I'm hooked up to your videos Ewen, what a great content! Thank you for sharing your passion with us! Out of curiosity, did you have a go-to lens during your trip? I see the 35mm f1.8? I'm fortunate to own an SL3 as my main camera, but sometimes it's definitely not the right camera to walk around with. I'm contemplating the S5 II or the S9, mostly for stills. I'd be honored if you had any thoughts in this regard? Cheers!

@EwenBell

28 күн бұрын

Thankyou for the kind words Nico :) Yes the 35mm was my favie lens and often I would spend the entire day with just that lens. I also had the 100mm Macro with me most days (just an amazing macro lens) for moments with flowers and bugs. I have a dedicated video on the 35mm in Japan coming up soon! In the meantime, that same lens was the feature on this photo essay: ewenbell.com/editorial/35mm+Nepal I'm glad you brought up the SL3, such a great form factor and beautiful design. And a really great UI as well. I think Leica don't get enough credit for how well this series of cameras "just work". We road tested the SL2-S on a workshop last year and it was just lovely. I think the Lumix S-35 F1.8 is a great pairing for the SL series. I think you'll enjoy the S9 as a smaller pixel alternative to the SL3. The S5II is my camera for getting work done in the studio, but on the road the S9 is my pick. I have another video soon that looks closely at what they removed from the S9 to make it work, and why I don't really care! It's a great little machine. Final piece of advice though: always buy the camera you love. Don't listen to tech specs and pixel peeping. Pick the camera that makes you smile :)

@nicoxg

28 күн бұрын

@@EwenBell, I'm grateful for your detailed reply! I'm tempted to have a look at Sigma's "i" series for this camera. F2 lenses, I believe that's your sweet spot! ;-)

@EwenBell

28 күн бұрын

@@nicoxg Yes I've been using the 20mm F2 and 35mm F2 on the E-mount quite a bit. They are great little lenses. For L-mount we have a set of the F1.8 primes: they all use the same 67mm thread so that makes life easy for us in a number of ways!

@EwenBell

28 күн бұрын

@@nicoxg One more thing, this video features a shoot I did with the Sigma 35mm and 20mm F2 lenses... kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5NmuZiFeLTRnM4.html

@nicoxg

27 күн бұрын

@@EwenBell I see there's actually a discount, in Europe at least, with the launch of the S9, where a bundle with the Lumix 35mm f1.8 comes at 2000 EUR. I think that settles it! :-D

Absolutely stunning captures!! Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I’m planning to pick up the S9 soon for my honeymoon trip to Paris and Italy in September. 🙏🏼😊

@EwenBell

22 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Param :) Sounds like a great companion for travel in Europe. Hope you enjoy your time in Italy and France.

With a bit of help from the algorithm your channel and I have been introduced 😅. I’m so glad we’ve been introduced, your channel and website are impressive, I recon we’ll get along just fine. 😂

@EwenBell

23 күн бұрын

Thankyou :) I'm still getting to know the algorithm better but glad it's delivered a result today!

Great info! I can't wait for my S9 to turn up. Love the content and style of your videos. It must take ages to film and put together in post 👏🏻 Please keep them coming 👍🏻

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

Starting to get the hang of producing these videos! Certainly helps when you've just spent three weeks shooting for a client and have a bunch of B-roll plus a fresh set of eyes on the topic.

Very interesting video. I love the holding technique with the screen out to keep it comfortable and balanced in your hands. Will definitely be checking out how to create and save my own C1/2/3 settings. thanks

@EwenBell

27 күн бұрын

Peachy :)

13:50 At last a youtuber who has brain. Exactly this is tha way cameras like this are expected to hold: left hand under the lens.This was the 1st lesson in every photography schools.

@EwenBell

13 күн бұрын

Glad to hear that. I never went to photography school so had to learn this the hard way :)

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@EwenBell

10 күн бұрын

Thanks Kevin :)

Great video. I've never used the Custom settings on previous cameras, but when my S9 arrives I'll give them a go.

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

Thanks Shaun :) Really is a wonderful feature on the Lumix range, and especially useful for the S9 given it has a few less function buttons than the S5II.

I love how all the people were singing the praises of the GRiii series of cameras and the S9 is that and more (sans the leaf shutter). I love my GRiii but I will be trading up for this very soon and really look forward to adapting some m-mount glass to it. Love the point you made about EVFs not really being needed unless you use telephoto lenses. I never really thought of this and since I never use telephoto, this might just be perfect for me using 28mm and 50mm exclusively. Thanks for the great video!

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by Scott and I do think you'll enjoy some m-mount glass on this body :) The focus peaking works nicely on these LUMIX cameras, and the smaller lenses will look the part on the S9.

What a great Video! I can’t understand why people dissing a cam without having it in their hands! Why they people an evf is a must have for photographers? I had have many big cams with very good viewfinder’s. But now, I don’t want heavy and big equipment anymore. On small cams I can’t use with my glasses the viewfinder. So I’m not needing an evf. I need a good display!

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

We're all different I guess! EVF seems like an essential at first, but I think a lot of people just haven't had the chance to experience a camera like this and practice some good technique. Thanks for dropping a comment :)

Great video

Hi ex Nikon now Sony user here: how do you move from photo to video I can't see a switch on the S9 and can't find a video to show me.

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

On the LUMIX bodies the mode dial does that instead of separating the function to a dedicated button. So when you switch from one of the PASM modes and into Movie or S&Q, you'r switching into the video mode. Which is why any of the custom dials (C1/C2/C3) can also switch between photo and video instantly. Side note, you can shoot video while in a photo mode as well. It will pull through whichever picture style you have set for stills though. That's rarely an ideal setup but maybe appealing for "holiday snaps" :)

@markshirley01

Ай бұрын

@@EwenBell so you don't get PHOTO C1/C2/C3 and VIDEO C1/C2/C3. The 'C' is or can be shared.

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

​@@markshirley01 That's right. You can have ALL of them video only for example, or all of them stills if you don't shoot video. Also keep in mind, C3 can be quickly reassigned to any of ten pre-loaded settings in the C3 library. So ALL of those ten can be video only for example, so people who are video heavy can have lots of presets on hand. Plus, the usual PASM dials :)

@markshirley01

Ай бұрын

@@EwenBell thanks - I did go to watch some videos on the GH6 and GH7 saving and using the Custom Modes. It's just the S9 - I just couldn't see if the C1 was selected where you would change that using a photo/video switch - so I presumed you'd have to go into a menu. I'll try to find a operation video.

@EwenBell

Ай бұрын

@@markshirley01 I think the thing you're missing is how you setup the C1/C2/C3 in the first place! This comes up a lot. First mistake new owners make is to roll that dial to C1 and then try to work out how to change the settings for it - which is a dead end. What you need to do first up is roll the dial to PASM or Movie etc... you tune the settings accordingly in whatever mode you choose, then use the menu to save that current setup into C1, C2 or C3.