More Videos Of Pro Photogs Shooting With Cheap Gear

May 2nd, 2011

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Yes, it has been done to death but everyone loves to see it so we will keep posting it. Digital Rev TV has been doing a series called the "Cheap Camera Challenge" and so far they have created 3 videos with 3 different photographers shooting on 3 different cheap cameras.

Here is an example of the complete opposite; amateur photographer with a pro camera.

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Lee Morris May 2, 2011 - 4:50 am

I just love watching the skinny Asian host with the booming deep voice and English accent. For some reason I love watching and listening to that guy.

Joshua Maurer May 2, 2011 - 5:01 am

They have done a couple of these it's like a series within a series really cool.

Sean Shimmel May 2, 2011 - 11:24 am

Brimming with creative play and sheer fun.

Would love to see the same guiding logic applied to... locales. As in WHERE someone shoots. Rather than palms and sand on the shores of the Maldives, a banana tree and sparkling pool water at a local hotel.

Sean

Serge Neri May 2, 2011 - 3:51 pm

Hasselblad Masters Finalist is the person not the camera.

gp May 2, 2011 - 4:23 pm

Great ideas, and he's right about the photographer being the one creating the image not the camera. I have used flashlights in the past, as in this shot. It was taken in a parking lot, with the model inside the car and being lit with one simple cheap LED flashlight, but it got the job done in the cramped quarters of the car.
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Chris Boyd May 2, 2011 - 5:12 pm

Canon strap on a Nikon? Is he an embarrassed Nikon shooter?

Fly monkeys, FLY! May 6, 2011 - 4:59 am

He also uses Nikon straps when he's using a Canon, he does this in every Canon/Nikon video.

Kenward Ng May 2, 2011 - 6:22 pm

Nice to see DigitalRev land in on Fstoppers :)

Golgo Thirteen May 2, 2011 - 7:57 pm

No Kai hates canon cameras and does that as a joke, but he also did paint 2 nikons pink. Digital Rev is soo funny.

Golgo Thirteen May 2, 2011 - 7:59 pm

And that noob photographer Garcia actually took some good shots with the D3s so sometimes all you need to have is a little bit of an eye and you can bang off a few good shots. I guess it helped that she is also a model.

Lord Sid Valera May 2, 2011 - 9:49 pm

camera is just a tool...

now that is my quote of the day :)

cheers!

Joey Alias May 3, 2011 - 9:47 am

Hi themsquaredgroup, I don't think Kai hates Canon camera's, some (if not all) of his other episodes with Canon cameras, they all are on Nikon straps. It's just one of his trademark :-) For those who have just discovered DigitalRev, please go through some of the old episodes for some LOL moments. My personal favourite is when he accidentally dropped a 300mm L glass and decided to make a mug out of it! For charity of course. His dry British humour and tongue in cheek statements are what kept me coming back for more!