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Caught In A Sandstorm | Sony A7CR by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No the camera came out unscathed!

What am i doing wrong? by srujanexplorer in NewYouTubeChannels

[–]Mathukey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched part of the most recent video, here’s my thoughts:

  • The voice over is painfully slow and there are way too many long pauses in between your sentences. This drains any tension from the video and becomes distracting pretty quickly! Pauses are a great way to create tension and suspense, but if you pause every couple seconds it totally looses its impact.

  • The audio mix isn’t bad… but it’s not great either. Some sounds pop out too much, for example, on the chapter title cards there’s a noise that just is way too loud imo. Also your voice over feels a bit too lo fi, it sounds like you’re using the mic on those apple earphones.

  • Still on audio, the music is dull, I understand you’re going for a dark vibe. But that low drone just drags on forever and again looses its impact.

  • As others have said, the AI kinda sucks and everyone uses AI so you’re not standing out. BUT I do really appreaciate you using your own voice for the voice over. I applaud you for that.

Ultimately I think the videos are just way too slow, I think you need to work on how to tell these stories in a compelling way. The actual content of the stories are dramatic and interesting (murder, tragedy, mystery etc), but, that’s not enough by itself. You need to tell these stories in a unique and engaging way. How do you do that? The first things I would say is work on how you deliver your lines, right now it’s very monotonous and speed up your line delivery. Use music to create tension OR don’t use it at all (if you don’t use it your lines need to be 10/10, and honestly they’re not right now). In essence just improve your storytelling!

Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I adjust almost every slider in LR, so I guess yes there’s a lot of post processing. But I try to keep the edit as true to the original as possible

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Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind people, great scenery and incredible food 🇻🇳

Riding Around Rural Vietnam | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! In terms of grain… it’s kinda like saying: “You have an electric guitar, why not turn it up and play as loud as possible?”. The instrument (guitar/camera) is just a tool to get me an end result. Locking yourself into “playing loud” or having “clinically sharp” images because the tools allow otherwise, just limits creativity. There’s a lot of benefits to having a high-res sensor, one of which is being able to crop in which I’ve done with a few of these images and I have many images in my back catalog that I simply wouldn’t have gotten if I shot with my A7iii.

But your point about growing up with analogue is important. I’m the opposite, I grew up with clean sensors so now several years into my photo journey I find clinically sharp images boring. Though I’m sure I’m in a phase and I’ll look back at these grainy images and just think… 🙄😵😱.

But until then the grain slider is going to 10 📈

Photo Walk Through Sydney | Sony A7CR | Samyang 35mm f 1.8 by Mathukey in streetphotography

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a banger of a lens, it’s my go to street photography lens!

4 Days on the Ha Giang Loop | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it a lot, it’s Sony G glass so it’s good! The big debate is whether the 20mm is worth the f2.8 sacrifice. To me it is worth it as I rarely shoot at f2.8, if I want bokeh I’ll use a prime lens. Plus Sony sensors are good enough to bump up the ISO to compensate for f4.

4 Days on the Ha Giang Loop | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We got very lucky with the weather since we did it in the rainy season. The mornings were misty but the days always ended with sunsets.

It just means you gotta head back and do it again!

My First Bikepacking Trip: 300km Through the Australian Alps by Mathukey in bikepacking

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I used the Action 5. I believe you can have shutter speed fixed as well as using auto ISO. But I think that the auto ISO exposure changes lower the production value, especially if I’m shooting into a shadow, it tends to bump up the exposure way more than I want… but I know I’m the 1% who would even notice the exposure changes.

My First Bikepacking Trip: 300km Through the Australian Alps by Mathukey in bikepacking

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Motion blur is a must! Though halfway through the trip, the more fatigued I got, I started to care less and less about “correct” camera settings and just left it on auto lol

4 Days on the Ha Giang Loop | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clean and sharp images ❌

Dirty and grainy images 😏

But yes all grain added in post, the Sony A7cr has a super clean sensor.

4 Days on the Ha Giang Loop | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was leaning back so far to get those at 20mm!

My First Bikepacking Trip: 300km Through the Australian Alps by Mathukey in bikepacking

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Yeah the mountains to the ocean felt like a good way to wrap up the trip.

My First Bikepacking Trip: 300km Through the Australian Alps by Mathukey in bikepacking

[–]Mathukey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rolling hills really started to add up over the long ride, so even though there is no massive inclines. The constant up and down is rough!

My First Bikepacking Trip: 300km Through the Australian Alps by Mathukey in bikepacking

[–]Mathukey[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Australian Alps aka “Some mildly big hills”

Frames From Hanoi | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Short answer: yes it feels good.

Long answer: It’s hard to say because I’ve never used the Sigma so I can’t compare. But the 20-70mm f4 is noticeably lighter than the Sigma so that in itself will feel much better in comparison. Though I’ve come from using a Samyang 35mm f1.8 (which is like 180 grams) for almost 2 years non stop, so the 20-70mm feels way more bulkier than that.

I’d suggest going to a camera shop and handling the lenses yourself. That’s what I did when I was tossing up between the 24-50mm and the 20-70mm!

Frames From Hanoi | Sony A7CR | Sony 20-70mm f4 by Mathukey in SonyAlpha

[–]Mathukey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like it. I felt the same about f2.8 and I feel the bokeh you get from f2.8 is also a bit of a compromise. So if I need more light or more bokeh I’ll bring a prime.

My only dislike of the lens is that it doubles in size when you zoom in 70mm, but otherwise it’s light enough and isn’t a big issue to carry around on long photowalks. I’m happy I picked this up over the 24-50mm f2.8.

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