Why I Use Fuji Cameras - Documentary Photographer Daniel Milnor
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Documentary Photographer Daniel Milnor is back to discuss something he rarely talks about: equipment. Specifically, he's why he uses Fuji cameras. Dan and I want to know what content you're hungry for on our channel, so please take a moment to tell us in our survey www.surveymonk...
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Advancing Your Photography I would love a video(s) about backing up and archiving your images. What are some of the options and their pros/cons? What do you guys do to make sure your prized images are safe from a hard disk crash, theft, or God forbid a fire / natural disaster. Thank you!
@@ronm6359 I'm probably not the guy to discuss this. I have a system but there are others who know much more. Like Peter Krogh. He's my go to guy when I need information about archiving. His books are awesome.
The single shot here with no cuts gets a little boring. I like to see videos of the camera in action and example shots shown to back up what the photographer is describing.
@@vinnym6734 Hey Vinny. I do too but when filmmaking is only about 5% of your time and you have two days to make the film....I get limited. AT some point, if I never have time, I hope to spice these babies up.
Hello, do you read you direct messages on Instagram?
Sent you some info about something talked about on this video.
Shortcut to format SD cards....
Hold down trash can for 3 seconds and press rear command dial and it instantly takes you to SD card format. Works great on my XT3, a real time saver!
Robert Bellomy Underrated comment.
Thanks dude, you saved my nerves also :)
I need to see if that works on my X-E3!
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It works! Thanks, dude!
Dude, great info. I now no longer need to go into the menu at all!
Great 👍thank you for this shortcut!
" go use your camera" Best photography advice ever.
Right?! so dang true!
@@marcsilber 💯
Thanks, Mr. Silber, for bringing Dan back. I can listen to his wisdom/humour all day. I didn't expect a gear video from Dan but I am delighted that I also shoot and love the X-T3 for many of the same reasons, despite the massive gap in talent (me being a newb).
You're welcome, keep watching and you won't be a newb for long!
Interesting. Thanks Daniel.
"ASA settings", huh? There speaks someone who shot film. :-)
Yep, I'll never be able to stop saying that. Now, to spray some WD40 on my joints to get going this morning.
Why won't he make his own youtube channel and start publishing his own contents? I like watching his videos. They are very informative.
he has a channel...
First, Marc reached out and asked me about doing this and it was only due to his persistence that I started these films. Second, I have so little time to make films that it didn't feel right to make them and then post them on a channel that was entirely unknown.
I'm here because, firstly, I'm a "Fuji-fan"; and secondly, I'm a fan of Dan.
Great job, Mr. Silber! I love your channel so much !!!
Welcome aboard! So glad you found us!
I'll take second anyday.
I love my Fuji XT3. The primes are fabulous lenses. One aspect I love is shooting with the B&W film simulation enabled, but I still use the raw files and convert to mono in post. That way I can see the world in monochrome in the view finder, it really helps me to pre-visualize my final image. Also, when using manual focus I turn on focus peaking with red. Super easy to see the focus with red peaking.
Big Daddy is going to buy a Fujifilm X100V.
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Yes sir. The XT2 is a fine tool. I also use a Nikon F and F2 because they all work about the same. 100% viewfinders are important to me.
I would quit photography too if I had to go into menus all the time!!! ✨✊🏽✨#fujilove
I shoot both Sony and Fuji. And love Fuji for the colors and lenses are nice and sharp and don't cost too much. They are APS-C but cost so much less than Sony glass. I love my Fuji System.
At the end of the day its %90 photographer %10 camera. I own the X-T2 currently. Been building a library with the 18-135MM. Also thinking of getting an old Nikon D3s which to me is still an entirely relevant camera.
You're on the right track bro. I have three Fuji X cameras and a Nikon D810.
Shout out for saying "ASA" baby!
makes us part of team ASA!
@@marcsilber Make ASA Great Again!
Just mixing up my flash powder so it felt right...
I love my Fujifilm X-T1. It just feels right in my hand.
But you don't have an XT2 like I do...Boo hoo hoo, :-)
I agree. My XT1feels better in my hand than my XT2. I just wish it included a couple of features from the XT2. Great camera!
Perfectly happy with my XT1 in 2020... Looking to buy the XT4, but I'll keep my XT1.
Great video Daniel! My favourite camera is the Pentax LX. Estate sale, body in good shape, motor drive, hammerhead flash, 4 lenses, $75 Canadian. For digital, Fuji X-T2. No desire to upgrade anything. Just get out and shoot as you suggested.
I did it. I just offloaded my entire Canon system. 5diii, l-series zooms, etc. My cupboards were full of crap. Got a used x-t3 with 50mm f2. Such a relief. It's with me all the time now.
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Thank you for all your videos I really enjoy learning from you and catching your inspiration and enthusiasm. Like you I was studying photo journalism at Colorado State University back in 1969 when I applied for a open position at the University‘s paper. They gave me a Nikon FTN and handed me some assignments. It was a great challenge but I really enjoyed it. That process was interrupted when I joined the military during the Vietnam war in 1971 I signed up to be a combat photographer but they made me a medic instead! Most of the combat Photographers at that time had two cameras… A Nikon F for the telephoto and a Leica M with a 35 or sometimes a 28. I still shoot with my Leica M2 and my Nikon FE2. And I use Fuji Cameras because they remind me of those cameras. Thanks for all your good work. I had a dear friend who was a photographer for the LA Times and to also taught at Brooks and I learned a lot from him. His name was Anacleto Rapping. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago a great friend and a great photographer. You would’ve liked him.
After using Canon gear since the early 1980's, I've changed to Fuji for almost exactly the reasons mentioned here. There are many extremely fine systems available today (in fact, it's difficult to buy bad equipment); Fuji is the best choice for me. I just need to continue learning, and use my cameras more than I do.
David, alright another old timer like me! I was in a hotel and Crocodile Dundee was on the tele. The reporter was using a Canon F1 and I thought "I know that camera!"
Though I'm not a professional, I converted to the Panasonic M4/3 system for many of the same reasons as you pointed out. Compared to the APS-C Canons I used to use, I'm more than happy carrying around less weight, and the near compact size is wonderful and they have a wide variety of lenses of various affordability. One camera body (w/lens) and a small shoulder bag with an extra lens, filters and batteries is a breeze all day long. The mirrorless revolution has really made photography, for me, more enjoyable than ever!
i saw this video now for the first time and this "i´m not getting younger" explenation about the equipmenweight is perfect and i used lamost all of the modern systems. I am using fuji the last few years, inbetween i was for a short period of time on canon. But i moved completly back to fuji. I am donig photojournalism and videoproduction, all with these non cheap monsters.
Pentax LX ... Great camera along with its baby brother the MX. I sold mine in the move to Canon back in 1990. Then came the EOS1 ....
A agree, I love using my Fujifilm cameras, they just make you want to take photos.
Didn’t know Rob Lowe was a photographer ;-)
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OMG!!! I agree with your points (not a pro here, just amature street photog and occasional animal/nature/wildlife ) and have just invested in a 50-140 f2.8 with 2X converter to set on my 2 year old Fuki X-Pro2!!! Just one (slight) complaint about the Fuji lenses: the 23mm f2 is a bit soft shot wide open: in the streets, when I get the nerve to ask permission for a portrait (from a stranger); it usually is not tack sharp but apart from that, I'm very very happy with the system. Thanks for takingtime to make this video.
Hmm, interesting. Mine seems okay. Maybe yours needs a tweak?
Concise, useful, interesting, engaging. High fives all round. Thank you.
As an X-T2 and X100F user I have to agree with all your observations. Another factor for me is simply that I enjoy using them; they're so user friendly.
Ya buddy! A lot of the same reasons I choose Fuji. At the end of the day it’s all about finding the right gear for your application and not getting caught up in all the hype of the latest and greatest.
I totally forgot about the MF stuff that you are using. Based on your prints it's a remarkable system.
I bought Fujifilm XE- ! bodies and Fujinons.
My biggest mistake in my life.
After completed my list of over 50 cons
on the Fujifilm X system i was asked '
by Fujifilm TO SHUT UP.
To add, Fuji lenses are tack sharp and brilliant with the X mount. A lot of them defeat the Canon L lenses I use for studio work. I prefer Fuji and Leica-Panny lenses.
Some of the Fuji lenses I have are so sharp the images do not even look real. Like some hyper-reality. I often tone the sharpness down a bit in Lightroom.
I've been a Fuji shooter for about 9 years starting with the XE1 and now an Xt20 which is exactly what I want
The film camera experience and controls got me here.
My son gave me a Sony and I hated it, having to plow through a ridiculous menu all the time just wasn't for me as with you I seldom use the menu and only use the Q menu to change settings all in all I have to recommend the Fuji X system especially to old film shooters like me 😊
Cameras, cars, bikes, tools, whathaveyou; whichever simply gets out of the way and you forget is there so you can do what you need to do is the way to go. :)
Spec sheets don’t have that factor. Which tool lets me get to work rather than think about the object? :)
Sounds like great taste in cameras for a long time!
Did you always in your own photography freelance?
No. The first three years of my career I worked for newspapers. I guess in some way I was freelance but I had a strange relationship that kept me from being a staffer but made me an "unofficial" member of the staff. "We can't hire you but we don't want you to leave."
I was wondering why your fotos in this video look so much better, possibly even 1,000 times better. Btw, Is that 1,000 times per MP? That sounds like a pretty good deal.
The same reason I purchased the XT1 for $350, cant get rid of it, have shoot over 6TB , Terra-bites on this little camera, still working, except for the rubber which i removed it, so its naked and clicking away!. I am a Nikon shooter, fyi...
A bit of sanity in our upside down world. Thanks Dan.
The best camera for you is the one you have in you hand.. because at the end of the day it a box that lets light in…📸🙅🏻📸..
My first camera was a Pentax K-1000. Loved that camera, still have it
I still have my old Spotmatic F. Has the 55mm f/1.8 SMC Takumar. Amazing camera.
Fully agree, the reason I moved to Fuji.. Quality output, you to use and cost..
You should get some manual lenses for that Fuji... That makes it so much better.
Why I use Fuji everything that Dan mentioned and I too have had some of the gear he has had. I just love using Fuji.
If there is any type of tech or gear in which ever type of hobby I've been into the one thing I don't ever want to replace of a new shinier toy is the x-t2. Damn that is a nice piece of gear.
I still have a Pentax LX, its an amazing 35mm Camera. I used it all the way up until 2008, when I went over to Pentax DSLR, and continued to use those beautiful K-Mount lens from the 80s.
I've got a Sony, I've tried Canon too, but I just missed those manual controls of the Pentax LX and that why today I'm using a Fujifilm X-T4, it is as close as I could get to those manual controls that the LX had.
You’ve spent more on cameras and lenses than I have in my entire life and I’m 60.
Kodak Instamatic (my dad found one on a bus and brought it home), Zorki 4K, Pentax SP2 (still got it, still works - shutter sounds "like the sigh of a contented woman") with SMC 1.4 lens (works even better today adapted for XT3!), 3 or 4 other pentaxes, Nikon for 20 years, and then the arthritis set in and D200 concrete block just unholdable. Went to D5300 - great images but ten minutes deep dive through menus and screens, choose X, then select y, confirm choice, return to shoot, and meanwhile the circus has upped and left town. So a recent Fuji convert, and loving it - work it in the dark, I find fuji shooting a "whole body" experience - look at a scene and your hands mould the picture into being. And I'm blown away by the lens quality at the price points.
I'm grinning here because this was so entertaining. I only jumped ship to mirrorless because the new cameras have eye-af but seeing this makes me wonder if I shouldnt get an XT2 for a wedding I have planned. Thanks for sharing.
black and white is good for photos sucks for video!
And just like that I decided Fuji is the way to go, thanks Dan!! I was so worked up on Fuji not having a super zoom and was considering Micro4thirds to get the range and still have light weight gear. Your idea of 50-140 with a 2x converter saved me so much research time!!
It's not perfect but for the money it's really solid. I didn't realize I would start birding so now I have a second use for it.
Agree with you on the OM-4 series! Loved the metering system on those cameras. I used those with the winders and Tokina pro line of zoom lenses at the beginning of my 10-year career with a small weekly newspaper before switching to Nikon for autofocus. Now in retirement, I have switched to Fuji, first with X100S and X-E1 and now looking toward the X-Pro2 and 35mm f2 WR lens for something lightweight and weather resistant.
Daniel - I’d just like to honestly thank you for your no bullshit easy, on the point videos.
It’s so refreshing to see someone with something to say, that isn’t sponsored or held in some kind of commercial grip.
Your whole approach to this is so fresh!
Thanks a lot!
Niclas,
Sweden
(No bears by the way)
Niclas, my feeling is that I am the last person who would find sponsorship. My only real interest in photography is the work itself and the experience of being in the field. Doesn't tend to interest camera companies but that's fine by me.
I just love every Milnor video! And now paired with my beloved Fuji? 😍
The best!
I like your not tied to one brand
Nope. If I had a staff and a great lab in the city I lived in I might still be using the Leica but that ain't happening anytime soon. I don't want a staff and labs are closing not opening.
Where are the documentary pictures?
I bought a X-T2 with Grip (3 total OEM batteries) for $100 at the start of this year. I was thinking of flipping it and make some money (which I should) but I can't. I actually like my X-E2S a lot more and that is probably the one I am going to sell. Spec / quality wise the X-T2 is superior but for cameras that small I like the "rangefinder" style of the xe lineup. But then when I look at the images produced by my D750 I ask myself what am I doing playing with Fuji.
@@johnpoulter I decided I'm going to sell my current Fuji gear (X-E2S and X-T2 w/battery grip, and 18-55mm) and buy either a X100V or X-Pro3/2 (though I am leaning towards the X100V). What I like about my X-E2S is how small it is and how available and ready to go it is. My Nikon gear is packed in a hard case with all the glass where my Fuji is just sitting around ready to be used. When I have a specific project I do pull out the Nikon gear. My Fuji is just there to be picked up. The other camera I use a lot is my Nikon Coolpix A, a APS-C sensor point and shoot pocket camera. I wish the X100V had other focal length options as I think I like the 35mm better than the 23 but I think I can probably with with it. I like the X-Pro2/3 though it may be big enough were I may not take it with me as much. Nothing against the XE series but when I used the XT it was obvious the features (photography wise) were just way superior, enough that I have an idea I will enjoy either the X100 or x-pro. Nikon though is not going away, I still love a lot of what I get out of those babies and it anything will be looking to see what pops up on the used market as people see shiny new toys in the mirror less world.
Most importantly
For all the same reasons I have been a Fuji shooter for 3 years now (Xt3, XPro2, X100F). Coming from full frame Nikon (D750) I just couldn't take the weight any more. I have shot with Nikon since 1963, and some Zenza Bronica for weddings in the 80s and 90s. The feel of the system all the way through is what I have known since I was a kid. Hats off to Fuji for going old school and beating everyone with current tech.
Agreed. My back is totally hosed from that damn Domke for a hundred years.
Dan is slowly turning into one of those internet photographers . . . . . but wait! he can't be pro because he didn't say the line that proves your worth as a "Profreshional" which we all know is . . . "This video is brought to you by Squarespace . . . . "
Giggles.
Dan doing gear videos is very much like when Dillon went electric.
More giggles.
Or, "I could have never made this image with the Zupperflex 5000 but now that I have the Zupperflex 5001 it was easy."
I can listen to Milnor talk all day! :))
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Gday Daniel, I think I may have saved your career (well Fuji really, lol) no need to go into menu to format cards. Press trash button for 4 seconds and then press the rear command dial, Viola. Would love to know what project the 50-140 is your working on. Cheers
I had no idea. I probably know as little about these cameras any anyone using them. I wish I loved tech but I cant' bring myself to. As I sit here on my early 2015 laptop.
You are so 'analog' it's awesome...Fuji won me over with the best manual focus peaking for my M, and F mount glass. I tried several Sony's but, like you said, they got in the way of crafting an image. Horrible menus and slow workflow. The speedmaster comment cracked me up...
My speedmaster work is already trending.
I like this video i also use fuji. But i'm downvoting this video because gear shouldn't be in this channel
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A vide on Gear from Dan Milnor. Obituary world did come to an end... :-)
Cool vid Dan, been a fan for a long time.
My first serious camera was a Nikon N2000 (SLR) and so when the digital cameras started to appear, I bought a couple of different models. Result: I stopped taking photos. Having to go into the menus (like you so eloquently point out) is awful for me too. I then discovered the Fuji X-T2 and it is pure love. I love the ergonomics and the lenses, although I have a special place in my heart for the Zeiss 32mm and 50mm. I am in awe at the quality of the pictures this combo takes. I have now just got an X-H1. Don't think I will ever switch....
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I'm still using my ancient X-Pro 1 with no complaints, I'm not using it for my livelihood though....
Believe me, photography for fun is far more interesting than as a career these days, at least for the vast majority of people. I hear it from all angles.
And I thought I had GAS! Lol 😂 very interesting thank you for sharing 👍
Olympus is actually better in every way, (it's just a fact). But Fuji is also good.
Thanks
I love my X-t2 like a daughter :D
I recently switched to Fuji exclusively and you nailed it
Thanks for the videos as usual. Lots of gear talks these days and nice to see someone talk about the real-world reasons to chose a camera system than its specs. When you say "it works", I believe you since you have used many brands than me (Yashica - pre 2006, Sony - until 2010, Canon - until 2017, Fuji - since 2018). Don't have plans to hop anytime soon (breaks bank).
Took a while to wise up (and start chasing gears to improve my photographs) :-)
And the main key...using it.
Hi Dan, thanks for your videos. Very inspirational. Can you share on what project you are working on with 50-140 + 2x conv, if it's not secret. Thanks a looking forward for new videos. Cheers from Prague :-)
It's not a secret but I don't share my projects until they are complete. I've worked this way since the late 80's. I do this for several reasons. One, it's easy to talk about projects but it's difficult to do them. So, I don't like to say much until I have the goods. Second, part of this particular project is sensitive and I can't have tons of people, or even a few show up where I'm working. Would be bad all around. My New Mexico project is also ongoing but I will probably work on this for the rest of my life.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 no problem Daniel. Thanks for update and looking forward once it is completed. Have a nice day
I had an XT2 but I upgraded to an XT1 ☺️. Amazing camera if you ask me, check my last video.
Thanks for sharing. //freddie
Freddie I can not find the link. I am still believe that the xt1 is great camera I have 2 also 2 xh1 but the ergonomics of the the xt1 and the auto white balance is far better.
You upgraded to an older camera?
Nikon FE2 + 50mm = My favorite film setup.
Now the X-Pro2 + 35 f/2.
Legendary
Just bought my brand new x-t30 and i love it 😉👊🏻
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Hmmm, similar to the Leica cameras that you used forever.... the M4 and M6... ok. noted. Point number 3 is by far the most important point but you have no idea why you made a point number 3 but thats Capability. Aight den.
Fuji? Lens. Lens. Lens. The most important reason to buy any system. Especially the 50mmf2
I'm currently thinking about trading in my Fujinon 56mm f1.2 for a 50mm f2 and a 16mm f2.8. I already have the 35mm and 23mm f2 lenses. I really like the smaller foot print on my XT1 and XT2. The 56 is a beautiful lens but a little heavy. And I never have the opportunity to maximize it's strengths by doing portraiture.
Hummm, i was a big Fuji user (GFX 50s for many years. Magazine covers etc). I switched to Leica M10-R with 1.4f 35mm and 2.0f 75mm. I needed autofocus to shoot friends kids bday and used XT2 for that with 16-55mm. I realised how good Leica is with images and never Fuji XT for me. Just my opinion and experience of course. Thank you all.
Thank You Thank You THANK YOU! It is not retro like every kid doing a youtube video thinks it is. It is ergonomics. A classic purpose driven design for photographers.
Fuji digital is fantastic as are so many of their film cameras and large format lenses.
Why XT2 and not X-pro2 or X-T3?
My husband gave me a Fujifilm FinePix AX600 for Christmas in 2013. I had it four and a half years and it broke. There was no information on where to get it fixed. Since the Fuji camera did not last that long, I could not bring myself to buy a second one. I wanted a new camera so I went out and bought a Canon Powershot elph 190is. I have all the contact information for Canon in case the camera breaks down. I was always attracted to the quality of pictures taken by the Canon, and they did not disappoint me. In my opinion, the Canon camera which I bought takes better pictures then the Fuji camera that I had.
Fujifilm’s marketing is very clever.
It’s old school, real photography positioning helps the buyer/user project the image of a serious, old school, technically skilful
photographer who came from the “old world” and hence, carrying those decades of skill and experience into the digital photography world.
And could you tell a little bit about that project with the tele? I'm really intrigued
In time. This one is going to be a while. It's two parts photography and on part writing and I've one really gotten a jump on one of the photography parts. And it's a long way from where I live.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 Hope you share with us when finished! :)
Galo Adrián Goig Serrano I will. Eventually...
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Daniel you have my interest peeked so a vid on the Pentax LX PLZ!!!
Man, good luck finding one intact these days. I heard a funny story about the LX. No idea if this is true but about thirty years ago they loaned a bunch of them out at the super bowl to get photographers to test them and most of the units broke during the game. I'd still take one.
Wow!!!... I seen some on ebay some from Japan like new condition between $250 +and up.. What's your thoughts on the om-1 and om-1ti?
R Ryan the OM’s were really solid. Quirky litttle things but some great work done on those over the years
Lame bro. Nothing but name dropping for clickbait and monitize. The gear name doesn't matter. On Photographers brag about what is the name of the gear you use
If all I did was Street or documentary style, a Fuji with fast prime would be my go to. Btw, about price....the XT-4 with kit lens is the same price as the Nikon Z6 with kit lens where I am. That's really pricey and I see brand premium there.
I am doing a concert tonight and protraits this weekend. So, this Fuji doesn't personally work for me and I can't afford another camera system.
not even full frame
I love FUJI ❤️👍😉👏
Just fantastic man...many thanks for this! Hit the spot.
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What do you think about Sony.?
I'm personally putting Sony over then Pentax, Canon, and Nikon.
Fujifilm using a Sony sensors
I have used a string of amazing camera from a Speed Graphic to Nikon D300s. I bought a Yashica Mat from a lady friend who threw in her Fujifilm X10. I am amazed using this little camera. I want a Fujifilm system now and I will sell most of my old cameras to do it. This video has confirmed what I need to do. Thank you so much for posting.
Dan, Can you create a video on why are you using BW? Are you shooing only BW? Do you shoot it directly from the camera? Do you check which looks better or everything just goes into BW from the get go and you just pick photos as we did in the film days? Thanks
How do you change lenses in the dark? There is a sticker with serial number on it. You can go by that, it seems this is the only way...How they could do it after all these years... How could they miss such an obvious thing? Just make the red dot stand out a little, that's all, so you can find it in the dark with your thumb....
Hahahahaha! Never say never. 😉
Fuji’s X trans sensor is the bomb. It may not be full, but it has its characteristics and as far as I’m concerned… Looks more like film and any other system out there.
And from the sound of it: divorced twice...
Not yet but there is always tomorrow.
Great video...may I ask which Chinese lens you have on that XT-2, is it the Viltrox 85mm??
Are you going to upgrade to the xt4 ?
Well, my job now requires me to make films so I might. I have never enjoyed using a tripod so I might get the XT4 simply for the IBIS.
Thanks straight to the point simple clear logic. I left Nikon for the same reasons as you plus one: I needed a silent (electronic shutter) camera so when the A7R2 hit the market I switched to Sony. Will you share the mysterious project needing 140+2x ?
In your opinion... What makes a a better image? Film or Digital. ?
That’s a preference and ones own option. And what you Intend to do with it.
@@marcsilber aquatic portraits .. I’m looking for photography book with that kind of stuff...