The fun factor is so real. I was shooting on a canon R for a while and eventually dipped my toes into the Fujifilm system and fell in love with the xt5. Even the autofocus faults with Fuji are okay with me because of the joy I get out of picking up the Fuji.
It is better to invest in a good lens though than to buy 5 cameras. I think if you are doing one sort of photography over and over or you are trying to do a certain type of photography and the "lens" is failing (like macro photography), then maybe you should upgrade to a dedicated lens. I don't think any camera body inspires me or ever has. My macro lens inspires when when I walk into my yard though so almost daily, but I don't bring it on trips with me because I know its use is limited elsewhere.
@@melissas4874 I partially agree. Like for me is not more about how good the lens is, but how compact it is. A pancake lens is a dream in my kit, even tho isn’t the right choice for work of course. But, a nice camera, is equally important for me. Like a camera with physical dials and numbers on it is funny to use, at least for me of course
I am so agreed with you. I still keep my Canon 6D and Nikon D500 and I am happy with what I have. Iphone is just getting better and better every year. My suggestion is dont waste your money.
I agree, it comes down to the camera that you most enjoy using. For me, it’s the FujiX100vi. Small, light, and great images. And I don’t have to worry about which lens to take! Cheers.
I understand your intentions here but a photographer needs to spend enough time to know what equipment he likes and the time to develop his style. The best he can do is make an educated guess before purchasing. Some are luckier to have spent less than you. But $30,000 is the path it took to find your preferences.
@@stanleystevens6278 absolutely agree with you. As I was writing in another comment, the only way to discover what suites us best, unfortunately is to spend money. I just wish people won’t go into the fascinating rabbit hole of specs and features as I did. Besides some specific working niches, most of the time any current camera works great for 99% of the situations. Let’s say, a rental before the purchase might save a lot of money in some cases
ive been paring down my kit over the last year! its been refreshing. I don't even own a digital camera anymore. just rent one whenever I have a shoot where I need one.
Equipment is the trap of photography and videography. The world gives you thousands of options for camera equipment and usually tells you that the latest equipment is the best. When in reality the latest equipment is the most expensive and not necessarily the best. You can pick up a 10-20 year old camera system used for a third of the price of a new camera system and the reality is that from a functionality point of view it will be sufficient if not better than what is on offer today.
@@Superbustr exactly. For example, the pictures shown in the videos that will be online in the next week are all focused on the x100v. Not because is the best camera, at least not compared to my R6, but so far is so fun to use it out there for me. The problem to me, so far, is that I discovered these things only once placed the purchase. I would love to see more reviews on actual usage of gear, rather than specs. That maybe could help
@@alessandrocitterio Nice one. Currently I have gone from a set of 6 lenses and multiple cameras to just one camera, with just one lens, and just one film stock. Also I have shot little to no digital in 10 years. I go out for 4 hours to take landscape photos and take up to 12 photos. My take rate is more than 75%. But alas no one shoots in this manner today.
@ love your approach! I also noticed, thanks to film photography, I started reducing a lot the amount of photos I do. No more burst mode since a long time. But you’re smashing with such a small amount of shots! I’d love to see some of them
@@kaczynski2333 most of the time that’s the way. Imagine me spending 2600$ for a lens, and not using most of the time when shooting casually in the city or nature just because is heavy 🥲
@alessandrocitterio yeah, that's gotta hurt. I've just started shooting landscape which with lots of detail, and really needs to be printed large. I can't afford a medium format camera, so I'll buy a nodal rail and stitch. Still, if I were a dentist, I'd have all the gear.
Hey Mr Citterio, my name is Johnny and I'm a freelance logo designer, would you love to spend some of these money on me to design a logo for your photography business and your channel to have a brand image your audience can remember your contents from and also can be one of the merch print you can sell to your fans to buy and own and share the words about your channel too? Let me know if you interested and I would love to work with you to design these for you! :-)
@@NetvoTV thanks for the offer! Unfortunately, my studio already has a logo and for my personal brand I prefer to keep my face visible (and that reminds me I’ve to update the picture, which is still the same since ages). But thanks anyway for the offer 😊
@alessandrocitterio I see, I can make one for your personal brand as well to overlay it on your thumbnail, on your channel cover art and also as merch print to sell to your fans too for extra coverage and words to spread about your channel! Sound good?
I would assume you didn't keep all 30k of that gear by waking up to the fact you didn't need it and sold off that equipment and recouping most of that money. Spending on what you may not need is one thing but spending and KEEPING would just be foolish.
@@innercynic2784 well, currently I have 30K of worth equipment that I use. But spent same money on gear, tested, and sold it, because found out it wasn’t what I needed (or what I was expecting). Unfortunately, you understand these things only after buying the gear. The best case for me was with Sony. It was a great camera, clinical, sharp, fast. But it wasn’t fun to use for me and I discovered that while using it. But i understand your point
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The fun factor is so real. I was shooting on a canon R for a while and eventually dipped my toes into the Fujifilm system and fell in love with the xt5. Even the autofocus faults with Fuji are okay with me because of the joy I get out of picking up the Fuji.
I feel you man, same thing for me
It is better to invest in a good lens though than to buy 5 cameras. I think if you are doing one sort of photography over and over or you are trying to do a certain type of photography and the "lens" is failing (like macro photography), then maybe you should upgrade to a dedicated lens. I don't think any camera body inspires me or ever has. My macro lens inspires when when I walk into my yard though so almost daily, but I don't bring it on trips with me because I know its use is limited elsewhere.
@@melissas4874 I partially agree. Like for me is not more about how good the lens is, but how compact it is. A pancake lens is a dream in my kit, even tho isn’t the right choice for work of course.
But, a nice camera, is equally important for me. Like a camera with physical dials and numbers on it is funny to use, at least for me of course
I am so agreed with you. I still keep my Canon 6D and Nikon D500 and I am happy with what I have. Iphone is just getting better and better every year. My suggestion is dont waste your money.
I agree, it comes down to the camera that you most enjoy using. For me, it’s the FujiX100vi. Small, light, and great images. And I don’t have to worry about which lens to take! Cheers.
The X100 series is just incredible, so funny to use!
what camera do you use to film these videos? the quality’s amazing
@@Z.B.G. the studio shots are shot on Canon C70, while the other shots are a mix of C70 & iPhone
I understand your intentions here but a photographer needs to spend enough time to know what equipment he likes and the time to develop his style. The best he can do is make an educated guess before purchasing. Some are luckier to have spent less than you. But $30,000 is the path it took to find your preferences.
@@stanleystevens6278 absolutely agree with you. As I was writing in another comment, the only way to discover what suites us best, unfortunately is to spend money.
I just wish people won’t go into the fascinating rabbit hole of specs and features as I did.
Besides some specific working niches, most of the time any current camera works great for 99% of the situations.
Let’s say, a rental before the purchase might save a lot of money in some cases
ive been paring down my kit over the last year! its been refreshing. I don't even own a digital camera anymore. just rent one whenever I have a shoot where I need one.
That’s a good way to run a business! Thinking on that too sometimes
Equipment is the trap of photography and videography. The world gives you thousands of options for camera equipment and usually tells you that the latest equipment is the best. When in reality the latest equipment is the most expensive and not necessarily the best. You can pick up a 10-20 year old camera system used for a third of the price of a new camera system and the reality is that from a functionality point of view it will be sufficient if not better than what is on offer today.
@@Superbustr exactly. For example, the pictures shown in the videos that will be online in the next week are all focused on the x100v. Not because is the best camera, at least not compared to my R6, but so far is so fun to use it out there for me.
The problem to me, so far, is that I discovered these things only once placed the purchase.
I would love to see more reviews on actual usage of gear, rather than specs. That maybe could help
@@alessandrocitterio Nice one. Currently I have gone from a set of 6 lenses and multiple cameras to just one camera, with just one lens, and just one film stock. Also I have shot little to no digital in 10 years. I go out for 4 hours to take landscape photos and take up to 12 photos. My take rate is more than 75%. But alas no one shoots in this manner today.
@ love your approach! I also noticed, thanks to film photography, I started reducing a lot the amount of photos I do. No more burst mode since a long time. But you’re smashing with such a small amount of shots! I’d love to see some of them
So well said. I needed to hear this
@@bodythetan I’m glad this is reaching the right person 🙏🏽
I bought a $400 lens in 2020, and I've just spent $600 on a monitor. I'm feeling pretty good about it .
@@kaczynski2333 most of the time that’s the way. Imagine me spending 2600$ for a lens, and not using most of the time when shooting casually in the city or nature just because is heavy 🥲
@alessandrocitterio yeah, that's gotta hurt.
I've just started shooting landscape which with lots of detail, and really needs to be printed large. I can't afford a medium format camera, so I'll buy a nodal rail and stitch.
Still, if I were a dentist, I'd have all the gear.
@@kaczynski2333 feel you man! I wish one day to earn enough money to buy whatever I want ahah
Hey Mr Citterio, my name is Johnny and I'm a freelance logo designer, would you love to spend some of these money on me to design a logo for your photography business and your channel to have a brand image your audience can remember your contents from and also can be one of the merch print you can sell to your fans to buy and own and share the words about your channel too? Let me know if you interested and I would love to work with you to design these for you! :-)
@@NetvoTV thanks for the offer! Unfortunately, my studio already has a logo and for my personal brand I prefer to keep my face visible (and that reminds me I’ve to update the picture, which is still the same since ages).
But thanks anyway for the offer 😊
@alessandrocitterio I see, I can make one for your personal brand as well to overlay it on your thumbnail, on your channel cover art and also as merch print to sell to your fans too for extra coverage and words to spread about your channel! Sound good?
I would assume you didn't keep all 30k of that gear by waking up to the fact you didn't need it and sold off that equipment and recouping most of that money. Spending on what you may not need is one thing but spending and KEEPING would just be foolish.
@@innercynic2784 well, currently I have 30K of worth equipment that I use. But spent same money on gear, tested, and sold it, because found out it wasn’t what I needed (or what I was expecting). Unfortunately, you understand these things only after buying the gear.
The best case for me was with Sony. It was a great camera, clinical, sharp, fast. But it wasn’t fun to use for me and I discovered that while using it.
But i understand your point
$30.000 is different than $30,000
Yeah I’m Italian, we use to put the dot
Get an iPhone bro.
From the next video, my iPhone will be the main tool for the video part 😏