The TRUTH about the LUMIX S9, Camera Reviewers & Japan... 

Thanks mate!

The S5ii for sure is under price (even though I am not complaining about that) it makes people compare the S9 way to much to the S5ii but they serve different purposes. I hated taking my S5ii on 12 mile hikes, and I did it with ease the other day on the S9. Sure there is limitations with this camera, but the price will eventually drop and be more "reasonable" in terms on price for most people especially in the used market

@@MatthewDangyou i think someone needs to compare this to the Fujifilm XE4… that’s the real competition. It was released years ago at $800.. if they released it these days it would Prbly be around $999-$1199. And the S9 is wayyyy more powerful with all its features.

HAHAH Yeah for sure some interesting choices but the camera (for me) is perfect for travel and vlogging

Yes definitely but they are charging pro prices and lacking basic features competitors at the price point have

For sure! Thanks I appreciate the kind words!

I already have an S5iiX myself but would love this camera as a walkaround with like a 50 mm pancake lens if they ever make one. Not that anyone would, but you could literally rig the S9 out and use an external monitor for unlimited recording. All these critics swear they are professionals, so they should already have an Atomos ninja. I never use the headphones jack personally because I use a zoom mic and monitor the audio externally and sync in post which is what a lot of professionals do anyway. The only real downside in my opinion is not having a mechanical shutter for flash photography outside, but I learned how to use continuous light in my photography classes before I ever learned how to use flash plus I tether when in studio sessions anyways.

@@quentin6233 I’m sure many lumix full frame users will get one eventually but I think it’s first and foremost for new type of users

True, hopefully they will give us some feature to control the temperature controls and that allows for longer record limits! I am excited for the 18-40mm lens though! I tried to make a VLOG while in Japan on the 24-70mm Lumix Lens....bad idea 😂

They did actually but some of the "TikTokers" don't make reviews on cameras 😂Ethan Barber on Instagram came to the event and loves the camera

Thanks!

😂I love you Dustin, but you forgot to like it yourself too

​@@MatthewDangyounah I don't like my own comments. That'd be too biased

for sure! The used market is also what everyone is comparing this camera to the S5ii. Once the Used or discounted market for the S9 starts this camera will make more sense for people for the price point then!

True. Bnew to bnew, its fairly priced.

I do! I don't have that lens sadly!

Gonna create and entire video around this idea hopefully should be out this Friday but I think I have an idea on how they could do it Short answer! Yes it should be easily possible

He also threatens to not be as biased in the future IF companies don't play with him. He was pitiful.

Problem with Gerald is he rarely go outside his studio. Many reviewers like Gordon Laing or Richard Wong get cameras in the field, test it on real situation, especially Richard Wong who litteraly run a marathons to show AF speed or IBIS performance comparing them with different cameras with other brands. Gerald technical knowledge is incredibly, but hows that compare to real world and scenarios , when most of us will find more helpful than reading specs sheets? I find the same trend, but not on that scale with Black Magic Pyxis. Many users begs for box style camera with specs of BMCC6K they get and still rant about it. When i first buy a Canon 1000d for photography i just do it for fun, i didnt know there is other types of camera like full frame, but i really dont care, i had fun just making pictures with it. I try to improve my skills, and found internet forum, but what really was there - boomers who only talk and rant about specs, and i don't think they ever was passionate about create. Now i get deja vu because there is only talk about downsides, specs not even a single thought like what a fantastic things i can do we that. I dont talk about S9 or lumix in general, but every camera today is great, but people always want more and more, and think that gear do job for them. I know try to stay away from camera comunities because it hard to find anything inspirtational from it.

​@@adidabax6809He's naive and has no concept of how marketing g works that's why. When I played college football we were a Nike. We basically advertised their gear every on GameDay and basically every day we walked across campus with our Nike gear on.

For sure!

HAHAH didn't know that was from Tom Holland! Thanks Mate

@@MatthewDangyou oh really? That’s funny. Where did you get the quote from? Maybe he copied someone else

@@philrodfilms Maybe I just heard him say it and subconsciously thought I never heard it before 😂 but hey I don't mind, Tom seems cool

@@MatthewDangyou it’s a fantastic quote!

Nah! I actually didn't like the camera at first even though I had fun at Japan, but the more I did use it and start to understand the use cases is when I started liking it. Now this is for sure the only camera I would take on vacations

They really don’t get offended about feedback though soooo👀

@@MatthewDangyoujust answer one question, if you are a creator and if Lumix asks you the title of video before posting and cut out content what they don’t like then are you even true to subscribers? No trip or no money can be bigger than your integrity.

They have never asked to review my videos, ask for me to title my videos, or change anything in that matters. Now I have done paid work with them for their channels and had to make revisions to videos. BUT that is what you do in the professional world. Imagine I made a video for a client and they asked me to change something. If I said no I would never work with that client again. So yeah if Lumix was a paid sponsor on my channel there is a fine like to how you should or shouldn’t title a video because they are PAYING you to make this video at the end of the day it was your decision to take the money to make a client video that lives on your channel. At the end of the day there is hundreds of different people working at Lumix. So it could have easily been someone higher up seeing Gerald saying a negative thing and they have higher say then say the marketing team. The marketing team or whomever was probably try to advocate to have Gerald come but they probably needed some help from him because of someone else having a problem🤷🏼‍♂️ simple as that. Not them trying them to make hype pieces, but he was in a 1 of 1 unique situation that creates lot of his fans to attack smaller channels and “discredit” us based on one video of a camera that we actually like. Kinda seems wrong for what has happened unintentionally, but even in this video I said I agreed with points he has said too, people just need to be grown ups and not tear down other people for no good reason.

⁠@@MatthewDangyou In my opinion it’s up to viewers to decide who’s working “with” or working “for” Lumix.

For sure! And that is the perspective of a ton of other creators too! I wasn't sold on this camera when I first received it, but the more and more I use it the more I grow to really enjoy using it

Fair, content creator camera excluding YTbers with the record limit, my most recent video asking other creators though was filmed entirely on the S9 though, I am currently filming BROLL for an entire other video with the S9. For vlogging, most times I would never personally record over 15 minutes, but totally agree that this camera should have at least the ability to change the record limit to allow the camera to over heat which I will talk about in another video.

@@MatthewDangyou Thanks for the reply, I think someone like yourself that's been at this for a wile has the experience to get the footage one would need in a short amount of time , but for someone like myself getting ready to shoot my first video for my channel I would need much more record time as a beginner , the footage I have ready to go now took over 30min. Also if I could ever get my hands on a s9 I have a Mod that would remove the recording limit on that camera . I am surprised Lumix did not try figure this out first but they were probably in rush to market situation at the time.

@@krugerdesign For sure! Early days definetly took much much longer filming talking heads. But hoping I have an idea that could be theoretically added in a firmware update that could help this camera. Good luck on your first video as well!

If you watch 99% of Tik Tok, IG or Reel, most video last less than 1-2 minutes.

@@kentmemories Thats true, yet those platforms are mostly for people using just a phone to create

for sure! well good news I have a bunch of videos in the queue still on this camera including the entire menu system, my favorite feature, and some more content too!

I would be curious if everyone had the same opinion if the S5ii was priced at $2500 and the X $2700. But for sure I feel like the price of this camera is high, which I do mention, but the people who will want to use this camera aren’t gonna care about those things. My first camera form lumix didn’t have all those things either but once the used and discount market roles around is when I see more people buying this camera

@@MatthewDangyou actually i think if the price for s5ii/x was 2300/2500 that was justified due to high amount of features. my own complaint is that this cam looks exactly like a photo centric camera and has nothing of it in its body. maybe lumix had to use the same s5 body but with no evf and m.shutter. like the zve1. idk… i’m ready to spent a lot more than 1500, i wanted this camera so badly

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I don't have a problem with him😂 but "With Great Power, comes great responsibility" too, and I mentioned that I agreed with his points in part of this video, but it did come with a lot of unneeded backlash to a ton of smaller channels to people trying to make honest reviews 🤷🏼‍♂

Wait for the used market or when Black Friday rolls around that is when I see people picking up this camera IMO

@@MatthewDangyou def going to wait!

They did invite tiktokers you know why you haven’t seen reviews done by them? Because they are tiktokers😂 brother just not seeing the full picture nor have you probably even watched this full video either so🤷🏼‍♂️

@@MatthewDangyou oh i watched the full video. This dismissive and entitled attitude is not really making you seem like a very nice person. Why so defensive ? Lumix marketing messed up and all the usual lumix "enthusiasts" fell into the trap. you are en extension of the lumix marketing department and now more people see this subversive tactic they will treat you as such. Yes i have lumix cameras, yes ive had them ever since the fz 50 in 2007 , yes i want lumix to do well, but this whole launch makes me want to avoid lumix if this is the sort of mass gaslighting we are going to get, something you would expect from an abusive relationship. You can call the s9 fun, all you want but until it hits the 500-800 price point its a turkey. The everyday carry for the target audience is their iphone or samsung - the s9 aint gonna change that nor will it compete with the fjui x100vi as realtime luts are a gimmick. Truth be told, this camera is for hipsters who wear fedoras, wear scarves and ride vintage bicycles and enjoy vegan lifestyle and starbucks. Its a camera with an identity and ability crisis

Sure, but also as a musician for past 13+ years not every guitar is created to the same quality, and you can get more complex stuff for your guitar with boards and pedals. But there is still “beginner guitars” even though they all are still a guitar. So people need intro cameras to grow out of one day, but I still mentioned that I think the price is a little high for this camera nonetheless

@@MatthewDangyou fair. But you still need to learn the craft if it’s a Squier or a Custom Shop Les Paul. I personally went back to my LUMIX LX100 to fine tune the craft the hard way :) Thnx for your thoughts.

Actually (at least for myself the beginning of the video says this video includes a paid sponsored/even though technically I lost money going to Japan and didn’t make money though) it was a week trip for me who runs my own business. So yeah free trip, long term loaner camera, free stay and all but a weeks worth of “actual work” was lost👍🏻

My entire channel is dedicated to making content about Lumix cameras and how to use them. So sure, but there are other channels for Sony users, black magic, canon, etc. So when the next Sony camera gets released, are these the same type of comments those creators receive who review the camera? If not then the viewers who are commenting nonsense (without reviewing or watching people's full videos) are just sheep following a wolf

@@MatthewDangyou yea that’s fine. I watch the videos knowing you guys make a living advertising.

@@jaymills1720 That is a good perspective to have too! (granted I don't make a living off RU-vid and my actual job is running a video production company)

And that is why they have those cameras too! Different cameras for different purposes :)