For anyone asking why I got an R7 and how I’m affording it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYap2ryaopyeiLA.html

Great video! I got my R7, and really love it! My old camera, a Canon 6D. I got very very exited about this gear! After 1 month of use, I'm still can't believe the change. I use it for street photography here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I make night street also, and the focus is amazing! Using hi ISO levels (6400- 8000) and getting so many details in night, I am really impressed. SO it's very exciting for me this new gear. I got the new RFS 18-150 mm, and it's working like a charm! Also I got a used EF-S 10-18 mm, and I love it how it performs with the R7! The RF 14-35 seems a beauty! but I can't afford it for now.

Don’t always worry about grabbing portfolio images for your videos. I personally just like seeing other photographers work on composition even when the light sucks or the subject isn’t overly exciting. The process and the adventure is what matters and if you make a portfolio image it’s just icing on the cake.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Agreed Craig! But that drive is hard to manage at times

I think a bit of the excitement comes from what you have and what you're going towards as far as the new camera./lens I shoot with an APS-C camera where the manufacture is no longer in the camera market(Samsung) . I shoot a lot of nightscape images and the cropped sensor really does make things much more difficult than a full frame sensor would be, so I do research the cameras and will be pretty excited to move to a new camera.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I recognize I'm in a very privileged position when it comes to gear, which then makes changes more like sidegrades than upgrades

I can fully relate to the getting a product in then basically sitting on it because its not like that old birthday party feeling from when your a child feeling at some point. I actually feel almost bad about it sometimes but it's part of progression.

@AlexArmitage

9 ай бұрын

it's a weird guilt for sure

Hmm very cool perspective 😮

Thanks, Alex for that comment you made, about 4:30 into the video about the role of gear in your photography...it was refreshing. I was beginning to think I was the only one that thought like that! I have the impression that 90% of the people that claim they are photographers, are really buying the gear as "toys" or as items to add to their "curated" collection of camera gear. As much as I appreciate my gear, if there was some other sort of device to capture and create great images, that could be enlarged to exhibition size, I would sell my gear and use that instead, because for me, it is the creation of good images that drives me. If I had the world's greatest collection of photo gear, but I had no good images from that gear, I would consider myself a complete failure in photography! I get frustrated talking with other "photographers" that all they want to talk about is gear, gear, gear...so boring. Yet these gear-centric "photographers" are keeping Nikon, Sony, and Canon alive, since they buy anything and everything from these gear makers, and keeps their doors open. (Sorry for the diatribe, but your comments in the video touched on a sore point with me!)

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! Any video where I talk about gear feels like a necessary evil for me but it clearly gets clicks.

@infrequentgamer_greg

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when I started in photography, I used to love when photographers shared "what's in my bag". However, I stopped reading and watching those because, they don't have to tell what's in their bag...I already KNOW what's in their bag, because everyone including me uses the same camera bodies, same lenses, same filters...the result, I learn NOTHING. But as you say "gear = clicks" because gear is the "currency" in the world of photography. I wonder if in the world of fine arts painting, do painters obsess over their red sable paint brushes like photographers obsess over their camera gear?🤔

I follow your videos, and I mostly enjoy them as an adventure. One thing I missed was why did you buy the new camera and the new lens?

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYap2ryaopyeiLA.html :) tldr - replacing my xt4

Interested to know which body you think the 14-35 looks better on r5 or r7? I’m thinking of pairing the r7 with my r6, and have the 14-35. does only using the centre on the r7 and more pixels make a better image. as I’m using the 14-35 more at 18mm upward. Think it could be a great lens for the r7.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

I don't really pixel peep that much so I don't know. Im sure it looks great on both cameras

Good morning Alex 🌈. Silly question... Were you standing in the same spot when you took the 35mm and 14mm photos?

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Yes mam! Same exact spot between those two, taken right after each other.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

I MIGHT have moved (swayed) ever so slightly to align the sun behind the hill, but that would be a micromovement.

@lindaspenard3298

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering because of the difference between them. One looks like you are closer. I guess that's what the difference in the mm does. Now you know how really dumb I am about the technical aspects of photography 😂

time to time you need to shoot for YOU and your soul!! that is why I shoot on film :) with a fed 5c camera :D here is a challenge, get a film camera 100% mechanical and shoot a film :P black and white

How does it do for photography? I subscribe to marry the lens date the camera and I’m moving to the the new R system so the R7 seems to meet my budget needs

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

It's great so far but I haven't done any real testing.

Morning Alex, GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) - “In 1996, Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker coined the term ‘guitar acquisition syndrome’ to describe the guitarist’s compulsive and unrelenting urge to buy and own instruments. As this tendency applies to other musicians as well the term soon became what now is called G.A.S. - Gear Acquisition Syndrome.” From the internet where all things ring true 😁 In 2010 I acquired my first real camera and lenses; Nikon D700, 16-35, 24-70, 70-200. Twelve years later I developed acute GAS; Nikon D850, 200-500, 8-15. However I think the cure is within sight due to observation of the bank account balance. Enjoy your new equipment

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

What is this... "Bank account balance" you speak of?

Do you use straps or a clip? What's your carrying solution?

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

I usually don't because they are mostly always in a backpack.

Hi Alex, I always like to whatch your video's and I understand the purchase of a 14-35 mil lens. But why try it out or even buy an R7 crop sensor camera if you have the R5 there. There's where you really get to enjoy 14 mil, not on the R7 where it actually represents a 22 mil lens. In short: why buy an R7? Keep up the entertaining video's friend.

@TimvanderLeeuw

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what was the widest angle lens he used for filming on the Fuji X-T4? I guess that would determine if it is a good match on the R7 replacing the X-T4, for his use!

@greyspaniard

Жыл бұрын

I think the good Fuji kit lens starts at 18mm, so this a little wider than that on the R7

@TimvanderLeeuw

Жыл бұрын

@@greyspaniard Yes Fuji has a 18-55mm kit lens which comes with many camera kits; also the 16-80mm comes with many kits. I just don't know what lens Alex uses. The 10-24mm also seems quite popular for video vloggers that use Fuji!

@greyspaniard

Жыл бұрын

@@TimvanderLeeuw according to his gear page, his sole X mount lens is the 18-55 kit lens

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Theo. Tim and Celedonio are right. I'm replacing my XT4 with the R7, which is the camera I primarily film with but also use to take timelapses. And the widest lens I had for the fuji was the 18-55 kit lens as stated here as well :) Hope that answers that!

It looks like you get the “newest”, latest gear a lot. New phone, cameras, etc.. How do you afford all the new gear? Does Canon give you discounts? It seems you just did a video about struggling with depletion of your savings etc. to keep traveling.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

I think I'll be doing an episode on this, but no - I wish I got discounts! The phone is basically free through my carrier, and the two pieces of kit I just got should be mostly subsidized through selling my old stuff. Hope that answers your question!

@katzsteel

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexArmitage Nice! Yeah, I’ve been shooting with an a6000 for a long while now. Would like to take the plunge into full frame, but not sure if it will improve my images that much. I use a Sony 10-18 mm for a lot of landscapes, but still does not seem that sharp. Probably need to suck it up and use a tripod more. I don’t want to chase the latest gear, so I buy a lot of used stuff when I can. I’m thinking a Sony A7r III when I find a used bargain.

@annnash4527

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s fair to ask him that, because this is what he does for a living. Would you ask a businessman why he bought a nice suit, or a restaurant owner why he buys the best ingredients?

@KevinMullett

Жыл бұрын

@@katzsteel I have an a6000, A7iii, and just got a a7r iii early this year and can say there are benefits, but they are "mostly" related to: low light (milky way, aurora, event, sports), auto focus speed, boot up speed, battery life, post process crop'ability/printability, etc. For normal, ample light, landscape photography other things may help you advance more/bring your more joy. Depends, I don't know how you shoot. I did recently use my a6000 as a third camera at a low light event, simply to avoid changing lenses, and was pretty surprised how well it held up. My 2 cents.

@katzsteel

Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMullett Yeah, I like the size of my Sony a6000 and shoot mainly landscapes. I never seem to get the really sharp images with it even though I’m using the 10-18 mm Sony. I’m def leaning towards full frame.

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I don't understand why everyone who use this f4 lens NEVER use f4...and everyone on f2.8 always use f2.8...

Wobbles issues still

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

Too much rambling!

@AlexArmitage

2 ай бұрын

Don't disagree :P

Should of just stuck with the Fuji and improved yourself.

@AlexArmitage

Жыл бұрын

Improved... my ability to focus on my eye?!