apsc lenses on full frame isn’t a problem they’re mostly cheaper but you have to accept the crop factor to reduce vignette.
Bro you need to tell me where you are picking up this camera for £700. I’ve been looking for ages! Easily 1k plus. Why I’m still choosing between a7iii vs 6700
@@Opticalwander Thanks I'll try looking. My area isn't the best I'd imagine London more options. What's your thoughts on a7iii vs a6700? Photography being the focus
A7iii’s bit more than £600. But you can get a brand new one now for £999. MPB haven’t caught up with that new offer and are offering excellent condition examples for £1100 😂😂😂😂
Yes hold it like this for the sake of showing the photos I’m taking and the rear screen of the camera Otherwise it would just be the street and no camera if I put it to my eye every time.
everyone is doing the same edits and everything looks the same , same places same shooting styles same technique sam composition rules same everything... Now it's all about color grading and editing softwares ...Yes it looks good but nothing unseen or outstanding, I hope whoever reads this comment understand that I'm not trying to discourage you and I'm not being mean, being a good photographer is very sophisticated by itself and doesn't depend on how advanced is the gear you're using, it's all in your eye and how your brain sees it, if you are a beginner or just starting to learn photography, just buy something cheap like an old small m.fourthirds or a compact camera and challenge yourself, use it to the fullest and shoot everything and anything till you learn and understand your style and keep practicing your own style .there's a lot of amazing photographers around the world , some are gone and some are still around , do some research ... Yes Peter Mckinnon is great at what he does and so is Marc Riboud and Daido Moriyama , you know what I mean now. learn about classic photography while shooting digital.
You are right. His photographs are amateur level, there is no depth or meaning behind them people crossing streets, lightning cigarettes, wtf is that. Street photography should be art, what he is doing is photo journalism for topics that none asked for. Street is hard, less rewarding, and most of the time nothing happens.
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Always a pleasure when Sam uploads a London POV!
The pov quality is insane. 👌And the color grading too. The photos are of course also very good.
Thank you 🙏🏼 I’m glad you liked it 😊
Yes but it goes in and out of focus unintended.
Huge fan of your work! Keep creative sam! ❤
Thank you Matt 🙏🏼
Loved it, more of these please ❤
Thank you 🙏🏼
That POV camera is insane I feel like I’m actually on your chest
Love this POV setup, so much better than Gopro, i might upgrade to it this year. Love your work mate! ❤
Awesome job Sam! The quality of the POV is insanely good. Keep up the awesome work. Looking forward to the next video.
Glad to see the POVs continuing. Great job, man 🙂
Awesome POV! Really liking the new POV quality too, awesome colour grading.
I always enjoy your POV stuff because of the explanation you give as you shoot. Have a great weekend!
Really great POV setup. Well done on some very nice shots, the rain drops beading on surfaces adds so much. 45mm seems to be a great focal length for street photography! Amazing what you can get away with whilst your subjects are so deep in their own little world. Excellent stuff. I like this!
That beautiful rainy weather! Your editing made it very moody! I liked the photos very much!
Thanks Sam for yet another lesson in doing POV's.... appreciate your work and patience.... Yoki..
Awesome video! Love these povs photography videos!!! London looks extremely moody and awesome! Iso 50 is gonna sacrifice some dynamic range I think!
You’re very right as it’s a “fake iso” but doesn’t hamper the images too much from my experience
@@Opticalwander thank you very much for the content! Would love to see some more povs! 🤗🔥
Love the setup!
The step up in quality compared to something like the GoPro or Osmo Action feels immense when I am watching this on my TV 😮. I also kind of enjoy not having a very wide angle. Well done Sam, inspiring as always 💯
Good to know I’ll be sure to continue using this 🙏🏼 thank you for watching I really appreciate it 🙏🏼
Loved it man, thank you ❤
next level quality
love my 40mm f2 - some of my favourite pics are taken with that length
This is so much fun! It must be wonderful to live in a photo-target-rich environment such on London. Day or night!
I don’t live in London I live 6 hours away, when I shot this video I drove 6 hours. Shot the video drove home 6 hours. Total 21hour day.
@@Opticalwander - Ahhh, yes, I commented before I saw the end of the video. That's a long commute!!
Love the povs. Always inspiring me to get out and shoot my small town. Got the sx10 fujifilm. Will do some street photos Sunday. Might be able to go to Denver but I'm not surev😅
interesting to see that you are using the wide focus area and let the camera decide where to focus, I always assumed professionals use single focus point only for more precision
I decide between the two. For portraits / car photography I do. With the street, less so.
@@Opticalwander thanks for the reply! Appreciate it
Top top work
Great video as always. Are you using a microphone for your audio?
I have a Nikon d40 and it’s an all around good camera but whenever I take photos of something white big black patches appear and disappear on the photo it’s done this before but I can’t remember how I fixed it and I was wandering if any of you know how to fix it ?
that moment at 4:48 or so where the guy lights his cig - JUST missed the smoke!
Nice color grading
I feel when I get my Sigma 30mm on my aps-c then it will be pretty close equivalent to this. Feel like it's a pretty good prime for aps-c but for ff seems like you wouldn't get much different than just using a 50mm. Good shots as always either way.
The pocket osmo 3 is the dogs danglies! My GoPro 11 hero black i got brand new and always had sd card error only used it like 4 times. Deffo getting rid of that and gna get this Osmo 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great video ! And I 100% agree, a7iii is a fantastic camera. My only concern is that there is a well-documented issue with the a7iii where a minority (but a significant one) of owners suffer premature shutter failure - some with only around 10k clicks - so much so that in the US owners tried a class action law suit against Sony. Hard to assess the real world failure rate of course but it seems to be mentioned online more than shutter failure on most other cameras. Still love mine though. Great camera for street.
My a7iii has done nearly 150k shots since I got it. I go by my own data which is. It’s never let me down for photography. The audio jack however was a known issue to fail and mine did. Simple fix my a local repair shop and it was back to full health. I also know a lot of people who have the a7iii and they never had that issue, a lot of my community have this camera and not one of them mentioned it to me via dms etc. So I’m pretty sure this was an isolated batch issue.
@@Opticalwander Absolutely yes I hope so, and I would add that one thing I LOVE about the a7iii is that it works great with manual focus lenses if you want to try zone focusing - the peaking is excellent and the EVF nice and bright and you still get IBIS - I think that like the iconic original Canon 5D, the Sony a7iii will be looked back on in time as an asbsolute classic
Hi Samuel. Really nice camera walk. Unfortunatelly my last Friday camera walk ended up with broken bones and long days in hospital as it's freaking slippery in my country and looks like sooner than end of the March I will not be able to go and shoot. But lets change the subject. I adore this tiny 45mm f2.8 by sigma since it came out. it actually dropped in price from 450EUR to 300-280EUR in local online stores, I guess it's because people are willling to have much faster lenses like f1.4, f1.8. I have seen some tests and looks like this lens have some ghosting and it finest sharpnes point is about f5.6-f8. I wonder have you looked at Sony 40mm f2.5 G series compact lens? It's smaller than Sigma 45mm and has the manual apperture ring and looks like it's sharper than Sigma 45mm f2.8. Price of course is a bit different thing as Sigma is cheaper.
Hey Sam, I'm looking at upgrading to the A7iv from the A7iii. Don't you have an A7iv too, would you recommend the upgrade? The new POV set up is great 👍🏻
I think if you need a flip screen / better grip to hold. Then yes. There’s no harm in upgrading but you won’t see massive difference in images 🙏🏼
Great video and Shots 👌What Preset are you using on these Shots. ? ( I have quite of your presets lol)
there is classic car show in wimbledon south side every first sunday of the month come over tho SW19 4TG
I got a 35mm f2 from sigma that I plan to use for street photography
Thanks Sam that was a perfect POV in London. The rain makes it just nicer.
Question: You have no problem with the lens or the camera despite the heavy rain? I
I didn’t have any issues with the rain / on lens etc. I do carry a lens cloth with me just incase though 🙏🏼
hey , can you tell me the best camera and lens for regular cinematic outdoor shots ? i wanna buy one for shooting at marriage cermeony
I wanted to ask if you could do another video with the a7iii with a 50mil at night?
Hey brother great video 🔥 I have the pocket 3 just wondering did you use a chest mount or clipped it to your back pack ? Thanks
Hey, I used the chest mount 🙏🏼
For german viewers: mpb is also available in germany.
i wish i can just follow u around and see how u think
🔝
I would like to start POV, is it better to buy a gopro 10 or osmo pocket 3? and one more question which mount chest did you use for dji
Action cams are more versatile. The pocket 3 is fantastic but has its limitations.
The POV camera seems different from the rest of your old videos, looks fantastic with the depth! Would love to know which action camera have you used?
I talk about it during this video , it’s the pocket 3 from dji 🙏🏼 do you prefer this cameras as the pov cam or the action cams ?
@@Opticalwander It's weird how the side to side stabilization of this footage makes your movement look kind of FPS-game-y? Uncanny valley sort of. Like no human moves that smoothly :D Or you are a robot. Either or.
100% this, looks fantastic!@@Opticalwander
Interesting
Curious: how and where have you mounted your Osmo Pocket? I am trying to find an elegant solution for a similar effect.
There’s no elegant way, I looked like an idiot 😂 it was mounted on my chest with a chest strap 😂😂
10:00 ❤
Massive fan of the A7III, any recommendations on where I can get a good second hand reasonably priced 24-70 F.2.8 GM, tried London Camera Exchange (good store) but prices tend to be about £1k.
Keep an eye on eBay / Facebook marketplace they come up now and then for good prices in good condition 🙏🏼
Just bought this lens and love the design. But I found that it drains my camera battery fast. Any similar experience and solution? Thanks
That won’t be the lens that drains the battery. Are you using 3rd party battery’s ?
@@Opticalwander I'm using the stock Sony battery on My A7R3. It drained 5% after only 10 mins of light use. No issues with my Sony lens. I used to have bad battery drain with the Samyang 135mm F1.8 but it works perfectly after firmware update. I've just updated the Sigma firmware as well and will monitor. Thanks
Are you gonna do another photography walk meet?
Yeah, I’ll probs do it towards spring /
Summer 🙏🏼
How did the Osmo pocket 3 handle in the rain?
Totally fine, it does have a weather resistant rating so I put my trust in that and it seems totally fine 🙏🏼
How is the Osmos pocket 3 mounted
On my chest
I'd love to take photos of people on the street but I feel anxious incase they spot me and ask to see and I'm disappointed with the results
A sony A7 III for 650 pounds? Where? dayum. I bought mine for 1.2K euros second hand but like new and I thought that was a steal. Nevertheless this camera is what made me fall in love with photography. I am building up my photography business again on the side and got some shoots planned. Looking forward to get more sigma lenses.
What's your opinion on using the lenses for APCS on Fullframe sensor cameras?
I bought mine for 1.1k the year it came out. If you search around on eBay and Facebook marketplace you’ll find good deals.
Apsc lenses on full frame isn’t a problem they’re mostly cheaper but you have to accept the crop factor to reduce vignette.
I am much more curious about the camera you used to film th POV,
Pocket 3 🫡
Bro you need to tell me where you are picking up this camera for £700. I’ve been looking for ages! Easily 1k plus. Why I’m still choosing between a7iii vs 6700
Facebook marketplace or eBay. I’ve found a few over the last week alone ?
Obviously they’re second hand.
@@Opticalwander Thanks I'll try looking. My area isn't the best I'd imagine London more options. What's your thoughts on a7iii vs a6700? Photography being the focus
Where can I find one for $600 because I’ve only seen them for 1200 and up
Facebook marketplace / eBay keep in mind I said £600. Second hand will always be the cheapest option
A7iii’s bit more than £600. But you can get a brand new one now for £999. MPB haven’t caught up with that new offer and are offering excellent condition examples for £1100 😂😂😂😂
You can get one for £5-700 easily second hand. I’ve only ever bought one brand new camera. Everything else is second hand. ✌️
@@Opticalwander 😂 sorry bro but you can’t. Some crappy one on eBay for like £700+ Anything remotely decent that you’d actually want to buy… £800+
Don't hold your camera like this 🤳 😂
Yes hold it like this for the sake of showing the photos I’m taking and the rear screen of the camera Otherwise it would just be the street and no camera if I put it to my eye every time.
Hi, Sam! It would cheer me up if I maybe had a shoutout, but I’m not begging you and you don’t have to but it would make my day 0:28
everyone is doing the same edits and everything looks the same , same places same shooting styles same technique sam composition rules same everything...
Now it's all about color grading and editing softwares ...Yes it looks good but nothing unseen or outstanding, I hope whoever reads this comment understand that I'm not trying to discourage you and I'm not being mean, being a good photographer is very sophisticated by itself and doesn't depend on how advanced is the gear you're using, it's all in your eye and how your brain sees it, if you are a beginner or just starting to learn photography, just buy something cheap like an old small m.fourthirds or a compact camera and challenge yourself, use it to the fullest and shoot everything and anything till you learn and understand your style and keep practicing your own style .there's a lot of amazing photographers around the world , some are gone and some are still around , do some research ... Yes Peter Mckinnon is great at what he does and so is Marc Riboud and Daido Moriyama , you know what I mean now.
learn about classic photography while shooting digital.
You are right. His photographs are amateur level, there is no depth or meaning behind them people crossing streets, lightning cigarettes, wtf is that. Street photography should be art, what he is doing is photo journalism for topics that none asked for. Street is hard, less rewarding, and most of the time nothing happens.