Just doing something, so if you have phone on-hand it works out. I have been
critical of cameras where they have small sensors and small aperture lenses.
Like those big bridge cameras. Super zooms, so I'm really just critical of
those because I try to understand or think about what a person expects from
spending a given amount of money. So if they're gonna go buy a dedicated camera
and they are probably expecting it to be better than their phone in a number of
ways. Now, it will be. Especially with the long zoom lens, but they might not be
thinking about other things that someone that has spent more time learning about
it might know. And might expect from a given camera. So when I'm critical of
those type of things, that's really where it's coming from. I do think they are
useful cameras in many ways. Some tasks require higher-end gear. If you're doing
things professionally, of course, you'll probably want to use high quality
equipment that you can expect a certain level of quality from. So your lenses,
larger aperture maybe. That way if you use a smaller aperture you'll probably get
higher quality from that lens. Or a larger sensor. Just things like that
where it does make a difference. You just have to know and learn what will work
best for the given situation, for what you're trying to do. Let's talk a little
bit about a phone as a camera. What does it give you? It gives you a small size
most likely. It gives you a touch interface. so with that ergonomics are
important in a camera, in my opinion. I think that's one of the most important
things. If you're looking for a camera, try to get your hands on it. Try to
use it... Ergonomics in, my opinion, are not good at
all with phones for photography. You have the touch interface, but it's difficult
to use. Especially in cold situations like this in the winter. The phone is just
gonna be really challenging to use. Your gloves might have the touch capability
to them like these. But still it's difficult. So that's a big drawback for
phones is that ergonomics. You look at the bridge cameras. They're
all-in-one. The drawbacks would be the small sensor size. Because if you want a
huge zoom lens on a bridge camera you're not gonna be mounting a large sensor in
there. Because it's just... the lens will be much larger as well. So those are the
drawbacks or something like that. I think one of the main skills to learn with all
of that is understanding what will work best for what you're trying to do. Ice is
super-crunchy loud... One of the things I do with my youtube channel is I try to
promote casual photography. If you'd like walking around. Take a camera out with
you, and get some photos in. Enjoy that along with it. Doesn't always have to be
focused on professional stuff. I don't see anything wrong with photography as a
hobby, as a profession, as anything... It's really up to you. The main thing is
finding out what interests you the most. Finding out what your goals are. And with
equipment, trying to find something that works best for what you are trying to do.
So if I see someone say: "What's the best came out of A or B???" You've got to give me
some context, because I can't answer it like that.
There might be some features that work better. Are implemented better in one
camera or another. But besides that generally anything out these days is
good enough for most use cases. When we're talking like a full camera,
decent size sensor... You can go and take, like I used the M50s at a wedding. I think
photos turned out okay. It isn't the best thing to use in that situation for sure.
Because there's a lot of challenges with a camera like that. It's missing stuff.
But it can work. Trying to decide what's best out of A or B camera, you got to
really think about it. And think about what you're trying to do. See, with phones
I'm struggling to press the record on there. There we go!
So I've got my little B camera going. I keep tapping on the screens they're just
not registering anything.
Having a camera, almost any dedicated camera, but
especially ones with a lot of nice large buttons.. dials.. where having gloves on is
so much easier. Another important aspect of the channel I'm trying to push and
promote is using photography as therapeutic. And it also gets you to go out and
do things if I were not making videos and not doing photography, I wouldn't be
going out in this cold weather... to make a video about this. So finding a
goal, finding a reason to get into photography or videography or anything
that has even just a slight interest to you at the start is good. Try to embrace it.
Try to go for it. Little things just to test it out and see if it connects with you.
So with these videos that I do, I try to
show you what I'm interested in. What I do. What I focus on, and it's up to you to
decide if it's something that has a similar interest to you. Or something
that won't work out. You'll see that. You'll see me do the things that you
don't like, and you just take it for what it is. Move on, find you something that