Very good Phil, my favorite kind of your videos, besides street photography

@PhilThach

27 күн бұрын

Thank you! I need to do more street work.

I like bokeh shots, and shots of your self reflection. Thanks for sharing Phil

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you, Pam!

@PamHaynes-oo3ck

27 күн бұрын

Happy Father's Day

Thanks for sharing! Love the 28-70!!

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m enjoying using mine too. Thanks for watching! Stay tuned, I’ll be sprinkling in more 28-70 content over the coming months.

It is neat to see what you find that I just walk right past at Coolidge park. Neat day and that lens is a CHONK!!!!

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you, David! I know you like a higher percentage of your image to be in focus than this. So thanks for checking out my weird photos. You are mentioned in my first chonk video from a couple of weeks ago ago. 🤓

Great shots Phil ,Incredible how sharp this lens is wide open ! but at almost 2800.00 bucks it should be ! I have the 24-70 F2.8 RF. It is a very sharp lens ! I had some problems with lens and sent it to Canon for repair. They fixed it and did a great job !

@PhilThach

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! I have the RF 24-70 f/2.8 too. In many ways, it is a better lens than this 28-70. Really f/2 is the only thing better about the chonk. The 24-70 is my number one studio video lens because it has virtually no focus breathing unlike the 28-70 f/2. I'm glad Canon was able to get your lens fixed!

The bokehfied bridge in the backgeound was pretty nice. That is a beefy lens

@PhilThach

27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Nice shots! It looks like a great lens. I wish Nikon had something like that. My favorite photo was the cyclopes selfie!

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

LOL. Thanks, Stephen! A great lens that is available for Nikon is the Tamron 35-150 f/2-2.8.

@ses4vols

28 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach Yes, that lens is on my radar.

My walk around lens is the Canon RF100-500, on the R5. You can do some pretty cool macro-ish photography. I know that there are better lenses for macro, I just don’t own them! So if the birds are scarce, I can shoot bees, butterflies, and bugs! Maybe do a video on what you can do with that lens and tiny subjects! Thanks!

@PhilThach

24 күн бұрын

I agree the 100-500 is great for near macro work. The budget 100-400 is even better believe it or not.

Great shots! That reflection at the carousel is my favorite.

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you, Tim!

Great review, covered all the important points with your photos.. thank you. Last year, I got the RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS. I contemplated getting the RF 28-70mm f/2L instead, but I've always had back issues when I carry a heavy shoulder bag on long photo walks. The weight difference was 900g (1.98 lb) vs. 1430g (3.15 lb), and that scared me a little 😊 I wasn't concerned too much with the image stabilization, as I had IBIS to cover it.

@PhilThach

25 күн бұрын

Thank you! I bought the 24-70 2.8 too. In many ways, it is the better of the two lenses. But, when a friend offered me his 28-70 f/2 lens for a little over wholesale / trade-in value, I had to go for it.

@65WZ

25 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach Excellent

Bill fauth is my grandfather he told me about you i love your videos

@PhilThach

27 күн бұрын

Thank you! Say hi to Bill for me.

Some nice bokeh on some of those shots Phil. Good walk with the camera 👍🙏

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you, Adrian!

I see the word Chonk being trademarked.

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Maybe so! :)

Always inspirational, Phil. You're sending me out to do some macro this morning. I didn't use my 28-70 nearly enough . . . great lens. I miss it. Amazing portrait lens.

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thank you! I probably bought the 28-70 mostly for indoor sports like basketball and volleyball. I don't do a lot of portrait photography. I am finding that I enjoy this lens for general photo walk / street photography. This video is about my second time out with the lens but I have already made a third video about a photo walk with it. I think it has become my favorite lens for this type of work.

@billmartin1010

27 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach I'm using a Sony 40mm f/2.5 prime for my walk around (on a Sony a7Cii). Not as versatile as the RF 28-70. But the whole kit combined is a lot lighter and smaller than just the 28-70. I can easily fly under the radar with my little Sony combination. Nobody ever mistakes me for a real photographer with it. (Sometimes the focal length is a little too realistic, though. I'm very tempted to find a compact ultra-wide lens for the Sony.)

Back in 2004 bought the EF 24-70mm 2.8, EF 70-200mm 2.8 and EF-S 10-22mm and still use them all with the R6mkII I acquired last year when it was released along with RF 100-500mm and RF 800mm f/11. I just bought a second R6mkII body so I can carry one with my RF 100-500mm or 800mm lens for stills and the other with a VND EF-RF adapter and any of the EF lenses for video or stills. I decided on the second R6mkII body rather than a set of high-end ND filters because I found using the EF glass with the VND adapter so convenient when shooting CLOG3 video at ISO 800. The VND adapter is also great to wide 2.8 aperture stills in bright light. I equipped both bodies with Small Rig Cages with have a D-Lock connectors and so do the Kirk A-S feet I got for the 100-500mm and 800mm. I use long shoulder straps cross-wise with Kirk D-Lock swivels connected to the bottom of the cage for the smaller lenses and to the Kirk feet on the telephotos. It is a very well balanced set-up similar to how I started out doing PJ work at college always carrying a pair of Nikon F bodies with 35mm and 85mm lenses.

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Sounds like a really nice set up! I didn’t move over to Canon until mirrorless, but I still have all of my F2.8 Trinity of zooms for my Nikon DSLRs.

👍

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

Thanks, Leon! :)

Hi Phil ! I have nikon z50 looking for upgrade.should I wait for z50 mark ii or go with Nikon z6 iii for wildlife sports and landscape? z6iii looks good !

@PhilThach

26 күн бұрын

Z6iii might be the best of the choices you listed. It’s a little low resolution for small birds but fine for everything else you listed. Z8 would be better but it’s kind of pricey. Personally, I’m waiting for a high end APS-c or DX camera from Nikon.

Great photos! I keep the 24-70mm f/2.8 L on most of the time, I love that lens. Would it be a “chonk” along with my other RF L series lenses? (You’ve trademarked “bokehfied?” Really?)

@TC_Conner

28 күн бұрын

You mentioned using that lens for stuff it wasn’t designed for. Could you tell me what it was designed for and do you know where I might find info on that particular stat for all RF lenses?

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

The 28-70 certainly doesn't fit well in a camera bag. Its length suggests that it could fit in a relatively small bag, but its girth messes that up. LOL I haven't literally trademarked Bokehfied but I like to pretend that I have. To me, this lens is a portrait/wedding/indoor sports lens. But I am really enjoying it as a photo walk / street photography lens.

Hi Phil . Where’s your other half these days ?

@PhilThach

28 күн бұрын

She's been very busy with her PhD and work etc. She's still around. We get married in September.

@BillF49

28 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach And your wedding photographer?

I think the photos are really hard and as flat as a pancake. Lifeless.

@PhilThach

26 күн бұрын

Hard, flat, and lifeless was what I was going for. Thank you!

@brugj03

26 күн бұрын

@@PhilThach Job well done. Cudo`s to Canon. Not my cup of tea.