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You helped us hit 100,000 subscribers!
A huge thanks to all of you, our viewers and subscribers for supporting us for the past
7 years!
When we started it was all about helping you with everyday questions.
That was back in June of 2013.
And here we are 7 years and over 100,000 subscribers later.
This was me in the early days...and, much like me, things have evolved in the photography
space.
Let’s go over the top 3 advancements that have had the biggest impact on photography.
But first, remember to stop by our Digital Goja showroom when you’re in Miami and say
hello.
It makes me happy to meet you all, especially the long-distance travelers.
We love our Miami peeps, but it’s great to see faces from as far away as France, Russia,
Germany, and Brazil.
So, jumping right into it, let’s talk about the huuuuge advancements in autofocus.
Improvements made on the power and accuracy of face detection and the introduction of
eye detect autofocus in the last 7 years are impressive.
The autofocus systems in most cameras today like this EOS R and this Sony a7riv can lock
into a face and track it without getting confused even when a subject crosses behind objects.
Over the years camera manufacturers have used machine learning to improve autofocus algorithms
in order for them to recognize what they’re focusing on.
In fact Sony’s recent AF systems now even give you the option for detecting between
human or animal eyes.
And yes we’ve tested it with a sony a7riv and it works really well.
When animal eye-detect AF is enabled it will lock on to a dog or cat’s eye and disregard
human eyes.
It’s incredible, but don’t ask me how it works.
These days when shooting portraits, you don’t have to worry about manually getting your
subject in focus, you can just “focus” on talking to your subject and perfecting
the lighting and composition.
Things have gotten a lot easier.
The second most important advancement in cameras to us has been the video advancements made
in still cameras.
A few years ago, if you were a videographer or video agency you would have most likely
had your stills camera and your professional video camera.
These days the video capability on stills cameras have advanced so much with ultra-high
definition video, image stabilization, quick and silent autofocus, and so much more that most
vloggers, indie filmmakers, small companies and agencies are preferring to shoot on photography
cameras because of the low cost of entry, portability, the extensive lineup of lenses,
and pro quality video that they’re able to outputing.
Some of the go to cameras for video have been the Panasonic S1H, GH5, this Sony a7sii, and
the Canon 5D mark iv, which is actually what we’re using to record our videos.
Companies like Canon, Sony, and Panasonic have pioneered and changed the perception
of what video cameras ought to look like.
In fact, Panasonic’s S1H has even been certified for Netflix productions.
And the number one advancement in the camera space in the last few years to us is...the
advancement and adoption of mirrorless cameras.
Mirrorless cameras have been around for a little while, but in the last couple years
the performance and adoption has really ramped up.
With so many benefits over SLRs, mirrorless cameras are starting to dethrone DSLRs as
the go-to cameras by being smaller, lighter, silent shooting, the ability of having autofocus
across the full frame of the sensor, really fast bursts of photos, and being faster and
better with video.
You can really see the size difference when seeing them side-by-side.
Just look how compact this EOS R is compared to the EOS 6D.
Mirrorless cameras have now been adopted by many camera makers including Sony, Panasonic,
fujifilm, olympus, and in the last couple years Canon and Nikon have entered the space
with their full frame mirrorless cameras the Canon EOS R, Rp and Nikon’s Z6 and Z7.
The lineup of lenses being produced for these mirrorless cameras have also ramped up and
now there are more options than ever not just from the camera makers, but also third-party
manufacturers such as Sigma and Tamron.
What do you think?
Do you agree with our list?
Let us know in the comments below.
It’s exciting to see what the future holds and with that being said we here at Digital
Goja are always trying to improve our channel and keep you up to date with everything camera
related from first looks, reviews, news updates and more.
And you can always request video topics that you’d like to see us cover in the comment
section of each video.
It’s really exciting to see how far we’ve come, and we thank everyone for all the likes
and comments.
We also want to thank all the brands that have supported us along the way including
Canon, Tamron and Sigma.
Remember you’re always welcome at our Digital Goja showroom in Miami to pick our brains
about cameras or just say hello.
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