To be honest, I'm trying my hardest to stop saying 'to be honest' as much. Honestly. New presets here if you're interested :) bit.ly/3t5hHjR

@rod5751

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, that's probably not a bad thing.... To be honest that is

@kelv52

3 жыл бұрын

Nice tripod James................hey Emily, have you seen the price of this.....

@jan-hendrikbussmann4644

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, it is quite surprising how your presets have dropped in price. Honestly. Didn't I watch a video of yours where they were honestly announced at a million pound?

@kelv52

3 жыл бұрын

@@jan-hendrikbussmann4644 Don't be fooled, the 15 is actually 1.5 million

@DavidSenteno

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest when you say to be honest you imply that you generally are dishonest. Wait...

'The reason for buying a new tripod are threefold'. That would be the legs then?

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha! Correct :)

I’m brand new to photography, love the content, the dry sense of humour and the English accent 👍🏼

tripods, presets, full frame... I am doubting all that I thought was true and good in the world!!

@mikejankowski6321

3 жыл бұрын

It IS quite shocking.

@Gynra

3 жыл бұрын

James will be focus stacking next!

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha! Lockdown has done terrible things to me :)

@markhoffman9655

3 жыл бұрын

The way of FF leads to tripods and shoulder strain - come to light side where IBIS and High Resolution mode will set you free!

Hates tripods gets excited about his new tripod.

@Avaziy

3 жыл бұрын

ahahah

@KieranPlayfair

3 жыл бұрын

Buys perhaps the most expensive travel tripod on the market

@Marco-tt1yb

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone gets excited about new toys

@Burritosarebetterthantacos

3 жыл бұрын

@@KieranPlayfair Nope that title goes to RRS 14

@TheGotoGeek

3 жыл бұрын

@@KieranPlayfair Take a look at pods from RRS and Gitzo. The Peak Design is pretty reasonably priced. Quality costs money.

"Brace myself with my head between my legs" - You don't want to know what my wife said when she overheard this! :) :)

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha! Set myself up for that didn't I...

@cocteaufan

3 жыл бұрын

Let's be fair, if he can take a decent image in that position fair play to the lad.

The box is supposed to make you think “oooh, quality” not “tripod could have been cheaper” 😂😂

I have watched every one of your youtube videos. I wanted to thank you personally for helping me with photography. Im new to photography and have learnt so so much from your videos, I love them and cant wait for the next one to come out. I never buy presets, but after using and learning and loving your free ones, when you posted news of more, I purchased them straight away. Cant wait to have a play with them. One thing you have mentioned in the past, is things you would like to see on your channel. One thing I really find useful is when you show how you edit your photos. Little quick lessons and tutorials in photoshop would be a great help to me as a beginner with photoshop. Anyway, hope this message reaches you. Keep up the great work. Love your photos and style

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Marc :)

I’m new to photography and to your channel. Loving the content and actually learning as I watch so thank you. Hoping to upgrade my equipment this year so I can progress with wildlife photography

Modern stabilisation systems are offering up to 8 stops advantage - equivalent of dropping 1/1000 to 1/8th second and dropping your ISO into the quality zone at the same time. Even sharp multi-second hand held shots are achievable -so my tripod seldom leaves home anymore.

I still own a DSLR. It still does the job. I do not do video. I can still hand hold at 1/30 second, which is good enough. I shoot 90% of my photos on that camera between 1 pm and 4 pm. I know the light very well at those times of day by now. That includes overcasts days. I also have a Lumix LX100 which I have with me every time I leave the house. I ... never ... uses a tripod.

I love your videos, the way you describe photography, and the tone of your voice. Definitely one of the best channels on KZread 😎

Beyond stability, I find tripods help greatly with composition. I'm one who often uses a tripod, but recently had to choose between taking my tripod, or crampons - which isn't really a choice. Light wasn't a problem and it was liberating to just 'get the shot'. But critically, I think I could have got better results if I had been able to frame shots with the accuracy of a stable platform.

Love the videos, Thanks James!

Glad to see your photos are all up and framed.

James, Great stuff as always. I recently purchased the exact same PD carbon travel tripod. Pro tip: The travel tripod tool kit can easily get pushed out of its holder on the leg. So, I took the stretchy band off the little booklet that comes inside, tied it in a loop, pushed it through the hole in the tool kit, looped the band around the leg and pushed the tool through the loop and back into its holder. This will act as a leash if it does pop out. Keep up the great work!

While tripods are an annoyance, one reaches a certain age when avoiding coffee, dressing warmly, and other techniques just don’t do it anymore. One second with my G9? A dream long past...

@katumispencer

3 жыл бұрын

I know, so sad but so true:(

I'm waiting for an episode where you just destroy tripods in creative ways, like Top Gear did with caravans. 🤣

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha! I'll have to get saving first :)

I've just thrown down some readies for your preset bundle. Tinkering (reverse engineering 👍) with your free ones helped me greatly get my noggin around Lightroom, and so 15 bin lids is a seriously reasonable price to pay for that knowledge. Your way of working (handheld, MFT user...well mostly, etc) is pretty much aligned with how I like to take photos so I'm glad I could throw some support your way! Keep up the quality work fella!

I found that the in lens stabilization of my grotty old 18-55 kit lens makes this lens my best lens for hand held slow exposure shots. The short focal length probably helps a lot.

James, we all hate frigging tripods, but the fact is they are sometimes useful. Apart from the obvious benefit when it comes to fighting off unfriendly locals and not having to give up coffee, you sometimes just need them to do a wider range of options, e.g. when the weather turns shit. Also, some of us use not-quite-state-of-the-art camera equipment with 6-stop IS etc., and so the American Sniper routine just doesn't work.

My favourite reason for using a tripod is at events such as car shows when it's like carrying around with you a sign saying "Excuse me please,can you just stand to one side while I take this photo"? People tend to see a camera on a tripod and get out of the way of the photo without being asked a lot more often then when you're just some random bloke holding a camera.

@waynebelfast

3 жыл бұрын

That’s actually genius!

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha, in other words Tripods are basically Larry David in metal form...

Bought the presets immediately, one of the easiest purchases I've made. Thanks for sharing them!

Am I the only one here childish enough to have laughed when James said, "Head between my legs..."?

The body position you used is the one I call the "golfer position", which I used for many years when I used to be a music photographer, I was able to get sharp photos even at 1/25 with a 35mm focal length, with no stabilization whatsoever, and I use it now for landscapes when I have to take a quick shot, but overall I tend to always have a (good) tripod with me.

While I'm not fond of using someone else's presets for my own photos, I enjoyed using yours as a reference to gain a new perspective on my photos. Hopefully you make your first million soon James.

Despite your warnings I bought quite a few preset packs over the last few years. And I ended up almost exclusively using yours! I will buy your new pack right away, even if I‘ll never use it, just as a compensation for the last one! Thanks for the great work!

I have the same tripod. I even bought the adapter, since I use that tripod for astrophotography and I needed a standard mount for that. Using a regular ball head works fine on that tripod as well. The compactness and ease of setup, it's really fast to setup and take down, makes it ideal for travel and saving space in a side pocket. I bought it through the kickstarter campaign, I was one of the first 100k backers. Sometimes you just need a tripod, especially in low light, at night when you have long exposures in order to take a sharp image. I've recently invested in a video monopod with a detachable tiny tripod leg base so that in tight quarters, I can still have the stability I need.

Thanks, James I've purchased your presets. After watching your work for some time, I'm happy to contribute.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tony :)

Honestly, i think the design peak travel tripod i got is just amasing, only 1.3 kg, its small, you dont notice its there with you. So stable and in carbon it feels just so good. So honestly yes, i always take with me a tripod. It helps me mostly to compose better:) You sir have a honestly nice weekend!

Hey man really like your channel. I also really like your presets but I can’t really use them because I have fujifilm so I’m using capture one. Also light room does not have a free version to my knowledge and capture one does, so I use that. If there is some way you could put out a set for capture one that would be awesome. I know there probably isn’t but I figured I would throw it out there. Love your work man, keep it up

I 've been using the Peak Design travel tripod for a while now, because I refuse to put my head between my legs.

Hi James. Have you tried the posture with the left foot in front instead of the right one? It looks to me that it'd be more stable. Anyway, I also hate tripods

Hi James. Have you tried using electronic first curtain (or EFC) for your shutter setting? I have a G80 and even though it produces hardly any shutter shock, I have found I still get sharper results under 1/20th. It's a great mode as you get the advantages of an electronic shutter without having to worry about banding or rolling shutter issues. I'd highly recommend giving it a go if you haven't already. It doesn't work with flash and is limited to 1/2000th but that's no issue really.

I just bought your amazing presets for 15 Pounds....would have bought it for 1.000.000 but they were already cheap without a discount. So thank you very much :)

I have to say James since watching this and having done some editing, I was using your high key punch preset (the free ones) as the starting point, and really liked the way it worked for me, so much so, I've actually gone and bought your presets, something I have never done before, and possibly will never do again, what a thing to do, honestly.....

I for one reverse engineered your presets to understand how each tool in Lightroom affects the photograph. I couldn’t for the life in me figure out what and how I can make my composition presentable but your preset actually helped in filling that gap and now when I go out I actually can feel and see the end result not after the shutter has been clicked but the post edit. Sorry I didn’t mess up to pay a million pounds lol but I will pay this time. Thank you ever so much

Handheld is much more engaging for me, but I think it's a matter of taste. I see tripod photography as a totally different style of photography. I would compare it to using a drone. But using tripods and drones can also give way better results because they are incredible tools.

I primarily take pictures of the Nothern light usually at 13-22 seconds at 1.8 to 3.5 f so I'd say I need a tripod

So many questions can be answered with the word sometimes.

I shoot everything hand held but use my tripod when I shoot family pictures with myself in it.

Great episode

Awesome presets James, I struggle to get a high-key effect to look natural, but you seem to nail it in these presets, plenty to learn from and well worth the money.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Peter, yes I often need to tone it down with the sliders, but for some photos it just doesn't work. Typically it's best in bright conditions to start with :)

@PeterFarrieSongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesPopsysPhotocheers, thanks for the advice!

Nice video James, I have been informed that I have to go back to school in the next week or 2, so fingers crossed that will also end the lockdown

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

everything crossed mate! Have fun :)

The shades are killer. They’ll look stunning with mountains reflecting in them 👍🏼

Emily the tripod cost £12 , just so you know, lol.

@marux1977

3 жыл бұрын

I see, that's why there is no link in description :)

@wojtekw6040

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's so much on sale they removed '£'. Now it's just 12... of something

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

My hero!

Was hoping for a bit more about the tripod, in need of one and the peak one is looking good even though it costs a fortune. And off topic, what hoodie is that? I need one

I used to be violently against tripods, then I started shooting cameras from the 50s and earlier. For Large Format, it's absolutely essential to use a tripod unless it's a press type camera (tho id still recommend using one)

@LaylaVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Violently against them? I imagine you seeing James using a tripod by the river, and then going into a rage fuled frenzy, running over and grabbing the tripod and lifting it above your head. Then you let out a primal roar and throw it as far in the water as you can. Then, your calm demeanor takes over as if nothing happened.

Awesome video. I really stand behind everything you said about presets. Also really enjoy trying to reverse engineer other peoples work for inspiration.

Another great video James which was really helpful to me. I wonder a lot about how low I can go with my shutter speed without a tripod. I really dislike them myself and rarely take mine out with me. Being more senior in years I want to travel as light as possible when out with the camera. I prefer taking a sandwich and a flask of tea when picnics are allowed. I received my order of your book this week. Great work. Thanks for your cheerfulness and inspiration.

Went back to this video while trying to convince myself to get the travel tripod and be happy with it instead of lugging a hunk of steel for miles on hikes and bikes. Also, love the new presets, particularly a few specifically - I feel like they’re a tool more than a “cheat” - PLUS I made some images with my Fuji x100v and your “Old School” preset and the combination was absolutely beautiful colors and rendering. ;)

Good advice re tripods. Must admit since Lockdown first started I haven't used a tripod and to be honest have not felt the need, that being said, I have missed not doing long exposure work and that is primarily what my tripod is for. Bought a small travel tripod but this primarily being used for macro work. Love the new glasses!!

James, love the idea of carrying the tripod on the bike and take some shots, but it seems like, at least on my camera (Alpha 7C), using the interval shooting won’t refocus at every single shot. It focus when you press the shutter, after that all shots are focused like that. What I wanted was to be able to ride the bike towards the camera while taking shots...any idea how to accomplish that?

Well, I'd saved up 900,990 to get the earlier set so this offer is a real bargain! Just purchased them and can't wait to try them out. To be honest, I seldom use presets but they do offer good inspiration and I love you style. Do love your channel and look forward to each new posting. Stay safe .

I only use a tripod when it's more than 1s - multi-shot/pixel-shift, dark sunset, night shots, etc. I spent a lot of time researching hand-held/auto-focus superiority systems. Pricey, to say the least. Sony a7R3, a9 and Leica SL2. And an S5 is on order. I have benign essential tremors - so, basically, espresso shake without coffee, forever. I have a few tripods for very specific purposes - one's for commercial art photography - massive carbon beast. The other, equally as important one, non-carbon version of the Peak Design. Here's the fun part: My personal favourite subject when travelling? Interiors of churches, basilicas and cathedrals. No Tripod Allowed!! Hah. So, I never even carry one.

I bought the presets just because 15 pounds is a nice price to just donate to thank you for all the free advice you’re giving, so it’s nice to get something back for it too!

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much :)

You're right, 600 bucks is an insane price. Nice tripod though.

Hates tripods so much he spends the best part of GBP 450 on a new one. Therapy? Entertaining as always James. Keep it up and stay safe.

Hi James just a note on your gear list link. Things are a bit out of order re pictures matching text. Perhaps a formatting issue. Just thought you might want to know.

I love my tripod... Aside from carrying, setting it up, adjusting it, taking it down and yeah.. Aside from pretty much everything about it. However, the result WHEN I use it, is why I carry it. Is it worth it though? I haven't decide yet.

Not sure if I ever use the presets, might enjoy looking through them but bought them anyway to support one of my favorite channels.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

thanks so much :)

I know that spot very well. Used to walk there often when I lived in Llandudno Jct. Slightly too far now living in Llandudno. Popular for night exposures of the castle. I've had a fair bit of learning experience with tripods. The first I bought was an affordable heavy duty Alu one from China. It worked well but it was quite big and heavy. Which made it pretty much useless for travel. So I bought a nice sturdy Gorillapod for a trip abroad last year (just before the travel collapse) and I found when I really needed a tripod, it was pretty much useless unless I had a bench or railing to wrap it around or a very wide and flat surface to balance on. So I decided to get a Vanguard CF travel tripod and it's so much better. Actually fits in my bag now so I don't need to hang it off my bag and advertised I've got nickable kit in there. Really good for the money. Oh and nice Sungods.

How are you enjoying the new camera and lenses? Btw, I love how informative and entertaining your content is. Sometimes it feels like I'm watching one of the cut scene interviews on the Office lol.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha, thank you! Loving the new stuff - can't wait to actually go and use it post lockdown :)

The replacement bag is $25. That is less than 5% of the cost of the tripod. My wife got me this tripod for Xmas. I am very happy with it. I look forwarded to being able to travel again.

For someone that hates tripods, that’s a fair bit of money to spend on one lol although the carbon fibre does look good so if it does sit on a shelf, at least it will make a nice ornament.

I totally get your love/hate relationship with tripods. They can be extremely useful but it's just so....ah who am I explaining this to. Anyway, great video. 👍 Also props for putting the ad at the end of the video. Much rather watch it afterwards. Nice move. ✌️

James, what do you think of VR Drones?

Another great Video, I'm personally fairly new and have a Nikon D3400 so heavy, noisy and NO IBS so often find using some sort of support EVEN use MONOPOD which I find more useful than it's 3legged cousins, as cant seem to get a sharp shots handheld - SO looking to upgrade to something lighter with IBS like A6600. Keep up the good work and always look forward to channel

Any chance of a dedicated review of the tripod?

I dislike tripods personally but I find them useful for certain situations were hand holding for various reasons is impractical. Also, any comments on bumping the ISO up some to avoid using a tripod. This trick would be somewhat dependent on your specific gear and situation.

I'm no tripod fan, but sometimes they're necessary. As an infrequent user, I've something very cheap, but thinking of upgrading to GorillaPod 3K PRO for flexibility. 🤔 ...not convinced yet.

Hi James :) Can i use your new Presets with Lightroom Mobile ? Thanks so much for all your help through your videos < 3

To be honest (to coin a phrase), as a primarily G9 shooter, the only time I carry a 'pod (Manfrotto BeFree GT XPRO Carbon) is when I plan to use high-res mode or take long exposures (mainly at night--I'm generally not a fan of the smoothing out waterfalls/raging seas cliché although I do have some NDs). I could possibly get away with hand-holding high-res (at least at shorter FLs) but why take a chance? I wish Panny would add a Mode 3 to facilitate this (if Oly can do it...).

No ibis?

Curious why you don't use a monopod. It doubles as a walking stick when hill hiking with your camera.

My birthday are getting closer so I do believe my wife should be notified about your website existence 😂 Stay safe in these crazy times!

I tend to use a vintage trypods forinstance i just purchased this one HAMBURG Telescopic Camera Tripod With Leather Case Vintage Retro VGC - Fastpost and then ill stick a gimbal head on top or just a arca swiss quick release adapter plate on the standard head

I used to hate tripods but I've grown to love them now. But I do spend a lot of time playing around with filters too. :-)

Is this another one of those late night buys on Amazon James ? Pricey choice, but it is always your choice. Thankfully I don’t have any push bikes to cater for. Went the iFootage route myself, and it’s designed in the UK. Interesting as always. Stay safe 😷🇦🇺

For quite a while, I was taking my tripod with me regularly. Shooting with a Nikon D5600 and two of my lenses don't have stabilization can make it tricky. At this point, it really depends on my mood whether or not my tripod comes with me. The portability and weight of the Peak Design does make me want that though.

What's your opinion on monopods? I use them more often than tripods and get the same results for exposures up to two seconds.

@davedoohan2732

3 жыл бұрын

He probably hates them 2/3 less than tripods.....🤔 I use a monopod simply because shooting cycling for 7 hours is tiring...

with myOlympus EM1X I can hand hold my 300mm, FF EQ 600mm field of view down to 20th of a second. Some people even slower. With my 12mm, FF EQ of 24mm I can hand hold downt to 1 second sometimes even 2 with sharp results.

Tripods have made my life so much better, easier, more satisfying that thinking they obsolete goes against everything I've learned, experienced. Macro photography, pano, anything video, for me, it's mounted on a tripod.

Looks like you've been using your time decorating as well. Stay safe and sane! 🍻

For lumix S series turn on the scope feature and practice. I’ve got good results with the scope at up to two seconds.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like James Bond using the scope :)

Thanks James, I’m in my 50s so find I have to use my tripod, helps me concentrate too. Hope to bump into you in Snowdonia, check out The Ogwen Valley

James.... how did you “throw” your voice like that? When you put on your new sunglasses you said “pretty cool huh?” without moving your mouth..... perhaps a hidden talent you have not showcased before? 🤣 Love the videos and what you do... please keep it up!!!

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

haha! Trying some editing I've seen elsewhere - not sure it worked...

I really hope I'll be going out into the mountains soon, but since that requires someone to drag mountains into my country, I don't think that will happen. :)

As i have gotten older, i found keeping my camera still enough for sharp images becoming more difficult. now I use a tripod when ever i can, when i cant, i use a monopod. Advances in technology are not always the answer.

THANKYOU...

I like those glasses, if I had a pair like that I would certainly wear them on my next flight as Covid protection :)

A new video from you with tripod in the title.. must be interesting ;-)

where is that location?

Well you coud record audio separate on a lappel mic and use the drone as a video camera

Word of caution; bicycles and (carbon fibre) tripods. Used to sling mine across the handlebars . . . and because I didn't use the tripod much; it stayed bungied there for quite a while. It wasn't till many weeks later that I realised one of the bolts, clamping the handlebars to the . . . "steery bit" . . well; the end of the bolt had almost completely drilled it's way through the carbon fibre leg. And catching hold of the roughed out bit of the leg was like broken glass. It took a bit of sanding to get rid of the ends of the fibres. I got a rear pannier rack after that. The tripod is still fine. But now it mostly lives in the back of the car . . somewhere. Oh dear; my dear old photographer lecturer, at the Plymouth school of art; always used to say; if he heard a shutter click; he'd turn round and there had better be a tripod underneath it. If I am doing special macro shots I usually use it. I am pretty sure it is still in the back of the car?

I have a fairly high res body (D800) with 0 stabilization, so I seldom go below 1/60th at 50mm. Definitely jealous of the IBIS.

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how far these bodies have come :)

James, we haven't had a drone based video from you in some time. Or where some drone footage is included. Or have I missed something?

@JamesPopsysPhoto

3 жыл бұрын

That'll be lockdown here unfortunately - hoping it comes to an end next week :)

How much for your old travel Tripod?

I hope you don’t mind picking your brains! Finding my Nikon d7200 and Sigma 150-600 too heavy for wildlife photography (age and bones!). Considering Panasonic G9 to reduce weight via lenses. I know that you like your G9. Do you have any advice that could help me please?

With the new level of inbody and lens stabilization one doesn't need a tripod but only for long exposures.