Gonna be honest with you.. The Smallrig grip completely changed this camera for me.. Let me not say changed.. I should say, upped the ante / level of the camera for me. The grip is amazing. Just added to the feel and holding and moving the camera around for me. I also shoot w/ the 50mm 1.8 on there, and been getting great results with it. Still on the fence if I'm gonna get the Sigma 45mm 2.8, we'll see. Lumix app has been a WORKFLOW changer for me, I haven't tweaked anything in post. Love using the app, and man...give it time. Think about how long Fuji has had, for people to come up with simulations.. The S9 been out a month, imagine how DIALED and how many options Lumix will have for LUTS a year from now, 5 years from now. Aside from that, there's a TON of other places and LUTS you can get from other places, and put in there. Every major camera company will copy Lumix Lab. Nice video tho man, and nice photos. SUBSCRIBED !
One more thing... I know we spoke before, and in a video you said one thing, then did another.. Or did one thing, and said another.. And your response was "I dont know what I want." lol. And that's cool.. it's natural. But one thing I think you gotta do man.. is get out of your own way lol. I hear you sound on the fence about the camera, but at the same time I'm looking at GREAT photos that you did coming out of it, no grip, no strap, pancake lens, whatever lens lol. Then I hear you say, "if ur a tiktoker... " Man, dont get caught up in the fake marketing ploys.. That camera can be used for a lot. From tiktok to paid gigs to a wedding, to portraits, to branded content, to a short film, whatever.. The sky is the limit.. It is what you make it. There's ways around everything. Just go shoot !
Dude there are literally millions of LUTs available to download and install in the S9. Including film and Cinema LUTs. Way more than those 18 Fujifilm film sims that do not work on every platform. Even LR, camera raw, Lumix, and DXO PL have LUTs. Excellent travel . LUTs are way more editable and useable across platforms than the handfull of Fuji sims. And there are like millions. A better workflow in my opinion. I've shot Fujifilm for decades. And they still only have 18 film sims tops. Got to be pretty boring after awhile.
Yeah but are any of them actually any good? Most videos that say “Cinematic”look like garbage. Do you have a good Ricoh Positive film lut? I’ve got a video I filmed coming soon about that. Looking through the app and the internet for luts.
I literally moved all my RNI all films favorite profiles to the camera. I have my favorite Fuji, Agfa and other LUTs in my camera plus some of the creator ones. Absolutely killer.
I have the Sony ZV-E1 and do miss the EVF or Rangefinder that You can get with the A7CII type of sony Cameras. S9 kind of reminds me of the Leca M Camerars basically for Photo Shooting and added which only one Leica M acn do is video recording. They did add some features that the younger generations love like you have mentioned in this video.
Now the S9 in a cool enviroment and not recording but used as a B Camera in your studio has no time limit. Geeky, Nerdy, Techy Guy Shane proved this on his last Live stream from Australia.
I believe Sigma has a Hot Shoe attachable Viewfinder. Expensive but I do not know but I believe this is the only option for this camera. Unless you upgrade to the S5II or S5IIX and both of them have fans built into the body which is quiet. Of course this solution is $1000 more. But no recording limitations either. Cheers!
It's soo sexy. I want it but the lens selection is nowhere close to Sony. I can save 1k buying this compared to the zve1, but those savings disappear as soon as I want lenses. #fail
