CAMERAS OR WHATEVER

Review of the Sony a7R II, cameras with soul versus technical brilliance and Instagram aspect ratios.

After a month of working on the road and vacationing Tyler and Cameron finally get to catch up and talk the talk, starting with a review of the Pentax 645z followed by a lot of talk regarding camera ergonomics and vintage rangefinders.

With no set topic we go all over the place, starting with the Tyler's recent big commercial video project.

As big music fans, Cameron and Tyler both started shooting live music events early on and have a lot to say about it. The best gear to bring, ways to shoot, and pit etiquette. Then we also dig in to some great Canadian band recommendations.

Pouring over blogs, forums or camera podcasts is fun for any photography nerd, but is productive? We also talk audio gear and headphones.

With no set topic, we went all over the place this week. Setting photography rates, shooting band photos, the classic Lomo LCA, Tyler's new Canon G7x and his dream point & shoot camera. Also Beastie Boys.

Do you hold your photography up to other peoples standards or your own? Does looking at other photographers inspire you to match their quality or discourage you because you feel you can't?

Selecting images is almost as important as photographic technique. Make poor choices can spoil your portfolio, so we talked about some of the methods we use to narrow a shoot down to it's best photos.

The Canon 50mm f/1.8 II (aka the nifty fifty, aka fantastic plastic) is a massively popular little lens, and since 1990 has been a go to for countless new photographers. Now 25 years later it has finally been update, so we put it to the test.

We have put in some serious research to find the best modern point and shoot film cameras, and both made different choices. We do deep analysis of the Fuji and Contax, with a nod to the Olympus XA.