The Camera Gear Podcast

127: Our Most Regretted Gear Purchases

Ever bought some camera gear and realized later that you made a mistake? We sure have. We cover some of our gear regrets in this episode and try to retrospect on how we could have avoided making bad buying decisions. Also, Lucas finally developed the photos from his first Pentax 17 film rolls, and Daniel spent way too much money on a new tripod.
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Notes:
Daniel’s way-too-large original video tripod: Davis & Sanford Provista 7518 [Amazon]
SmallRig FreeBlazer [B&H]
SmallRig x Potato Jet TRIBEX Hydraulic Carbon Fiber Tripod Kit [B&H]
Sirui SVS75 Tripod Legs [B&H]
Manfrotto 645 FAST Tripod Legs + 504x Head [B&H]
Sachtler Flowtech 75 Tripod Legs [B&H]

126: Sigma BF and Zeiss Otus Lenses

Sigma announced a very unusual L-mount camera, as well as a new 300-600mm f/4 lens. Also, Zeiss is getting back into making lenses? There are lots of strange things happening in the camera world right now, and we’re here to talk in way too much detail about them.
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Notes:
Fuji firmware update (X-H2S)
Zeiss Otus ML 1.4/50 [Zeiss]
Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 First Impressions [PetaPixel]
Zeiss article about “micro contrast”
Sigma announces the BF camera [L Rumors]
Sigma BF [B&H]
Sigma 300-600mm F4 DG OS [Sigma]
Sigma 300-600mm f/4 DG OS [B&H]

125: Panasonic Lumix S1R II Mega Episode

This week, we go deep on the new Panasonic Lumix S1R II, covering the specs, test results, and how it stacks up against the competition. Is this Daniel’s next camera?
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Notes:
Panasonic Lumix S1R II [B&H]
Panasonic Lumix S5 II X [B&H]
Reviews
PetaPixel’s Panasonic S1R II First Look
Gerald Undone’s S1R II Review
Tyler Stalman’s S1R II Review
CineD Panasonic Interview

124: Finding a Client Photo Editing Workflow

We explore ideas for editing client photos in Lightroom without combining those photos into our personal photo libraries. And to make things more challenging, Lucas wants to use his iPad (of course). Also, a recent event shoot gave us a chance to try out some new filming setups, including the Lumix S9 as a gimbal camera.
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Notes:
Perfect. No notes.

123: Teleconverters, Lumix S9 Lenses, and the Smallest XF Lens

We’re talking all about lens topics today–our experiences with teleconverters, Lucas’ List of L-Mount Lenses for Lumix, the downsides of software lens corrections, and a tiny new X-mount lens that Viltrox recently released. 
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Notes:
Fujinon XF 50-135mm f/2.8 Patent [Fuji Rumors]
Fujifilm XF 2x TC WR Teleconverter [B&H]
Canon Extender EF 1.4X III [B&H]
Viltrox AF 28mm f/4.5 XF Lens [B&H]

122: New Gear Day: Lumix S9 and Fuji 16-55

After an unexpectedly successful trip to the camera store, we’ve both got some new gear to talk about. Daniel ended up far deeper into L Mount than he ever imagined possible, and Lucas finally upgraded his standard zoom to the new Fuji 16-55 II. In this episode, we talk about the story of how this came about, and discuss our hands-on experiences with the new gear.
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Notes:
Movie Corner: A Complete Unknown
Article about Phedon Papamichael [Marcos Coelho]
Go Creative Show podcast episode about the cinematography
Potato Jet video about the cinematography [YouTube]

121: Are Camcorders Still Worth Buying?

This episode is all about camcorders–are they relics of the past or still a good value? We reminisce about the camcorders we owned many years ago and take a look at some modern equivalents to see what we think.
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Notes:
Panasonic HC-X2 4K Camcorder [B&H]
Sony NEX-VG900 (E-Mount full frame camcorder) [B&H]
Sony PXW-Z90 [Sony Pro]
Sony PXW-Z90V [B&H]
Sony CX405 Handycam [Sony]
Panasonic HC-VX981K 4K Camcorder [B&H]
Panasonic HC-VX3 and HC-V900 Announcement [Panasonic]
Review of Daniel’s Kodak Zi8 [CNET]

120: Leica and Pentax Brand Deep Dives

Finishing out our camera brand series from last year, we dig into two smaller, but still notable brands–Leica and Pentax. Also, Lucas bought a new lens for his lens, and we discovered more long telephoto primes that we missed in last week’s tier list episode.
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Notes:
Sony A1, A1 II, and A9 III Firmware Update [Sony]
Panasonic S5II, S5IIX, GH7, and G9II Firmware Update [Panasonic]
Leica’s 100-year anniversary is in 2025 [Leica Rumors]
List of all Pentax lenses [Digital Photography Review]

119: Tier List of Camera Lenses

We tier-rank each major camera lens type, from telephoto zooms to fisheyes. Along the way, we discover some surprising differences in which types of lenses we feel are better or worse. How do our rankings line up with yours?
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Notes:
Our tier rankings:
S:
85mm 1.4 prime
70-200 2.8 fast telephoto zoom
A:
50mm 1.8 “Nifty Fifty”
24-70 2.8 (fast standard zoom)
Canon 24-105 f/4 Mark II L
B: 
24-105 f/4 ,18-80 f/4
Ultrawide primes
14-24 (15-30, 8-16, etc) UW 2.8 zoom
24mm 1.4 prime
35mm 1.4 prime
Pancake prime (24, 27, or 35)
500 f/5.6
150-600 or 150-500 UW
Superzoom (24-240, f/4-5.6, 28-400 f/4-8, 18-300 f/3.5-6.s, 12-100 f/4 m43)
C:
27mm f/2.0
135mm f/1.8 (plena)
<f/1.0 primes
1200mm f/8
100mm macro 1:1 (2.8 or 4)
D: 
70-200 f/4
F: 
<15mm fisheye
F minus:
26mm f/8 L mount

118: The Nexus G1 Lives, and We Try Timecode

We cover the surprising recent update on the Nexus G1 cinema camera project, discuss some new audio gear, and talk about our recent experience using timecode for the first time.
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Notes:
Nexus G1
We previously covered the Nexus G1 in episode 69 of the show
Nexus G1 Introduced [CineD] (old article from January 2024)
Nexus Cameras website
Nexus G1 Final Design and Prototype Unveiled [CineD]
Zoom H1 XLR [B&H]
Rode Wireless Go III [B&H]
Atomos UltraSync BLUE [B&H]
Atomos UltraSync ONE [B&H]