EP120 Our First Ever Live Call In Photography Show!

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Welcome back to the random photography show. Tonight we are going to attempt to open the phone lines for our first ever live call in show. Plus there'll be all the usual photo, news, camera rumors and of course reviewing your images. Let's roll the music. [00:00:46] Speaker B: It's catchy. It's definitely catchy. Welcome everybody. This is the, the random photography show, of course. It's the. The Camera Life podcast. It's 29th September 2025. Can you believe September's almost over? It's only two weeks to be up and this is episode 120. It has taken Justin 120 episodes, but he finally has his call in hotline. Everything is crossed. Literally everything is crossed. His calling hotline is going live tonight. [00:01:17] Speaker A: It's me, the viewer. [00:01:18] Speaker B: You the viewer? Yeah, he just, he bangs on about it every meeting for you the viewer get to call and chat live. So yeah, we've got a lot to cover tonight now. How are you, Justin? [00:01:30] Speaker A: I know, I'm good, I'm good. I just want to cover this off. We did kind of test the phone line last week on the show and it went miserably. Thanks. [00:01:39] Speaker B: Really? Because nothing happened. [00:01:41] Speaker A: No, but we, I tested it last time, I tested it again tonight. Greg was listening this time so he. [00:01:47] Speaker B: Knows that I've scouts honor, I bear witness. [00:01:51] Speaker A: But I still promise nothing. But anyway, there's the number there. If you do decide to call in at some stage, you know, we'd love to hear from you otherwise as well. Don't forget, at the end of the show we'll be, we'll be looking at some of your images. I've already got images from a couple of people and I saw Lisa Leach just sent one through. So if you've got something hiding on your hard drive. Oh, oh my gosh, we've already got a caller. Hang on, let's see if it works. Everyone, everyone cross your fingers. Hold on caller. Hold on, caller. One second. Caller, you're live on the air. Can you hear? [00:02:28] Speaker C: Yeah, g'. [00:02:28] Speaker A: Day. [00:02:30] Speaker C: Yeah, hello, yeah, it's Dennis here. Like I wouldn't. I think it's about time we talked about this. The panorama videos on Instagram. [00:02:40] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's a bugbear, isn't it, Dennis? [00:02:44] Speaker C: Well, you know, trend and all being tricked. Look, does this make me the first caller on the show on the phone? [00:02:55] Speaker A: Hey, you're the first one that officially made it in. You're a bit glitchy, you're a bit poppy. I don't know about our system yet. I don't know if it's dialed in. But, but we can hear you. [00:03:03] Speaker B: Dennis is in South Australia. They still use dial up, so, you know. [00:03:10] Speaker C: Well, there's a bit of a, I, I mean, some dead weight of the screen, but that's all right. We could just talk sweet nothings to each other, mate. And we got to hang out. [00:03:18] Speaker B: We got to hang out. [00:03:19] Speaker C: Like the fun. [00:03:20] Speaker A: Yeah, that was fun. It was good to see you. And then, and then be just around the corner as well. [00:03:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:03:26] Speaker C: Mate, I am so pumped. So I, I, I have no idea if they have, if they've actually talked about anything. I have the most insane thing happening on the Friday night. It's going to be so much fun and the boys are pumped and. [00:03:39] Speaker A: Yeah, it's exciting. It hasn't been released yet, I don't think. And so no one knows except for you. [00:03:46] Speaker C: Top secret. [00:03:47] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:50] Speaker B: Oh, well, I don't want to hug you. [00:03:52] Speaker C: I don't want to hug your party line, so. [00:03:54] Speaker A: Hey, but feel free to call back in whenever you've got a, you know, a little nugget or an opinion on a matter or something. [00:04:03] Speaker C: I see. Pocket camera myth. I'm literally looking at my pocket camera on my desktop and I've just recorded a promo video, the DJI mic that came with it. So there you go. [00:04:13] Speaker A: Interesting, because. Yeah, I don't know. I'm. It's pocket cameras. It might be more than what you think it is. We'll have to wait till we get to the segment. [00:04:22] Speaker B: Yeah. All right. [00:04:23] Speaker C: See you, boys. [00:04:24] Speaker B: Have fun. Bye, Dennis. Be safe. [00:04:29] Speaker A: That worked. [00:04:30] Speaker B: It worked. [00:04:30] Speaker A: Well done, boss. [00:04:32] Speaker B: Round of applause, everybody. [00:04:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Where's my applause? [00:04:38] Speaker B: Yeah, there it is. [00:04:39] Speaker A: There he is. So tell us, in the chat, how, what did it sound like? Was it too quiet, too loud? Was it glitchy? It seemed to be popping a bit or something. [00:04:50] Speaker B: Yeah, a little bit of glitch. Anyway, should we say good evening to some people or good day? [00:04:54] Speaker A: Yeah. Anyway, also, what I was saying before Dennis called, if you, if you want to send an email, a photo in, email me justinuckystraps.com but you probably probably got 20 minutes or it'll be too hard for me to try and download them and make it happen on the show. So get him in. [00:05:10] Speaker B: He's not, he's not great on the multitasking, folks. [00:05:12] Speaker A: If you're listening back later, just send it whenever and we'll put it on the next show. So there's no rush. It's fine. Dennis was here earlier with the 1-800-flick my shutter number, I think that's too many. It's too many numbers. But otherwise, I'll try and get that one. That'd be good. I don't know how much it costs to get one of those special numbers, but be worth it. [00:05:33] Speaker B: I used to manage those numbers for Optus years ago. [00:05:36] Speaker A: All the 1-803 numbers. Anyone ever try and register this one? No. [00:05:40] Speaker B: I don't know about. Flick my shutter. There was Flick my other stuff. But. [00:05:44] Speaker A: The late night numbers. [00:05:46] Speaker B: The late night numbers. The special call numbers. Yep. [00:05:50] Speaker A: Good evening. Philip Johnson, David Leporardi. Rick Nelson. What's that? What is this one? I don't even know what. Well, I'm not even gonna try that one. John Pickett. Good evening. Thompson. Who else? Oh, Dennis. Yeah. You forgot to email an image. Send one through Lisa Leach. Thanks for sending your images through Kev Morse. And, yeah, Dennis was. Was ready and waiting. And Yelena, no, you don't have to ring again. You've done all the testing and it worked. [00:06:18] Speaker B: Great job. You deserve a pay rise. [00:06:21] Speaker A: Manila. Martin. Hello from the Philippines. It's. It's good to have you. And Roy Bixby from somewhere in the US that I always forget. Over near New York somewhere, I think. Good to have you. No, yeah, somewhere over there. [00:06:36] Speaker B: G', day, Roy. G', Day, everybody. Thanks for joining us tonight. Yeah, we've got a fair bit to get through, boss. [00:06:40] Speaker A: Do we? You sure? [00:06:42] Speaker B: Well, there's a bit of news. There's. We've got a couple of special announcements coming up, so important dates for people to note, all that sort of stuff. [00:06:52] Speaker A: Big show. [00:06:53] Speaker B: Big show. [00:06:53] Speaker A: Photo hotline. But don't. Don't be scared. Call in with your opinions and your questions or anything, because we're the experts. We can. We can help with nothing. [00:07:03] Speaker B: Anything. Anything at all. [00:07:06] Speaker A: I better. I'll get some comments ready from the now. [00:07:09] Speaker B: Roy Bixby's in Melbourne. [00:07:11] Speaker A: Is he? [00:07:12] Speaker B: Oh, he says, g', day. From Melbourne, Australia. [00:07:15] Speaker A: Who am I thinking of? [00:07:16] Speaker B: Rtk. Are you thinking about tk? [00:07:19] Speaker A: No. No, no, no, no. Ah, it'll come to me. I get him always mixed up. [00:07:23] Speaker B: Sorry, Roy. He's not his best in the evenings. More of a day man. [00:07:27] Speaker A: Oh, Robert Varner. Sorry, Roy. Wrong. Wrong word. I'm pretty. I'm pretty average with names. Sorry. Okay. [00:07:38] Speaker B: And Bruce is here. [00:07:39] Speaker A: Bruce is here. [00:07:40] Speaker B: Hey, Bruce. G', day, mate. [00:07:42] Speaker A: Hey, Bruce. What's up? Dennis stole your thunder and called in. So the phone lines work? Yeah. All right, let's go to some. Let's go to some viewer comments from last week's Crazy podcast with Michael Coyne. [00:07:58] Speaker B: Yeah, it was pretty cool. [00:08:00] Speaker A: How insane was that? Yep, I'll try and find the, the comments but if you guys didn't see that episode, I think it's one of our best yet. [00:08:11] Speaker B: Yep, it was pretty amazing. Yeah, I mean, you know, just having Michael as a guest, you know he is highly awarded. He, he has like you know, big name corporate clients in his, in his resume. He's traveled to what was it, something like 80 something countries. He's stood on stages with you know, world leaders who were shouting death to the westerners and taken photos and being involved in those sort of up close and personal conflicts. He's been shot at, he's had mortars fight, he's had to walk through minefields. A phenomenal career and, and yeah, it turns out he likes tennis in the gym to stay, stay on top of things. [00:08:54] Speaker A: So yeah, amazing individual, you know, still traveling the world. I ordered his photo book today. [00:08:59] Speaker B: Oh you did? Ah cool. [00:09:01] Speaker A: So hopefully that arrives before. Hopefully that arrives before befop because I'm going to bring some of my books over for when we're just sitting around on the podcast drinking coffee. [00:09:11] Speaker B: That's a great idea. I'd bring, I'd bring Samantha Olson's book but I, I'm fairly sure I've got a luggage limit. [00:09:17] Speaker A: What on the train? The train, yeah, it's too big. Lisa Leach says Michael Cohen episode was incredible. Amazing stories and the images and all round legend. He is an all round legend. He was great. Yeah, I could listen to him all day. And Bruce Moore says the Iran story with the bodies. Holy shit. Yeah, those stories he kept like do you want, do you want me to tell this story or this story? We're like both stories, every story and. [00:09:47] Speaker B: We end up going for nearly three hours. [00:09:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:50] Speaker B: But I wrote a blog today which will appear on the Lucky Straps website which is actually a good segue to say that. This episode of the Camera Life podcast is brought to you by Lucky straps. Head to Luckystraps.com we make premium handmade Australian made leather camera straps that will fit any camera. We've got a range of sizes, lengths, styles. Next, you know, over the shoulder straps. I may straps for smaller cameras. [00:10:17] Speaker A: I may be biased but I do believe they're the best camera straps on the planet. [00:10:21] Speaker B: I have heard that around the traps. [00:10:24] Speaker A: We put a lot of work into them. Yeah, they're camera straps for photographers. They're not camera straps for trying to try hards. No, I didn't say that. I just realized I had the Wrong. Banner up. All right, let me. Let's have a look at some comments from that episode. Like this one. This one. Does that work? Yeah. Tim Sciamma says, wow, what amazing stories. Michael had a photographer and a secret spy. Yeah, I think he was a spy too. His parents were spies. [00:11:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:03] Speaker A: Crazy. Yeah, crazy. And David Leporati says. Hi, guys. Another absolutely enthralling chat. Really love Michael's amazing stories of his experiences. I agree with Michael about knowing your gear, keeping it clean and checking the settings before every shoot, which is easy on a Fujifilm XT series. Look down to see ISO, shutter speed and aperture. This chat brought back memories of shooting film, especially Kodachrome 64, which was an outstanding color saturated film. Thanks. Well, thank you, David. Yeah, yeah. Epic podcast. And then this one here from at Philip Sutton 8921. This was also on Michael Coyne's episode. Why doesn't he update his website? Doesn't. Doesn't have any of his older stuff and really only his latest book stuff. Most pros have examples of their full portfolio online even my website has all of my jobs and work over the last 14 years. Look, I get it. I would love to see more of his work too, but I have a feeling he's done so much work, the idea of putting that all on a website is probably pretty daunting. And especially going all of his work's done through the agency whose name I forget. Black. No. [00:12:21] Speaker B: Yeah, I can't remember it either. [00:12:22] Speaker A: Yeah, big agency. So like. [00:12:25] Speaker B: So there might be limitations on him. [00:12:27] Speaker A: Yeah, well, he said he's got all of the copyright, so he could put it on his website. But even just gathering everything and doing it, he might be in the process of doing it, we don't know. So, you know. Yep, cut him some slack. That's what I'll say. [00:12:37] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:37] Speaker A: But I agree. I would like to see all of. All of the work. I'd love to be able to just pour through years and years of his work and just check it out. [00:12:46] Speaker B: Yep. [00:12:47] Speaker A: Lisa. Lisa Leach says Blackhawk. No, I don't think it was Blackhawk or something like that though. Question, question from Roy, do this. [00:12:56] Speaker B: He's in Melbourne, by the way. Justin, Roy's in Melbourne. [00:12:59] Speaker A: I know, I know, I know, I know. Do the straps fit my ancient Hasselblad 500? Not really. It fits if you've got the adapters that, that clip onto. If it's got the little round lugs and they used to have little adapters that would go over and pull on those adapters have a slot in them that fits our straps. But if you don't have the adapters, we can't currently get those, unfortunately. [00:13:24] Speaker B: But if you buy another camera, we'll certainly be able to get to a strap for that. You just buy a second camera. [00:13:30] Speaker A: I think ours fits that new Hasselblad X2XD2 thing. Yeah, they're cheap. Dennis says you'd be amazed how many pros don't update their websites regularly. Looks in mirror. Yeah, exactly. It is. It's one of those things often if you're so busy working, traveling around, taking photos of stuff, you might get behind on the website. Stuff. Yeah, yeah. Updating your website. What's that noise? [00:14:00] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:14:04] Speaker A: It's anyway, I get. [00:14:07] Speaker B: But he's also, he's also wanting to sell a book, you know, and so if you put all the images on a website. [00:14:14] Speaker A: Well, I think it's just more. The, the older stuff is probably. [00:14:17] Speaker B: Oh yeah, I guess, yeah. [00:14:19] Speaker A: And it is. It was sort of scattered about the Internet, but you could find it all. If you just do some Googling of Michael Cohen, you'll track a lot of his images down. They're often on the websites of galleries. [00:14:29] Speaker B: But interestingly, he hasn't done many long form interviews. We both searched and found very little. So we feel quite honored and humbled that he spent three hours, plus the time before we went live and the time after we had live, just chatting and, you know, it was amazing. Such a generous, generous soul. [00:14:48] Speaker A: Yeah, I've had it. I've had a new. I've had a new text come in. Apparently it's making fun of us. I don't know, it's the Muppets, I think. Ant trying to. There's a phone ringing. I can't play it. It'll come through the audio anyway, whoever that is. You're funny. That's the third message they've sent. [00:15:16] Speaker B: Okay, well, let's talk about news and rumors. [00:15:20] Speaker A: The news. [00:15:21] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Any more comments you want to share? That's fine. [00:15:25] Speaker A: Now there wasn't, wasn't too many this week. I think there's a few others trickling around the place, but they're the only ones that really, really come up. [00:15:32] Speaker B: Stood out. Yeah. Using rumors, couple of bits of news. There's actually quite a bit going on. Last week was chock a block full of news and this week is no different. There's a lot going on, a lot of rumors. You know, often when, when the, when the going gets. What's that term? And the going gets tough when the. [00:15:57] Speaker A: The ball starts rolling, when the. The camera start coming. [00:16:01] Speaker B: No, no, I've lost it. Anyway, lots of news, but first and foremost, probably the most important piece of news that I have to share with you tonight is on behalf of our good friend, Samantha Olson. Now, Samantha Olson, as we know, and for those that don't created this phenomenal, biblical, I will say, book about photography along Victoria's Great Ocean Road. It's quite a chonker. Sam sent me this one as a gift, which was lovely. And, yeah, it covers everything that you need to know about locations, settings, weather, access, travel, everything you need to know about doing photography on the Great Ocean Road. So that's the book. This came out a couple of weeks ago, so we've already talked about that. However, on when is it? Let me just have a quick squeeze. So Samantha Olson is doing a talk about her photography book and her work along the Great Ocean Road at the National Veteran Arts Museum, which is in Melbourne, it's on Southbank, and she's doing a presentation. It's a free presentation and let me just go through a few of the details. So what you'll learn from Samantha's talk, a brief history of the Great Ocean Road, understand the legacy behind the landscape. Keep in mind that Sam is a veteran, she served in the Australian military and she's got a lot of connection with the Great Ocean Road because a lot of veterans that returned from World War II, I think she said, I might have that wrong, but set up shop in that area and were involved in, you know, creating the Great Ocean Road and building it, which is pretty phenomenal. The talk will also include the best locations to shoot along the coast and deep into the otways. Where are the otways in relation? Are they kind of inland west from, like, lawn, that kind of area? [00:17:59] Speaker A: Inland west, kind of ways closer to Apollo Bay? [00:18:06] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah. So it's further down south, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. She'll also share seascape and waterfall photography techniques, how to capture motion, light drama, tips for aerial photography. So she'll talk about drones and the rules, and also when you're doing photography from planes and helicopters, because you can hire planes and helicopters down there for trips over parts of the Great Ocean Road, and camera gear and equipment advice, just some really basic practical advice on what you need for that sort of shooting experience. So it's at the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum in Melbourne, which is on 3 12St Kilda Road, South Bank, Victoria 3006. It's at 5.30pm and it's on this coming Thursday 2nd October. And it's, it's free admission, which is wonderful. And she has sent us a cheeky little promo poster which I'll just quickly bring up on the screen. Where are you? [00:19:02] Speaker A: Where are you? [00:19:03] Speaker B: Where are you? There it is. Oh. Oh, quite small. Let me just do it in halves. Whoa. [00:19:13] Speaker A: Can you do. [00:19:14] Speaker B: Here it is, here. I don't know how to get rid of all of this stuff, but, yeah, that's Sam's photography talks. So if you're in the area and you're looking to spend an evening listening to someone talk about photography and the great Ocean Road, then head down, check it out, get amongst it, get amongst it. [00:19:36] Speaker A: So, as I said, that's crazy. [00:19:38] Speaker B: Yeah, it's pretty cool. And you know, it's obviously part of her book launch to promote what she's done, which is an amazing piece of work. It's taken her years to get this to this point with this book and if anyone's around to that can support it, then. Then I say go for it. But what else is happening in the news, Justin? Should we talk about Fujifilm first? Because I don't feel like I've said Fujifilm enough today. [00:20:02] Speaker A: Ah, do. I mean the whole, the whole Michael Coyne episode was about Fujifilm. [00:20:08] Speaker B: Yeah. What's your point? That was last week. It's a new week, Justin. I've got money to earn a couple of rumor things that are going on around Fujifilm. So basically we won't. I won't bring this up because it's just. It's basically a rumor. But some of the rumors of Fuji rumor sites are saying that the Fujifilm XT 30 Mark II, which is more of an entry level version of the XT series, started with the XT10, which was a companion to the XT1, which was the flagship body, and then so on. And then they got to the XT30 and instead of going to an XT40, they just went to an XT30 Mark II for a couple of reasons. I don't think the sensor and processor that they were developing was ready, but they wanted to get the camera out anyway. Rumors are the XT30 Mark II has been discontinued and they're bringing an XT30 Mark 3. But other sites are countering that, saying it's not discontinued, they're just having trouble keeping up with the demand of stock stock because it's quite an affordable Fujifilm camera that offers really good, you know, image quality, performance, all those sorts of things. Great for travel. I bought my sister one when she Decided to take up photography. So really great handy little camera. Anyway, we'll see what happens. We'll see what plays out. There may be a new camera on the horizon, there may not. But we'll wait and see what is. [00:21:28] Speaker A: What are the. What's the camera directly like above and below this? You know what are your options? If you were thinking the XT30 and then it's mark two and then it's discontinued or whatever. [00:21:40] Speaker B: Like what would you look at next if that wasn't available? [00:21:42] Speaker A: Yeah. What's it compete with in Fuji's own lineup? Like cameras often compete against each other. [00:21:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:49] Speaker A: Depending on exactly what it is that you're looking at. [00:21:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:53] Speaker A: Similar to the XT50 and the XT5. [00:21:58] Speaker B: I would go to the XT50 if you're looking to spend that much coin. I mean when they first announced the XT50 the price difference was actually pretty much on par with an XT5 but the XT5 had already been out for a few years and had received incremental price drops so. But the XT50 is definitely a goer. It will have come down in price. What else? XM5 it's a different shooting experience. So the XT30 has a EVF and a screen. The XM5 doesn't but it's very affordable and it takes amazing images. It's got great autofocus performance. It just doesn't have an EVF And I found I didn't. I wanted to get that camera before they announced the XC4 XE5. Sorry. I wanted to get the XM5 but I just wasn't a fan of the flip out screen for vlogging. That really put me. [00:22:50] Speaker A: The tilty screen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:22:54] Speaker B: Anyway but yeah I'd definitely go to an XT50 but look if you're in the second hand market you know you can grab a really good quality XT3, XT4 still for good value, you know and. And they're crack amazing cameras you know. So that's all I've got on that. I will get you to bring up this article about Kodak. So Kodak have released a new camera. [00:23:22] Speaker A: Yeah, apparently it's sold out. Did you hear that? [00:23:28] Speaker B: No, I didn't know that bit. [00:23:29] Speaker A: That's the word on the street. Is that it maybe not everywhere but somewhere like as in it. Maybe it didn't sell it in Australia but it sold out somewhere. I think in the States like the day that it come out. [00:23:40] Speaker B: That wouldn't surprise me. [00:23:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:23:43] Speaker B: I mean you know, it is adorable and it is a fully working digital camera. [00:23:49] Speaker A: So. So tell us about it. What do we know about this thing? The Kodak, the chart, the charmer. [00:23:54] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't understand why it's called that. It's such a. [00:23:57] Speaker A: Is it complex? Charming? [00:23:59] Speaker B: I don't know. I don't know, Justin. But it's a blind box. So when you buy them, like if you go to be. If you order one from bh, it's coming. It's a new item. It's expected in mid November in the US at least for US$30, which is about 45 bucks here, which isn't a cheap keyring, but it actually comes in a blind box like, like a gashapon. You know, when you get like. They have them all in the toy stores now, everything's in a blind box. So there's a range of options. Yeah. It's a surprise. [00:24:31] Speaker A: I thought I saw. I'm going to try and find another photo because I thought I saw more images of the different options. Oh, here we go. I'm on B and H photo. [00:24:39] Speaker B: If you go to Ben. [00:24:41] Speaker A: Yeah, there was like all the different colors that you could get. Here we go. I don't. Okay. Yeah, so there's, there's all these different. [00:24:52] Speaker B: Yeah, different variants. [00:24:54] Speaker A: Kodak themed retro variations, which I think that is very cool. They've nailed. [00:25:00] Speaker B: Well, it's clever. It's clever. [00:25:02] Speaker A: You can just look through it. [00:25:03] Speaker B: Look, look, there's each one. There's also a mystery one. [00:25:07] Speaker A: Well, what's that one look like? [00:25:09] Speaker B: I like that one. That. That's my favorite. The gray with the stripes at the bottom. [00:25:13] Speaker A: Yeah, I like that one. But then, you know, of course, I don't. That one's. I could take it or leave it. I remember that style branding. It's very 80s. [00:25:26] Speaker B: Yeah, it is. [00:25:29] Speaker A: That's cool. [00:25:30] Speaker B: Yeah, it's nice. But there is also. Oh, there it is. There's a special. There's a surprise one which is see through, comes in a clear case and yeah, look, it's. It's a little fully working digital camera. It's got a 1.6 megapixel. So higher than the Fuji X half. [00:25:50] Speaker A: I was going to say. So this is a direct competitor to the X half, then I assume this was. What did you say it was priced at? 1699? [00:25:58] Speaker B: No, no, no, no. [00:25:59] Speaker A: It was at $2,000. It was $2,000. Similar to the X Coffee. [00:26:04] Speaker B: Close to 2000. [00:26:06] Speaker A: How much was it in Australia? Hang on. Rick Nelson on a. Rick Nelson says that thing Is back ordered here like crazy already. [00:26:13] Speaker B: Yeah. And collect. These sorts of collectible things that come in. Blind boxes are huge. There are. There are, like, countless YouTube channels just full of kids and adults unpacking blind boxes. Because people get a kick out of it. [00:26:27] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:28] Speaker B: Out of that. That sort of mystery prize grab, you know? [00:26:32] Speaker A: Did you ever have $5 here? Wow. I actually thought they were gonna be like, 120 or something. I saw him. I was like, oh, it's kind of cool. But it's like. It's one of those things that's gonna suck so much that it's kind of. You're throwing a bit of money away. But $55 is. Is like, what's that, the cost of a coffee these days? [00:26:50] Speaker B: Coffee and a bagel. Let me just go through the specs. So it's. It does. It's got a 1.6 megapix CMOS sensor. It shoots 1440 by 1080, so HD, 30fps video. It's got this display. Display at the back. And an optical viewfinder. Charges off. USBC uses a micro SD card with a rechargeable battery.35. The lens itself is a 35 mil equivalent f 2.4. So it's pretty much the same lens you get in a disposable camera, give or take. [00:27:22] Speaker A: It's gonna be. How many videos are they going to be on YouTube that have been like, I shot a wedding with the Kodak shammer or like, I shot F1 with the Kodak Shamrock. That's gonna be. As they start rolling out, every YouTube is gonna be putting out some sort of crazy video of, like, I did it. [00:27:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:40] Speaker A: Like this. It's. Yeah. I think it'll be fun. [00:27:43] Speaker B: I think it'll be fun, too. Why not? Like, it's. [00:27:46] Speaker A: I think we could definitely afford to have more things like this. And I know some people might look at it and be like, oh, it's kind of junk. You know? Like, it's not. It's not a real camera, and it's kind of a plastic toy or whatever, but. So there's lots of. Lots of. [00:28:00] Speaker B: Yeah. And it comes with the keyring. Put it on your keys. Like, you've always got a camera on you. Then, you know, little. Little. Little digital camera. I think it's clever. It's fun. I might get one, but I'll have to wait. [00:28:12] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll have to. We should have been on top of this better. [00:28:16] Speaker B: Dennis is already over it. It's a light painting beast. Dennis, this is your next challenge. Light painting with it. With a Kodak Chimera. [00:28:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:25] Speaker B: I think you should get one of each and create a rig like you've done with the Instax cameras. [00:28:29] Speaker A: Someone tell us how you're supposed to pronounce it. Is it, is it charmer Chimera? [00:28:34] Speaker B: Yeah. And, and is there, is there a significance to the name? Is there a historical significance or is it just a poor marketing choice to say Anyway. [00:28:45] Speaker A: But yeah, I think it's fun. I'm glad they did it. Yeah, I'd like, I actually would like one. I saw it. Now that I see it again, I would like one the first time I saw it. [00:28:54] Speaker B: Looks like fun. [00:28:54] Speaker A: That's cool. But I don't need that. It's just kind of junk. And now I'm seeing it, I'm like, I want a few of them on my shelf. [00:29:01] Speaker B: It's 55 bucks. Like 55 bucks. And it'd be a fun day. Like it'd be a fun project to go out and shoot with it for the day. Like I did with that really cheap. I bought the cheapest disposable that Digi Direct had in the store, cheaper, sorry, digital camera, and went out and did a shoot with it for the day. It was so much fun. It's amazing. [00:29:18] Speaker A: I like those photos. [00:29:19] Speaker B: Worth the price of admission. [00:29:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:22] Speaker B: Let's move along. What do you guys think? For those of you watching or listening along live with us now, let us know what you think about this. Would you grab one? Would you like to see one in your, in your Christmas stocking perhaps? Because you know they're not coming back into stock for months. [00:29:37] Speaker A: Do you hate it and you think it's stupid and it's. Kodak's just milking their brand value by putting out little trinkets, little plastic trinkets. Have your say. 048-551-2370 Anyway, I love it. [00:29:53] Speaker B: Let's look at the Viltrox. Viltrox Spark just quickly because I kind of fell in love with this thing. So the people at Viltrox, I can't say the name properly, have made a special a Z3 flash with a cyber mech design. And looking at it, it's pretty crazy looking. It looks like something out of like a Japanese anime, you know, cartoon kind of thing. [00:30:22] Speaker A: Yeah, it's cool. I, I don't like the green, but I like, I like the style. [00:30:28] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's really good. [00:30:29] Speaker A: Is that A clear, like a clear top in C3 up. [00:30:34] Speaker B: Let me have a look on B. [00:30:35] Speaker A: And H. Is that the only photo. [00:30:37] Speaker B: They got of it, B and H. Now they've got more. Yeah. So it's clear. So you can see the circuitry. If you go to the B and H link, you can actually see through into the. The circuitry comes with a little diffuser to go on the front. It's a USB C charge. If you like blinging up your camera, it's a. Yeah. [00:31:05] Speaker A: That'S again fun. Why not? Why does everything have to be, you know, black plastic. Yeah. Or silver plastic. [00:31:13] Speaker B: I think you can get them in black plastic. But yeah, I agree with you. I don't, I don't dig the green. There's a gunmetal gray and that one's called Tundra Green. At the moment it's only compatible with Fujifilm and Nikon. Sorry Justin, you won't be able to put one on your R5 Mark II. [00:31:29] Speaker A: I wasn't thinking of it to be honest. Really it's. Yeah. I don't know if I would want one of these. It's cool. Looks cool but it's not something I would ever use. [00:31:40] Speaker B: No, limited use but. But still a bit of fun. [00:31:45] Speaker A: Can you mount it to the charmer? Oh, that's great. [00:31:50] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, I like it too. [00:31:53] Speaker A: Rick likes it. I like it. I think it's, you know, because it's cool as well because it's not an expensive item so take a risk on the design. [00:31:59] Speaker B: Yeah. 55 US so we're looking at about 75, 80 bucks Australian plus delivery from. Depending on where you're getting it from. [00:32:08] Speaker A: Yeah. Is it rechargeable? I think it's rechargeable, Roy. [00:32:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:12] Speaker A: I think it does have built in battery. Yep. [00:32:15] Speaker B: USB C charging interface. [00:32:17] Speaker A: Yeah. But look, it's so cheap. Just buy two of them if you worried about running out of batteries. Otherwise we just get a proper flash. Just get a Godox flash. [00:32:27] Speaker B: I've got a little. I've got a similar Fujifilm one that they put out years ago. It's a bit retro but it looks really cool. It's similar size and it's got TTL and manual. [00:32:35] Speaker A: Oh yeah, that's cool. [00:32:37] Speaker B: It's got a diffuser switch and it's just. Yeah, it's just nice and neat. Looks good on like an X100 or my XC4 or whatever. But I don't think I've ever really used it as a flash. I just like to look at it. Spend 300 on it. What else? [00:32:54] Speaker A: 300, wow. Fujifilm's expensive. Yeah. What else? [00:32:58] Speaker B: Their flashes are. The flashes are Crazy. [00:33:01] Speaker A: Well, speaking of flashes, the X Pro. [00:33:07] Speaker B: The Godox X3 Pro. [00:33:09] Speaker A: Not the. Not the X Pro 3. Almost. [00:33:12] Speaker B: They got to be careful. [00:33:13] Speaker A: The X3 Pro F. When I first. [00:33:16] Speaker B: Saw the image of this. Can you click on the image? I thought it was an Apple watch. Like it just looks like an Apple watch. [00:33:23] Speaker A: Yeah, it's got the. Hang on. [00:33:24] Speaker B: It's got that big. The big. What do they call that? The crown? Is that what they call it on watches? Is the crown the main dial? [00:33:31] Speaker A: Yes. Is it the crown? Yeah. The little dial. [00:33:36] Speaker B: Yeah. What's the number? People can call and tell us. [00:33:39] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. I actually. I like that. [00:33:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:43] Speaker A: Let's get some languages because like, I mean, I've got an X. The original Pro. Yeah. Before it went touchscreen. The one. [00:33:52] Speaker B: That's what I used to have. They're quite chunky, aren't they? [00:33:55] Speaker A: They're chunky. This, this looks much better. It is always risky though, going to touch screen and not having physical buttons because if the interface is annoying, like you don't want to be doing this when you're trying to. On a high pressure shoot, whether it's sports or whatever. [00:34:13] Speaker B: So. [00:34:13] Speaker A: Yep. I am always hesitant on stuff that goes full touchscreen, but I think this. [00:34:19] Speaker B: Is why they'll all hit now. [00:34:22] Speaker A: Yeah. That doesn't mean it's right. [00:34:24] Speaker B: Sorry. [00:34:25] Speaker A: Just because they. Just because they all do it. Usually it's because it's cheaper. [00:34:28] Speaker B: I mean to offend you, get you sensitive. [00:34:31] Speaker A: There you go. Watch, watch, watch. Knob is a crown. Yeah. [00:34:34] Speaker B: Hey, thanks, Rob. So this, it is. I got this off a Fuji rumor site, this article, but it is available for Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus and Panasonic and Sony. [00:34:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm with you, Bruce. I would try this though. Like I'm not doing a ton of off camera flash stuff at the moment, so I haven't updated my trigger. The first version still seems to be working all right for me, but if I was updating I would get this and give it a try. But I would be concerned that navigating would be. You would have to be precise and you just hate touching. You touch the button next to it and it does the wrong thing or whatever. So. [00:35:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:12] Speaker A: But maybe the crown, the. This crown thing makes it work better. [00:35:16] Speaker B: Maybe. Yeah. Maybe you can opt for button control, but. [00:35:24] Speaker A: Nev still prefers the Mark 2. I tried the first touchscreen one, didn't like it. Have you tried this new one yet, Nev, or are these not in stores yet? [00:35:31] Speaker B: I don't think it's out yet. No, it's not coming for a while. [00:35:37] Speaker A: The X3 original touchscreen is almost the same size as an Apple watch. Okay. [00:35:43] Speaker B: It's got that look to it. [00:35:44] Speaker A: Unless X is behind. What do you have actually? Do you have the trigger or are you back at the charmer? [00:35:54] Speaker B: Catch up. [00:35:56] Speaker A: I use the X3 and I like it, but I use two lights max at the moment. Yeah, okay. [00:36:01] Speaker B: Yep. And X, he's got the X3. [00:36:04] Speaker A: You got the X3. Okay. [00:36:05] Speaker B: Too many X's. Too many X's. [00:36:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:08] Speaker B: So. Yes. So that's new. Let's jump to some Sony news. There has been some first leaked images spotted of the new Sony 100 millimeter f 2.8 GM OSS macro lens, which apparently is coming tomorrow. So stay tuned for that. [00:36:26] Speaker A: Let me show you some photos that Sony Alpha Rumors has scribbled all over. [00:36:32] Speaker B: Yeah, look. [00:36:35] Speaker A: Wow. [00:36:36] Speaker B: I just can zoom in on the photo a bit, boss. [00:36:39] Speaker A: I have. Oh yeah, there it is. Macro just doesn't get me that excited. [00:36:45] Speaker B: Hang on, look at that text. Where? Now go back into the zoom for me, boss. Go back, back, back, back. Look at the text. That's vertic. That's running up the, the barrel. The, the word macro they've painted over it. [00:37:01] Speaker C: Like that. [00:37:01] Speaker B: M, A and C look dodgy. What's that? [00:37:04] Speaker A: Yeah, it's like whoever leaked this photo or Sony Alpha rooms or someone's kind of filled that in because it was blurry or something. Is that what you mean? Like this stuff? Yeah, it is weird. [00:37:15] Speaker B: Yeah, it is. It's just odd. Anyway, so, yeah, no surprises there. New lens coming. Yeah, so if you're a macro Sony FA shooter should be a cracker. [00:37:28] Speaker A: Well, no doubt being a gm, it'll be. Yeah, sharp, Christine. [00:37:34] Speaker B: Yep. Yep. In other Sony news today, there have been some reports on the effects of the US tariffs on the price of Sony gear. The Sony A7S Mark III now sells for 800 more. US$800 more than it did pre tariff. So your flagship, you know, one of your flagship Sony bodies is, is going to hurt a little bit more, which. [00:37:59] Speaker A: Is an older body too. S3. Like it's. I mean it's not old, it's still current gen. Don't get me wrong. It's not like it didn't come out, you know, 12 months ago like it's been, it's been around for a few years. So usually that's where you're starting to see the best deals. [00:38:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:16] Speaker A: But this has gone on bodies. They pushed it up obviously, which is, I mean, obviously they have to. But It'll be interesting to see how much more this keeps flowing on. Yeah, they stop and, and how, how it affects sales too. [00:38:29] Speaker B: Well, it's almost like the post, remember the post Covert. Everything skyrocketed in price and we thought, oh this will calm down. Everyone's just catching up on lost sales and it never did because the new prices just became the new norm. [00:38:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:42] Speaker B: So yeah. In other Sony News, the A9 Mark III and the A7 R V have also increased by US$400 due to tariffs. [00:38:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:38:52] Speaker A: Let's, let's bring up this. So we talked about this last week, the A7 5. A7. Why do I keep taking it off stage? On stage? A75. And so it's upcoming again. Here's some more scribbly images of the A7 5. And like we know it's going to be, continue to be that mid range competitor or even dominant MID range camera. 33 megapixels or 34 megapixels or something. Thereabouts. [00:39:29] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:39:29] Speaker A: That these tariff price increases are certainly going to jump this camera up. [00:39:36] Speaker B: Yes. [00:39:37] Speaker A: At its release price you would have to think. [00:39:40] Speaker B: Yep. [00:39:41] Speaker A: I wonder what it's going to come out at in Australia. [00:39:43] Speaker B: Yeah. Anyone got any clues, Bruce, you have any, any idea what you think it'll, it'll price at, at the moment? Let's just have a look at an A7. What is it? A74. [00:39:55] Speaker A: This is a good comment, Bruce. Lots of crybabies in the USA blaming Sony for price increases. They are so blind. Yeah, that's a tough one. It's like, it's not a tough one. I understand people want the brands to not increase the prices but this is a clear one where it's like, hey, we've got an increased cost that we cannot absorb. [00:40:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:18] Speaker A: What do you want them to do? Yeah, yeah. [00:40:22] Speaker B: But I've seen, I've seen it in similar crybabies crying at Nintendo with the cost of Switch 2 and Switch to accessories and games like the, the price has gone up because it's coming from Japan into the US or from China or wherever it's being made. But still it's being hit by a tariff. Same sort of thing. And it's, and people are like, oh, Nintendo should just absorb the cost. It's like, well what do you want them to go out of business? That's, that's not what they're in the game for, you know, anyway. Yeah, I should get sponsorship from fucking Nintendo too. [00:40:59] Speaker A: And yes, Bruce, stupid high price because they'll mark up in the USA and Then they'll use that everywhere to stop gray imports, which is. Yeah, that's. That's what we all worry about is that they're going to just basically increase the price everywhere so that there is a worldwide parity of pricing. But. But that being said, like, prices have historically been far higher on camera gear in the uk, I think, and some other countries in Europe. People have often talked about how much more expensive it is over there because of their taxes and stuff. So it's. Yeah, you know, it's. Yeah, it may not affect the rest of the world, hopefully as much, but you never know. [00:41:46] Speaker B: Yeah, fair enough. [00:41:48] Speaker A: You reckon It'll have 8k? Actually. 8k recording or it'll cost $8,000 anyway. [00:41:55] Speaker B: Maybe both. [00:41:57] Speaker A: But yeah, it's going to be a. It's going to be a massive release when it comes out. Does it say we got any idea when they're going to bring it out? [00:42:05] Speaker B: I heard a rumor about October, but who knows? I have heard October mentioned somewhere. [00:42:18] Speaker A: Yeah. Anyway, it'll be big when it comes out. We'll get right onto it. [00:42:22] Speaker B: Yep. What else we got? Panasonic News. [00:42:27] Speaker A: Yeah. What's the deal with it? Do we need to look at these glasses? We're all about the glasses. [00:42:30] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:42:31] Speaker B: These are risky. Neomix AI Neomix. No mix. These are crazy. So I. I grab. I grabbed this one because I. I love how excited you get about wearable cameras, but there's a Kickstarter has been set which has well and surely exceeded its goal for these Neomix AI glasses with a Sony sensor in them, apparently that equipped with a Sony 21 megapixel sensor. That. And it also has six axis gyroscope. [00:43:07] Speaker A: What is the six axis gyroscope? Independent algorithm. [00:43:11] Speaker B: It's more AI talk. It's AI babble. [00:43:13] Speaker A: It's when they extract independent algorithm. Is IA. [00:43:18] Speaker B: No, I know, but I know AI. They flipped it. [00:43:24] Speaker A: They flipped it. It's got IA technology. [00:43:29] Speaker B: Intelligence is artificial. So, you know, we'll go with that. But what are the six axes you've got? What is it? Pitch your. I can't remember them now. [00:43:47] Speaker A: I don't know. Smell time. Taste. [00:43:52] Speaker B: Can somebody. Can someone. Can someone explain. [00:43:55] Speaker A: Yeah, for glasses. Yeah, it seems that way, Roy, but with a gyroscope and artificial. No. What did it have? Independent algorithm. [00:44:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:03] Speaker A: Here we go. Bruce says 6 axis, 2 for XY, 1 for ZED, 3 axis for changing your mind. That's good. I thought he was actually just like a science. Yeah, he got me. [00:44:18] Speaker B: Yeah. Nice. [00:44:19] Speaker A: Okay. [00:44:21] Speaker B: Very well played. So yeah, another brand bringing out wearables. Xiaomi. That's a chime. They've had cameras out before. Have their camera phones in the past. The name just rings a bell. I didn't, I didn't get time. [00:44:35] Speaker A: I haven't heard of Neomix before. [00:44:38] Speaker B: Oh, what did I. I said Xiomi. [00:44:40] Speaker A: That's a much bigger brand. This sounds startup. Yeah, yeah. [00:44:44] Speaker B: Okay, I got it wrong. Sorry folks, quick little grab here. Ugreen, who make power banks and charging plugs and cords for accessories, laptops, whatever. They've announced a two new versions of an easy to use desktop NAS device. UGreen are pretty popular in the states. I bought a couple of their products here off Amazon. But they're hugely popular in the states because they make their third party company that make like Gan charges for laptops and MacBooks and all that sort of stuff. So yeah. Which is pretty cool. [00:45:25] Speaker A: Speaking of that kind of stuff, you know what isn't on your list that got released this week is this. The Rode Hub. A Hyper the Ultimate. The Road Hub is the ultimate high performance USB hub designed to ensure seamless connectivity and exceptional performance in any workspace. With six USB C ports, high speed data transfer up to 10 gigabytes a second and pass through charging of up to 60 watts, it delivers unparalleled versatility for connecting multiple devices from cameras and microphones to storage systems and more. It's sleek, compact. Its sleek and compact build combines rugged durability, modern elegance, making it this perfect centerpiece for any setup. I love Road. That wasn't written the way I would like it written. [00:46:14] Speaker B: We'll write them a letter. Write them a letter. [00:46:16] Speaker A: But this is so this is kind of like a cheaper version of what I use. I use an OWC Thunderbolt Dock which is more than twice as expensive and has less USB ports on it. But it's got ethernet Thunderbolt and it's like yeah, a little bit more pro connectivity and supports displays. But this would be a great option if most of your stuff was USB C and you just needed a decent USB hub. Yeah, yeah. Good question. So the Road hub means your phone call system. Phone call limit system will work. I'm look, the Rodecaster's been pretty good, but I'm kind of annoyed at how bad the Bluetooth connectivity is on the call in. I'm really struggling help us road. But I'm a big fan of road. I would say this along with almost all of their other products are still Australian made. I don't know how they've done that. I have no idea how they're making this stuff in Australia at these prices. It's crazy. We got a new. I got a new podcast mike. [00:47:22] Speaker B: For. [00:47:22] Speaker A: When we go to befop this little thing. Hey, somewhere on here. Where does it say it? Australian made. It's amazing. [00:47:33] Speaker B: That's cool. [00:47:33] Speaker A: This is a USB broadcast quality XLR and USB studio grade processing. Like the processing is built into this thing. You get the software, you can do audio processing on the computer and it's all made in Australia. It's insane. Yeah, so yeah, I'm a big fan of Rode. [00:47:49] Speaker B: Yeah, very cool. And just following on from Rick Nelson's comment, the Panasonic Lumix 100 to 500 release. Yes, it did indeed. So Panasonic has announced the Lumix S100 500 millimeter f5 to 7.1 OIS telephoto lens, which is bloody massive. [00:48:14] Speaker A: Look at that. [00:48:15] Speaker B: I don't think they've got a price for it yet unless it's on B. [00:48:18] Speaker A: And H. This is Panasonic's entry level offering in super telephoto zooms. For those who've never owned one before. [00:48:31] Speaker B: Let'S see if BH have it. Yes, they do. 2100 US dollars, so about three grand. But you know, it's never, it's never a clear conversion anymore because there's tariffs and all sorts of depending on where this is made. So. Yeah, due mid November in, in. In the States at least. [00:48:54] Speaker A: Rick Nelson's said 3736.99. [00:48:59] Speaker B: That's hefty. [00:49:00] Speaker A: That's cheaper than the Canon. [00:49:03] Speaker B: What's the cannon with? [00:49:04] Speaker A: Or it's four something. Four, two, four, three. Thereabouts. I can't remember off the top of my head, but it's. Yeah, it's up there. They're comparing it to the Canon here in terms of weight. Similar in weight, you know. Don't you love when they do a comparison table like this? The canon weighs 1365 grams, whereas the Panasonic weighs a mere 1.3 kilos. [00:49:27] Speaker B: Yes. [00:49:28] Speaker A: I don't get it. What is it in ounces? [00:49:33] Speaker B: Why? [00:49:34] Speaker A: Why, why would you do this? [00:49:37] Speaker B: Yeah, that used to bug me whenever I did reviews for shockit. They wanted everything in US language, so US English as well as US measurements. US measurements. So I had to convert everything, which. [00:49:51] Speaker A: Look, that's fine, I get that. But you can't have it in. You can't have a comparison table where one side's like pounds and the other side kilometers like. Yeah, what are we comparing? Wow. So the cannons. Is it must. Is it gone up or have I just. Is it always on a bit of a deal somewhere? Because yeah, 48.99 retail. I'm sure I've seen them around. [00:50:12] Speaker B: That's a lot, isn't it? [00:50:14] Speaker A: Most of the time, but that is a lot. I'd say it's their lenses that are keeping them going. Nev, Clark wants to know when a Leica Q4 is coming. I think there's some Leica news down the bottom here. We're getting there. You'll be waiting a little while for a Q4, that's for sure. [00:50:30] Speaker B: Yeah, they're not done with it. They're not done with the Q3. [00:50:33] Speaker A: Dennis has heard a Leica rumor this week too. A solid one. We've got some. [00:50:38] Speaker B: We'll get to our Leica news in a moment. [00:50:40] Speaker A: You tell us if our rumors are the same as your rumors. [00:50:43] Speaker B: Yep. Wink, wink, nod, nod. [00:50:46] Speaker A: Before we get there, Bruce said, I have a shitload of mics and gear from Rode. Their service is amazing. And Paul says, wow, you really have to try hard to find Australian made like those epic lucky camera straps and especially Australian made electronic gear. And that's what's crazy because we know what it takes to make Australian made products. The fact that they're doing electronics here competitively on a worldwide market. And not just competitively like they dominate categories and bring out products like the Rodecaster. They own that market. Yeah, they brought out. Yeah. [00:51:21] Speaker B: Everyone's scrambling to keep up. [00:51:23] Speaker A: That's right. It's not like they were just going, oh, this is already made. Let's see if we can do it in Australia. They were like, no, no, we're going to be market leaders in a segment and you know, arguably they pushed the. The new wireless mic. They sort of really pushed that going with the RODE Wireless go system. [00:51:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:51:41] Speaker A: As well. So anyway, enough. They don't. They don't sponsor this podcast. We can't do the whole episode about how great they are. Yeah. [00:51:48] Speaker B: But if they're listening, we're open to sponsorship. [00:51:52] Speaker A: We're cheap. [00:51:56] Speaker B: I read that on the toilet wall. Toilet wall. About you with somewhere. [00:52:00] Speaker A: Yeah. What else is. They created the wireless mic system that we use these days. Right. So they created the pro. The protocol or something. [00:52:10] Speaker B: That's cool. [00:52:13] Speaker A: Okay, let's get. What else is there before Canon? [00:52:18] Speaker B: There's nothing before Canon. [00:52:19] Speaker A: This. This is an interesting one. [00:52:23] Speaker B: So according to Canon rumors, the next VCM Prime. What does VCM stand for? Vibration control Voice. [00:52:30] Speaker A: No, I knew this something. What does it mean? Yeah, voice call motor. I thought it was. And then I was like, no, no, I'm thinking of speakers. But yeah, voice call motor. [00:52:40] Speaker B: Okay, whatever that case, it's A Prime Lens RF14mm F2. What are your thoughts on this one, Justin? [00:52:48] Speaker A: If they do this, it'll be an amazing lens. So everything else in the range so far I believe is 1.4. Yeah, everything's 1.4. [00:52:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:52:58] Speaker A: Which has been. It's, it's interesting because it's a step forward from like, like my 20 mil is at 20 mil 1.4. Most 20 mils have been 1.8 as once you get to that wide end. And so they've pushed that boundary a little bit and I think, yeah, if they go to a 14 mil F2, that'd be very cool. [00:53:22] Speaker B: Yep. [00:53:24] Speaker A: Maybe extremely popular. It would mean that if it's a vcm, it's got, it's not going to have a bulb unless I guess, unless it was. Did have a bulb front element. [00:53:38] Speaker B: Oh, you mean like when they have that concave. Is it concave or convex? Convex, yeah. Glass elements. [00:53:44] Speaker A: Yeah. The bulbous front element on the big wide. Hypertension. Because all of them are the same body. But I, I mean, I guess no, they wouldn't, they wouldn't do that, I don't think. [00:53:55] Speaker B: Yeah, especially if they're trying to keep them all the same for Cineuse as well. [00:54:00] Speaker A: Yeah. So that'll be the question. Could they actually do 14F2? Would that even be possible in that design? [00:54:09] Speaker B: Yep. [00:54:11] Speaker A: Don't know. Canon, greatest third party lens manufacturer in the world. What does that mean? Dennis, you making fun that we can't buy any other lenses? Paul says, oh no. So do I get the 21.4 or the 14F2 for Astro? That would be the question. I think it depends on the type of Astro that you like to do. The 21.4. People like Richard Taddy do seem to use their 20 mil lenses a lot. I think that really wide look, that 14 mil look isn't always as desirable. Once you get more into star tracking and stuff like that and stitching panoramas, you want something with a little bit of a flatter field. [00:54:54] Speaker B: So yeah, Richard Taddy just put a shot up on Instagram. He's just, they've. He and Levin Barrett have just finished a workshop in New Zealand with a group of photographers and Richard Taddy put up an image like it's a 20 image stitched pano of landscape and Astro and it's just, it's Absolutely phenomenal. Are you trying to find it? [00:55:16] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll try and find it. [00:55:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:18] Speaker A: I don't. I just tried to make me post. I don't want to post. I'm. Oh, that's not the search bar. Gosh, I'm old Richard. Daddy. Where will it be? Will it be under his personal one Would be on a nightscape. Oh, there it is. All right. Is it this one? [00:55:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:42] Speaker A: Hang on, I'm blocking now. Let me just adjust our thing here. There we go. Mirror Lakes, New Zealand. Just returned from a wonderful journey around the south island of New Zealand with some amazing photographers. This is a 12 shot panorama taken at Mirror Lakes on Milford Sound Road. We were all crowded on a rugged boardwalk to shoot this spot, but thankfully the setting Milky Way galaxy was in exactly the right position to make it work. You can see the glow of an aurora on the horizon. What? It was still cold not long before midnight. But we were all very excited to be at this magnificent location to witness this scene. This was shot with a Nikon Z6.2A and the Nikon 20mm f 1.8 12 shot panorama at f 1.8. 20 seconds, 6400 ISO. Crazy. [00:56:42] Speaker B: Nuts. Dennis says that's nuts. It is nuts. [00:56:48] Speaker A: Yeah, it's beautiful. He knows how to do the Astros. [00:56:52] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Yep. [00:56:55] Speaker A: So I think we've decided, Paul, get the 20 mil. [00:56:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:59] Speaker A: And your photos will look like Richard's. [00:57:01] Speaker B: Yeah. Easy, easy. Piece of cake. In other Canon news, the Canon EOS 1D X Mark III has been discontinued. I didn't know it was still a continued product, but apparently it's been officially discontinued. [00:57:15] Speaker A: Officially discontinued. Well, they kept it rolling until the R1 come out and then gave people time to switch over. [00:57:21] Speaker B: But yeah, and I guess if they already had ones in in stock, that what are they going to do with them? They've got to sell. [00:57:27] Speaker A: That's right. Yeah. [00:57:29] Speaker B: So. [00:57:29] Speaker A: But now the pros have officially all converted to the R1 and the RF lenses. So, yeah, I think it's. It's the time to say goodbye to DSLRs. [00:57:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:57:40] Speaker A: Canon. [00:57:41] Speaker B: Yep. End of an era, they say. Oh, excuse me. That was a yawn. Sorry. Over to some Nikon news. I was hoping Jim would be here for this. Couple of little bits and pieces. Nothing worth really writing home about. But the Nikon ZF firmware update is rumored to be coming announced next week. Not launching next week, but announced next week that will possibly add the new Film Grain feature that they've talked about when they brought out the silver version of the, the zf. So that's coming. And there was another little article I found in the Nikon rumor site about who, who produces the sensors for Nikon's mirrorless cameras. Could we bring that up, that graphic up just for a sec, please, Justin? I just thought it was really interesting, no surprises that most, most camera brands use Sony sensors. Sony just have this sort of magic unicorn source that they have bewitched everyone into accepting their sensor technology. But there's a, there's a graphic here that shows a whole bunch of different Nikon z cameras from 2020 to today. And, and talking there, just that, just that list. [00:58:55] Speaker A: Sorry. Oh, I thought it was like a picture. Okay. [00:58:57] Speaker B: No, sorry. So it shows the Nikon model the year it was released, the type of sensor it has and who actually makes the sensor. And you'll actually see that probably, I would say 90% are Sony. [00:59:12] Speaker A: Yeah, most are Sony. [00:59:14] Speaker B: Yeah. And is that the same with Canon or a Canon doing their own sensors? [00:59:17] Speaker A: No, Canon do their own. Yeah, because we're better. [00:59:23] Speaker B: So take that. Jim. [00:59:26] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:59:26] Speaker B: You're shooting with a Sony. [00:59:28] Speaker A: Nick ons Nikon's Sony sensors. Why like in the D850 and dead hundred stuff was so good. [00:59:38] Speaker B: Yeah, it does beg that question again. I think we talked about this a couple of weeks ago. Like if Sony's making the sensors for their competitors, how does that work from an anti competitive watchdog perspective? Like you know, a Sony, you know, is it a separate division? Oh, hang on. Bruce got there. Thank you, Bruce. [00:59:57] Speaker A: Bruce Moyle says Sony Imaging is a separate company to their other divisions. So what is made for Sony cameras are different to Nikon, etc. And I guess the other thing is too, it's. I guess there's no issue as long as Sony isn't, you know, holding everyone ransom with. [01:00:16] Speaker B: Yeah, and I imagine that there's pretty heavy contracts around that they can't reveal what other brands are buying off them. [01:00:23] Speaker A: Yeah. You know, Roy respects that Canon is still making their own senses and so do I. We're great. [01:00:29] Speaker B: Good on you, Roy. [01:00:31] Speaker A: Good on. [01:00:31] Speaker B: Now let's get to. Let's. Let's put young Dennis out of his misery and get to the Leica news according to lack of rumors. [01:00:40] Speaker A: Yeah. Q3 monochrome. Here she comes. [01:00:44] Speaker B: October 16th and the Leica M EV1 that has an EVF instead of an optical viewfinder on October 23rd. A couple of big weeks coming up. [01:00:57] Speaker A: For Leica people. It's so interesting. So the Leica M with an evf. I didn't, I never realized that that was something that everyone wanted. But I didn't realize a lot of people were putting those Visaflex, I think they call VISAF EVFs on their M's anyway for more accurate focusing. [01:01:16] Speaker B: And is that the one that has the little box that connects to the hot shoe? [01:01:21] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. And it just sits on top and they're quite expensive and people are using them anyway and it's. Yeah. I didn't realize it was such. So desirable. I thought one of the big draws of shooting with an M was. Was using that optical range. [01:01:35] Speaker B: The optical. Yeah, that old school experience. [01:01:38] Speaker A: But no. So I think it's something people have been asking for and no doubt people will line up to purchase it like they always do. But the Q3 monochrome will be very popular. [01:01:48] Speaker B: Yeah. And I wonder if they'll do two versions. [01:01:53] Speaker A: What? What? Two? [01:01:53] Speaker B: For the two different lens options on the Q3. [01:01:57] Speaker A: Oh. Or. And if they do, they will for sure. It's just whether they'll release them at the same time or not. That's actually a great question. Dennis says no. [01:02:10] Speaker B: No. So what? Dennis just know. [01:02:13] Speaker A: He also says I'm going to do a one camera trip to India in monochrome. Oh, land of color. Good choice. No, the vibrant colors of India. [01:02:25] Speaker B: What's that color festival. Is it Diwali or something? [01:02:28] Speaker A: Yes, yes, that it'll just look like everyone's throwing flour at each other. [01:02:35] Speaker B: Cocaine. Cocaine Party. Oh, dear. [01:02:40] Speaker A: That is funny. Yeah, it's. I mean, yeah, it'll sell so well. I, I thought. Oh, oh, hang on. Oh, hang on. [01:02:50] Speaker B: We have a call. [01:02:52] Speaker A: Hold on, caller. Hold on, caller. That's why, caller, you're on the air. Yeah, look, we just need to have conversation about India. So now I, I have all like, trips there and tiny little. [01:03:11] Speaker B: And gear. [01:03:13] Speaker A: But hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. You're popping a lot. Can you hear anything, Greg? [01:03:17] Speaker B: Yeah, it's, it's, it's. The audio is crackling out. [01:03:20] Speaker A: All right, hold on one second. Just stay with us. Don't go anywhere. Don't, don't leave me. [01:03:27] Speaker C: I will continue talking so you can decipher whether the quality of the voice is increasing or decreasing. [01:03:34] Speaker A: Oh, that's better. Okay, well, currently it's better because I'm holding you up to the microphone because the Rodecaster is just ruining my life. As much as we've just told everyone how great Rode is. [01:03:50] Speaker C: I have always fantasized about this. You know, when I took the Q3 there last year, it was just remarkable. Just this tiny little small thing to Be walking around with and it. You know. But doing it in mono would just take it to a whole nother level of awesome. [01:04:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. [01:04:08] Speaker A: I mean, it would certainly be like. It would be a big challenge, I think, too. Do you think it would be a challenge? [01:04:15] Speaker C: Yes, immensely. Because you're kind of learning. Because I never, like, I'm so new to photography, you know, you're learning an entire new language of photography. Like an entire new language. And all of my great photo books I own are in black and white. And you learn how to tell stories better. You learn how to see in contrast and tones, I think. Listen to me. What a complete utter ball of wank. But I think it's true. [01:04:44] Speaker B: I agree. [01:04:45] Speaker A: I thought you were the ball of. The ball of light. The ball of wank website. [01:04:51] Speaker C: All right, thank you very much. Carry on. [01:04:53] Speaker A: Hold on. Wait one moment. I just need to see if this works. I'm trying to bring you back. [01:04:57] Speaker C: Let's. Here I am talking. I'll sing I was made for loving you, baby. [01:05:04] Speaker B: Oh, wow. [01:05:06] Speaker A: All right, so we've got the sound. We've got no popping. So this is all I have to do. Whenever someone calls in, I get them on. It defaults back to speaker speaker. I then switch the Bluetooth to the Rodecaster and then it starts popping and then I turn Bluetooth off, turn them back on again, reconnect, and it's perfect. So. [01:05:25] Speaker C: Well, this seems like a very simple workflow. [01:05:29] Speaker A: It's easy peasy lemon squeezy. So, hang on. Did we get an answer? Do you think they're going to do. Maybe I wasn't paying attention because I was doing the Bluetooth. Are they going to release this camera in Both lenses? The 28 and the 43? [01:05:43] Speaker C: No, the 28. That. That initially, like. I think you're right. I think what they'll probably do is gauge popularity and then like they did with the. With the Q3. [01:05:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:05:54] Speaker C: But initially. Initially it's just 28, apparently. [01:05:58] Speaker A: Apparently exactly. The rumors. We're talking rumors. It's all alleged. So. And I. They also do love a release, obviously. So it's like if. I guess if they can stretch this out, you know, by. By doing the 28. And then six months later, they do the 43, assuming the. The demand is there. And then, you know, and then they do the reporter edition. And then they do the. [01:06:19] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, the Lenny Kravitz one. [01:06:21] Speaker C: I had a look through the other day. I. I did have a look through the 43. You know, had. It had a bit of a Walk around with it and it's certainly nice, but I, I, for me, you know, a little too limiting. I mean of course it'd be nice to have two just getting him 11, wouldn't you? Alrighty guys. [01:06:44] Speaker A: I just want one where the lenses just rotate around. You've got three lenses on the front. You just click, click, you know. [01:06:49] Speaker C: Oh my God. [01:06:50] Speaker A: Wouldn't that be great? [01:06:51] Speaker C: That, that is genius. Well, I, I, or, or you could, you could aerodyte three Fuji instaxes together. [01:06:59] Speaker A: That would work. It's a great idea. [01:07:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:03] Speaker C: Why not? [01:07:04] Speaker B: Why not? [01:07:06] Speaker A: All right, well we better, we better keep rolling because this should carry on going a long time. We've got photos to look at. [01:07:11] Speaker B: Yep. [01:07:11] Speaker C: Okay. Goodbye. [01:07:12] Speaker B: And I've got a box. [01:07:16] Speaker A: Let's drop the caller. [01:07:19] Speaker B: Drop the caller. Yep. What else? There's a new camera company. [01:07:27] Speaker A: Is there? [01:07:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Should we jump to that one? [01:07:31] Speaker A: Sure. All right, we better. This will make this the last of the news. [01:07:34] Speaker B: All right. We'll make this the last one very quickly. A brand new camera company is making a spiritual Successor to Lumix GM5. I don't know how to, how to pronounce. Is it Esque. Esque camera. It's the new brand and they're developing a brand new. Is that, Excuse me. [01:07:54] Speaker A: I don't know. [01:07:55] Speaker B: I don't know. Is anyone, anyone understand how. Oh, hang on. It means sketch or outline in French. It's French. French. It's a timeless carrier everywhere camera. It's as we said, it's a micro four thirds. I don't know if that's an official image of it. I think that might just be a mock from what I've heard. But yeah. So we don't have a lot of news because it's only just been announced. But stay tuned, we'll, we'll have a look. Oh no. It is a mock up of what it's going to look like apparently. [01:08:30] Speaker A: Okay. [01:08:30] Speaker B: Wow. So looking body, isn't it? [01:08:35] Speaker A: So very light. 20 megapixel sensor. Well, at least it says, oh look, they've made it. Here's the, the instructions for how to build. Looks like a Lego set. This is, they just sent this drawing to the factory and they're like, we'll have 1,000 of these. Thank you. [01:08:54] Speaker B: Yeah. Yep. Premium camera at a reasonable price releasing in 2026. Between 1500 and 2000. I'm imagining that that's US dollars, but yeah. Okay, so we'll keep you guys up to date on what's happening with that. [01:09:14] Speaker A: Our goal is to capture the Timeless shooting field, the Leica M, the pocketability of a Ricoh gr and the modern performance of today's cameras. Well, good luck. They're two of the the greatest camera systems there. You just want to blend them together. [01:09:28] Speaker B: Yeah, just that first time around. Just nail it straight away. Yeah, Good luck to them. I think it's good. Why not? [01:09:35] Speaker A: I mean, yeah, hopefully they can, they can make a splash and get amongst it, but yeah, it'd be a tough lift coming up against these, these big brands with a brand new product. [01:09:47] Speaker B: Yeah. Pricing will make all the difference. [01:09:50] Speaker A: When you love holding your camera, when it feels like an extension of your creative vision, you'll use it more. When you use it more, you'll capture more of life's beautiful moments. That's the real magic of photography. [01:10:04] Speaker B: Powerful. [01:10:06] Speaker A: Yeah. Roy says it doesn't look finished. [01:10:12] Speaker B: No, it doesn't at all. Missing a few bits, I think. All right, let's move on to your little pocket camera myth. [01:10:19] Speaker A: I don't know if we have time for this discussion tonight now that we've got. We've got to do these images. I don't know. [01:10:25] Speaker B: And I've got a box. [01:10:27] Speaker A: Yeah, you've got a box to open up. [01:10:30] Speaker B: I really want to do my box. [01:10:31] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. We might have to skip pocket camera myth because I actually think it's going to be a big discussion where we. [01:10:37] Speaker B: Leave it for next week then. Or we could do it during one of the other four podcasts we're doing this week. [01:10:44] Speaker A: That's true. [01:10:45] Speaker B: More on that in a moment. [01:10:46] Speaker A: That's true. Yeah. Okay, we're gonna have to leave it for the next show. Let's go to what's in the box. [01:10:53] Speaker B: All right, Play the thing. [01:10:56] Speaker A: Ah, see, Bruce wants to know. Maybe I'll just do a little teaser and then you guys can think about it and then we'll come back and have a full on discussion. Okay. [01:11:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:11:03] Speaker A: The question I got asked from Grant was Grant has an R5.20. An R5, you know, which is 45 megapixel Canon camera, almost top of the range. And he's got a 24-72.8 L series lens, heavy but premium quality lens. And they printed out a whole heap of family photos. [01:11:26] Speaker B: Excuse me. [01:11:27] Speaker A: Some. Some from the camera and some from their phones. And Grant said, geez, the phone photos really suck compared to my R5. I'd like to get Hope so a small pocket camera that we can take around and take photos with so I don't have to lug the R5 and the 24 to 72.8 L lens around and I thought about it for a bit and I think that, that the, the pocketable camera, that's a significant jump up from quality From a new iPhone 17 Pro might be a myth. And that's where I'm at. [01:12:17] Speaker B: Right. [01:12:19] Speaker A: And maybe we can talk about that on a future episode because I really, I racked my brain and I can come up with maybe one or two options and. [01:12:32] Speaker B: Yeah, and they were all Fujifilm, weren't they? [01:12:33] Speaker A: Nelson says you lose. No. Because the X half is the closest thing Fujifilm have got it to a pocketable camera. And that sucks balls. [01:12:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:12:41] Speaker A: I mean as in terms of not. It's because it wasn't designed to compete with a, you know. [01:12:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:12:47] Speaker A: A high end camera, I'd be inclined. [01:12:50] Speaker B: Oh look, we'll talk about it next week. [01:12:51] Speaker A: We'll talk about some options. I've got some ideas of how to navigate this particular problem and I think it's a problem a lot of people have because people don't want to take photos on their phone but sometimes they want an everyday carry camera, you know. But The X Hunt 100 does not fit into a jeans pocket despite the fact that people say it's a, you know, it's a pocketable camera. It's most certainly not. You can if you have to get it in there, but it's not comfortable. So yeah, it's. [01:13:21] Speaker B: Interesting. [01:13:23] Speaker A: Yeah. So that's what we're going to talk about on the next show. [01:13:27] Speaker B: Yep. So have a think about it folks. [01:13:29] Speaker A: Save it. Yeah. And as Bruce says, good way of getting people to throw in feedback for the other show. Including Collins. [01:13:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:13:35] Speaker A: Dennis. Yes, yes. That is basically the one that I come up with. But then you, you've got one 28 mil lens and iPhones got now has three lenses and it's. And they're good. Obviously they're not a proper camera but it's, it's a real tough justification. What's a Ricoh GR cost these days? 2000 something. You know when. Because this is for people. This is that thing of like I've already got an amazing camera. I just want something pocketable to use that's better than my phone. So anyway, yeah, we'll talk about that. [01:14:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:14:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:14:13] Speaker B: All right. [01:14:15] Speaker A: What's in the box? [01:14:17] Speaker B: What's in the box? I'll make it quick, I'll make it snappy. Folks may remember a couple of weeks ago I talked about going to an event that Fujifilm Australia organized. They invited me to down to the Converse store at Chadstone in Melbourne at the Chads and Shopping center. They were doing, are doing a collaboration with Converse and it's all to do with the launch of the new Fujifilm XE5 which I have here. This is my copy of the XC5. I also reviewed this and you can check out that [email protected] but I just wanted to share with you a bit of an update from that little adventure that I had. So firstly, just a couple of quick images. Let me just. Is this gonna work? What's going on? [01:15:05] Speaker A: What do you need? [01:15:06] Speaker B: Have you got something else on the stage? [01:15:08] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm tweaking things. You gotta add it to the stage. [01:15:11] Speaker B: I tried. Could you get out of the way, please? I'm trying to do things here. I'm trying to talk to the people. [01:15:17] Speaker A: I've got a professional show. [01:15:18] Speaker B: All right. Okay. So this is me with Chase. I can't remember Chase's surname. Anyway, it's on the shoe. And Chase is a sneaker designer. That's his job. And so Fujifilm got Chase, a couple of other dudes involved and they organized a collaboration with Converse. And that's me, that's me on the left. Obviously I'm the hairy attractive one there. I am in color. And so I got invited down to Chadstone to the Converse store and I got to work with Chase to design my very own one of a kind Converse runner with Fujifilm branding. Like, it's like a dream. It's like a dream for me. Pinch me. [01:15:58] Speaker A: It is. [01:15:59] Speaker B: Anyway, and Charlie Blevins was on hand. Charlie's a great friend of the show. He's also works at Fujifilm Australia. And he was on hand and chatting to customers about the cameras and about the collaboration and things like that. Anyway, that's kind of like what was in the store window, the XC5 with a groovy pair of Converse runners. So I got mine. They arrived today. They arrived not in a delivery box, put in a shoe box. It was delivered by a bloody courier. How crazy is that pair of shoes? It's huge. [01:16:32] Speaker A: Hang on, hang on, let me. So you've got it there. Let me bring you up bigger. Wait, wait, wait. [01:16:35] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I can get rid of that thing. Sorry. Let's get rid of that. [01:16:40] Speaker A: All right. There you are. [01:16:41] Speaker B: So this is really awkward. Here's my big monolithic. I have to roll back monolithic shoe box. And it's got Fujifilm GFX X Presents sneaker studio. And then inside it's got all this cool Fujifilm Converse brand or Fujifilm branding. And, and I got my shoes, got a nice card from Fujifilm. Look at my new runners. Let me just show you. [01:17:09] Speaker A: Give us. [01:17:09] Speaker B: So these are close up. These are my new. Hang on, here they are here. I'm a size 9. I've got little feet, in case you're wondering. So on the left shoe on the back it's got Green Blooded, which is Fujifilm's current call to action on socials. And inside the shoe it also has Green Blooded printed. It has this little groovy tag which gives me street cred apparently. It's got Fujifilm GFX and then it's got a picture of my XE5 or the silver XE5 and the, the little in place of. So on this side you've got the Converse All Star little logo, but on this side they've put the Fujifilm film simulation dial as a little leather patch. [01:17:53] Speaker A: That's very cool. [01:17:54] Speaker B: How cool is that? And little Fujifilm branding. [01:17:57] Speaker A: You're never going to take these off, are you? [01:17:59] Speaker B: Well, I might not even put them on. They're too good. [01:18:02] Speaker A: You got to wear them at. [01:18:04] Speaker B: I will wear them at BFOP to the pajama party. Yeah. Because this is all I wear. I don't wear pajamas to bed. On the inside of the tongue it says custom made by Chase Shield. That's his name. S H I E L. He's done sneaker collabs with all the big brands here in Australia. But I got to customize these with an image of my choice and what I chose was my product shot that I, that was the lead product shot that I took for. Oh God, I'm fucking terrible at this shit. So they've printed my photo onto the tongue of the shoe and that's, that's the XC5 review unit that I had. My, my personal one's all black, but yeah, that's one of my product shots. And so I've got a unique one of a kind Converse X Fujifilm collaboration shoe. I'm so excited. It's so cool. [01:18:57] Speaker A: Well, congratulations. That is a great initiative that wouldn't have being cheap, you know, like they've gone out on a limb to do that and that's really cool. Even the box. [01:19:10] Speaker B: Yeah, it's all really like, even the wrapping, like all of the. Yeah, the tissue paper they often put in shoe boxes. It's all the green Fujifilm stuff and yeah, it's pretty cool. It's. It was a pretty cool collaboration. And. [01:19:23] Speaker A: If you do the next half. Did you only get one sneaker? [01:19:27] Speaker B: Yeah. Not even just the laces but yeah, I'm pretty stoked. That was, that was, that was a very cool experience. [01:19:35] Speaker A: That's amazing. Really cool. [01:19:38] Speaker B: Pretty, pretty happy about it. Yeah. But I don't want to wear them. I don't want to ruin them. And I've also got last year at Beef up I got a pair of Fujifilm socks from Matt who was running the Fujifilm table at the Bright Festival. So I think if I wear those with them that's kind of. That I'm decked out. [01:19:58] Speaker A: Yeah. I've got a couple of super quick what's in the boxes. But then, then we will get to these images. I think I've got them all laid out. There's, there's tons. Everyone sent an image in this week. It's great. All right, so Bruce Moyle. [01:20:12] Speaker B: Hang on. [01:20:13] Speaker A: What? [01:20:15] Speaker B: Something that is finally fit for purpose by Fuji. How dare you. But then he said they are actually kind of cool. [01:20:24] Speaker A: They are kind of cool. Oh yeah, we've missed a heap of comments. What's going on here? Cool photo. Walk shoes. Rick Nelson says Dennis is very cool. Oh, Nick Fletcher was here or is here. I don't know. He just said. Just joined. What have I missed? We got a live call in number now. Nick. [01:20:38] Speaker B: Yeah, give us a call. [01:20:39] Speaker A: 048-551-2370. Join the show. [01:20:43] Speaker B: Save it to speed dial. [01:20:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Save it to spend it. Yeah. Nev Clark says I can never understand monochrome cameras when we can edit. Why Someone please shed some light on this. They do have a very different sensor. So they have no color. They don't. Sorry. They don't have a different sensor. They have no color filter over the sensor. So the theory is that you essentially get four times the perceived resolution of the sensor because it's not having to split the colors up as it goes through that filter. But there has been some speculation that now that the 60 megapixels sensor, megapixel sensor that's in the Q3 is so good that there is a not as big a discernible difference in a well edited color raw to black and white conversion. There's not a as big a difference as there is on the monochrome cameras. Unless you're at high ISO. That's the word on the street. We've got to hit on the cell. Hold on caller. Hold on caller. Caller, you're on the air. Can you hear us? [01:22:00] Speaker C: I just rang in. Just work. [01:22:04] Speaker B: It's Nick Fletcher, everybody. [01:22:06] Speaker A: It's Nick Fletcher. He's. Hold on, hold on. Nick. [01:22:10] Speaker C: I Knew it wouldn't work. [01:22:12] Speaker A: No, it did. It is working. It's just, it's a bit, it's a bit messed up and I'm just fixing it. Yeah, I like your audio to be nice. Are you still there? Oh yeah, see, it's still working. And then we connected again. It's just, it's a 30 second process every time. What could be. What could be harder than that either? Nick? [01:22:36] Speaker B: Hello? Nick. [01:22:37] Speaker C: Oh yeah, still here. [01:22:39] Speaker A: Good, good. [01:22:40] Speaker B: What are you doing? [01:22:40] Speaker A: I did all that work. [01:22:42] Speaker B: You just finished work. [01:22:45] Speaker A: No, I haven't. [01:22:45] Speaker C: I was, I got distracted. I was doing the quiz for BFOP and forgot all about you and then you popped up on my feed somewhere. So I'm sorry I missed all the excitement. I'll have to go back and listen to it. [01:22:54] Speaker A: Oh, what are some of the questions? [01:23:00] Speaker C: Yeah, let me give you an example of a question. What type of lens took this picture? [01:23:06] Speaker A: Okay. A 50 mil. [01:23:10] Speaker C: You're miles out. Who is this famous photographer? [01:23:19] Speaker A: Dennis Smith. [01:23:21] Speaker C: Oh, so close. [01:23:23] Speaker B: So close. [01:23:27] Speaker C: I can keep going without the visual images. It's gonna lose a little bit. [01:23:31] Speaker A: No, yeah, it's fine, it's fine. [01:23:35] Speaker B: While you're, while you're here, Nick, I just want to remind everyone that's watching or listening along, whether it be live with us now or, or in a few days that on Wednesday evening at 7.30pm on the 1st of October, that's Australian Eastern Standard Time, we have a beef up prep, prep and pack party. That's right, live on the podcast. [01:23:54] Speaker C: Yeah, it's essential. Essential viewing slash listening for anyone going out to festival. [01:24:01] Speaker A: And we'll be running this amazing live call in hotline. So if you have a question about befop, you can call in against me and you've got half an hour and Matt directly. [01:24:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:24:12] Speaker C: The whole thing shouldn't take more than. [01:24:14] Speaker A: Seven or eight hours. [01:24:15] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [01:24:17] Speaker B: I'm bringing a sleeping bag just for the occasion. [01:24:20] Speaker A: Yeah, we got time. [01:24:21] Speaker B: We'll make time. And so how are you feeling about the upcoming festival, Nick? [01:24:30] Speaker C: Yeah, like it's sort of. In some ways it's in great shape. In other ways, like you don't expect to have to deal with a serial killer. So just having to reorganize the festival. [01:24:43] Speaker B: Yeah, because of that bloody idiot. [01:24:45] Speaker A: That sucks. [01:24:46] Speaker B: That's quite a bump in the road, isn't it? [01:24:48] Speaker C: Well, yeah, yeah, but ours is the smallest problem. But it's. [01:24:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:24:54] Speaker C: So you know, there'll probably be a few changes because of that. [01:24:57] Speaker A: Yeah, but you guys are all over it from what I've Heard so. [01:25:01] Speaker B: Well, you've been over show weeks. I know you've been talking about it since it happened, so. [01:25:05] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, the show will go on. [01:25:11] Speaker B: It will. [01:25:11] Speaker C: They will. Anyway, we've got loads of stuff to talk about. We'll talk about all the competitions we've got. How to organize yourself the weekend. It'll be fun. [01:25:20] Speaker A: Yeah, I can't wait. So that's 7:30 on Wednesday. And look, you know, if you're going to be fop, it's essential. If you're not going to be fop, it'll probably still be fun to listen to, you know, so, you know, come and have a listen. [01:25:33] Speaker C: Yeah, you do. [01:25:36] Speaker A: See you all then. All right. [01:25:37] Speaker B: All right, we'll talk to you in a couple days. See you, mate. Bye. [01:25:44] Speaker A: Cool. [01:25:44] Speaker B: Hey, look, that's the magic right there, folks. That's the magic of live, Live television. I was going to say of live podcasting. [01:25:54] Speaker A: All right, very quickly. Couple of. A couple of. Then we got to get to these, these pictures. More pictures keep coming in and I think I've got them all in, but it's, it's a long segment. So very quickly, my what's in the box is there was a book fair in Bendigo over the long weekend and I went down there and I was like, all right, I'm going to see what photo book books they got. I, I, There was books everywhere. The whole town hall was filled up with tables of books. And this was Friday, Saturday, Sunday. We went there on Friday. And I'm like, there's going to be coffee table books. And so I'm running around, I'm trying to find, I'm trying to find the photo book section. And then there's, there's the coffee table book section. And it's just like, there's like three books left on. Four trestle tables was empty. It had been ravaged. So apparently that is. I thought I was the only one smart enough to go to book fairs and snatch up cool old coffee table books, but no, but then I was walking past the collectible section. [01:26:56] Speaker B: Oh. [01:26:57] Speaker A: Which, which was like box sets of DVDs and some other sort of collectible book encyclopedias and stuff like that. And this one was here, which is Aftermath the 911 book by Joel Meyerowitz. And it's massive, his documenting of, of that and, and the cleanup and everything. Huge photo book. And it was $15, so. [01:27:27] Speaker B: Wow. [01:27:29] Speaker A: We had a school. I'm going to bring it to befop. [01:27:31] Speaker B: Yeah. Cool. [01:27:32] Speaker A: It's cool. Very cool. My other. What's in the box is what. What's in this box is my new favorite paper. Canson Burrito. Yeah, Burrito Prestige 2. It's hideously expensive, but it looks great. [01:27:50] Speaker B: What does a sheet of burrito paper cost? [01:27:52] Speaker A: I think this box of 25 was like, $80. Yeah. [01:27:58] Speaker B: And so with the ink, what does that cost to print? [01:28:01] Speaker A: I haven't. I haven't figured that out yet. Yeah, look, apparently I know what I'm doing. Nick Fletcher. I use that paper. Bruce Moyle. That paper is awesome. It is awesome. I've done some prints already. Oh, wow. See the. See the. The joy of them. But the. This printer. I love this printer. This Canon Pro 1100 thing, it's so good. The paper is great. It's quieter. It just works. It hasn't glitched on me at all. Anyway, I'm stoked, so. [01:28:31] Speaker B: Nice. [01:28:31] Speaker A: Oh, one more. T shirts. Our T shirts from Cube Productions from Chris Benny arrive. [01:28:39] Speaker B: Oh, good. Oh, they're awesome, aren't they? [01:28:43] Speaker A: How cool is it? [01:28:44] Speaker B: Did Grant get his. [01:28:47] Speaker A: No, I'm keeping all four of them. [01:28:48] Speaker B: Are you gonna put them on ebay? [01:28:50] Speaker A: No, I'm just gonna wear them all. I haven't. They only arrived today, so I haven't told anyone. I haven't decided. Okay. So, yeah, Very, very cool. [01:29:01] Speaker B: Nice. [01:29:02] Speaker A: That's. That's my. What's in the box? But, yeah, I'm loving that printer. Printed one out just before. It's just. Yeah, it's so smooth. [01:29:08] Speaker B: Very cool. [01:29:12] Speaker A: Lisa Leach. So I actually took the printer out of the box too. I did that a few weeks ago, but it took a while to get it set up. I wasn't in a rush, that's for sure. I was. I was scarred from previous experiences, thinking it was going to be a nightmare to set up. And it. What? The only nightmare was the drivers were a bit funny. Damp. Like, finding the right drive. I had to download like three or four different kind of softwarey driver things or whatever, but in the end, it all kind of just worked. And that's good. [01:29:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:29:40] Speaker A: So I'm happy. Yeah. Nick Fletcher says. How good was Chris? I have a man crush. [01:29:46] Speaker B: Yeah, he was good. [01:29:48] Speaker A: Epic. [01:29:49] Speaker B: Yep. [01:29:50] Speaker A: All right, let's get to the images. [01:29:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:29:56] Speaker A: Okay, now let's see if this works. This week. I need someone to run the back into the show, pull things up, and it's a struggle when I do it. See, now this is in a wrong. It's in the wrong shape. Why is. It worked earlier? [01:30:25] Speaker B: What are you doing? [01:30:28] Speaker A: All right. That's odd. But anyway, let's Just see if I can. [01:30:32] Speaker B: I think the problem is you're putting them in lightroom. [01:30:36] Speaker A: It's very difficult to do it any other way. [01:30:40] Speaker B: No, it's not. [01:30:42] Speaker A: Yeah, it is. [01:30:43] Speaker B: No, it's not. [01:30:44] Speaker A: I've got submissions from many people. Okay. So I just have to go the whole size of the computer maybe. Okay, we're getting there. [01:30:57] Speaker B: Okay. [01:31:00] Speaker A: Andrew Connor. Unfortunately I can't read out. Oh yes. I can read out what he sent, but I think this one was on a Beef Up. This was on a Beef up workshop. See if I can make it bigger for you guys. I think he was on a workshop with Mika and he said they were kind of just doing their thing and then next minute Mika said, oh wow and he came running. And I believe, if I'm remembering correctly, this was shot with. Where is it? What he calls his bridge camera. [01:31:43] Speaker B: What's a bridge camera? [01:31:50] Speaker A: Sony RX10 Mark 4. Wow. Let's see. Yeah, this was 2022 BFOP shot with a bridge camera RX10 Mark IV. [01:32:06] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:32:09] Speaker A: And then he sent a few others shot the same camera and there's only one sound effect for this, but yeah, like. So these were shot with. With essentially a point and shoot. [01:32:29] Speaker B: Yeah. Amazing. [01:32:36] Speaker A: That's pretty crazy. [01:32:37] Speaker B: Yeah. What was the RX10. [01:32:44] Speaker A: Like an. An all in one zoom? [01:32:47] Speaker B: Was it like the RX1R? [01:32:49] Speaker A: Oh yeah. [01:32:49] Speaker B: Okay. [01:32:55] Speaker A: So yeah, killer shots. [01:32:57] Speaker B: Yeah, amazing shots like for. [01:32:59] Speaker A: For not a giant kit going to one of these shows. [01:33:05] Speaker B: Yep. David Leporati likes him. You got the tick of approval there. [01:33:14] Speaker A: The master himself. [01:33:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:33:18] Speaker A: Yeah, maybe I'll try photo mechanic. Bruce, it's no, this is actually a Stream yard issue. Every week it changes the way that it. Streamyard is the software that we use to stream this show. And every week it changes the way that it wants to put Lightroom onto the screen. It's quite strange. But yeah, amazing work, Andrew. Beautiful images and yeah, especially this one. Befop. That's what you can expect to get at befop. Beautiful. [01:33:43] Speaker B: It's not a 1 inch type sensor. Yeah, that's amazing. [01:33:48] Speaker A: So, you know, maybe I'm wrong about the whole pocket camera myths. [01:33:54] Speaker B: Yeah, well, I mean maybe it's worth going back a couple of generations for grant to find something small and still got a bit of punch potentially like a Fujifilm X70. [01:34:06] Speaker A: Now speaking of Bruce Moyle, this is an image by the one and only Bruce Moyle. [01:34:11] Speaker B: Yeah, he captured that while we're out on our photo walk in Melbourne last week. [01:34:17] Speaker A: He also captured this. [01:34:21] Speaker B: Ah, who's that Chunky lad. [01:34:25] Speaker A: Oh, look, it's me taking a photo of this lady. [01:34:30] Speaker B: No, I was trying to get the whole scene. Well, yes, but I was trying to get the whole scene. [01:34:34] Speaker A: Okay. [01:34:34] Speaker B: Don't make me out to be a creep. [01:34:37] Speaker A: I think that's maybe what Bruce was doing. I don't know. Whatever you're like, send it to the police. I'll hide next to this rook. She'll never find me. [01:34:45] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [01:34:46] Speaker A: Is that a rook? I don't even know what that one is. [01:34:50] Speaker B: No, I was trying to get the. I was trying to get dynamic angle. I wasn't doing an upskirt. [01:34:55] Speaker A: I was gonna say she's wearing pants. Exactly. Oh, that's dear. And yeah, so laser Okie's right though. A bridge camera isn't going to fit in your pocket. And yeah, that's the thing. It's like it's got a nice, big, nice, nice big lens on it. [01:35:11] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a big chunky lens. [01:35:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay, so we're gonna go. We're gonna jump around a little bit here and. [01:35:20] Speaker B: Great shots, Bruce, by the way. [01:35:21] Speaker A: Yeah, great shots. [01:35:23] Speaker B: And it was, it was magical just watching him work. Like, you know, he was like, he was. He would take a standard shot of the scene that we were in front of. This is at the state library in the, the big reading room. The big, you know, something year old reading room. [01:35:37] Speaker A: I didn't realize that until. But then now that you can see it, you can see it. You know, there's a, there's a person here and stuff. I've been in the room. So now I, I get it. [01:35:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:35:47] Speaker A: But I did, I didn't at the start. [01:35:49] Speaker B: Yeah. But yeah, just watching him work was. Yeah, it was really cool. It was nice. It was a really good day. [01:35:57] Speaker A: Yeah, it's very cool. I'm gonna jump to. There was one here from. Oh, hang on, I gotta bring some more in. There was one last. It was a late addition that I've missed, I think. Yep. One last image. Didn't want to miss out. I don't have anyone to get get lost. [01:36:30] Speaker B: Did Lisa send. Didn't Lisa send in images? [01:36:33] Speaker A: Yeah, there's more. There's more coming. I just, I just. [01:36:35] Speaker B: Oh, okay. I thought you said last one. [01:36:37] Speaker A: Yeah, no, no, no. I'm just jumping around. I'm just jumping around and I just remembered that I'd missed one. So some images from Rick Nelson we're just trying to find. [01:36:46] Speaker B: Hey, nice pan, Rick. [01:36:49] Speaker A: Great panning. I just trying to find. Here we go. What's it, what was said with it. Bring my microphone over here. I've got a lot going on. Okay, Attached photos from March this year where I attended my younger brother's testing for his racing license in Virginia, usa. They don't allow access to watch, but I had photographed the Gold Coast 500 last year and sent my brother the pics prior to arriving. And they gave me full access to the track to photograph the races that day. Panning shot settings were 30th of a second, f18, ISO 50 on the Lumix S5 II and Sigma 100 to 400. And then another one walking back from the cars at over 500th of a second 63, ISO 60. All right, let's have a look through these things first. We gotta. Yeah. Panning shots are. They're always the way to go. Oh, look at that. That's very like Days of Thunder. [01:37:50] Speaker B: It almost deserves a Top Gun music again, Justin. [01:37:53] Speaker A: Yeah, it does. What's the Days of th Thunder song? I can't remember. It was a. [01:37:59] Speaker B: No, it was, wasn't it? Guns and Roses? [01:38:03] Speaker A: It might have been. [01:38:04] Speaker B: I think it was a Guns and Races song. Might be wrong. [01:38:09] Speaker A: I don't remember. All right, where's my email going? [01:38:12] Speaker B: Greg Carrick's just joined the chat, everybody. Have you just finished your radio show, Greg, or are you about to start? [01:38:19] Speaker A: All right, let's go to Lisa Leach. Ah, beautiful. [01:38:25] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I was admiring this one online. [01:38:28] Speaker A: Let's see what she said about this. Lisa says, here's my image for this week's show, taken last week whilst out walking our dogs, Plain Creek Falls, Mansfield Victoria. Taken on the Z7 mark 2. And we can peek things because you. You leave them in, which is nice. 16 mil F14, half a second at ISO 100. [01:38:54] Speaker B: Wow, that's gorgeous. [01:38:56] Speaker A: Yeah, beautiful. [01:38:58] Speaker B: Lisa, I'm going to challenge you on this comment. I'm feeling not worthy with my 12 months experience around all these pros. 12 months experience and you're shooting like a pro. I. I don't know what you're worried about, honestly. Your work is amazing. Keep at it. Absolutely. [01:39:14] Speaker A: You are crushing it. [01:39:17] Speaker B: And Bruce has said classic. Nice, Lisa. Yeah. And Les has also said noice noise. Noice. There you go. Oh, what, who's this? [01:39:28] Speaker A: This is from Liam K. And it come in with no, no information, no. No wording. So I've got nothing that I can offer there. But what did we shot it on? It's on a shot on a Fujifilm X Pro 2 with the XF100 to 400. That's a cracker of a lens at about 175 mil. F 6.4 at 1 45th of a second. Oh, it's LTK. Ah, Liam K. That's me. I always forget this. I told you I'm bad with names. Thanks. Ltk a great image. [01:40:07] Speaker B: Gorgeous shot. Yeah, Love it. [01:40:11] Speaker A: Yeah. John Pickett looks like a cover art from an old need for Speed video game. It does, it really does. It's got that vibe about it. [01:40:19] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:40:20] Speaker A: Yeah. Nick Fletcher. Love it. Dynamic as heck. Very cool. All right, John Pickett some more. It's very. Got a very motor themed. [01:40:37] Speaker B: Yeah, we do. Nick Fletcher will be loving it. [01:40:41] Speaker A: Yeah. John Pickett says, I took this photo a couple of weeks ago out on the track leaning out of a Marshall's post. Panning with the bar five meters away from you is really hard. Absolute gun rider on her Ducati known as Spyro. This was on the R3 with a 24 to 105F4. That's super sharp, isn't is it is super sharp and so helmets like tac tac tac sharp. What's hard is obviously it would be. It would be great to get more motion blur. But yeah, when the subject is so close. [01:41:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:41:23] Speaker A: It really gets hard to sort of get it. Get it tack sharp on the helmet and still get motion blur. It's like. And whip panning at that speed. Yeah, it's tricky. You like you could do it if you had a thousand goes at it and get it really way more blur. But it depends on how many opportunities you've got. You don't want to risk, you know, ending up with just all blurry photos. So. Yeah, great work. What was it at? That was at 1 2/2 of a second. Yeah, it's like if you, if you could get it down to 1, 1 over 125 or 1 over 100th, you're going to get way more blur, but you're going to get way less keepers. Potentially no keepers, you know, depending on how, how much you slow it down when you're so close to the rider. So yeah, very cool. Okay, let's go to Dennis Smith. [01:42:17] Speaker B: I've heard he does this. [01:42:19] Speaker A: Yeah, he takes photos and stuff. Or does he make art? [01:42:23] Speaker B: Fancy lights. [01:42:25] Speaker A: What did he say? He said duh about the image. Okay, so that is a single exposure. What's special about this is that the color is using liquid chalk which washes off the tool making ephemeral something. Oh, I don't know if I can read the next part. I'm just going to Keep that on the down low. Okay, so let's. Right, so you start with colored chalk on the light and then it slowly comes off the light. And so the colors are changing as he's going in and out of the water. [01:43:14] Speaker B: Oh, I see. Yeah. Can you explain a bit more? Oh, yeah. Color washes off, he said. [01:43:22] Speaker A: Yeah, so that, so it starts with, with the color on the, on the wand or the tool, the light tool that he's using. And yes, slowly the color washes off and that's how you're getting those changes. [01:43:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:43:33] Speaker A: Wish I could make it bigger. [01:43:35] Speaker B: Some, some of my favorite shots of Dennis. I love all his work, obviously, but the stuff that he does in the water with the reflections and the ball of light when he'll do that and there's a slight ripple in the water and you just see that light just sort of, you know, just, just filter in. Oh, it's just beautiful. I love it. [01:43:52] Speaker A: Yeah, I love this. And so, so it can never be repeated. And what's crazy is most of Dennis shots, Dennis's images to us, you could never repeat. But when you watch Dennis work, you realize that each time he's like memorizing his moving movement patterns and iterating on them. And while you could never repeat it exactly, he can repeat it so close that he. And then he knows he's just going to do the same thing and then add a little bit extra. But then this is the next level where it's. There's so much variability with how quickly it washes off and what happens and stuff that. Yeah, that truly could, could never be repeated. Yeah, It's a unique piece of art. [01:44:38] Speaker B: He said it's a 2 second exposure. F 5.6 EM 1 mark 2. Beautiful work, Dennis. [01:44:48] Speaker A: Yeah, beautiful. All right. From our friend, the one and only. Not listening right now because he's probably asleep. David Moscaro. [01:45:01] Speaker B: Hey. [01:45:03] Speaker A: From the San Francisco. No, I don't think so. Hang on, hang on. Let me find the image. Sorry, the email and then I'll go through some of his images. Hey guys, if you're still doing photos tonight, here are a few shots done with the Nikon point and shoot 28 ti. I always carry this on my belt as a backup. And also depending on the subject, it's a non intimidating camera. The people definitely respond differently. Differently to it. I always use color film with it and black and white in the other camera I'm using that day. San Francisco is known for street characters and performers and usually always okay with being photographed. I've done unhoused people before, but always with consent and respect. And I add some of their stories when I post the images. Anyway, I really enjoyed the journalist episodes. That's with Michael Coyne, Please, more, please. Take care. All right, let's have a look at these. Yeah. [01:46:11] Speaker B: Very cool. Oh, wow. [01:46:19] Speaker A: He finds some characters. I love it. [01:46:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:46:23] Speaker A: Oh. [01:46:27] Speaker B: Incredible shot. What's the red thing in the background? I can't quite make it out. Or is that part of the building? [01:46:35] Speaker A: This. This post thing, whatever the red thing is behind. I think it's just a. Like a old post from some sort of like a fire thing or something like that. [01:46:45] Speaker B: Yep. [01:46:47] Speaker A: Yeah, just go back through because these are. He definitely. I'd love to like talk to him. He must have a very approachable personality, you know, very friendly. Yeah. To be able to just engage with people on the street the way that he does. [01:47:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Wonderful shots. [01:47:09] Speaker A: Two, three, four. Amazing shots. David, more, please. Just keep sending him through. More, more, more, more, more, more. Send us through your whole back catalog. Okay. Finally, last but not least, another David. The one and only David Le. [01:47:34] Speaker B: That is so cool. [01:47:36] Speaker A: That is so cool. That is classic. Like cover poster, magazine cover. [01:47:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:47:47] Speaker A: Crazy. All right, let's see what David's got to say. Yeah, it's. I love the. How. How's he done this? Okay. The 3 Squadron Sqn. F A 18 Pilot Group. Image 01 Trying to see if this is the right one. Is the original 4 by 5 negative image 02 is how the RAAF used it for a recruiting booklet. Oh, that's cool. We'll see that next. This photo was a team effort from six photographers from RAAF Williamstown photographic section. [01:48:34] Speaker B: Wow. [01:48:36] Speaker A: Shot 1987 on Linhoff 4x5 camera Kodak film cameras up on a cherry picker aircraft position for sunset fire service. Wet down the tarmac ground crew in each aircraft with optical slave mets 45 strobes. Pilots positioned dry ice in stainless trays behind pilots. And to each side of the Group 4 Ellen Chrome Studio flashes with softboxes to each side. Photographer positioned behind the pilots with a Met 60 with a red gel optical slaved. Photographer right side Mets 45 yellow gel optical slaved. Remaining photographers controlled the studio flash units. Pilots have a little movement due to timed exposure and studio flash modeling lamps left on. This image is used multiple times, including RAAF recruiting booklet which is the image attached book cover and published in a bulletin magazine. The one and only David Leporardi. All right, let's see. Let's see how it was used. Oh, yeah, Air Force. Yeah, that's Phenomenal, David, that's so good. [01:49:52] Speaker B: But the fact that there's so many people involved in capturing this image and providing, you know, practical effects. [01:49:59] Speaker A: Yeah, that would have been. Was probably stressful, but it looks like it would have been a load of fun, like collaborating with everyone on the lighting and all that sort of stuff. But I'm sure having. Having that many pilots and planes and stuff waiting around on. On figuring the image out would have been. Yeah, would have been pretty stressful, too. Oh, no. He says it was a lot of fun. Okay, I take it back. It was a lot of fun. It looked like it would have been a lot of fun. [01:50:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:50:26] Speaker A: We've got a light. We've got a late contender. [01:50:33] Speaker B: We got time for one more. [01:50:34] Speaker A: We got time for one more. All right. It's from another. That's from another legend that says if. Don't mind if you haven't got time. I'm not precious. Hang on. Maybe I can just pull this up. Not in Lightroom. Stay with me, team. I'm getting there. I think that's the most submissions we've had on a show. [01:51:01] Speaker B: Yeah, pretty big. Pretty big haul. Just while we're waiting, I just want to put a call out to, obviously to our community. If anyone knows of any good Lightroom 101 Lightroom for Beginners YouTube videos for Justin. That'd be great. If you could just send them through, add them to the chat. I would. [01:51:18] Speaker A: You try running this show just once. You couldn't even get the intro music to work. Try let's. Let's see you bring up the back graphics, the pictures, the. The Bluetooth, the bloody sound effects. [01:51:30] Speaker B: But it's so much more fun when you do it. [01:51:32] Speaker A: Oh, it's hard. All right. This is Greg Carrick's light painting image. What? Taken at Lilydale lake on fujifilm.xe4xe. [01:51:48] Speaker B: Oh, you missed my shoes, Greg, look, I got my shoes, my Fujifilm, and It's got my XE5 on it. Look. You missed it. [01:52:03] Speaker A: Still. Greg Carrick's thunder. There is a. There is a sort of a dancing lady vibe about it. It really does have. He's called it lady of the Lake. It's definitely got. [01:52:16] Speaker B: There's. [01:52:16] Speaker A: There's something in there. The dancing lady. I see it looks like a swan. Rick Nelson says, yeah, I love it. Yeah, I need lots of do this I haven't really done. The only time I've done light painting, I think really, other than watching Dennis do it, is when I've been doing it, like I've Light painted cars, but not the way. Well, Dennis light paints the cars but then he adds art to the image whereas I've just done it to light the car up, you know, or to light paint a scene. I've never actually added in anything beyond that. I'd love. [01:53:00] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. So it's something that I haven't really. I mean I've done some simple stuff, you know, where you sort of someone runs along with a torch and, or a light stick and you know, they make a kind of like a design and you keep the shutter open, that sort of stuff. But nothing, nothing, nothing like what we're seeing here from these guys. It's crazy. Good. [01:53:22] Speaker A: So good. [01:53:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:53:23] Speaker A: All right, Great way to finish, I think. Is there anything else we have to do? [01:53:28] Speaker B: No, that's pretty much it. I think the only other thing, just to remind people, if you're interested in the Bright Festival of Photography or you're attending the Bright Festival of Photography, we have a must watch event for you at 7.30pm on Wednesday 1st October. That's Australian Eastern Standard Time right here on the Camera Life podcast. If you subscribe to the Camera Life podcast and hit the notification bell, you'll be notified in advance of, of when we're about to go live and any upcoming episodes that we have. And yeah, if you go into beef up, it's essential viewing. We're going to have Nick and Matt on. We're going to be answering some hard hitting questions about the upcoming festival but also some important good to know info to make your time at festival as fun and safe as it can be. So yeah, looking forward to that. And then of course Thursday morning, we're back again. [01:54:18] Speaker A: We are another amazing interview from another iconic photographer. It's going to be a good time. He's been on before but we didn't have enough time so we're getting him back. [01:54:31] Speaker B: So of course we are talking about Andrew Chapman, legendary. There's even a Wikipedia page on him like he's, he's that, that, you know, that prolific in the craft and yeah, he's, he's got a new book, he's got some stories to tell and we're here for it. So join us for that big week ahead. Yes, Rick, indeed. [01:54:52] Speaker A: Yep. Can't wait. Thanks everybody. Thanks for making this a fun show. Yeah, next time I want more of you to call in. I need some opinions. I want people to get riled up about cameras and stuff or just come and chat, you know, whatever. Thanks to Nick and Dennis for calling in testing out the Phone lines. It worked. We're going to get better at it. And otherwise, I guess we'll catch you guys in the next one. [01:55:17] Speaker B: Yeah. But just before we depart, just a reminder, this has been the Camera Live podcast proudly brought to you by Lucky straps. Head to Luckystraps.com use code Greg for a healthy little discount on any Lucky Straps products that you find. Get yourself a T shirt. I don't have one on today. Justin does. Get yourself a T shirt. Get yourself a camera strap. If you don't already have one, chances are the Aussie made, handmade Bendigo made camera strap will live longer than you. Or at least your camera anyway. But, but on that note, and as. [01:55:49] Speaker A: Greg Carrick says, you know, if you don't want a camera strap or you've already got one of our camera straps, there is one thing that you can do to help us out and that is to click the like button. I know everyone says that on YouTube, but it really does help. And otherwise, even better than that, if there's a photographer that you know that you think might like the show, send it their way. You know, tell them to subscribe. The more the merrier. You guys make the show, the chat makes the show. Especially on these Monday nights without you guys, it would be pretty boring for Greg and I to just sit here quietly looking at no one's images. So share it around, let's bill it and otherwise we'll catch you guys next week. Actually, no, on Thursday. Oh, no on Wednesday. Oh, not even that one. I pressed the wrong button. It's going crazy. Here we go. [01:56:29] Speaker B: Got Top Gun again. Yeah. Hang on. [01:56:32] Speaker A: That's not even the right one. [01:56:34] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [01:56:35] Speaker A: Okay. Thanks, John. John Pickett. Thanks, Bruce. Nice boots. [01:56:42] Speaker B: Thank you, Brucey. [01:56:44] Speaker A: Lisa Leaf says get some protective spray for your boots, otherwise they'll not be white for very long. [01:56:50] Speaker B: Indeed. [01:56:50] Speaker A: We might have to do that thing at BFOP where you squish their toes like when you're at school and they're like, oh, new shoes. And then they step on the toe. Remember that? No. [01:56:57] Speaker B: Such a child. [01:56:58] Speaker A: Okay. David Leporati, Rick Nelson, Dennis Smith, Philip Lisa, everybody. Who else? I don't know. There was more people here. Ltk. LTK photo. Yep, everybody was here. It was great to see. It was a Roy and oh, David. [01:57:18] Speaker B: Parker just dropped in late. G', day, David. [01:57:20] Speaker A: Craig, you'll have to go back to the start. David, great to see you. Craig Murphy. Thank you, everybody. Goodbye. [01:57:28] Speaker B: Bye. Bye.