I love these "Inexpensive toy type camera" challenges. It's a great chance to see how these photographers work without their gear. You get a sense of what it takes to be a good photographer and to see their skills really shine.
Obscure weird cameras too, makes me think of a odd binoculars / camera hybrid thing I had as a kid, or my childhood obsession with the old instant/self developing cameras with all manner of moving bits
@@MrFedy1996 he's saying they created that format and they are the reason why that other company had this "format". Lok and Kai made that place and we all await their every post because of that.
@@jimi3314 ok ok, I got it and I knew it, with "drtv format" I intended "that kind of video I used to watch when Kai and Lok were working for Digitalrev tv", making Kai know I follow him since that time. Peace and love, my dudes
You've really ruined my day, Kai! I sat at work spending way too much time debating what B rig to carry...whether to get another 5D or upgrade to a 1 DX ...and you show this guy getting better shots than me using a toy camera!!! It looks like I need to focus on skill development for a bit.
Hi from 2021, im genuinely convinced this is THE best street photography video on TH-cam of all time. I come back to it once every couple months and I also walk away inspired
What makes an excellent photographer?... a different eye that sees what most people don't. All in all, to make different shots you MUST think differently. I like this guys' philosophy and started following him on Instagram. Great video! 👍
Brilliant! Nice to see pros really demonstrating how the "gear doesn't matter". Loved the bit about how people took photos 50-60 years ago with extremely basic equipment compared to the camera in even a cheap smartphone today.
Thank you for posting this so soon after the Sony A7R Infinite Model announcements. I personally needed it from my favorite channel on TH-cam. 🤮 I’m so sick of product announcements especially when they are incremental or unnecessary.
I really like this idea for videos. I'd absolutely watch other well known or successful photographers using a toy. Very illuminating and I think you're on to something awesome.
Then you are either new to Kai or sarcastic. Look up the old Digital Rev videos when he, Lok and Alambi were running the show. Pro tog cheap camera or some such.
Strong video. Loved the flow of the conversation and Craig seemed completely open to the discussion. Videos like this, and the prior series makes me think that there aren't terrible cameras just terrible photographers.
An excellent choice to have Craig on for this, can't get enough of his viewpoint and his attention to detail. Anything that has him in ill click because of the learning potential.
Awesome video dude, always love a sixstreetunder vid. Those pics were so good! Him and Josh Jack are hands down the best dude's out there in this modern day
I'm so glad you have this kind of content! Always appreciate photographers with this challenge. The epitome of its not about the gear, but the person behind it. 😊
YES! More like this. Not necessarily “cheap/toys”, but relatable for the average hobbyist. I think there are a lot of viewers who shoot compacts/bridge cameras... things within their budget (ahem 👋) get inspired to see what’s possible, and enjoy photography!
It's always fun and interesting to watch pro photographer cheap camera. I missed this so much. Fan of DRTV back then. Really proves how pros have that much talent.
Appreciate the point made about street photo hubs and collage work - something that's definitely cropped up in the community a lot recently. Super interesting to get some insight from Craig on his work process.
Love the video! Followed Craig for a while on IG so great to see him work! Also, the Panasonic S1 looked great, watched this in full 4k glory - looked delicious!
Dam he is one heck of a great shoot. He don't even need to be local - he can clearly adapt at any place and get a good understanding of opportunistic moments.
Brilliant, goes to show the photographer's talent is what matters. Must say amazing rendering from something that's meant to be a toy. Really enjoyed this one a lot.
Love how your videographer constantly has the camera tilted through the whole video! Gives this some extra charm not imparted by the Storm Trooper camera. lol.
Please! Please! Please! Make more of this chea... I mean, Toy Camera Challenge. It just brings back all the fun memories of old DRT*. And this is yet another perfect example of the philosophy "Man behind the gun". It's all about how you fully know about the camera you have on hand and know where to look. Love the shots of first juxta, man framed with the ferris wheel and cops frame with the concrete pillars.
Even now, when digitalrev isn't so popular anymore, they still get many viewers with some of cheap camera challenge videos. I love it because it giving us a good perspective about gears and accessories. It also nice to see some photographers are a bit uninterested in the beginning and in the process they got more and more excited
The was pure gold watching Craig's performance of its natural talent. Very inspiring. Many thanks! Discovering Craig will probably make me take off my 80D from the dusty bag.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video Kai. I was surprised by the pics Craig was able to capture with the cam. Learned a few valuable lessons and I hope to implement them in my photography. Thanks
The images actually looked really good! Some of them you could barely tell they were shot on a toy, shows how much the photographer has to do with the best images
Great outcome, definitely when you consider that Stormtroopers usually miss every shot.
But that's not a Stormtrooper.
This is a perfect comment.
Five years later and this is still the top tier comment on this video.
Loving the content Kai, especially this throwback to the pro tog challenge
Due to copyright issue: it's *toy camera challenge* hahaha
More of these challenges
Yes! More ToyCameraChallenges please! He did a great job, btw
I love these "Inexpensive toy type camera" challenges. It's a great chance to see how these photographers work without their gear. You get a sense of what it takes to be a good photographer and to see their skills really shine.
Obscure weird cameras too, makes me think of a odd binoculars / camera hybrid thing I had as a kid, or my childhood obsession with the old instant/self developing cameras with all manner of moving bits
His way of shooting is proof that that the gear doesn't always matter. His shots are always amazing.
Gear does matter though. If he always shot with an awful camera, he wouldn't have the following (And most of the jobs) he has now.
@@kenshiku but if the only thing you'll rely on is the gear, then you'll never learn how to shoot great.
@@kenshiku Bullshit, just look at these photos. Most people will go their whole lives without taking photos as good as a few of the ones he took.
Anytime kai hold someone else's camera it gives me stress... He has a history of dropping camera 😆
My favourite series that introduced me to photography is back!!!! Yeahhh!
"If you can take a good picture with a bad camera, imagine what you can do with a good one"
I live for Kai's content, especially videos like this. Brings me back to the DRTV days... Great job as always! 😃
DRTV was great back when they were on it.
Omg this is like the dream come true, I loved this drtv format. Well, as I love you and everything you do, so..
it wasn't "the drtv format" you dolt - it was all lok and kai. it still is.
@@punkrachmaninoff I can't see the difference because I used to watch drtv just for Kai and Lok.. but if you say so..
@@MrFedy1996 he's saying they created that format and they are the reason why that other company had this "format". Lok and Kai made that place and we all await their every post because of that.
@@jimi3314 ok ok, I got it and I knew it, with "drtv format" I intended "that kind of video I used to watch when Kai and Lok were working for Digitalrev tv", making Kai know I follow him since that time. Peace and love, my dudes
Reminder they made a channel called boke bros that they abandoned.
I loved the somewhat similar challenge on a now-forgotten channel, please make more of these!
You've really ruined my day, Kai! I sat at work spending way too much time debating what B rig to carry...whether to get another 5D or upgrade to a 1 DX ...and you show this guy getting better shots than me using a toy camera!!! It looks like I need to focus on skill development for a bit.
Breh, get gud
Can't believe he wasn't using the strap, what if he'd have dropped it?!
It was made out of a storm troopers helmet. It would be fine.
he was using the force...
Keep this series going!!!
Skills over gear - Need to keep replaying this vid everytime I think about an upgrade :-)
Don't get bogged down on looking at reviews and all that. It's all bollocks.
Kai: Yeah. wait...
Hi from 2021, im genuinely convinced this is THE best street photography video on TH-cam of all time. I come back to it once every couple months and I also walk away inspired
What makes an excellent photographer?... a different eye that sees what most people don't. All in all, to make different shots you MUST think differently. I like this guys' philosophy and started following him on Instagram. Great video! 👍
Brilliant! Nice to see pros really demonstrating how the "gear doesn't matter". Loved the bit about how people took photos 50-60 years ago with extremely basic equipment compared to the camera in even a cheap smartphone today.
I have missed this series. YAS! Congrats on 10 years!
Thank you for posting this so soon after the Sony A7R Infinite Model announcements. I personally needed it from my favorite channel on TH-cam. 🤮 I’m so sick of product announcements especially when they are incremental or unnecessary.
Yes my thoughts exactly. Just needed to move away from the gear obsessed videos...
More of these! Honestly one of the best photography series.
best video these days for me. it remind me how to take good photo. not camera tech but sensitive perspective and passion. thanks a lot always kai.
I really needed this, sometimes i tend to forget what really matters. Quality of the work over quality of the photo. Thanks!
2MP? 61MP? who cares about that, you can't play games on Sony A7R IV!
Or can you?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
can we run doom on Sony A7R IV?
@@riccardoredio I can on my A6000, so probably.
Big news, Sony A7RV is rumored to have snake!
I adore this format, and I'm thrilled to see it back again!
The photos he got (using the stromtrooper) are actually pretty awesome! :)
The toy Star Wars camera looks like it has better ergonomics than Sony cameras.
I will cancel my pre order of the sony a7IV after see this video :-P
and i bet it never overheats
Don‘t know what you‘re talking about; I love my Sony‘s ergonomics.
Sony camera is not ergonimic, is strange for me, canon and nikon is more.
I really like this idea for videos. I'd absolutely watch other well known or successful photographers using a toy. Very illuminating and I think you're on to something awesome.
Search for Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera Challenge on DigitalRevTV. Kai is hosting some of them :)
Then you are either new to Kai or sarcastic. Look up the old Digital Rev videos when he, Lok and Alambi were running the show. Pro tog cheap camera or some such.
I absolutely believe that the photo of the silhouette was worth the wait. I definitely admired the police capture and the Chinese paper lamps
four years on, still one of my favourite videos on this channel
Strong video. Loved the flow of the conversation and Craig seemed completely open to the discussion. Videos like this, and the prior series makes me think that there aren't terrible cameras just terrible photographers.
Love this videos 😍 Remember Chase Jarvis with Lego camera 📸 One of the best episodes in DRtv of all times
elmovan remember the Lara Jada episode 😍
These challenges are something you should do more of, it’s nice to see them have to use simple equipment and get great results.
Really miss the camera challenges, great to see one again. Thanks Kai.
Hats off to Lok also! I've always loved this series because we get the thought process that goes into creating the image---not just the gear.
I always thought it was known that this is the content why we started following in the first place hahaha
appearantly not, more of this pleaaase!!!
Definitely do more of these featured photographer challenges. Super entertaining and fun, with bits on wisdom. Great video :)
It’s back! Finally! Great Job you guys! This is pretty sweet! Thanks Kai and Lok!
❤️❤️❤️
Thank God, you bring back a camera challenge. Love it!
An excellent choice to have Craig on for this, can't get enough of his viewpoint and his attention to detail. Anything that has him in ill click because of the learning potential.
Awesome video dude, always love a sixstreetunder vid. Those pics were so good! Him and Josh Jack are hands down the best dude's out there in this modern day
I'm so glad you have this kind of content! Always appreciate photographers with this challenge. The epitome of its not about the gear, but the person behind it. 😊
Oh thank you!! I was missing the Pro photographer cheap camera challenge from DRTV. Thanks for bringing it back.
Love this. Bring back the challenges. With your own special touch on them, of course
YES! More like this. Not necessarily “cheap/toys”, but relatable for the average hobbyist. I think there are a lot of viewers who shoot compacts/bridge cameras... things within their budget (ahem 👋) get inspired to see what’s possible, and enjoy photography!
Gear reviews are great but I feel like I always learn a lot about how to shoot with these videos. More of these please!
I love the images he captured. Craig kills it for sure.
love the challenge and the workflow behind the great shots.
It's always fun and interesting to watch pro photographer cheap camera. I missed this so much. Fan of DRTV back then. Really proves how pros have that much talent.
Yes! Would love to see more toy camera challenge videos!
CRAIG IS A BEAST. I saw a post on his ig days ago and when I watch that the photo was taken with the toy cam I was blown away
I hope your reach a million subs. You really deserve it Kai!
before 2020 he will hit it, trust me i know.
As a beginner street shooter, this video provides so much insight, information, and inspiration. Thank you Kai!
Appreciate the point made about street photo hubs and collage work - something that's definitely cropped up in the community a lot recently. Super interesting to get some insight from Craig on his work process.
Love the video! Followed Craig for a while on IG so great to see him work! Also, the Panasonic S1 looked great, watched this in full 4k glory - looked delicious!
I like these videos because they are fun, and illustrate that its not the gear, but the process of photography that matters most.
“People don’t really notice what you’re doing”
Literally everyone stopping and staring at them …
Obviously, they were filming with a real camera.
We want more of this! I'd love to see it done with old box cameras, folding cameras, TLR cameras, etc.
I actually miss "Pro Photography and Cheap Camera". I'm glad to see you try this and hopefully it will be a regular thing.
I love these challenge videos. Once in a while.
Please keep doing more of these! You're helping me save me a ton of money on gear!
What are people talking about? This is nothing like any series on DRTV. This is a unique series idea that does not infringe on any existing IP.
Dam he is one heck of a great shoot. He don't even need to be local - he can clearly adapt at any place and get a good understanding of opportunistic moments.
Stop! Man with dog! 13:35. Back at it, great video and an amazing point of view. Loved it!
I missed these! Glad to see them again.
Brilliant, goes to show the photographer's talent is what matters. Must say amazing rendering from something that's meant to be a toy. Really enjoyed this one a lot.
love it!!! much nostalgia to the old days with u and lok…. keep it coming! everyones looking forward to your videos!
Gosh this was the best throwback I've ever watched!
Loved that challenge you should do it more often!
Love how your videographer constantly has the camera tilted through the whole video! Gives this some extra charm not imparted by the Storm Trooper camera. lol.
Please! Please! Please! Make more of this chea... I mean, Toy Camera Challenge. It just brings back all the fun memories of old DRT*.
And this is yet another perfect example of the philosophy "Man behind the gun". It's all about how you fully know about the camera you have on hand and know where to look. Love the shots of first juxta, man framed with the ferris wheel and cops frame with the concrete pillars.
This was an awesome video Kai. Please set these up more often. It's like Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Photography.
Love Kai's videos. A fan for years.
I am so happy you are doing these again! Thank goodness! Can't wait for the next one!
I have missed these type of videos so much!
Please make more of these! Wonderful photo insights!
YES! You've made this series your own! Zack and I met up recently and reminisced about his episode with you guys. Make more!
Even now, when digitalrev isn't so popular anymore, they still get many viewers with some of cheap camera challenge videos.
I love it because it giving us a good perspective about gears and accessories. It also nice to see some photographers are a bit uninterested in the beginning and in the process they got more and more excited
PLEASE MAKE THIS AGAIN I FRICKEN LOVED THIS FORMAT OMGGGGGG
should do more of this! camera challenge. doesnt matter if its amateur or pro. even a noob . surprises galore
Brilliant episode, great to see Craig on here as I have been following his work for a while now
I MISS THESE! Thank you for bringing it back!
And they’re back! Yup do more of these!
Craig's brain for photography is unparalleled, world class shots while using any camera for the first time is hard but with THAT?! come on now
I’m so happy to see a spiritual successor to one of your previous series. This was fantastic and I hope to see more.
This type of content is amazing to watch
The was pure gold watching Craig's performance of its natural talent. Very inspiring. Many thanks! Discovering Craig will probably make me take off my 80D from the dusty bag.
Love these kind of videos! Teach people that they don't need the latest and greatest gear.
Absolutely loved this. I really hope this is an on going series.
We never ask for cheap camera challenge to come back, BUT GODDAMN THIS SERIES SHOULD BE CONTINUED ASAP
I enjoyed his photos more than any other photographer in this series!
Thank you! Love Toy Camera Challenge! Hope you do more of these
I had literally forgotten about this, but did't know how much i needed this! more please!
I've missed these! Keep them going please!
This was fun, and cool to hear his philosophy behind his work.
This definitely made me love sixstreetunder even more. Super cool.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video Kai. I was surprised by the pics Craig was able to capture with the cam.
Learned a few valuable lessons and I hope to implement them in my photography. Thanks
The images actually looked really good! Some of them you could barely tell they were shot on a toy, shows how much the photographer has to do with the best images
More ToyCamChallenge videos! I liked very much!