All Things Joey
Having a blog means having an opinion. This category groups reviews of technology, concerts, books, food – essentially all things consumable.
I recently purchased the DJI Mavic Air 2 with the smart controller. In this video, I discuss why I upgraded from the original Mavic Mini and why the smart controller was a game changer for me.
Note: I called the Mavic Air 2 the MAVRICK Air 2 throughout the video… I keep doing it, I can’t stop, I am sorry (lol).
I recently purchased a Sony 35mm F1.8 lens (SEL35F18F) and paired it with my A7C to make this review.
The low light performance is very good, but at the end of the video I was overly optimistic about the low light performance (I literally shut all of the lights off), as expected the ISO ramped up and caused some grain.
It still looked sharp and clear with very minimal lighting and I am looking forward to playing around with background lighting when I use it again.
We stopped by Hazlitt Winery (with Rayla the dog) to sample some local wines and ciders.
No winery tour would be complete without eating some cheeses and other treats.
I only have footage of Hazlitt, but we sampled product from:
Most of these places are dog-friendly too – which was a nice treat for Rayla.
I am so tired of having to take mounting plates off my camera and screwing new ones on when I need to use different sized tripods.
After looking at a Peak Design video for their newish tripod, I saw how their one mounting plate interchanged with all of their capture systems – and I wondered if I can find a 3rd party adapter so I can use ONE PLATE for all of my tripods.
Spoiler: The answer is yes.
(The key is to find something Arca-Swiss Standard)
Here are links to the products I discussed in the video:
I found a two Canon FD lenses that I bought on ebay a while ago. I wondered if they would work with my Sony E-mount cameras, so I ordered an adapter ring and started playing around.
The lenses:
I took pictures indoors and out, and did some talking head video indoors.
My general conclusion is – while it is nice to play with old lenses, the new technology is far superior and makes life so much easier. You can not self-film/vlog with old manual lenses. I also really needed a ND filter outside.
I purchased the Genaray LED 6800 light via a B&H daily sale last week and wanted to do a review since there isn’t much information online about it.
It gets the job done, but there are some cheaper elements to the design and connection points that need additional consideration.
I also used this video as an opportunity to test out different shots within my house to film videos.