Honestly, I don't quite get all the hype around the ZS200 in spite of your video clearly showing how blurry many of its videos are compared with the FZ1000. And I have seen low light videos taken with the ZS200 elsewhere - they are a mess. I have been thinking of this 15x zoom camera for indoor and / or low-light concert videos because most concert venues ban professional / interchangeable lens / large cameras which rules out my FZ1000 but the gulf between them, especially at longer focal lengths, seems to be like day and night. There is also significant unit-to-unit quality variation - but the upside to that may be that you could pick up a good copy.
I think we will be staying and you know there is nothing you can do to change that just have a look at the latest census population data. There will be no reverting Canada and you know it. So go on scream and holler and continue to act like you or your culture were "victims". It was history the weak perished and the strong conquered that is how the world works.
This was a really well done comparison. Would be interesting to see a comparison of the zs80 and zs100/zs200 as well, but this comparison can already be used to learn the major differences between those models. However the ZS80's 720mm equiv. may not have any advantage compared to cropping on the ZS200's 360mm (even for moon shots), as the focal length difference is less.
Thank you for the arrangement! I heard this tune on Pandora, immediately knew I had to learn it. I've been playing along with the Whistlebinkies Video using a Blair digital chanter, would be neat to do with the harmonies now.
easy to do. edit the footage you want to keep in the Insta360 studio app (mine was on a Mac). Export it from the app as a 360 view output. I then edited it further in Final Cut (create a new project with 360 as its format size) boosting the shadows a touch and adding the titles. make sure the project in Final Cut is equirectangular in the output settings, not 4K or 1080p. Then output the finished video. Upload to RU-vid and it recognizes it as a 360 video and formats it appropriately. Magic! You will lose the back and forth zoom in out but keep the lateral and vertical sweep. It’s fantastic. thanks for the comment.
I have both cameras. The FZ1000 is just a better camera overall. The pictures and videos are much better in almost all conditions. The only area where the FZ80 wins is larger zoom.
Good memories from that exact beach that I shared with an old friend that passed away years ago. Seeing the bagpipes played there is oddly fitting and completely unexpected when I clicked on the video. Thank you for sharing this! 🥲
of course it goes without saying that since you are hot lapping you don't apply your parking brakes unless you want the brakes to fuse onto your rotors
I've tried for years to turn pipers onto the Maclaren Synthetic reed. I've even gone so far to give pipers his reeds, I've collected quite a few over the years. Most of them I've gotten from pipers that just don't know how to set them up. Most of them are from #15(medium easy) to #20(bordering on hard) and if a piper hears mine they get interested, but are reluctant to pay $50 for 1 reed, but when I tell them that the one I'm playing is 15 years old. When I stressed that in 15 years I've saved thousands from not having to buy cane reeds. Then I tell them that I also put a great stock in my Carbony Celtic Winds carbon fiber Bb chanter, they look kinda shocked, especially when they hear it. I contacted Rob Gandara, owner of Carbony and asked if he could make me a carbon Fibre chanter in Bb, told me he'd try. The reed plus chanter plays a constant Bb on my Korge tuner, forever, it gives me a better tone than my expensive ABW Henderson chanter. The chanter at the time cost me $500 because it took Rob new development to make it, now they run $360, about the price of a quality blackwood chanter. The carbon Fibre chanter is unaffected by temperature, humidity and Rob gives a lifetime warranty on it and it doesn't leave his shop unless it plays perfectly. Like I said, I stake my reputation on both. I really liked your video. Now you need to make one comparing plastic and carbon Fibre drone reeds, that would be interesting. I use the carbon Fibre Ross Omega drone reeds. They are extremely complex and hard to set up, unless you've been playing pipes for 30 years plus, I'm 55 years into Piping. If you decide to do drone reeds, I could set up some Omegas and send them to you, but I'd need them back, eventually, but the only problem with the Omegas is they quit making them because only expert pipers were patient enough to fool with them. We'll talk again soon, again, really liked the video, but don't worry about the squeaks and squawking of the reeds, it would have taken to much time to really set them up. I'm of Scottish/German ancestry, first one born in the U.S., so I like to tinker and expect perfection in mostly everything I set my mind to. Good luck in Piping.
I'm a professional piper in Las Vegas and I've played the same Maclaren Synthetic chanter reed in a Carbony Celtic Winds carbon fiber Bb chanter for 15 years, never given me any trouble. Plays exactly like a cane reed. It plays a consistent Bb all day. I also play Ross Omega carbon Fibre(original) drone reeds. I tuned and balanced my reeds perfectly and the Carbony chanter has never required any tape in it. I play 120 year old Hendersons in Ebony. I've played for 3 presidents, 15,000 people in an arena at Caesars Palace that was satellite transmitted to 163 countries. I trust the Maclaren, Omega and Carbony with my carrier. Incidentally, the Omega drone reeds are very complicated and hard to setup, but once they are, they stay that way permanently. I haven't returned chanter or drone reeds for 15 years. Saved a hellofalot of cash on reeds. I figured about $2,000 to $3,000 grand. Just can't beat that. BTW, I. Tuned my drones about 4 months ago and they're still in tune. Of course the 5 percent humidity help here.
thanks for the thoughtful reply. Your deep experience with synthetic reeds, Maclaren specifically, goes well beyond my review! the piping world is steeped (or another description, held back) in tradition that can substitute improvement with nostalgia. I was at a smallpipes workshop where i had replaced my cane chanter reed and Mccallum blackwood chanter with a Walsh polypenco chanter and plastic reed. Brighter sound, easier holes to feel with the fingers, and forgiving to pressure changes. As the workshop instructor (a VERY well known piper who shall remain nameless) walked around tweaking everyone’s reeds his eyes bugged out and he looked like he had picked up a hot cat turd and claimed there was nothing he could do to help! No curiousity or question about sound, just that “if it’s nae cane it’s craaaaaap!”. I still dont use a synthetic in my band chanter as it’s too hard to sync with all the others who have cane, but it would be interesting if we all went synthetic. The band would likely play and sound better, especially in winter parades. cheers!
@@kmcg101 looping is the default setting. You can pick random videos, or your favourites. The videos are roughly grouped into themes like underwater, UNESCO sites, etc. There are a lot more being offered now, including unpaid amateurs who submit their own and are accepted. Most of the ones I watch now are my own videos and photo collages that I’ve edited in Final Cut pro to fit a 1080 x 1920 format, and I can select which one I want to watch. Sometimes trips i’ve done, sometimes scenery. sometimes sports or hobbies. You aren’t limited to scenery if you do your own, no one else can see them.
@@NorthOlbo Thanks for the explanation. For a year I've been trying to make a fake view effect on my kitchen wall. I want to do at least 3 portrait displays on the wall exactly like Atmoph does it. But if I'm just looping a 10 minute video, it would take away from the illusion. Currently I have a single 55" 4k Frame TV on my wall and I play 10 hour youtube videos of beaches, waves, or lakes. It's beautiful but splitting it into 3 smaller portrait displays is a more impressive effect. I thought Atmoph would be a more polished experience instead of a Matrox quad box and 3 displays. But the looping videos would break the illusion for me.
Well, that was a useful comparison. Who would have thought it would still be useful today... The FZ1000 has been followed up by the mkII already 5 years ago but still has the same sensor and lens. Did decide to get that one for an upcoming safari trip. I was a little bit worried about the 400 mm being a bit too short compared to a 600+mm eq., but seeing how much you can still crop my worries are gone. On a previous trip I used an 8MP Olympus DSLR from 2005 with 70-300mm lens and got some good results. Between the brighter lens, extra resolution and newer sensor, I'm pretty sure it will work out very well A Sony RX10 III or IV might give better results at the long end, but it's also a lot more expensive.
Nice to know people still find these ancient videos useful! Unless you are really tight on space, on a trip like a safari I would totally go with the larger sensor camera. You will be at full zoom and still cropping in, or in evening with low light, both need that big sensor. Thanks for the comment
Thanks so much for this. I purchased a set of bellows border pipes and got so frustrated. Been a blown pipe player for years. I’m going to start over by moving the bellows up like you and taking it slow.
Good luck with it, it’s a brand new instrument really, you just know the chanter fingering already! But you become part of the whole other world of bellows pipes which are a fun journey. Start slow and make sure your bellows are high and the tube connecting the pipes is across your chest and not too short or too long. Thanks!
You could hang the heat lamp directly to the bottom of the feeder (drill some holes in the aluminum reflector, use some s hooks to hang it on feeder) and won't need the flower pot. You also will only need about a 25 watt incandescent bulb, not a 40 or 60 watt, just warm enough to keep nectar from freezing is all you need. It works perfect and is simple and light weight.
The Chinese brother has released a dummy battery that can be installed in the camera itself. And connect a power bank to the dummy battery. That's what I did. Now my battery is 22000 мА.
🎉 For those, who wanna give up the Superzooms, like the P1000, for Moon and planetary photography; 1. For the Moon a "mid range refractor" + a mount would cost a lot more than the P1000, 2. For Moon and planetary photography we need FOCAL LENGHT! Now, a "mid range refractor" with its 4-600mm is not enough, we need Barlows - or a much cheaper solution is the planet killer Maksutovs with 1,5-2m FL. 3. You can't carry those on your shoulder, right? 😂 So, I ❤ Nikon P1000.
Good question, it’s been awhile since the launch of this product. You’ll need to go to the Atmoph website for details on future plans, pricing, products. But essentially they have dropped some things (camera module to follow viewers perspective) added features (more widgets like weather, link to Google calender) put a big emphasis on multi screen displays from 3 to wall sized. But the biggest improvement is the ability to display your own videos (or linked series of photos together to make a video) which requires a monthly subscription (currently $11 CDN) . This also gives you access to their huge inventory of videos all tagged with way more displayable info and searchable, or the introduction of amateur videos (you can submit your own for non-payment consideration). I probably use my own videos half the time, and world wide ones the rest. It’s a fun task to change the display each morning and watch a fresh video amongst my usual favourites. Would I buy this again? I’m a photographer, so yes. In the right spot it really kicks up a wall display. But it’s not cheap and the monthly subscription adds on to the heap of other annoying monthly subscriptions I have. Check out the Atmoph website, thanks for commenting Candace.
I can remember as it was yesterday. 2003, Markelo Holland, may 4th. Small church. Remembering World War II. Canadian pipers game marching in, playing. I will never forget that day. Thank you Canadian people, who liberated Holland.
I strongly advise against synthetic chanter reeds for GHBs. I've had a bad experience with them, having played them for a year. They squeek like crazy, 1/3 of your birls and tarluaths will fail. Plus, they can't be adjusted if they're too hard as you can't shave plastic like you do cane.
I agree...at the present time. But drone cane reeds have been replaced for the "average" piper with plastic...great minds are working on it for chanters
Super helpful video. Much appreciated. I am looking at a my first venture into electric cars and feel more comfortable starting with a PHEV car. I was leaning towards the Q5. I live in QC and unlike your extraordinary island, we have a tone of snow over here with very long winters. The Quattro system is just awesome on winter conditions. After your video and a few comments below I am getting cold feet on the Audi. With your Canadian experience on the Audi, the various frustrations with the charger and some recalls, your mention that you will go for another car next, is the Q5 still a good PHEV?
Thanks for your comments! As you know our climate on the island here is mild and perfect for an EV, not a lot of range loss due to cold. I would never buy a full EV in Canada, our winters are just too cold and our charging network under developed. However, I would totally buy a PHEV again, never a full gas vehicle. Even though the 2020 Q5 battery is only 14 kwh it gets me 45km in the summer and 30 in the winter (in QC you probably are more like 20-25 in the winter). But that gets me everywhere 90% of the time, and then the gas engine kicks in. And I dont mind the gas engine either because it burns through the tank, probably not a good idea to leave old gas in the tank for months. On the island here gas is $2.10 litre, so having “free” power (I also have solar panels on my roof) for most of my driving makes me happy! As far as buying an Audi…I have had four and I would avoid anything older than 7 years, too expensive to fix. The Q5 is fantastic to drive, solid, quiet, Quattro etc, but some of my driving is in the country and getting a flat in a PHEV is hell. The Audi (and I think all Euro PHEVs and many others) only have a crappy little compressor kit and a cartridge of goop to squeeze into the flat, and cross your fingers it works. Not even a jack or the mini spare anymore. I had a flat and the goop wouldn’t work, and roadside Audi help was of no use in the country. That experience was so bad I bought a tire/jack combo in a bag from a US company called ModernSpare for about $850 that I bring when out of the city on unpaved roads. Have a look at other PHEVs from Toyota, or even Jeep and check out their battery size (20 Kwh is the sweet spot I think) and whether they have a spare tire, and then watch RU-vid reviews. Audi still doesn’t treat their PHEV line in Canada with much respect, very limited choices in colour and model etc, but now that I have the Audi charger and spare figured out I may go for the 2024/25 model. I hear it has a 19 kwh battery which is great. Good luck on your search and thanks for the thoughtful comments!
Thank you for taking the time to respond and for the exhaustive reply. It’s so helpful and truly appreciated. My wife is from Langford so we found ourselves in your beautiful island every so often, you are lucky to live there. I will follow your great advise and suggestion. Thank you again!!
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