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Kaizen (改善) means improvement, or rather continuously improving something incrementally. The third camera in the A7s series was just announced after nearly 5 years since the previous version. I think the A7s III follows the kaizen approach well. It improved on the previous model a lot! There are a ton of videos already upon the first day of announcement, so a lot of information is out there to look over.  The Sony A7s III Check out the camera through my affiliate links: B&H: https://bhpho.to/3gjG4ny Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BEeumb Best Buy: https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/4bekG   As an affiliate of these shops, I earn from qualifying purchases!  The A7s III has a fully articulating LCD screen. The first Sony FF mirrorless to have it. I haven’t had access to the camera, so keep that in mind throughout this article. It’s possible I might get a few features wrong or not exact to how they work in practice. Do your own research and verify anything you are specifically interested ...

Nikon announced the Z5, or as they call it the “Z 5”. At face value it’s a lower-end version of the Z6, but I don’t think that’s as clear cut as it appears. It’s about value to specific users and use cases. In my mind it’s a continuation of their D600 and D750 line in Z mount. A camera that has a lot of value for the price upon release.  The Nikon Z5 with the new compact 24-50mm kit lens. Get the Nikon Z5 through my links: B&H: https://bhpho.to/39tFgdr Amazon: https://amzn.to/32TdGFb Best Buy: https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/PPovQ   As an affiliate of these shops, I earn from qualifying purchases!  Had they released it as the first Z mount camera, I might have stuck with Nikon gear. I was deeply into Nikon full-frame F-mount for a few years. At the end I had a D600 and a D750 with a few f/1.8 primes as the main kit. When they announced the Z6 and Z7 I was scratching my head. Why would I get something that was missing features from my DSLRs? Back then being mirrorless wasn’t ...

Expecting anything from the Canon EF-M system is an exercise in futility, but my job is talking cameras and it’s fun to speculate on if and what successors to the Canon EOS M5 and M50 could be like. Well that and I want to write up a wish-list for my ideal EF-M camera, haha… Links are potentially affiliated in this post, I earn from qualifying purchases!  Canon EF-M cameras. Now that the Canon EOS R5 an R6 were officially announced, there is the potential that we could see new equipment in the EF-M system. I don’t think it will happen until those cameras are actually being sold. The R5 is apparently coming out on July 30th and the R6 will be on August 27th.  The R6  is looking like a nice combination of features for the price. People in the RF system now have two professional level bodies to go along with their kit like the 28-70mm f/2 lens… What could be the next EF-M camera body? There are rumors floating around, but they have little substance and are low in the rumor r...

While waiting for my car to be worked on, I recorded a video talking about trying to stay productive doing creative work. I go over various things to avoid and ways to split up work to get it done. Let’s talk about being an effective creative! Yep The video where I go over these tips & tricks. 1. TRY TO AVOID WHAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE WEAK AGAINST (EASIER SAID THAN DONE…) It’s easy to burn through hours on things you enjoy that are more consumer focused, but are not especially helpful to being a creator. In my case I watch a lot of YouTube content. It’s definitely easy to spend too much time doing that. The same for video games. At least in my case I’ve been good about removing most of that. Figure out consumer focused time is taking a lot of your day and work on limiting it. 2. SPLIT PROJECTS INTO DAYS BASED ON TYPE OF WORK I’ve found it helpful to break up video projects into pieces. One day I might write up production notes on a few videos. Another day I might do the filming for one...

I had a generally positive experience with the Boling P1 light Andycine sent me previously, so when they contacted me about trying their completely in-house R1 light, I was on-board.  The Andycine Boling P1 light. The lights are similar in build and interface, but the R1 is lower cost with fewer features. Sometimes simplicity is the way to go. The YouTube related video. Check out the light through my links: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3h1WpNW B&H: https://bhpho.to/38XGI7u Or consider the Andycine Boling P1 (My Video) : Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BSQp7G B&H: https://bhpho.to/32V6cP9   As an affiliate of these shops, I earn from qualifying purchases!  Official Specifications:  Color Temperature: 2500k-7000k Color Accuracy: 97 CRI, 95 TLCI Numbers of LEDs: 120 Integrated battery: 3600 mAh Battery Chemistry: Lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) Operating Voltage: 3.7 vdc Maximum Power Consumption: 10w Power Input Connector: Type-C USB 5 volt 2 amps Battery Working Time: 2 hou...

On 7/9/2020 the Canon EOS R5 and R6 were announced. While the R5 looks really impressive, it’s the R6 that I want to talk about the most. Overall, it looks like an exciting tool and I’ll be going over why. I’ll also talk more about the RF mount in general, a bit about new lenses, and the EF-M system.  The Canon R6 Check out my affiliate links to the cameras mentioned. Get the Canon EOS R6 through my links: B&H: https://bhpho.to/3gITCZH Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BYOB0v Best Buy (body): https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/M9AqK Best Buy (kit): https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/dmOWK Get the Canon EOS R5 through my links: B&H: https://bhpho.to/38K7AYM Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZdKVAD Best Buy (body): https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/v7Paj Best Buy (kit): https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/41GNo   See my work-for-hire R6 camera kit: https://kit.co/photographybanzai/canon-rf-work-for-hire-camera-kit As an affiliate of these shops, I earn from qualifying purchases!  This announcement is a big deal for Canon. ...