Dear Camera Industry...
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- A letter to the state of the camera industry, and the direction it's taking.
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Give this man a camera company
but all he wants is a perfect camera
some "smart" camera company should put him on their advisory board.
YES! I was just about to comment the same!
He could have a go with Pentax lol
@@rezzoc91 Yeah man let's make it happen🫡 Pentax Conspiracies
You are absolutely right, we had a very serious discussion while I was in Siemens some 20yrs ago...after a long genuine arguments we figured out that the quality products are an outcome of quality customers...you see that is missing now, and the gloriously mediocre corporations are exploiting this abysmally stupid state of customer mindset...
It sounds like the famous egg and hen question. The manufactorers nowadays are not willing to release "perfect" goods. They must just fit to the market. A missing feature is a chance to sells newer models, which itself also have missing features. - Is it possible to sell a good camera with 12 mega pixels having A and S piority modes with manual zoom? That will already fit for most of us.
@@haraldsimon2807 Mods engaging in censorship...this channel is trash because they censor the public
Maybe too many people just do not know what quality looks like. Take Samsung, who dominates the smartphone market with overwhelming market share, also makes a myriad of products, yet Apple who technically sells less iPhones and products by comparison, is a company worth seven times more. Siemens though a completely different market all together, is worth a third of Samsung…
Quality is as subjective as beauty, Mercedes / Lexus / Tesla, it depends on who you ask…
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@@Superz3ro Right, but quality is not bind to a brand itself. This is already marketing. In fact, i owned some cars of premium brands and all of them got technical issues. My last cars are from a typical japanese manufaturer and none of them had any issues. So, what is quality mean?
Ah, yes: Many poeple do not take the time to really get the basics and to learn. That is one reason why many "stupid" things can be sold.
Sadly most tech has gone from "we wanne be the best yeah!" To "Stay with us because the next thing is gonna be crazy! You'll want it trust us.... ah did we say next thing? No we didn't, here a minor upgrade now shut up."
Manufacturers and advertising companies do not ask what you want, they tell you what you need.
I got into this channel a couple years ago, pre gh5 and I thought: “well this guy will have 1 or maybe 2 years of content since the perfect 4k 120 ibis dual pixel face focus camera will exist “…. Well he will be here for a looong time since companies are racing to the bottom. #longlivecasey
Theyre going to be playing this video in their next board meeting
I'm genuinely happy for your success.
I'm actually anxiously awaiting your review of the om5 LOL
😢😢😢Your tears, your abject sadness and appropriate disappointment splatter over us like safety glass from a shattered auto windscreen. The wretchedness you have evoked in camera company boardrooms must surely change hearts and rusted minds of imaging company executives. You have opened my eyes to the evil being perpetrated. I with you, am shocked and appalled, dare I say sickened by the failures outlined by your very good self. I have heard you AND I understand your pain.👈 👈 👈
Got my thumb to up this for the opening analogy alone.
You got the thing completely right. SUPERB!
You remind me of an astute Happy Gilmore in the nicest possible way. Love your style. Subscribed.
"Your oversharpened nostrils are crying to your ancestors."
- "Brilliantly written"
"Now Sony has one-upped them, and removed their best freature..." 😂
Everyone should watch this video until the end and watch it twice. Appreciate your critique of the camera industry in this videos.
This is one of your best videos yet
YES. Truth. The competition is such that the consumer is a pawn.
Nice message in this video.
*Fear based competition* is really what the photography community has become, both from companies and photographers. 😬
We'll never keep up with the weekly camera updates. I don't use 99% of the junk in my cameras that's been added for marketing anyways.
I was a little scared that something beyond "Can I sleep in your shed" is going to come. Thank god Casey you stopped there.
13:32 voightlander its actually been a Japanese brand since the seventies, when Cosina bought the brand name ans started producing lenses in Japan. Cosina also manufactures most of the Zeiss and Leica lenses you own.
It is made by Cosina which aquired brand name of the Austrian guy with name Voigtlander.
I agree 💯 that this is a problem.
While capitalistic competition can inspire growth, that competition becomes so tiring that companies subconsciously (or sometimes secretively) find ways to work together to stagnate that competition.
I think one cause is companies trying to trick the market of new photographers who want to "upgrade to a real camera" from their phones but who don't want to take the time to research what specs they need (because they'd rather learn by doing, and I don't blame them)-- so they ask the person selling the gear, "Tell me if I should give you my money and why," or, "will this do all the things I want for an affordable price," and they hope for an honest answer.
This would not be a problem if we lived in a society where everyone were invested in everyone else's well being.
Glad you finally acknowledged the C100 mk ii, superior image.
Thanks a ton man!:) Keep it real, always.
Spot on! Still trying to sell that Fooj. Maybe the second time’s the charm. The x-h series do not hold their value like the x-t. Just accept the fact that you are going to lose at least 35% of its value and move on. Put that money toward the FX30. You will LOVE the form factor and cinema features!
The ZV1F 100% could have been an aps-c sensor camera. That would have been unique for street photography. 1 single competitor to the Ricoh GRIII, but wider.
Nice heartfelt and higher consciousness encouraging episode... Of camera business and consumerism :p. But yeah: I'm totally feeling the same for the world, and about Nikon's righteous push.
i feel like your points can be applied to life in general.....society is a hot mess
I love this video quite a much!
Outstanding info--love your observations and entertaining style. Glad I found your channel...new sub!
You speak to me from the soul. Everything today is just so underwhelming. This is why I still stick to my old but still good enough EOS 550D and a cheap chinese smartphone from 2019.
I just bought a 5D. Dailying an xpro1 and abusing a Nikon EL2 and Yashica Electro 35 every other weekend, I think this degrading (reflection of a) world is telling me we're truly living an inverted life and I better hold on to all the solid bits.
The breville tabletop convection ovens are great.
Yeah my parents have a delonghi toaster oven that's still going 25 years later
I wish I could hear the slow mo song on loop continuously irl
Who’s gonna snitch and give me the name of it…
I don’t see the affiliate link for Montellier water 🤔 best product placement ever … the bottle was more in focus than you were 😂😉
"...and that new friend of his..." Haha brilliant. Come for the thoughts, stay for the snark
Since digital photography started taking hold suddenly everyone is a professional photographer, and they can prove it by sending you to their crappy Instagram filled with over photoshopped/over filtered photos taken on their phones featuring their pet of choice or the ever popular Dutch angle that makes them feel super artsy. That is their target market and their research at least got that much spot on correct.
Bro... Snobbery about digital photography? Really?
What do you think about voigtlander 23 1.2 for fuji? Any chance for 3d pop?
"Fuji with your leather pants." 🤣
The nicest looking video you have ever had on this channel is the Olympus.
Avoid the Panasonic G100 convection oven. It crops too much to fit in a pizza.
Sensor speed, for equal megapickles, is the same regardless of sensor size, just the heat output changes. The bitstream and processing power needed is the limiting factor not sensor size.
The first thing all these camera companies need to do is condense their whole camera lineup down. Each company just wastes so much time and money on excessive crap. It’s a fricken nightmare for regular people to sift through the crap.
That just an uninformed consumer problem, to be honest. The big 3 already have a very stripped down offering. They all have a low mp video centric model, a mid ground hybrid, and a photo centric high mp model. That’s pretty much every company today except the weirdo ones.
I don’t remember the brand but I got a toaster oven from Costco that was also a convection oven and also an air fryer but used metal basket instead of the Teflon stuff
I really like my G100 and am learning with it. I will buy a GH6 when I can use it competently and access its benefits. Then I will buy the Sony 7S V or Vi. It’s a long journey of many choices for how to make good pictures and the many compromises along the way
What a nice mindset, good sir.
The Sony Rx100 VI and the Rx 10 IV are great little 1inch sensor cameras with decent 1080 240p
"Is this a race...to the bottom " - lol
You’re the best. Keep going at them, to get them to innovate
Camera companies could learn a lot from the craft beer business where brewers share information readily and often collaborate to make a beer that they market as a collaboration and credit the various brewers involved in the project. Imagine camera execs. sitting in folding chairs around the brewing equipment drinking good beer and listening to brewers from different companies sharing their ideas and recipes. They would be aghast, but after consuming enough beer they might actually talk to each other and share an idea or two. Then again those camera execs. may only drink very expensive wine made by 300 year old wineries. Daydreaming again.
ooooh were do I get Fuji leather pants ?
Sony, we await your return to the actioncam market.
i also wonder , if go pro can add an auto focus..
Yes make more video form cameras and leave our cameras alone that are creating outrageous prices. Fully agree!
I think you might need to take a look at the Wolfgang Puck Pressure Oven. I had the opportunity to get one for cheap braely used and now I regret it.
What camera do you reccomend for filming at low light and good dynamic range for fast moving cars and being mounted on another car rig as well. Also something that's able to be taken out of a rig for close up detail of the cars interior. Fuji X-T4 is what I currently have and I love the Fuji magic, but am I missing out on the X-H2s or an X-H2, Or a whole other system? Budget for the camera body is £2500 or about $3000 US, Thanks.
Nothing but the Truth in this one!
Dude, respect for your work, helped a lot lately! Also my memberberries start kicking in..member digital hi8 .. oooo i wish they put on this for the next cam
And then it happend ... again back from the start, let' reinvent our sjit but now 3ccd and mini dv ... high expectations..some came through... and then...let's do it again ... but I'm rambeling now.
Again, much appreciated
Best video by far
I don't zoom on ZV-1 because it's super LOUD and annoying. Literally terrible for when recording video, so it's always on most wide, which as you know, is still too narrow. I still really like that cam though, it's my studio cam now. Works better for that than outdoor shoots to me.
(12:35) interesting how Fujifilm and Nikon are not cutting it with their Phase Detection systems. I wonder why people think Lumix would magically be any better if they adopted PDAF too. OM even has 1053 focus points to add to their PDAF, nine times more than previously…
BTW: Look into the Breville Convection Ovens, they can air-fry and dehydrate too, amoungst other things…
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i know you dont have a usecase for it, but whats your opinion on the Batis 85? does it have the "3d pop" :D
A leader through & through
Agree.
so the "Z" in the sony zv lineup is for gen-Z?
Yes, Gen Z- Vlogger.
You should make a video about Sony RX0ii! How Sony lost this battle!! I would like to see a RX0III (if it is ever released) to have uncropped full frame 4K to 5K 60 readout 10 bit with 16 to 20mm fov, variable aperture f1.8 at it's widest, continous autofocus and yes talk with gopro and get rocksteady stabilization in it with 1 inch sensor ofcourse. Now that will be a game changer for action, vlogging camera market!!!
Grandfather turtle running away from a slug. Got it.😀
"Race to the bottom"
If camera vlogging was in the world of Highlander, you would end up as The One 😅😂🎉
The reason I prefer the GoPro form to the Sony one is for mounting on a helmet. You are forced to mount on the side with the Sony and then the helmet gets in the shot. With the GoPro, you can mount it on the chin of the helmet to get much more accurate POV shot.
Exactly. Every single camera should be designed specifically to mount on a helmet. In fact, we should only make cameras that are built into helmets so China can't make money on cheap plastic mounts anymore.
@@jaaxxone well that's just silly. I simply stated my preference and gave my reason for it. I have a dozen cameras and they are all for different things. I never claimed only GOPro form was legitimate for everyone.
@@TommyJonesProductions I did not mean to imply that was what you were saying. I was trying to point out the absurdity of every action camera manufacturer making cookie cutter copies of GoPro rather than innovating or broadening their customer base.
Dude, you’re funny!
Take a drink every time we hear “Stabe”
A drink of Montellier lemon water maybe? Just tell us they are a sponsor. If they sponsor you, congrats! Well done sir, you’ve worked hard for it! I hate product placement though.
Hay leader of the best camera channel on our little planet, do you recomend the S5 or the Gh6 for short films of documentary nature? Thanky for the content!
Both good just look for the one with lenses you like best. S5 maybe for low light but GH6 is a beast
@@TheNewTravel I have no lenses and the S5 is curently wit kit lens the same price as gh6 body in my local shop haha, but I will think a bit more. Thanks!
Thanks to UA-cam pinch to zoom feature, CC videos are even better. Try it. You’ll thank me later.
I think most Panasonic zoom lenses are stabilised. Not the ultrawides though, and very few primes.
The Lord Of The Rings ship just turned into Titanic 🤣🤣
Indeed, the world of tech is in regress, and camera tech especially - in the affordable range (Sony is hardly affordable, but I digress). And cripple hammers everywhere, it's savage.. it's a new bronze age, a bronze age collapse even...
Sony ZV-1F in general, DJI Action 3 focus issues and the Insta360 X3 picture quality. Who has the bigger fail?
Sony was supposed to unveil a successor to RX10 mk4 with computional photography abilities included. It would be the 1-type sensor race horse with powerful slowmo and what not. Where is it?
Can't beat Panasonic Micro-Four-Thirds convection ovens!!! As long as you don't need your food in sharp focus all of the time....
No company makes one thing that is the last thing you'll need to buy of that type. That's bad business these days, and the newest is often touted as the best, regardless of it's apparent defficiencies. As you say, camera makers are stripping features out rather than refining them. The camera industry really doesn't know right now if it's making their items to a specification that people will pay for due it's superiority over previous models or if they're being made a to a pricepoint with a ceiling that more consumers will find a attractive. They're lost their way in the last 10 years, it seems like no one knows what to do and instead of taking risks they keep on hedging their bets to keep relevant to their existing market without attempting to grow it. It's also worth noting that smartphones make people dumber, and the challenge of getting the most of out of any decent camera isn't something a lot of people see as a worthwhile investment in time and learning based on the results they're already happy with on their phones.
I just want a decent 1080/480 slowmo camera. Please, Conspiracy Gods, make it happen
Voigtlander is actually Japanese. Great company!
Another case in point: OM-5.
The camera industry is a business running without any sensible business reasons still in existence for running a camera industry.
I support you through not supporting you(?)… I’m so confused I understand everything clearly now… 🤯😂
Mind blowing comment. This guy is actually super genius, on the low.
Benefits to 6:30 am feeding of the baby, being first to this video!
2nd to view, going to bed in Australia 😉
Congrats!! ♡
Standby for OM-5 disappointment. Same 5 year old 20mp sensor and way overpriced. I’m predicting the longest frustration/disappointed pause ever at the start of the video for that one. (I hope I’m wrong but I fear I’m not)
I love PENTAX.
"That's how things used to be made, for respect. They wanted to give you the best they had." #righttorepair
i’d buy old film cameras over digital any day, they’re insanely cheaper and have better quality
Is this the most most acquired taste channel on UA-cam 😀
love the videos!
An old man yelling at clouds! I feel the pain...I seen the truth...That is why i use Ricoh / Pentax ;)
Product Management is hard
I never get the video censor size. Completely unnecessary to have more than 10MP for what people use as amateurs. I suppose they can't be bothered to make a single purpose censor, so it has to be MEGA pixels for photos and then crop for video.
LUMIX G100 with digital stabilization on and Leica 8-18 looks way more stable than Sony ZVE10. I love it’s bright screen and easy S&Q.
Thanks again dude. 🤘
I think the ZVF camera was made for …. Well The BH video I think explains it.
For some reason I have never been disappointed in myself -- but Kasey -- oh, I am so often disappointed by you.... 🙂
Samsung has done most of the things right. The nx3000 with an apsc sensor and the own lenses were so damn good , i miss quality.
3D popped water bottle, wow!