Very helpful!

So good!! Thank you

Can this be used for Canon EOS R and Canon 430ex ii flash? I've been looking a trigger .

Great Video !

This has been driving me mad, thank you very much, straight forward answer to what I thought was a dumb question.

Thanks. I thought I had bought a dud used flash and it was exactly what you said. Also from looking at your table, I worked out that the little foot for the flash was in the case. Double score thank you.

That was extremely helpful for this newbie with an older t6i my first DSLR. 😊

I stopped using filters when I started seeing lens flare shooting in the sun even with high quality filters. Yet, here I am again trying to figure out if I should use a filter to protect my lens.

Best explained video on this topic 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻

GRacias por el consejo

Can anyone advise what is the difference in using a grey card Vs a white card. Thanks

A lens hood all the time is a better solution than a $100 filter which could degrade the quality of the image. My lens (mint used) for Canon and Pentax cost around $300.

Well done. Thank you.

Very relevant and important. Well explained. Thanks.

11 years old and still hold up

Ok, putting my filter back on my cam 🙄

Finally a logical explanation. I recently got my hands on the Sony f4 70-200mm oss macro ii and theirs no way I would go out without a filter on. I’d rather lose 100 bucks then have a 1700 dollar lens go down the drain. I can fix minor photo issues with software.

I know this video is 7 years old... but for future just show how to achieve the result insted of punishingly suffering us by showing all the ways that dont work... tnx.

So, Having at least a quality clear filter for your lens is like having a garage for your car. Personally, I'd garage my car as often as possible, or as often as practical.

good tips

Thanks for the excellent information. Never used RAW but now I'm going to give it a go.

Most informative

Thank you! It was helpful right now!

Um, this was actually life-changing for me. Less than half way through the video my jaw actually dropped.

Can you synch the canon 580EXII with the Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT? I want to buy the transmitter but not sure if it works with the 580EXII

Smartphones are great. However, if image quality is a priority, smartphones still can't beat a several times bigger sensor with high quality glass elements in front of it.

exelent video

Wow. I am a professional photographer and have been using Canon Speedlites for 25 years and never could figure this out! Many thanks!

You could but a lens hood on. So you would get less stray light (which is usually a good thing) and protect your lens from most things effectively

This very well may be THE BEST ad200 video tutorial on the Planet. You nailed it!! Liked, saved, and subbed.

When using a smaller resolution file you are still using all the sensor and not only the center part. You still get the full image and not a croped part. The camera just merges pixels to reduce resolution, just like reducing resolution on a software. Other than that it's a nice explanation.

Most of these sound like great arguments for what I do: shoot RAW+JPEG, putting the RAW files onto the CFExpress card and the JPEGs onto the SDXC card.

thank you from a new hobbyist -- This evening I watched one vid and took the UV filters off 4 lenses , watched another and put them back on. Never thought about just using "common sense" and use them til I don't need ot want them situationallly. Thanks again!

Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beautiful Thank you 🤝👍

Sandwiching the strap is absolutely ideal. Thank you!

I'm confused. My camera lens (Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra) says on the lens: F1:1.7 8.5MM ø20. How does that fit into the f/1, f/1.4 thingy?

"You might as well be pointing a bazooka at them" LMAO

This video is old but informative! 👏🏽👍🏽

lol I’ve just had this issue with the 580 exii and didn’t have a clue what was going on so thanks for do8ng this video 😂😂👍👍👍👍

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH for showing how serious you are for your profession, dear sir. 🙏🙏🙏 Straight to the point, no unnecessary humoristic nonsense. You have no idea how much BS one has to get through to reach someone like you. A minute into the video, I knew, I had to subscribe to you.

Many thanks, Phil, for this video. GOD bless you.

a very concise, clear presentation! Just the information I was looking for. Thanks!

When I want something ready to share immediately, small files, no post production, I use my smartphone. For action photography when I need to take *long* burst of images that might exceed the capacity of raw files to be buffered and stored to memory card...I use nothing because I don't need this. I don't think many people actually do. For everything else - photography with a "real" camera and tweaking in Lightroom - I use RAW files because it only has advantages in those circumstances. It's not being snob it's being pragmatic. Why would I spend so much money on lenses and whatnot and then compromise on what I can do with the files and their quality ? If I was a professional and my workflow needed to be as streamlined and fast as possible, or a sport photographer, I might consider JPEGs but I'm not.

I'm shooting the 2024 eclipse. I have a Canon R6. I want to do pics for the eclipse but use video to do the total eclipse from start to finish. Any suggestions Phil?

Many thanks for a great introduction course. GOD bless you.

"Have a friend-..." 🥲

Pretty good explanations BUT… (1) a medium or small jpeg does not use fewer photosites on the sensor as that would result in a cropped image - medium or small jpegs are the result of the camera downsizing the jpeg it produces from the entire sensor and (2) I make the point that it can be difficult to correct jpegs if inappropriate settings are applied in camera - I make the comparison with putting table salt on food in that if you put too much on, you can remove most of it but not always all of it; in the case of a jpeg you can apply (say) too much sharpening to a jpeg in camera, and its not always possible to undo all of that sharpening, whereas with raw you apply sharpening in post which can be either what you set on the camera or something entirely different and in both cases you work from the original, not an already part-corrected image/

just found your video. You began with jpg and sent to PS but did not show the return. I am on a Mac using the latest version of lr and ps in 2024. When I hit save I am presented with a save as dialogue. It is years since I shot in jpg but and trying to reprocess some of the older photos and I can’t remember if this is how it is supposed to work. Raw, Nikon, dng and Sony files round trip just fine. Am I missing something. Do jpgs act differently. Thanks. PK

Thank you for the very good walk through. I usually shoot both JPEG and RAW on my Canon, but now I have a better idea when I should just shoot JPEF. THANKS!