This video is WAYYYY longer than i expected. I thought of condensing it into a fast pace 5-minute video, but in the end, I want to keep it like this as my style of street photography is more chill and a slow pace exercise. But let me know what you think? And let me know what is your favourite photo from this video?

Your roasts are still better than many “pro” images. Proving that the photographer is more important than the gear.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

oh thank you for your kind words! But it is true, there really is no terrible camera these days, so our eyes/brains are always more important than the gear

LOVE your t-shirt Richard! As I've mentioned before I also really enjoyed your wide aspect images, very inspiring. It's also a valuable exercise to go through your photos as you have here to see what worked for you or not, although again I really like the style of all of them.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Oh thank you so much Gordon! And if you guys love my t-shirt as well, remember to checkout Gordon's (@cameralabs) channel and you can find a link to buy one if you are lucky!

I enjoy your videos and photos so much! Given all the criticism by a few "undone" characters, I would just like to say that I appreciate your positivity and showing what you created with the S9... speaks more to me than the negativity!

@MarkMcLT

Ай бұрын

Shots fired! :)

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

thank you Jeff! Glad to hear you enjoy my videos and photos :)

Nice photos Richard. Really like that aspect ratio. Hello from the Bay of Islands.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Hey Mark! Thank you for watching!

Nice episode!! Thanks for the ride. Still don’t find a reason to leave my gx9 with 15mm 1,7 behind. Interesting format ratio. Thanks!

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

yes the 15mm 1.7 is awesome, i really want something like that for the L mount, that or the 20mm 1.7 equivalent would be great too

Great photos, I love that you are able to criticise your own photos. I like #11 and #13. Did Gordon Liang give you that CameraLabs t-shirt ?

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Haha no I bought it myself! I'm always happy to support other great channels!

great photo !! but i feel like some of them will be better with black border rather than white border just a hunch. i'm bit skeptical with the rolling shutter but this look great tbh i might want one s9

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Yeah i was debating using black or white border. Black would be more cinematic i think! Rolling shutter existing. But it's not as bad as some people say like no mech shutter, can't use for photo. It really depends on what you shoot. For this kind of photos it's not really a problem

I think you are quite a good street photographer, the LUT chosen is nice, interesting compositions 👍

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Thank you Eric!

Amazon prices (today): S5ii: 1798 (body only) S5iix: 1998 (body only) After 1 year of release... (cost when first announced, s5ii 2200, S5iix 2500) From a "financial" point of view: Sales are not going well... S9 : 1499 !!! Some...are in a hurry because even the 18-40 lens, which was supposed to be the kit lens, for s9, wasn't ready for the "Osaka party." It's not like the "world" was looking forward to the s9. Simply those who are interested in Panasonic products, are people who probably know what they want from a camera and have demands from a company that survives because until now it presented innovative products with a good value for money. The new 26mm lens combined with the s9 is the perfect recipe for... self-destruction.

I loved this video, but it was maybe a little too long for me. Although the S9 is not a camera I'm very interested in for myself, I bet it is really good for a lot of people that wouldn't touch a "proper" FF camera, and that is a good thing for all of us in the long run. I will never buy a "proper" cinema camera and I bet a lot of cinematographers can't relate to the draw of my hybrid cameras any more than we can fully understand the draw of the S9 to the informal creator crowd. Keep up the good work, Richard.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Thank you Joe! Yes it is really a bit long. But hey you can watch it chunk by chunk :). Yes I think you got the point of this camera. Just like you, my initial thought was, this is definitely not a camera for me. But after using it for a while, i think i may actually use it as my daily or travel camera, instead of my other cameras like A7CR..Leica Q...

Nikon DF with the 26mm f2.8 its starting to look like it's the only way to go... maybe even the Sony a7c2 with one of sonys small primes. Only benefit of this camera is that it will be very cheap soon, no one is really going to be buying it.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Nikon Zf is great! I've a A7CR myself as well. But don't forget there are some small prime lenses from Sigma for L mount. There is also the compact 18-40 from Lumix coming soon.

@AIP404

Ай бұрын

@TheRealRichardWong sadly lack of mechanical shutter kills this camera for photography, would have been a nice point and shoot with the sigma 24mm f3.5.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

@@AIP404 yeah.. for serious photography you need mech shutter. But this camera really is NOT designed for serious photographers/videographers. It's for the Tiktok/instagram creators., I believe a more photography focus camera will come soon!

is good for the legs ;) i will go back to the streets

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

haha photography definitely motivate me to walk a lot !

Finally!! First.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I love the Lumix brand and have always been very satisfied with their products, but a camera like this without an EVF is not for me. Thank you

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Yes if you want EVF, this is not the camera for you, hopefully the next camera would be more suitable :)

@paolopicchel653

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong Lumix GX10!!!! 😏

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

haha lets see!

Sorry the only roast i can think of is just the f8 makes the quality like its shot on a phone.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

thanks for watching and commenting Cyber Valdez!

@cyb

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong you have the most informative videos along wirh gordon laing. I swear your s9 video is 🔥🔥🔥

Your pictures suffer a bit from what I perceive to be the low optical quality of the 26mm lens. IMHO it's really no better, or maybe even worse, than the f5.6/f8 "lens cap" lenses from Chinese manufacturers like 7Artisans, TTArtisans and AstrHori. The Brightin Star 28mm F2.8 pancake even seems to be optically better than the Panasonic 26mm, is even flatter, gathers 8 times more light, has a variable aperture and can be easily adapted to L-mount...

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

hi px perimenter, thanks for watching and commenting :) yes like what i said in my 26mm review, I would say Lumix S 26mm's image quality is OK... certainly not excellent. I've tested a few pancake/lenscap lenses from Chinese manufacturers, they are fun and cheap, but the image quality is usually flawed in a few areas. For example, the Brightin Star 28mm 2.8 suffer from massive field curvature issue and therefore has terrible corner image quality, has more lens flare than the Lumix and a few other minor issues. I've mentioned them in my review kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZoNoyptvp63Jj7g.htmlsi=WkdkaJUhTzw4I8HM But one more thing i would say is, those Chinese lenses, especially the Brightin star 28mm feels much better with their solid metal construction. That's something i feel the opposite with the Lumix 26mm. Now you got me interested to go shoot some photos with the Brightin Star when i have some free time :)

@musiqueetmontagne

Ай бұрын

Yes he says that in the video.. Learn a life lesson, digest the video / information before making criticisms... It helps a lot! Have a good day. 🙈

Your write. No zoom just prime will make you look for a better photo...

I don't like the colours of the photos, it's my thought

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Yeap fair enough! and thank you so much for watching and commenting 😃

@clabart

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you for what you do and have done for photography

It's the poorest imagequalitiy of a lens at f8 I ever saw in my lifetime - not your fault 😉

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

Unnecessary camera. Instead of Panasonic releasing a good product that will compete with Sony and Nikon Z8, and investing in the production of a variety of quality lenses (not like the 28-200 F7.1), they are dealing with toys that will have no market. The X/S5ii are also disappointing. Panasonic is hurting its market.. that's why I switched to Sony. thanks richard

10:55 having no EVF is something you can, but shouldn’t have to get used to in this price range. And no mechanical shutter? I’m no Sony fan, but I don’t see the reason to not get a Sony A7iii or A7C instead. As a matter of fact, this is like a crippled A7C or A7iii which was released 4 years ago. Geez.

@alanc6416

Ай бұрын

When I think about it further, Panasonic and Nikon with their Z FC, is trying to catch up to Sony tech and copy Fuji style and film sims without any success. A half hearted attempt IMO.

@TheRealRichardWong

Ай бұрын

The closest camera from Sony is ZVE1, also a full frame compact camera without EVF or mech shutter designed for hybrid content creators. ZVE1 is about $400 more than the S9

@alanc6416

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong I can understand the appeal for some videographers, but for photography? Go elsewhere. And I don’t know who this camera is targeted to. The more serious (in image quality) content creator will choose the S5, and others will just use iPhones. Such a niche market IMO