Hey guys my name is Francisco Hernandez and today's video is a good
old-fashioned behind-the-scenes video where I show you guys an inside look
into not just one but a couple of photo shoots that I did using the new sony a7r
for while I was over there in Sun River Oregon for the sony Kendal 3.0 trip if
you get you're not familiar with what that is the Sony Cano trip it's
basically just an annual event that Sony created back in 2017 where they just
basically invite a lot of content creators not just people who shoot Sony
but a lot of content creators to go and do that to create content amazing photos
and videos and they give you a lot of awesome opportunities to do so and it's
always a lot of fun the first one back in 2017 was only open to artisans and
collectives and I had just become a collective so I was very fortunate to
attend that event the ones after that until has an 18 last year and this year
in 2019 we're open to anybody I'm not gonna lie it is a bit expensive I still
think it's highly worth it to go to one of these events because there's so much
opportunity to do various different things you can network for a lot of big
names in the photo industry you can learn from them with the hands-on
classes that they offer you can read some of the latest Sony gear like this
year they let you use the Sony a7r form and it just came out a couple of days
ago so home month earlier you could have used a camera for me personally I just
rent some of the lenses that I can't afford such as the 7200 G master I
rented the 85 G master in 2017 which led me to buy it and this year I actually
did you rent a camera I rented the Sony a7r 4 and I absolutely loved it it made
me want to buy it which is why I bought it
you can also rent out a lot of other photo related equipment which is exactly
what I did this year when I rented the Manfrotto be free tripod the sony
version i also checked out a ND filter a six top ND filter that was also a
circular polarizer by breakthrough photography and although i didn't check
these out myself i did borrow Jason bongs LED light setup
it was the stellar Pro LEDs which are a little bit expensive it came with a
little octobots and a light stand but I used it on a tripod you guys gonna see
that in the video in a second but it was just a lot of fun you can rent so much
gear that I didn't mention right now and it was just insane and you can do so
much of these events that again I still think it's highly worth it to go I
realized at this point this video kind of sounds like an ad for the sony condo
trip but it isn't to disclose that to guys otherwise I'd
be breaking the law I just can't explain this trip without being enthusiastic
about it because I looked forward to it and I was actually in a bit of a crappy
mood for a couple of months this past summer and this kind of trip really
really helped it was just amazing I had lots of fun I met a lot of consecrated
you guys will see that in this video right now I met Irene Rudnick a
photographer and youtuber that I highly highly recommend and look up to and I
also met and shot with Dan and Sally Watson of learning cameras I'll link
their channels in the description area below I met a lot different people and I
had a lot of fun so I highly recommend it to you guys one last thing I wanted
to mention is that although I did order the Sony a7r 4 I don't think it's
necessary for most people it's not even needed for myself it's definitely a want
I don't need 61 megapixels since I share online on social media which is smaller
resolution but I just wanted a lot of the benefits that I'm about to let you
guys know are although I don't do video work for clients or anything the feature
that I was really looking forward to in this camera is out of focus for video
this is something that is definitely gonna benefit me whenever I do intro
videos like I'm doing right now I'm filming with the Sony a7 3 which doesn't
have a autofocus and if you've seen my videos in the past you might have seen
when I'm talking with different items around me like a camera for example like
this camera here this is Sam Young 35 with the a7 or 3 you might have seen me
bring up to the camera like this or something and then it focuses on the
camera and then I have it like right here somewhere next to my face and then
it just doesn't focus on my eye again well I'm not gonna experience that now
with the sony a7r 4 in video whenever i do the intros the second reason of
course is the extra resolution that it offers 61 megapixels compared to 42
megapixels on the a7 r3 and the a7 r2 I definitely don't need all that extra
resolution I don't print billboard ads or ads on side of buildings but I just
definitely wanna date so I want to really emphasize that it's a want not a
need for me cuz again I just do a lot of stuff for social media which is very
small on small screens on phones and again like I said before I was looking
for a camera that had higher resolution files and now I have that with the Sony
system with the a seminar for so I don't have to kind of look away and get the
Pentax 645 Z because from what I could even justify the price
of that camera and to it was not gonna have a lot of the features that Sony has
which I really really enjoy the third reason was the autofocus box that you
have on the Sony cameras previous to the eastern air four were ones that were
just great you couldn't really see them very visibly whenever you wanted to use
those focus boxes or especially if they were really small and you had a similar
color like a gray background to see the box you would just be hard to see it but
now with the Sony of 7/4 you can change it to I believe white and red maybe one
other color probably that but you can change it to those different colors
which is gonna make it a lot easier to see those focus boxes the fourth reason
that I wanted to get to a seminar for was the better grip that it offers this
is something that I experienced over there in condo when I rented out to a
seminar for and I honestly didn't expect to really enjoyed the feel of the grip
because I was fine with my a seminar 3 my a seminar 2 with the better grip and
my a 6,500 if you guys experience that it's too small I would recommend getting
a pinky grip there's third-party options out there or there's the Sony official
grips out there so I would recommend that but for me I just didn't have an
issue so I didn't really think that I would want the a Center for the grip but
it actually really did want it for that the fifth reason is a bit of a two-part
reason and one of those reasons is the exposure dial on top of the camera you
can now lock it in place that you don't accidentally bump it and it messes up
your exposure compensation on the Sony a7 3 and the R 3 whenever I would do
video work for my photo shoots or whenever actually would have Ashley do
my videos thank you sometimes when I have her on auto mode
and the exposure dial is not on the right mode it's supposed to be sometimes
it'll be overexposed or I'll be underexposed so now that you can lock
that it's just overall better the second part of this region is actually
something that can show you right now on all of the Sony cameras that I've had up
to the hour for I never really had compartments or whatever you want to
call these little doors here I never really had them I never really liked
them and they were just a little bit flimsy like this I can actually open up
all of them and usually I do that on the a7 3 whenever I'm attaching cables to it
but I just never liked how they were organized and you're just very flimsy
like this right now let me see if you guys can see yeah and I just never liked
this setup so the a7 r4 is just a lot neater and
feels a lot more firm and actually has better weather resistance so I'm gonna
really appreciate that on the r4 okay so I know I've been talking for forever now
and I'm gonna go ahead and just skip and go into the video of the photo shoots
but before I do that I just wanna thank you guys for watching so far and I hope
you guys enjoy the photos and the videos that you're about to see and also thanks
to the people that are in the video that participated in this video I'm working
on a behind the scenes video or not behind the scenes but a vlog for the
whole Sony condo trip so look forward to that all right take care guys and I'll
see you in the next video okay I was actually about to end the video but I
just remembered for something I forgot to mention I have this peak design
backpack is what carried my lighting setup that I used throughout the video
when I wasn't shooting natural light and I am working on a video showing you guys
exactly what it consists of the lighting setup I can tell you right now it's the
8200 pro or the 8400 Pro with maybe everyone inside the bag as well 24 by 24
inch softbox and a tripod that's exactly what I use if you guys are curious about
anything that I use in the video definitely let me know in the comments
I'll link as much as I can about all the gear I used in a description area below
alright now take care and I see in the next one
but you never can
do it again and we won't end up his friend
do it again do it again do it again I trusted you wants but I won't
do it again do it again or we won't end up his friend
do it again do it again hey guys I just want to say thank you to Irene for
joining the shoot she's not the only one so stay tuned for the rest of the videos
you guys can see what's going on yeah thank you so much for having me on your
channel
got me up all night putting things on the side what do you have in mind
she's suing all the time I find out
I think
so many things
hey guys I just shot with Sally Watson after all of them introduce themselves
so I'm Sally Watson I'm Dan they have a YouTube channel it's very helpful to
help me a lot so you guys definitely check out the channel I just wanted to
give him a thanks for joining me on the shoot and you too Irene it was a lot of
fun I enjoyed it yeah we're learning from him we learn from each other
are you tryna
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