Does camera equipment INSPIRE you or is it just a TOOL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2023
- In this video, I talk about the new Fujifilm GFX line of equipment. More specifically, I discuss the GF 30mm Tilt/shift lens and whether it is worth purchasing. Does photography equipment inspire you to head out into the wilds, or is it just a tool?
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For me, it's like romance-a deep emotional connection with the equipment. It awakens something indescribable. Pressing the shutter button, seeing the shot in Lightroom, brings immense joy. Even if the picture is disappointing, it's still mine, created with the same effort and love. It's hard to explain.
I agree.
Very well said.
I have to agree with what Baliviephoto said. New equipment can be very inspiring but ultimately what motivates comes from within ourselves to get out and film what we love.
Wow, amazing. Those 4x5 shots truly are the best work I've seen from you. Pure magic.
Finally able to watch your video. Earlier I came across a Facebook post from Guy Tal who quoted Ansel Adams:
"If photography were to become a difficult mechanical medium, and if it were possible to explain the actual lack of need for most materials and gadgets, many publications would have no reason to exist, and I believe pictures, on the whole, would be better. Photographers have been led to make a fetish of equipment, and are falsely encouraged in superficial concepts and methods resulting in unfortunate misconceptions of the basic potentialities of photography."
-Ansel Adams
So much for our GAS and FOMO. 😂
You mentioned that new equipment might make it easier, well I get inspired by making things more difficult. When you have to think more, get more involved, work harder for your images, then I’m inspired.
That screaming you hear....is me cringing bc I would GLADLY purchase that 4x5 but, when you said use the money to move to a better area well....we are in that process now. I think I'll go cry now!!😢😢 I WILL SAY .....I received a Bronica medium format camera as a birthday gift some months ago, and everything you said about in inspiring me and slowing my workflow down and finding great joy in producing a slide of film into a pleasing photo. It is a challenge. I haven't shot film in years, and I used to be fairly good at remembering settings. But, what joy it does bring. I shot some portraits of a coworker and got several good photos from a single roll of 120. Great stuff as always Grumpy! Excuse me whilst I go sob on my pillow!!
For me a easy and light weight equipment is a must so to make my focus on what I am taking photo of fast and gives me more time on it
Very good points you raise about the potential for our gear to inspire deeper creative exploration of our craft. It’s very true. I love the tactile experience of the equipment and technology used in my photography. We’ll said Adam.
Adam, I enjoyed this episode so much, and the photo's you used during it were amazing. Great to see your inspirations in print.
Just watched your promo video for FujiFilm, a year ago. Makes me wanna move to Vancouver Island. Such beauty in those ancient forests. Also shows me it’s not the best photographers that get most followers. Entertainment and emotion is more important it seems. Nothing wrong with that. I love Gavin and Thomas for their display of passion and emotions. But I also love your artistic quality.
I always enjoy and appreciate the honest information you share, even if it's related to gear I would never use. It gives historical perspective and new ways of looking at styles of photography, the realistic technical aspects and the emotions that drive it.
I continually have to remind myself that the older DSLR full-frame Nikon (D750) is producing some very good images for me anytime I go out in the field and see Z9's, A7's, GFX', etc. For a hobby, I don't need to spend thousands every couple of years. Thank you for your common sense. I've shot large format film cameras and enjoy them, but I'm ok where I'm at with my gear. Maybe next week I'll think diferently, ha! 😆
Always a joy to watch your videos Adam, found an old camera at my parents place that capture on glass plates.
I hear you about selling your film equipment. I recently re-engaged with film and finally have determined that film makes me unhappy and electronic photography makes me happy. I have my old cameras on display cause they really aren't worth anything, just sentimental value, but I'll never use them again. I love my Nikon D850: I know how to use it and it never fails to produce amazing photos.
When you said you like your gear, I didn't expect to this level. 😄 As for the gear, the latest Camera I bought didn't inspire me to get out at all. It's the photos and thought process of great photographers such as yourself that inspire me.
Hello Adam, you need to get back in the field , we miss that! There was some real passion in the view camera scene. But as you said, we can very easily focus stack. I agree, sell your 4x5 stuff and put it into the new lenses. The only thing you miss will be the lifts. Just imagine focus stacking a tilt and shift lense! Good grief. Fun video thanks again.
When I finally sold my 4x5 equipment, and my Horseman VH-R (with 3 lenses, 2 6x9 back, and a 6x7 back), I could have sat in a corner and cried. I kept my Mamiya RZ kit a little longer, but it went, too. I just didn't use them anymore.
Always thoughtful and inspiring. Looking forward to your return to the outdoors. Cheers
Thank you kindly
I completely agree re: kit potentially inspiring, funnily though it has sent me in the opposite direction. I've been in tech my whole life (well, from 7 years old anyway, and I've likely got another 20 years of it before I can retire). Using computers for my hobbies does inspire me anymore. Consequently I'm now down to 1 digital camera, and recently picked up a 4x5 technical camera. There's a world of new things to learn, in processing, and analogue printing. Nothing makes you plan your shots like knowing you've got 1 shot, and a > 3kg of gear to get set up just right.
Yes, I am inspired by new equipment, new equipment often results in lots of trips and plenty photos but having said that the equipment are just tools, I think it is the idea of the better/special results I can get that inspires me. Thanks for sharing Adam!
Both. When I am lacking motivation a new piece of equipment can inspire me to get back out and shoot and to photograph different subjects in a different style. It is fun!
Thanks for sharing Adam! I’m probably alone on this but all those images that you converted to B&W I really liked the color version before the conversion.
I use the Techart adapter and 3 Canon tilt shift lenses on my GFX 100s. They work fantastically well and give the necessary depth of field not to have to stack (which let's face it use a lot of disc space and is a bit of a pain) One could buy all three lenses and the adapter for less than that one 30mm fuji tilt lens. I use a 24mm, 45mm and 90mm (the 90mm has some weird colours until a preset is applied) Image quality is great. Nice to see the 4x5, I haven't used my Mamiya RZ67 mkii in ages but would be loathed to sell it, such a different reward when an image comes good. Hard to argue with your 4x5 work Adam, but it got you to where you are now.
That's a very important message you told with this video. I for example like using filter systems, even if it would be much easier to add a gradient later in post, I prefer doing it in the field just for the fun and process of it. Let's say making an image on location as close as to where you've imagined it previously instead of just snapping images and saying "yeah, I'll correct that later in post". It's so much more satisfying.
I can’t wait to see you use the tilt shift lens I’ve been waiting on canon RF tilt shift to come out but unsure if I’ll buy be good to see you use it for landscape photography
It took me about 10 years to finally decide to sell all my film equipment… some emotions attached and general nostalgia… but it allowed me to do a big upgrade on one of my lenses.
Plus, I’m actually using that lens!!! 😂😂😂
The renaissance of film is good an all but definitely moving forward is digital…
I do think, among other things that do, that the equipment inspires me. I decided to get into LF photography, mostly because I never had before and wanted that experience of slowing down, purposeful photography. And it has helped with that. I started with a Linhof Super Technika IV, for a bit. But it more often than not got in the way (too hard to mount my filters, super hard to use at 90mm or less), but I still like the experience. Now I’ve move on to a Chamonix 4x5 and I can say that that camera inspires me….it inspires me to produce photos that live up to the craftsmanship that is in that camera.
Really great pictures!
I know it's really hard to let go, Adam. Great video and great advice!
Absolutely!
Adam,
There are some wonderful photographs you showed in this film that I’ve not seen before.
I think you make an excellent point in that if the camera one has, whatever it is, keeps making one want to pick it up and use it, then the practice of making photographs with that camera will make one a better photographer.
If I was out in the field with my current camera trying to frame something up and I make a photograph and somebody turned around and said, “Now shoot that on this here Hasselblad”, the chances are it would only give me a higher resolution version of the same image. If the composition had things in it that were distracting, or excluded things that might make it a more compelling photograph, the camera itself won’t improve that, only practice will.
A Stradivari might make a violinist want to practice more than whatever violin they were using before. But off the bat, the Strad might not bring about a noticeable improvement straight away.
Thanks! good points
I miss shooting my 4x5. I had a Sinai f1 w/75, 135, 150, 210 and 360 Nikkor lenses and about 40 film holders. Sold it all to a school out East back around 2005 for $2K. Loved that camera and the entire shooting experience of shooting with a large format camera.
enjoy this video very much. it reminds me of my first camera - Kodak instamatic - when I was 12 years old. Years after that I possessed a Minolta XD7, a Nikon FM.... until today a Sony. For me each piece of equipment is an inspiration - to use it to its full potential and to my full potential.
For me equipment is a love affair! I enjoy new gear, not necessarily new in the box but new to my arsenal. Some I use some I sell. Just completed a 4x5 setup with four lenses and look forward to its use, including a 120 roll film back for various formats up to 6x17! I have way to many cameras and lenses right now…and parting is difficult! Be safe, Cheers..
Great video . I wishes i had your education in photography. A tilt shift also allows selective focus . Your work is impressive and inspiring. Your so right about finding inspiration in your or from your gear. I get excited to learn a new piece of equipment. .as much as a new location. I just wished my skill was better. My eye for composition. Using a tripod has definitely helped. Great video adam
Thank you very much!
Good gear definitely helps to inspire me to get out. But once I’m out its the light, always the light. But I do really like using my old vintage Yashica TLR. There is something about the TLR experience that is different to an SLR or even a Hasselblad style waist finder. But while the TLR often provides the spur to get me out I couldn’t use it full time, it’s it too limiting. Even when I had a Mamiya C33 with multiple lenses my Fiju ST901 35mm still did most of the work. Cameras are tools but any craftsman will tell you that some tools feel better than others. I dabble in art(painting) and even there I have brushes that just feel better than others.
I too had a 4X5 view camera but sold it. I still have a Polaroid film holder for it. I have not tried my Nikon PB6 bellows as a long range tilt shift unit with the 50mm lens.
Yes. I just upgraded to the Nikon Z8 from the D850 I do say my focus and the biliary to see exposure ahead is a game changer
I share you feelings on this. I got into shooting 4x5 in 2019, and it is the camera and the process that I enjoy the most. Frankly I got annoyed in the field shooting my D850 with no movements available. Also I prefer the 4x5 aspect ratio.
Great video avain🙏🌷🐘🦜🌄🇫🇮👍!!! Adam you are stunning!
Thank you!!
Good points Adam! I think you are a talented photographer, no matter what type of camera you use. TF lenses are extraordinarily expensive indeed, hard to justify the cost, unless you have a large bank balance! Cheers.
I AGREE with you 100%. Last month our local camera club had a rummage sale and I sold my Lowe Pro Photo trekker. I had $100 bucks on it. Two folks looked at it. One wanted it to haul around his 4X5 camera and gear. He wanted it cheap. The second person wanted it but money was tight for her. She had another pack and someone wanted it and offered her $50 for it. Before accepting she asked if I'd come down to $50 and we made the deal. For me it is not about getting maximum amount of money it is finding the right home for my surplus gear. That is what I am selling, I always have the memories.
What a fantastic lesson on large-format film cameras and their operation! Clearly, you are the professor of image-making, Adam. I have learned so much from your channel - I'd go so far as to say if I could subscribe to just one it would be yours... Cheers!
Thank you! good to hear.
I use the Canon 24mm tilt shift lens for a lot of my landscape photography.
It takes some getting used to.However the results are outstanding to say the least.
Thanks!
Thank you!
My old hassleblad definitely inspires me to go out and photograph. The results are not fantastic but it’s a different type of experience for me.
It definitely inspires me
After 20 years I decided to go back to film and bought a nice Mamiya C33 and I enjoy the experience more than my digital camera I had one 50 years ago and using it now takes me back to those days
My different gear does inspire me to go out and do say 4x5 or IR or shoot pinhole...then go back to my X-T5. Variety makes photography fun for me.
Good tools are inspirational☺️
It is a tool that inspires me ;)
I still have my Sinar and ShenHao, but I have too little time to use them often. TS lenses are great. They bring the 4x5 feeling back to medium format photography. However, they are not a panacea. As soon as you have a tall slender object like a spruce in the middle ground, you can't tilt and you have to focus stack. Nevertheless, these are nice lenses that Fuji has brought out. However, the 110 TS lens appeals to me much more than the 30mm. It helps to play with the plane of focus, especially at close range. In the wide-angle range you rarely have to deal with a small depth of field and often 2 shots are enough to create a completely sharp image.
I have the nikkor 19mm tilt-shift lens and love it with my Z9. Crazy sharp. Curiously, I just had to get my 4x5 equipment out of MY attic for a project with the Library of Congress. I just ordered film last week. They make some 1 shot film like Ilford and TMax already loaded in a Polaroid 55 sheet sleeve to use with a Polaroid 545 back. Fingers crossed.
I have no doubt, that being forced to slow down and take your time, with the 4x5, has enabled you an advantage far ahead of other photographers. Although, there's many ways to get ahead, but this is such a good one, I think. Wholesome, clever, and obviously clicking with your abilities at the right time. There's no point wondering why there has been an analog wave for years now, on several fronts. There's not just fascination. There's something better connected to us human beings. Thanks for explaining the tilt-shift. I've never understood the point until now. I guess you had a lot of great examples. Makes me wonder why it's not more common. My camera and gear, are just tools. It's the locations and the travel that inspires, and the results of the work.
Being a gearhead is perfectly ok. If it makes you happy doesn't matter if it's gear that inspires you the most.
new gear can definitely be inspiring initially to get out and use it right away. but man, I'd have a hard time with a 4k tilt shift price point when I was able to get my entire GFX lens lineup for less than that
I have a tilt shift adaptor to use my Bronica 645 lenses on my Olympus camera. Used it for a few shots to try it out, but struggle to think of uses for general photography Could also be its manual focus and I'm lazy.
I can see the T/S on the new Fuji macro being very useful to maximise depth of field as often hard to focus stack insects etc.
Sadly I can't afford any of them, and I don't do macro photography :)
But I can dream of winning the lottery. £17k for new camera and 3 lens!!
I'd love a 4x5 but think I'd use it half a dozen times. Wish I'd not traded in my RZ67 for pennies but at the time I didn't think I'd use it again. Still have the 645. But not put film through it for years.
Great video, lots to think about.
I believe you talked yourself out of a Tilt-Shift lens investment. You can do it with focus stacking.
I think new gear can be inspiring, but it only lasts a little while. True inspiration to get out "into the wilds" has to come from within. If it's not there, gear will only get you out for so long.
Last Christmas I bought myself a new Nikon camera & lens. For the price of a used kidney you'd think the excitement would have lasted a good long time. The camera did pretty much the same job as my Z6, just with more megapixels. And my new lens did the same job as my previous 100-400, they both got me to 400mm! 😁
But when I bought the Z6 in 2020 I was extremely inspired! That was a huge step up from my previous camera, the Nikon D4. Smaller, lighter, IBS, a flippy screen, everything about that camera was so new and inspiring, and my excitement for the camera lasted a good long time. Same with when I bought my first new/used Tamron 100-400 in 2019. Getting to 400mm was a huge game changer and step up from my 70-200.
So, does photography equipment inspire me? I guess if the equipment gives me more opportunities and makes difficult techniques simpler, that new excitement lasts longer, but that's not what drives me to get out "into the wilds". I still get excited even if I'm just out and about with my old cell phone. (Although I kick myself when I take fantastic photos with it and should have had my camera instead, but that's for another topic. lol) But in the end, both the 'price of a kidney' camera and 2019 model cell phone are just tools.
if there's anyone I would love to see use the tilt shift lens, it would be you.
well mostly i dont know anyone to follow to see them use it in the first place haha.
I certainly think initially the camera can be an inspiration to people and one does it best no others like leica, that once you hold on to the camera, they like to talk about how the user today are holding a piece of history of all the previous leica cameras before it. That story of doing documentaries, is certainly a point of inspiration to move people forward when using that camera and create other good works of documentaries etc.
i think the idea of the camera becomes a tool much later - when a person wants their camera to work efficiently and bring one's imagination/vision to life.
Fantastic photographs. I think these TS lenses would serve you well. I always adjust tilt in PS with some loss to my images. But I’d love a TS lens all the same. Regards Barrie
Absolutely
Lovely to see some large format. You sell the Linhof multi viewfinder very cheap. Would have bought it if i used Linhof. Now I just use a Speed graphic and a 8x10 camera with petzval lenses
The finder is pretty beaten up.
I hope you talked yourself into buying a T/S lens! I have a Canon 17mm T/S and use it on a regular basis. I used it when I shot the NY bridges last May. As you are aware it is wonderful for creating beautiful panoramas with very little distortion. At 28oz I do pick and choose which lenses I am taking with me... but am I disappointed I put out $3000 for it... NO!
To learn about tilt, rise and fall etc🎉 everyone should practice with a large format field camera. You wouldn’t even have to expose any film. You would see the result on the ground glass.just helpin.🇫🇷😄🇫🇷
Some very interesting points raised Adam. Having owned the Nikon 24mm T/S lens, I had a huge amount of enjoyment from using the lens from the results to the technical challenges it overcame to the ones it created (it is indeed a skill to use one proficiently!) did it ultimately make me a better photographer, probably not, did it add to the the enjoyment i had from photography, most defintely yes! I ummmed and arrred about the new 30mm T/S and finally bit the bullet and placed my pre-order on friday.
Haha, a weak moment? very tempting, good job I dont have the money right now.
@@QuietLightPhoto well… ok maybe not a completely weak moment! I missed using the TS lens when I switched to Sony and when I bought in to the GFX system last year I saw the rumours surrounding a pair of TS lenses. In all honesty I don’t quite have the cash yet, having a bit of a clear out this week!
Wow Adam, I was out on my morning walk and I thought of this subject. I just purchased the Fujifilm GFX 100s camera and 3 lenses (Alistair helped me with the purchase). In my case, I am totally jazzed with this new system. It makes me want to go out everyday as I get to learn it including the nuances that are new and different. The bottom line for me is that it is an inspirational tool. Of course, like anything else it has its drawbacks. However, on balance it is causing me to be even more passionate about photography, especially a desire to continue learning... Yes, the video was thought provoking and enjoyable. It appears that you have been a bit of a gadget guy during your photography career. I have to tell you that I am really doing some wonderful work using my iphone with the ProCamera app. Because I have the LR Mobile app, it's like having a camera and darkroom right on the phone. One of my iphone photographs took first place in the photo division of a show in a local gallery. Each piece of gear can be inspiring for different reasons.
I must admit I do enjoy using the GFX as well, brilliant system.👍🏼
I look at all my gear, cameras, lenses, tripods, etc. as tools. If I come across something that interests me and/or something new I'll tend to buy the gear for the best results.
Love the image at 12:53 :) So what can you do on a rail/bellows that you wouldn't be able to do with a T/S lens - I know the features of each - but specifically for YOU, what would you miss out on - given your statements about corrections in S/W and focus stacking (maybe HDR falls in the same area, but I don't recall you doing much with that as sensor dynamic range has increased) ...
With a 4x5 I would have control with all focal lengths, the 30mm is just one lens. Doesnt have swings.
I do miss my 4x5 field camera. There is absolutely something special about the craft of using a camera like this. But then again, I don't miss carrying it. I don't miss focussing it. I don't miss trying to keep it steady in the wind. I don't miss film and processing costs. Would a set of tilt-shift lenses on the GFX allow me to recapture some of that old sense of craft? Maybe. Then again, they're heavy. And expensive. And presumably difficult to focus. And no AF of course, so no automated focus stacking, which I use a lot with my 120mm macro. And no weather sealing. Times change. Technology moves on. Somehow I don't think it would be the same. But I look forward to hearing how you get on if you do get to try it.
Really good price on the Toho kit! I certainly do love those film shots of yours. I'd be all over this if I hadn't just spent my annual budget on a lens :( Did you ever consider a book of your film images?
Priced to sell! Actually one of the reasons I showcased some of these photos is that they will be in my up and coming book along with many others of course. Thanks!
@@QuietLightPhoto haha I wonder if I missed hearing you mention a book in the video... I was just stuck on looking at the photos and missed half of what you said!
I'd highly recommend the Cambo Actus like you showed. It's very portable and light. I have the Sony Actus mini version. The GFX one is a little bigger but the Actus totally inspires me to get out. It's especially great for shifted panoramas and precise macro work.
Actus with which GFX in your case? Thanks a lot.
@@ateliercunha2876 I only have the Sony but I demoed the Actus G with a GFX 50R. The 50R is really well suited to the Actus. You can use the Actus easily with the 50, 50R, 50S, or 100S. There are some lenses you can't use with the GFX 100, (mk1) but only a few.
@@erossphelps Thank you very much .-)
I shoot landscape with the GFX 100s. I’ll be looking for the 30mm when it comes out but I’d have preferred 25mm (20mm FF equivalent).
this lens will mostly be bought by architecture photographers and 20mm equiv is too wide
I agree but a good tilt-shift lens is useful for landscape too. I have a Canon 17mm TSE lens that I can adapt to GF but it is too wide most of the time and not sharp enough for large prints when used with the 102MP sensor. I’m hoping the GF30mm lives up to Fuji’s claims. If I’m going to carry something that heavy in my bag, a 20mm equivalent lens would be a better choice for me but I’ll take what I can get for the quality!
I really have mixed feelings about this video. Like you, I came from decades with 4x5 (and still have the gear), but now I use both the Fuji GFX 100s and the Nikon Z8. I'm really interested in the 30mm T/S lens, but mainly for use in architectural type settings. I like having the gear to do different types of photography, but I tend to evaluate if the gear will work for me in the type of photography that I do. I'm more inspired when my gear matches my vision. I'll wait to see what the availability of the 30mm is and decide from there.
By-the-way TT artisans also have a tilt shift
And they are not very expensive again full manual though
you know how marketing works, they make you feel frustration to sell you new devices and they are very powerful, and I can see the issue here as well. It's not personal, but travelling, changing area, changing lens for new ones is the same thing: spending money. Inspiration could be: take this common river or this common street in your own area and see what you can try with your camera. That would make more sense.
The photo slideshow at the end with the somber music seemed like a eulogy for the gear you're sadly selling, lol.
Don't know if it's a question to the viewer, but I'd say equipment definitely inspires me. I mean, if I'd be stuck with my mobile phone, I can take pictures as well, and although I disagree, it has been argued that you can't see the difference on printed media, but it just doesn't inspire me or make me enthousiastic to go out and shoot (perhaps also because there's no effort shooting with a mobile phone), whereas lugging my big camerabag full of professional camera equipment along does make me want to take pictures and the results and increase in image quality really makes me enthousiastic.
Thanks for your views in this video. Back in film days I shot 4x5 field cameras. Today I use a Nikon D850 plus their 24mm PC-E (TS) lens for movements.
The new GFX 30mm TS lens is the exact focal length I would want to buy for the 33x44mm sensor. Sadly though (in this case), I shoot Hasselblads (over 51 years now). But since I'll never see a Hasselblad TS lens for my X2D-100C, I have decided, now in my older, retirement age, with a comfortable bit of disposable income, I am going to purchase the GFX 30mm TS lens when it becomes available, as well as a GFX 100s for a body to mount it on. I will shoot a Hasselblad camera till I die, but I am truly "chomping at the bit" to get my hands on this medium format GFX TS lens!
Funny, I'd love to get my hands on the X2D-100c. That is a beautiful camera.
If our paths ever cross, you're welcome to shoot a bit with mine. It is truly an amazing camera! I don't ever plan to be without it. But I am buying that Fuji 30mm TS lens. And since there's no adapter to use it on my camera, I will gladly buy the 100s as well.
I do see that Amanda has been teasing Gavin lately with her X2D.
FWIW - I bought the X1D when it was first introduced in 2016, and took delivery in early 2017. I still have it. I ordered the X2D within minutes of its launching back in Sep, 2022, and took delivery in Oct, 2022.
I have enjoyed your You Tube videos for years - especially the exquisite images you post. I live in Tennessee. We've got the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
cant even think of a medium format id need to publish gavin hardcastles unkown only fans videos to afford one lol but in all seriousness i like the fuji xt range tho :)
Hello Adam, speaking of pleasure and motivation when using the equipment, I ask you: did you enjoy using the GFX100 more (I see you still have it) or do you definitely prefer the GFX100s? Why? Thank you very much.
I prefer the GFX 100 especially the finder. Unfortunately the camera is too heavy. The new Gfx looks great but I don’t think I can afford yet another camera
I think Canon just released another one too, for the R mount
The PhaseOne XT cameras have T-S lenses available, I believe. With a similar integration, passing the amount of tilt / shift to the camera for recording in the raw file.
the XT has shift integrated in the camera body so you can do perspective correction with any fixed lens while some of the lenses have tilt functionality
@@lindsaywebb1904 Yes, indeed. I was not sure of the details anymore so I omitted that rather than making an error. ;-)
Age does catch up with you my walk around camera was a Nikon 750 and now is a Sony 6400
You’ve never sounded smarter 😂❤ the 30mm is very tempting, I’ll try a loner first
The joys of a teleprompter, lol
@@QuietLightPhoto nice to see you doing well with Enid Blyton writing the script ❤️
Wow. - I mean WOW! For a minute I thought I had started producing TH-cam videos - but that is your smiling face and not mine! But- if you want to trade some 4x5 gear (mine is a Toyo monorail - with a 75, 90, 135, 150, 165, 207, and on and on - and my Canon 5Ds r really wants a Canon tiltshift 24mm lens to weigh down the bag! Thanks for exposing my (our) dilemma!! Let me see. . . Think there are some Velvia quickloads buried out in the freezer 😵💫😵💫
Seems to be a common problem, haha
Thanks Uncle Grumpy! Do you think you'll get the new GFX 100 ii? For what you do it's probably a marginal upgrade. I'm definitely interested. To go with your video, I think getting medium format would totally inspire me. May be about time to take the plunge. May have to rent the tilt shift. My God its expensive lol. Cheers.
I probably wont get the the new camera as I have already spent way too much on two bodies. The lenses I'm not sure, I'll have to try one out first.
Thanks for your response Adam.
You prefer to use the GFX100, due to the quality of the EVF, which is actually better.
I don't know if you used the accessory to rotate the EVF? It seems very useful to me, but I've never tried it, for difficult camera positions and when there's a lot of light; lots of sun. LCDs with sunlight work poorly.
The two batteries and also the robustness of the general construction are points in favor of the GFX100. The third small LCD on the back can also be useful; did you think that?
When you say that the GFX100 is heavier (and it is) you mean it has to be carried from place to place, in a backpack or even on a tripod, right? Because you always use a tripod, you don't have to hold it in your hands when taking photos.
Thank you very much.
The main reason I enjoy it over the 100s is the accessory . If I could justify the expense I would go for the new camera but at this point I can’t afford yet another GFX. I only use the EVF very rarely the screen on the back. The weight of the GFX 100 is the biggest issue for me, carrying it in the field is a burden
@@QuietLightPhoto Thanks a lot Adam. I understand.
Yes they're tools but it also comes down too workflow. I had a d750 at one time and had toy replace it after an accident at the beach. Salt water doesn't mix well with electronics. I replaced it with a z6 II that had just came out a few months earlier. With eye auto focus I nail more shots. I don't have to focus and recompose. I still miss focus someone's but that's my fault. I buy lenses for specific purposes. I have a macro lens. That gives me something else to shout when there's nothing going on. I ordered the 180-600 the morning it was announced. I mostly shoot landscape because that's what I like to do but I also want to be a well rounded photographer. I think learning different genres helps you with the ones you actually want to do. So buying new gear can inspire you.
I don't think gear inspires me to get out and shoot. New gear is sort of exciting to use initially, but that wears off pretty quickly. I find that new places inspire me to shoot more than anything else.
Do you still have your Nikon at all and if so do you shoot with it still
I do! Yes occasionally when I need more reach
We spend a lifetime collecting the gear we need/want then someone moves the goal posts on us. New tools come along that make our kit redundant (sometimes it even makes us redundant). A lot of blood sweat and tears are invested in those old tools making it very difficult to move on. sigh.......
Tools don't make you an artist but it's definitely a lot more fun to be an artist when you have quality tools. I do stay stingy with my gear though because as you said carrying all that to a location really ruins the fun (and is apparently dangerous for one's back).
yes you're definitely stingy with the gear ;-) thanks, Seth!
@@QuietLightPhoto Gear envy! I knew it!
Wow. One of the best common-sense episodes I have ever seen on YT. First I thought it was another that selling and promoting videos for new gear, it was rather contrary. We get old and we need to justify the need for heavy gear, unless someone is carrying it for us. … love this episode a lot
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm ashamed to admit that I do find certain lenses to be inspiring - some versatile 2:1 Laowa macro lenses for example, the stupidly sharp Sony 135mm F1.8 perhaps, and the Voigtlander 65mm F2 APO for its colour and detail rendering. However I can't blame any of my other tools for my own shortcomings as a photographer, because I chose them myself.
Hi Adam ..Just a heads up on your GFX 100 for sale ... I took mine into Henery's camera store 2 weeks ago and they offered me 4900.00 as a trade in value, not sure if they still are, as The New one is out now That I ordered and is coming on Sept 26 ? I did not trade mine in as I need it till the new one comes in.
Thats not a bad price, it's a far cry from the original price though. It's quite a hit. I'd be interested to know if they honour that price, thanks!
@@QuietLightPhoto Give them a call it only takes a second to find out.. I am not sure if you have Henry's Camera Store in BC. I thought the Price for the New one was good, A lot Better than the First one anyway and the New one sounds like the Perfect Camera to Have for a Long time... Can't wait to get it in a week or so
Tilt shift lenses aren't magically producing immense depth of field by tilting the plane of focus. There are tradeoffs. For example, the forest at 2:44 will not benefit from tilting the lens forward as the tops of the trees will move out of the cone of focus with the near forest floor in focus. Another example is flowers on the edge of the Grand Canyon -- tilting the lens forward to keep the flowers in focus and the far rim of the canyon in focus will leave the mid-range rocks on the bottom of the canyon out of focus. This effect is the same whether using a view camera or tilt-shift lenses on a digital camera.
You're right, The examples you give are exceptions, but the benefits certainly outweigh the negatives. The forest scene that I used as an example is with a 4x5 and yes I did still have to stop down to f/45 but still maintained the vertical lines of the trees. With the smaller format and shorter focal length especially the 30mm it will be very easy to maintain depth with larger apertures.
I still sell print i made from a Nikon D3300
Well Adam so far I haven't gone out to do any falls shooting just yet
However I did get a brand new lens and it's giving me some trouble
Maybe you could help me out I already know that you do not have a Pentax k1 Mark 2 or any Pentax camera for that matter
But I am struggling to get the Boca
The lens I am referring to is the TT artisans 100mm F 2.8 and it is supposed to be a soap bubble Boca machine
And extremely clean photography on the subject that you are going shooting
This lens is full manual m42 mount
Please help
The video the reason why I purchased it is not helping me any for the settings
sorry I dont quite understand your question
I wish manufacturers would focus a bit more on lighter weight products that still give great image quality. It seems that when they lost customers to cell phones they went the other way and focused on the customers that want things the cell phones can't do (massive lenses, prime lenses, high frame rates, etc.) and everything got heavier, and those of us in the middle are getting left behind.
For me gear is just a tool, but for some reason I still get excited anytime I'm putting one of my Voigtlander lenses on the camera.
Today, manufacturers have an almost unmanageable challenge. If they make light, small, good lenses, the "gang of the 1.4" immediately screams, what am I supposed to do with lenses around aperture 5.6? I can use my smartphone for that. No matter what you do, there is always the other half of the customers who want exactly the opposite.…
But there are lenses for everyone. For example: There is the big heavy Sigma Art series, that exactly satisfies the open-aperture gang. And there are the more compact contemporary lenses for the lightweight lovers.
@@SD_Alias There aren't too many for the lightweight lovers. The best I've seen so far are the 14-30 and 24-200 from Nikon, making a two lens kit possible, otherwise you're carrying a minimum of 3 lenses or worse, a bag full of primes. Canon has some nice light stuff but it's almost too light and cheap; but that's par for the course for them, market segmentation games (here's a lens that's way too much for what you need, and here's a cheaper one that isn't too great and isn't quite what you need). Point taken though that you can't make everyone happy, and it's up to the manufacturers to do what the market is demanding. But it's tiring that they always figuratively say "You want lightweight? Then you're not really serious about image quality. People that want good images want heavy big aperture lenses."
@@pmc7105 I can only speak for my weight and image quality requirements. I am very happy with the Sigma Contemporary lenses and some Leica M lenses and Voigtländer lenses. The latter of course have no weather protection or AF, but that's exactly why they are very small and have excellent image quality.
And as far as camera bodies are concerned, I find many of them rather too small. Sony cameras in particular are not comfortable to carry for long periods of time with normal-sized men's hands. I prefer slightly larger housings. The most ergonomic camera for me ist the older GFX50S.
Of course, it's also a question of how old and how sporty someone is and whether every gram counts.
Most people, myself included, can still save a lot of weight around their hips... ;)
Nice to have toys but mostly just tools
Don't worry about the weight, get Gavin to carry it for you... wait, no he'll probably fall over and break it. 😆
plus he lives 6000km away
I think we all 'know' you're going to buy that lens 🤣
probably ;-)