I mean you are more a videographer than photographer. Of coz u r more use to video instead of flash. No offence but your photo works with video light looks unprofessional. Maybe its skill issues
The one thing I absolutely HATE about the 6k FF is not having desqueeze preview options. With BRAW and a 3:2 sized sensor.. why? Of course I'll be using an external monitor but why not have a second screen for different preview options like focus, exposure, frame guides, etc. This thing would be great for anamorphics
Honestly I don't think we ever would have used a strobe flash if we could have helped it. Flash bulbs made sense when the only way to get light bright enough for film was extremely powerful bulbs or potentially literally single use fireworks. Living in the far flung future of the 21st century we don't need to worry about overheating our models with bright lights thanks to LEDs. And digital sensors are so much more sensitive than film we don't need to worry as much about a burst of light. These days the only times I can see the flash being useful is when you want to freeze motion but don't have a camera that can act faster enough, such as the industrial process of taking photographs of biscuits going down a conveyor belt and identifying ones that need to be removed.
Flash has a lot more power in it than continuous lighting at a fraction of the weight and size. The sharpness of a photo taken with flash is much more costly and difficult with continuous.
Great photos Brandon, definitely hear you on enjoying seeing what the result is when taking the photo. One of the things not discussed about the flash side of things in your video is that you get so much more power in your light in a smaller weight package. A sub $200 flash gun can generate as much light as a $1200 video light more than 4 times the size.
This is why I prefer flash for photo. I don't want to have to carry around heavy video lights if I don't have to and I can still balance or overpower the sun in a much more compact and affordable light.
Thanks Brandon. Did you also use the LLL 50mm on the BMCC6K for video? The smudgey bokeh looks really dreamy and interesting in the portrait of your grandfather...like it would work well for video, too. Thanks again!
Great vid and fantastic to see how someone who shaped the look of LTT applies a similar rigor to photographing grandparents. However, sponsor integration aside :), the size, cost, weight and power required for continuous lighting makes it unwieldy and impractical in many situations, esp when you do need/want to overpower ambient lighting. Freezing fast action is also something flash can do far more efficiently/effectively.
The one big problem is that film lights are much more expensive 🫰. I would love to use them but a flash inc softbox is 150 euro while a good film light with good power costs twice that.
I think you never had a flash of quality, tbh. At least that's what it sounds like. Varying output is not what a proper flash should do unless you use TTL. And dialing in exposure as precisely as possible is what flash excells at. At least I never needed it more precise as 1/10 or even 1/3 stops.
Of course you know what flash is going to do, because you know the inverse-square law, and you have and use a light meter. Also, you just can’t abide by high ISOs and the smartphone look.
Ok I'll admit this is a "me problem" but man seeing that drawer open up with all those lens sitting there straight up with not a lens cover in sight gave me the willys.
I personally will never use flash. used to when I started, but that was kind of needed for film.. but as I got older. I stop using a flash completely.. rare;y will I use a light boxes. I like looking photos that my eye saw..
I used to be anti flasher but recently began using more and more. I just find the unnatural lighting look fascinating for some reason, especially with the smartphones catching up to mirrorless natural light photography.
great video! i also love the fact that you took the time and interviewed your grandparents. this holds so much value for you and your family that can't be measured in money. i can't tell people enough how important having these experiences is.
I think we all feel that way, but the power of flashes and the resulting sharpness of the photos is unmatched by any continuous light source (under $1k)
I get the point of cine cams... but i must be honest with you... an A7IV will beat the shit out of that camera, i have used them both side by side and to be honest i dont get the BMPCC at all, no AF, bad low light, tons of rigging needed to work long shoots... while my A7IV needs a just a powerbank and an usb c to be able to work for hours... I get that B raw is mental high quality, but on the other side Slog 3 is also quite able and many more things that are just making life far more easier on set and far more faster... dont get me wrong BMPCC is an awesome camera but there is a a lot of BUT-s about it...
This is a nice little short, but personally I don't think just toggling "includes paid promotion" on RU-vid is sufficient if this is actually sponsored by Amaran. It should be super clear that it's sponsored in the video itself since it's so easy to overlook that little badge in the mobile UI. A simple "sponsored by X" lower third like LTT's works well, and ideally it should be said audibly even if it's towards the end.
I pre-ordered it for my 60th birthday in February 2024 and picked it up on my birthday. I loved the lighter X100F, but the VI improves on all fronts. As with the video, my only complaint is that sometimes the autofocus is wrong. Ultimately, it makes me look and compose with the simulation I'm using in mind, which is great fun, capturing the 'spirit of place' rather than just a moment in time. This, like my Lumix LX3s, is a keeper (both broken. Grr, great black-and-white images) along with the X100F.
Totally agree on what you said about the accessability: Apple should make filming in ProRes Log as easy as just applying another filter in your video app.
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