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3:01:49 frosth astrophotography 3:03:43 gabriel 3:05:40 garrett 3:06:48 george 3:08:53 gepard 3:11:18 giannis 3:12:26 gio 3:14:54 glenn 3:16:53 gordon 3:19:33 graham 3:21:24 greg 3:22:46 greisy 3:25:05 grga 3:27:47 grigory 3:28:57 guillermo 3:32:02 guy 3:33:47 hasan 3:37:37 haydens heavens 3:39:00 henry 3:40:19 ht 3:41:23 hubert 3:42:35 ian 3:44:47 ian j 3:47:06 ilya 3:48:39 isaac t 3:50:01 isaac w 3:52:31 ivan 3:54:13 ivan h 3:55:10 ivar 3:57:02 j_astro 3:59:14 jack b 4:01:12 jack k 4:02:57 jackforlife101 4:05:04 jacob 4:06:14 jacob b 4:07:27 jacob h 4:08:47 jake g 4:09:50 jake s 4:11:25 james g 4:12:21 jared 4:13:42 jason 4:15:34 jason q 4:18:01 jay g 4:19:41 jay s 4:20:57 jcashmoney 4:21:52 jeff d 4:23:21 jeff k 4:24:34 jeremy 4:25:28 jimnotcarey 4:26:17 joakim 4:27:26 joāo 4:29:36 john 4:30:41 john d 4:31:59 jon 4:33:17 jonathan 4:34:26 juha 4:36:47 jules 4:38:12 julian 4:39:58 jurg 4:42:33 justin 4:44:08 karim 4:46:35 karnak 4:47:47 ken 4:49:20 kerry 4:51:34 kevin 4:52:47 krede 4:55:30 kris 4:57:02 kyle 4:58:48 kyran 5:00:04 larkin 5:01:09 larstronomy 5:02:48 leon 5:04:36 liam 5:05:47 linus 5:06:54 LShepAstrophotography 5:08:52 lukas 5:10:27 maksim 5:11:44 malte 5:12:52 marcell 5:15:13 marianne 5:16:24 mark 5:18:33 markus 5:20:21 martin 5:21:53 marty 5:23:28 marvin 5:25:08 matogolf 5:26:49 matt 5:29:03 matthew e 5:30:11 matthew m 5:32:11 matthias 5:33:49 mattia 5:35:04 max 5:36:15 maxime 5:37:35 maximilian 5:38:39 meika 5:41:05 menny 5:42:52 michael a 5:45:20 michael k 5:47:42 michael p 5:49:51 michal 5:50:45 mihajlo 5:53:08 mike 5:54:52 miki 5:56:23 mikko 5:57:14 mikolaj 5:58:46 mindaugas 6:00:58 momosquitos 6:02:12 monty 6:05:08 nandakumar rajesh 6:07:01 natan 6:08:00 nelson 6:09:02 nick 6:10:15 nico from texas 6:11:06 nicolas 6:12:19 nicolas p 6:14:23 nightskyobserver 6:15:39 nighttime imaging 6:16:40 niklas 6:18:45 njr95 6:21:16 noah i 6:23:30 noah k 6:24:48 nolan 6:26:31 noon 6:27:59 omers_astrophotography 6:29:32 orson 6:31:41 othman 6:34:09 otto 6:35:23 pabmarex 6:37:05 patrick 6:39:04 patrick b 6:39:47 paulo 6:40:33 pedro 6:43:13 pepito 6:44:29 petar 6:45:52 peter 6:48:19 peter k 6:49:30 philipp 6:50:52 philippe 6:52:36 pieter 6:53:41 pietro 6:55:11 pranshu 6:56:08 psmcd 6:57:44 qswat72 7:00:22 quasar ap 7:02:39 quinn 7:04:31 rajat 7:05:32 rakshit 7:07:08 ralph 7:08:32 ralph g 7:10:50 randall 7:13:40 rasp0ra 7:15:37 reinhard 7:16:50 richard m 7:19:35 richard r 7:21:23 richard s 7:23:16 rick 7:24:22 robert 7:25:48 romain 7:27:28 rowan 7:28:40 ruben 7:29:45 rukshan 7:31:09 ryan 7:31:55 sam d 7:33:05 sam g 7:35:04 sascha 7:36:20 sathya 7:37:48 saurubh 7:40:30 scotts astrophotos 7:41:24 sean b 7:43:06 sean r 7:43:58 sebasFL 7:44:32 sebastian 7:46:35 shane 7:49:03 shawn 7:50:03 shreecharan ms 7:50:53 sigurd 7:52:30 simon the gamer 7:54:25 skee220 7:55:25 spaceSidePhotography 7:57:06 speedy_electron 7:58:15 speedys astro 8:00:02 spinach the wise 8:01:30 stefan astro 8:03:23 stefan_nebula 8:05:19 steve 8:08:08 stu 8:09:54 superzoki 8:11:49 swastik 8:13:22 szilard 8:15:20 taha 8:16:46 tamen 8:17:31 terry 8:19:10 the astroguy 8:20:21 the stellar remnant 8:21:25 theGhost 8:22:48 theo 8:23:20 thomas 8:24:33 thomas b 8:25:38 thomas t 8:26:54 tigo 8:28:32 tim e 8:29:44 tim r 8:31:30 timur 8:33:07 tobajer 8:34:17 tobias 8:35:42 todd 8:38:38 tohu 8:40:13 tom 8:41:59 tomas a 8:43:11 tomas d 8:44:53 tony 8:46:46 toozombi 8:47:57 toto 8:49:38 trebor 8:51:09 tristan 8:52:55 troy 8:55:07 troysworks 8:56:25 tuukka 8:58:01 umair 8:59:26 uri 9:01:03 v 9:02:57 val 9:05:14 valentin 9:06:54 vess 9:07:32 vince 9:08:47 vlad 9:09:29 widowmaker_895 9:11:08 will the snek 9:12:22 wojciech 9:14:05 ylemish 9:15:48 zachary b 9:17:34 zachary p 9:18:44 zafar 9:19:48 zixin 9:21:03 zminko 9:23:06 zoli 9:24:28 outro 9:26:16

@mastroitek

10 ай бұрын

you really went above and beyond with this video. Thank you

@Carl_John

10 ай бұрын

I was about to ask for timestamps, but here it is! Thanks Nico!

@anata5127

10 ай бұрын

I didn’t know you offer this type of critique. Could I send you couple of photos via membership channel?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

@@anata5127 I only offer this style every so often. If you would like to send me photos to look at, send to: nicocarver at gmail dot com. Also include any questions/issues you want me to address. My membership channel is always open for new members here: patreon.com/nebulaphotos Any level of support is greatly appreciated.

@anata5127

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos Great. I am a member.

I dont even own a camera and here I am watching a 9 hour video of other peoples pictures

Going above and beyond for your audience... 9h30 of critique, that's real dedication and a massive amount of work on your end... Thanks Nico!

@ilaphroaig

10 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone would what it all. I know I ain't.

Never thought I’d spend an ENTIRE DAY watching just one single KZread video. My hat off to you, Nico! Phenomenal work and effort.

Legendary commitment to your community here! Thanks for your comments. I was blown away by your edit of my heart nebula data. Inspired to re edit it myself now. 🤩

Put simply -WOW! What a phenomenal effort to put this together - outstanding commentary and critique/help being given for such a monstrous amount of time, inspirational! I take my hat off to you my friend, I know how much work even a short/simple video actually takes, so from one creator to another - maximum respect, it shows how much you really love the community you've built 🙂 Clear skies!

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Luke!

Really happy to have made the cut @17:28 with my heart and soul shot! :) Thanks for the advice on how to sort out issues with the stars using that lens too

Thanks Nico for the critique, answers and tips ! Honored to figure in the thumbnail :)

Dude this super long critique is awesome. One of a kind, I’ll be watching in small chunks over the next few days. Love what you do! 🫶🏻

Andromeda at 5hrs 20min for one night is just amazing. 💪 the celestron c8 rasa is for its price and what it can do just great

Not gonna lie, this video was a commitment 😅 But I got thru and got to see so many awesome images and info in here, thanks so much for doing this! It must have been quite time consuming to say the least. I also just joined your Patreon for a year just because I felt like giving back after lurking here for such a long time 😁 Keep it up! Clear Skies

Thank you for your critique of my photo, Nico. I learned so much from your videos. If I remember correctly, the first astrophotography video I watched is from you that started my journey. Thanks again!

Wow, thank you so much for the critique Nico! Such an honor to be featured in your thumbnail for the video as well (I think it is mine anyway - second one in on top row).

Getting inputs on your image from your favourite astrophotographer is just a bliss. Thankyou so much Nico!!

Ill give that advice a go and retry the Crescent data! Thanks Nico!

Nice to see someone talking about formal concepts. Bravo!

This was amazing,thank you for the input and the opportunity for it,next time hopefully i will have my whole imaging train ready to submit a Superb quality picture

This is a wonderful service you provide to all us fledgling astro photographers … I enjoyed the entire video! Thank you for all you do to enhance the hobby

This is an insane level of dedication! Hats off to you man! Great work

Glad you liked the annotated version of my Milky Way photo :D Thank you Nico!

Thank you Nico. That was obviously a lot of effort. 9 hours plus of video, and I ca only imagine the amount of prep time involved. Your work is very much appreciated, and I for one will be watching the whole thing to learn, and get inspiration. Thank You!!!

Thanks for taking the time to give helpful comments for each photo!

Thank you Nico for critiquing my image of the Double Cluster. I was blown away when I originally processed it and saw how well it came out. I took it right before I saw your video about submiting photos for the critique.

Thanks for the advice Nico! I'm hoping to get some more time outside once the skies clear up a bit in Chicago. It's so awesome that you keep doing these!

I've just found this video and i'm very happy to see that my image is included too. I'm so-so grateful Nico for your critique and I'll definitely pay a little bit more attention to avoiding star trailing by applying the NPF rule. I wish you all the best!😀

I've been waiting for this forever !!! It's almost like Christmas 🎄

Incredible work! Thank you!

This is the my "podcast" now. This is true dedication

Wow with this many submissions, I wasn't really expecting very meaninful comments after you said this was one marathon recording. But you really did it! Even on my photo more than half way through. Thank you so much!

22:55 THAT. IS. AMAZING!!! What a well done shot...That should be submitted for that award where they pick an image to post on a website each day... APOC?? I dont know, but this image is amazing.

Nico! Amazing content! I really love these critigue vidoes! I know they are long and not easy to do but thats why i love your channel so much! You go well beyond the call of duty for your community! Im only halfway through this video so i will be making additional comments. I love how informative this is! Sorry for all the exclamation marks!!! But i love this!!!❤

Awesome! Thanks so much! Crazy how the colors look so "plain" to me when it's natural. I'm very thankful you caught that! I'm going to have to start doing a "normal people" edit and a "colorblind" edit!

I'm only about 40 minutes in but I need to comment and let you know that already I'm finding this very educational. Like many, your channel was one of the first I found and is one of the major reasons I am into astrophotography today. It has also made me realize that I think I have been sleeping on my 75-300 kit lens lol. I had been thinking about getting a short focal length refractor to use for large objects (I usually use a 130mm f/5 newtonian) but I think I might see about getting another dovetail and try out my kit lens for that purpose before I go about buying anything else. Keep up the great work Nico!

WOW! That was a lot of work Niko! I can't believe I finished it all! You give very positive critique, and gave some excellent tips! Very nice video to watch even if it took 2 days! Might watch a bit of the Director's Cut without the cut clap!! lol Thank You

Thank you Nico for the critique, glad you liked that frame :)

Thank you! You’re the best!

Woah... 10 hours, what a beast!

6:34:29 Thank you for the advice! Funny thing is I did notice the clipping shortly after I sent you the email, I re-edited it and revealed 2 times the amount of detail you see here. I immediately uploaded it in the drive link I sent you and deleted this one but unfortunately I was too late haha! Anyway, thanks again! I couldn't imagine that went into making this video!

looking forward to this !!

4:38:12 - Thanks for the advice!

I remember submitting my photo, forgot about it to be honest. Looking forward to watching all 9.5 hours over the next week or two!

Thank you for your knowledge

I have a shoot and go camera and use the Celestron Digital Camera Adapter to shoot videos of the planets and stack them. I use a 127 Maksutov on a Twilight One AZ mount for planets. I used the method on C80, the Omega Centauri globular cluster and it turned out well too using a 102 refractor, a triplet. I did it to see if it would work and it did, but a member of my astronomy club asked if I did it during the clear sky period we had after a rain back in May and I said yes, seeing was exceptional for three days. Even the stratosphere cooperated with calm winds for the majority of the time. Took the video at 5400 feet altitude at 32 degree latitude in Southern NM. He said the video method won't work very well for certain DSOs that need a filter and Stackert won't work well for reasons you gave, but 60 seconds of C80 turned out ok from Bortle 4 green zone. C80 is a 3.7 magnitude and visible easily from the south side of the Organ Mountains hence only 60 seconds of video.

Thanks for the info!

Wow...such a good critique session. Your help is much appreciated and you were extremely thoughtful in discussing and passing along your experience. Everyone who submitted should be proud of their work especially the beginners. Astrophotography has a huge learning curve and just getting an image shows your dedication to even just accomplishing capture.

Brilliant!

Incredible commitment, but don't push yourself too hard for us ❤

Nico, will you have a long, gray beard at the end of this session? I LOVE these critiques and learn so very much. Thank you.

3:51:35 Pix Insight

7:19:35 - Thanks for the review and your time! :)

I was going to send in a photo but for whatever reasons the email didn’t send and I didn’t notice until about a month ago. I wish I could have been a part of this but it’s great to see everyone else’s submissions!

Really looking forward to watching this as I submitted an image so fingers crossed we'll see it 🤞, I wonder if Nico will do another video when he reaches 200K?

@biglobowski7885

10 ай бұрын

Won’t even make the top 360 🙃

@dumpydalekobservatory

10 ай бұрын

I made the grade 😁

@biglobowski7885

10 ай бұрын

@@dumpydalekobservatory good I’m glad. I was only joking. 👍🏼👍🏼

@nickym5271

10 ай бұрын

Well done! You've not only **made the grade** you're on the thumbnail for the vid too

Noticed a lot of people were using the Canon 75-300. From what I've heard, that lens not super sharp at 300 mm. My suggestion would be to keep it at around 200 mm.

Thank you for the critique Nico! Andromeda was indeed very high up, skirting the balcony upstairs. And sorry it was just another Andromeda picture, you must be sick of them.

Just wanted to correct, at 48 minutes you mention the composition of an image and said that Deneb looks weird but it’s actually a small reflection nebula not Deneb.

Hi friends, I am watching these amazing video from Central América.

Hi Nico! I was wondering you had any interest in doing a myth buster video where you test the real weight capacity of some popular mounts and star trackers, especially the smallers ones like the staradventurer 2i or the star adventurer gti (and the bigger ones as well). This would be helpful to see if the "rule" of not loading your mount with more than 1/2 the capacity still holds true in 2023 or if there are some exceptional mounts that can even go beyond their stated limit. I think it would help people understand what they can expect from their mounts or star trackers

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

Hi Pietro, yes I’d like to do something with mounts, but I can tell you right now that rule of thumb has always been taken too seriously, but is also hard to test in a rigorous way. I’ve gone right up to the weight limits of popular trackers like the GTi due to using a big filter wheel and other heavy accessories. As long as the focal length is reasonable (e.g. 250mm), it is no problem. The issue is actually sometimes weight, sometimes focal length and sometimes a combination of the two. The reason focal length can be an issue with these trackers is they typically have a much larger periodic error than bigger mounts. When you are at a finer pixel scale (longer focal length), any error will show up in your photos as trailed stars. That rule of thumb goes back to mounts like the Celestron CGEM with a payload capacity of 44 lbs. In that case since people were going to be using it with telescope mostly, just saying the actual limit for photography is 1/2 that makes some sense. For star trackers with only an 11lb payload capacity, it makes far less sense. I think what people should really be talking about with star trackers is their experience at different focal lengths. Personally I wouldn’t go above 400mm f.l on a star tracker, and for a beginner I wouldn’t have them go above 250mm.

@pietroalessandrini

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos Yes I agree, there are so many variables that go into making a mount reliable. Focal lenght, physical lenght of the scope, even the terrain as you pointed out in that video about the huge telescope. Thinking about it more I agree it would be hard condesing all the different factors that can influence the result in one video. Thank you for the thorough reply!

1:16:33 What is "walking noise"? What causes it and what options do you have to prevent/stop/fix the issue?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

questions answered here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIBt0pOgdbi0mJc.htmlsi=KA3y1hppaesJVfTh&t=1769

This review should have received at least 360*360*360 likes

I am just at 50 Min and there was a lot of realy great images till now😊

So excited!! :D

Thanks for the helpful advice. I don't know how you can talk for 9.5 hours! this must have wiped you out. AJ

Would you recommend a 130mm triplet scope for me if I have the redcat 51mm already? i feel like 130mm would help me click pictures of galaxies and small nebulae in more detail but is 130mm too zoomed in (with zwo 533m) that I will not be able to click full pics of any objects should I go with 102mm or 130mm if I have the redcat 51mm for wider pics? amazing video btw, only watched 1 hour yet but i am watching more while having dinner lol

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

What mount? A 130mm refractor is quite large and heavy compared to the Redvat. As for objects, you can check out how they will fit with your ASI533M with simulator tools like this one: www.blackwaterskies.co.uk/imaging-toolbox/ I explain how to use that tool here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYaYlcGro93We6w.html

@winnershandbook1069

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos THANK YOU SO MUCH! That was the best 5 min video on astrophotography I watched. I have been using blackwaterskies for an hour checking FOV from 51mm, 86mm, 102mm and 127mm and based on that I think 127mm and 51mm compliment each other really well so I am gonna get those scopes. I have EQ6 R mount so I think it'll handle the 127mm (I'll still check it) and even though it'll be challenging I feel like those two scopes make the most sense for me. thank you so much nico for all your help!

Nico, watched every minute of this wonderful contribution to our hobby. Since, you use Siril as I do; why did I NOT hear any suggestions from You for the contributors to use Photometric Color Calibration? Or even regulare color calibration? Doesn't that hellp with "Star Color"? ThX

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

Hi Charles, I feel like I mentioned it several times. I often said something along the lines of ‘check out Siril, specifically background extraction and color calibration’. When I mentioned Siril and background extraction, but didn’t mention color calibration specifically, it was probably because I felt the colors (including star colors) in their photo looked spot on and the only thing needed was gradient removal. I find often with DSLR astrophotography, star color is correct in the data, the only thing messing up the colors is a color cast from LP, once you remove that color cast with background extraction, the colors are perfect. This isn’t always the case, but is fairly common. While I personally love photometric color calibration, I’m a little weary of showing it to beginners first thing now since it often fails on beginners wide field images and is then difficult to troubleshoot when it does fail. This then leaves a bad taste in their mouth about Siril (it doesn’t work, is difficult to use, etc.).

@charlesowillford2474

10 ай бұрын

You probably did and I didn't listen well, sorry... I knew you had some good reasons; but didn't realize them. I'm older , 80, and haven't done this, but 3 years. Very hard to remember all the nuances of this hobby. Trying to understand generalized Hyperbolic stretch right now. Again, great job and thanks.

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

@@charlesowillford2474 Thanks Charles - hope your getting some clear skies ~Nico

54:20 How do you calculate the arcseconds-per-pixel in your image? How is that useful, and how can you change it?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

It's an advanced topic that doesn't matter that much for most imagers. It is one factor that determines the smallest details you can resolve, and it's determined by a combination of your pixel size, and focal length. Smaller pixels or longer focal length will result in a finer pixel scale, and bigger pixels or shorter focal length will result in a coarser pixel scale. There are calculators online to figure it out like at: astronomy.tools There is a very general rule of thumb to go for 1"/px, but I don't advise people to take it that seriously as you can maybe tell from this video. It's usually not what is holding your images back, esp. if shooting nebulae.

@kevinashley478

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos oh ok...thank you.

Enjoyed the critique. Unfortunately I didn’t see mine that I submitted

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

I'm sorry Ryan. It seems every time I do this there seem to be some that slip through my system. Not sure if it's a gmail issue or just my oversight. If there is anything you'd like me to take a look at feel free to send to: nicocarver at gmail dot com.

5:50 So when someone is imaging Jupiter, given how fast it rotates, are you always limited to about 3-4 minutes worth of data to stack before the rotation becomes an issue for stacking?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

As mentioned some people use WinJupos software which 'de-rotates' images based on how they should look. So there are software workarounds to that limit.

@kevinashley478

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos great! Thank you.

Holy! 😂

22:35 cant you disable noise reduction on Sony? Becouse i am choosing Camera and i dont know if i should get 600d, 1100d a6000 or a6300 for dso, daylight photography and landscape astrophotography

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

No, there is noise reduction applied to long exposure RAW frames even with all NR settings off. See here for a run-down of cameras and RAW filtering: www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/camera_summary.html It may not be a big issue depending on how you process and what's important to you, but if it were me, I'd get the Canon 600D.

@zaksiu9736

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotosthank you so much ❤

@zaksiu9736

10 ай бұрын

@@NebulaPhotos can you reduce that star eater effect with processing? Also ill be using that with newtonian telescope

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

@@zaksiu9736 Probably, I don't use Sony cameras for astrophotography, so I don't really know how easy it is. I just see the green stars in most astrophotos taken with them. Personally, with a telescope I would go Canon or astro camera.

Dithering question. Can you dither manually? I have an ioptron skyguider, no guiding, no asiair, Sony a6000. Could I shoot say 10 lights @ 120sec, then dither. Shoot another 10 and dither again and so on through my session? Or would I need to dither after every single shot to lower my noise signal?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

Yes, you can, and manually dithering every 10 lights will make a difference and is much more practical than after every light.

@feetheweasel

10 ай бұрын

@NebulaPhotos you are the best and most helpful youtuber out there...thanks. Also, I have the Askar 300pro, can I dither simply by turning the camera slightly in the Askar changing my framing ever so small, rather than adjusting the iOptron dec and telescope itself?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

@@feetheweasel I don’t suggest that. The point of dithering is to be random to break up noise patterns, if you are rotating around a point, the noise will turn into arcs around that point.

@feetheweasel

10 ай бұрын

@NebulaPhotos okay. Will do. Thanks again. ✌️

You're the MAN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Do you ever use a MAK, and what is your take on them?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

I've only used one for viewing and taking pics of the moon. I wouldn't suggest them for deep sky.

Bro's face looks like he's about to commit nefarious acts.

The Achilles' heel of astro photo is really that all pictures look identical. Incredibly fun operating the equipment to make the pictures - not so much looking at them.

@Freakwave26

10 ай бұрын

I disagree. None looks like the other, even though many images are of the same thing.

@Mandragara

10 ай бұрын

I disagree that they all look identical. Have you ever taken any astrophotos? If so, you'll know the myriad of subjective choices you have to make during the process

@unlucky5442

10 ай бұрын

I disagree, every single astro photo is unique and they don't even look alike. Every photo is taken with different equipment, different framing of the object, exposure time, processing techniques, etc.

Oh wow 🙂

Do you accept phone camera astrophotography?

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

There are several photographs taken with phones in the critique. I’m not accepting any astrophotography right now since this critique is done, but if I do another it will be announced on KZread.

3:55:24 That looks more like a brain than a crescent.

I emailed in a submission, hope to see it and get your input

@huf67

10 ай бұрын

Ditto !! I'll bet he doesn't do this again. It's been almost a year I think since he announced this contest/critiquing.

Too many! Please, split up next one into 20 x 30 minutes video...

@NebulaPhotos

10 ай бұрын

Not sure if you’re serious, but that would bomb my channel. I couldn’t get sponsors anymore which allows me to do this full time because my avg. views on videos would be too low

1:19:12