That’s my attitude: less is more. Love seeing you and Robin together!

I have friends who haven’t been involved in photography for a long time. Sometimes they ask about a new camera I would recommend that is simple and foolproof. All I can say is there is no such thing anymore, except maybe a phone camera. Of course, most cameras can be setup to be easy, but we forget how really complex and feature-packed real cameras are today. Even the GRs are a marvel of technology. Thanks Matti and Robin for another enjoyable video. 😁👍✌️❤️

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for you take on this.

I agree that less is more. I ALWAYS use OEM batteries because they are more reliable than cheaper batteries, of which you need to carry more, just in case.

I couldn’t agree more. The better my finances have become the more photo toys I’ve acquired and the less images I make and the ones I do are not as good. My photography was better and I enjoyed it more when I had less and knew less.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@FigleyCreative

Жыл бұрын

I agree Jeffrey, when I was early on in photography my product was spontaneous and whimsical. Not everything was great of course - but I captured more moments and curiosities because I was ravenous for the art. I was having fun! I started to "learn" more about photography, and in some ways it has handicapped me. The pendulum swung to far toward the technical side of things. Now I find myself swinging back to recapture the joy of photography while employing some of that knowledge gained along the way.

The nifty fifty never made me a better photographer 😅🤣 but it taught me to accept the loss of what was impossible 😅

Agree. I only go out with one of my Leica M's with the 21 or 35mm lens attached...

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

nice story, nice guys, good pictures

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

It must be very nice to be able to do some street shooting in hotter climate away from the snow in Finland. I am a big fan of the Ricoh gr system, have “only” the old 16mp grll, but for me it’s enough mp and the results from this camera is great and the fact that I can take this with me on a motorcycle tour and get good results makes it very valuable to me. Great that you meet Robin I have been following both of you for a long time. Thanks 👍

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The GRII is fantastic as well.

Less gear should lead to better skills. Not necessarily better photos on any particular outing. I regularly go out with one camera and a prime lens, even when I have another lens, I rarely swap. It's a while since I used my 7-14 or 100-400, both Lumix lenses, or 40-150 F2.8, but I know how to and I will use them when the circumstances are right. Recently I have been using a TS-E 24 and sometimes TS-E 17 on a Lumix S1R, but whichever is on the camera rarely comes off in the field. And the Olympus 60mm macro lens.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your insights.

Thanks for including your "questionable friends" Matti! More photowalks and adventures soon.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin. Yes, more coming soon😀

Happy to have a simple, minimalistic camera that is always with me. Love my Ricoh GR IIIx.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Those GRiii’s are the way to go for street and EDC. If I pull out a full frame camera, even with a small lens, it bruises the scene immediately, people clear out. But with the combination of my GRiiix, the Image Synch app and my iPhone, I hardly get noticed. Sometimes I can snap away using my iPhone to control the GR. Just looks like I’m online shopping or watching your great KZread videos. 😊

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

‘I think limitations are good for photography.’ Absolutely! Fortunately, you can have it both ways with an interchangeable lens body: “less” is with a smaller prime lens, “more” is with a big zoom. (What a great locale, with a couple of charming companions.)

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your thought, always appreciated.

Agree, Matty 👍. That's why I bring my 27mm f2.8 with my Fuji X-A2 too, or 17mm f2.8 with my PEN E-P5 on several months ago. Fix lens with equivalent 35mm or 40mm full frame made me so fun when took pictures on my trips. But as time goes by and seeing my flexible photography interests, I think I need a zoom lens with a constant diaphragm like 16-55mm f/2.8 for Fuji. Unfortunately, the lens is not cheap and too big in size, so I still with my fix lens and go fun with it because how so simple & compact to bring it. Best regards from Indonesia.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Matti. Other people already expressed better than I can how right you are.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Matt I luv your videos, you are awesome. I shoot with Lumix cameras now and really prefer them over Sony, Canon and others. I find your videos and commentary the most fun and educational of all the youtube photos guys. Keep up the great work. I would buy you coffee and breakfast if I were in Finland. Again great stuff. BTW I prefer Lumix gear over others because I use to have a Leica V-Lux 1 and looking over all the thousand's of images I compared with my Canon DSLR, I always preferred the Leica. It's a good marriage of Leica and Panasonic...

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much.

I agree. As I get older I find myself minimizing not just my photography gear but also the rest of the things in my life. I'm editing down to the most important things. My photos are changing too. I've recently restarted sketching and painting after about 20 years and I'm finding I take photos in two ways now. Some as the finished image and some with an eye to drawing them later. So the image isn't always shot to be the final product. So for example I might shoot part of a building because I like the colors and the light in that image but that would look strange as a sketch unless it had some interesting detail. So I might shoot all of the next building because it would make an interesting sketch but as a photo it's not so interesting. Much as I hate cameras with no viewfinder I now carry my hubby's old Ixus 500 HD pocket camera in my sketching bag and I'm eyeing up that Ricoh GRiii of yours. The Ixus is tiny but the pictures have great detail for sketching from, better than my phone, which is all I need. I don't really like carrying my main camera and lenses in the same bag as my water and paints lol so this changed how I think about viewfinders. Plus weight and bag size became more of a worry with having both sketching gear and photography gear in it. I'm now really leaning towards selling my camera gear and picking up a fixed lens camera instead. The Ixus is the trial run to see if I can get rid of my hate of having no viewfinder.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing you backstory. I like drawing, but struggle to find time to start again.

Very nice video, Matti! I most often bring one camera with one prime lens, because limitations enhances creativity. Otherwise, it seems like a comfortable switch from Finland at this time of the year.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. This time is good to be in the tropics.

Nice video but, .... what do you think about Kuala Lumpur? I've observed in your photo walk some narrow streets with painted walls. It seems that the theme of the murals is always the same, nature. Perhaps that could be my photo, a very strong urban place and the wishes of the people that are living there. Robin is a great photographer and he likes photograf people but same times the walls speaks. Do you think that the graffitis in Europ have different themes? In Finland, are the wishes diferent?

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. That is not the whole KL, of course, just one small part. Those streets and alleys are so much nicer now that they are painted in bright colors. This time we decided to walk there, but next time probably some other location.

We are starting the “Matti Sulanto Questionable Friends Movement”! Anyone joining?

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being one of my questionable friends😀

Being able to change the ISO (ASA) from shot to shot is one of the greatest advances digital photography has given photographers. In addition to the extended range of the sensitivities available we no longer have consider the appropriate film (speed) for the subjects we wish to photograph.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

That's true, and another good features is flexible white balance for color photos.

The GM1 is great. It's my go-to camera when I'm not on a planned photoshoot.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend.

I agree ith Robin re the same Panasonic gx/GM cameras; I never owned a GM-1 but fell in love once I found out about them, and getting a gx850 was the next best thing

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

The video and camera can be useful too, but with a prime lens on the camera, like your ricoh 😉 are ricoh thinking about a evf mount on the future ricoh pocket camera? 🤔

I'm always watching Thanks for the fun videos! I also use GR, so it will be helpful!

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Hey Matti! I can see you are having a great time, nothing better than going out for a photowalk with friends. About the video, I agree with you on shooting with a fixed focal length is way more challenging for sure, but if you restrict yourself to one lens only shoot, even if its a zoom is also quite challenging. But I also think that when we grow in photography experience we tend to use a narrow strip of that zoom and seldom rarely take shots in the ends of the zoom. I talk by my personal experience I have been using extensively the em10 mkiii with the pancake kit lens, and most of my shots are in the 15 to 25mm of the 14-42 mm lens. But those are my two cents on this. Please continue to have this much fun, best of everything to you and your friends.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, always appreciate your view on photography.

@oneeyedphotographer

Жыл бұрын

I have the 12-100 F4, it's no challenge at all. If you understand fisheye lenses, there are some wound 7mm that make different photos. I sometimes use one for portraits.

I love my Olympus EPL9 with 14mm f2.5 Panasonic lens, with a hot shoe viewfinder, for a walk around camera. I don't think relying on hugh mega pixels to compose a picture is the way to go. Compose in the viewfinder. Robin is having way too much fun!

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. The tiny Panasonic 14mm is a really nice and a bit under appreciated lens. Robin is himself😀

"Questionable friends"?? 🤔😝😝

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

😂

👍Good one again

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

GM1 rules! It has decent video too.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

I had a GRII for street. In the end I personally prefer the Fujifilm X100V, witch I haven now. Never use my FF's for street.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The Fuji is awesome and I wouldn't mind using that as well😀

Good video! Thanks! It would be interesting to see a comparison of Lumix GM1 vs Ricoh GR3. It is very interesting how the technical characteristics of the photo, color, contrast, etc. differ.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure there is such a comparison, if you search.

I totally agree with what you said. But in that case, why not just take your phone. I had photos taken with iPhone 4S that look fantastic on Instagram and printed gorgeously on 8x10 paper.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

I prefer a dedicated camera, but of course a phone could work too.

Thanks Matti, I can appreciate the limitations of the GR3s as their benefits. What I found concerning is to read that, while they are pocketable, they aren't environmentally sealed. This sounds like a recipe for dust spots to me. :-) Plus to clean the sensor if needed, needs a camera disassembly. Did this happen to you or how likely do you think it is? If that's a real risk, it would be reason enough for me to go for an ILC camera with a single prime instead, which can be cleaned anytime in seconds. 🙂

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of talk about that, but I haven't yet seen dust spots in either of my Ricohs, the GR3 and GR3x. I can see why it's concerning, but at least I've able to enjoy GR photography without worries like dust.

Thanks heaps for this Matti and I am with you on the benefits of the GR. Additionally the weight and form factor make it a good choice in that muggy heat right?! . Love your interactions with Robin and his mates. You've really sparked my interest in going back to Malaysia btw. Thanks again.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Photobombed by Robin Wong 😁

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Robin can't help it😀

However did I manage all those years with an Agfa ISO-Pak Parator 126 film cartridge 42mm f/11 fixed lens and either 1/80 or 1/40

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Limitations are good, like I said in the video😀

The color is beautiful, did the GR straight out of camera? Thanks.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I shoot RAW, but my post processing is quite mild.

Great video Matti. May I ask which camera did you use to vlog in this video? Was it your Sony zv1? Thank you.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

I used the Gopro Hero8.

@cubax26

Жыл бұрын

@@mattisulanto matti, thank you for the reply. I appreciate it. Keep up the great work. I enjoy your videos.

Hi Matti, I am really enjoying your channel and am a regular visitor to Helsinki. Apologies if you have mentioned this elsewhere, but what camera and equipment are you using to record this footage? It is incredibly stable and the perfect wide angle for vlogging.

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. This video was filmed on the Gopro Hero 8.

@g1344304

Жыл бұрын

@@mattisulanto wow cool, is it just hand held or on a tripod/selfie stick? Even the turns and transitions to your friends are incredibly smooth. I would have assumed something on a gimbal

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

@@g1344304 I have a small ball head under the Gopro so I can attach it on the hot shoe if necessary. No sticks or such.

Hi Matt nice photo walk. Are the pictures from Ricoh GR ooc jpeg or convert from raw? Thanks

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I shoot RAW, but my post processing is quite mild.

but is the inverse true...do better photos equal less gear?

Still using the LUMIX LX100?

@mattisulanto

Жыл бұрын

Not any more, but I still think it's a very nice camera.