STOP WASTING Money on Landscape Photography!

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Your practical advice is extremely valuable. Very much appreciated. Three thumbs up.

I bought uv filters for all my lens, but I agree with you ,That the lens hood is very capable of protecting your lens. I’ve a number of tripods bought new but the best tripod I’ve bought was second hand. 👍

Thank you for making this video.

Stop waisting money BUT not me hahaha - very funy video

Mads Peter Iverson, ThankYou for your valuable information, Your opinion helped BigTime
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Very good information.

Has anyone any experience with swapping between older FF and newer apsc for landscape? Any advice?

Mads - Super video. And sound advice 😊.

I’m actually “regressing” from full frame to a apsc albeit one with a significantly wider Dynamic Range than my FF. (I’m keeping my 6Dii for interior work). Any experience / advice?

For new photographers, I also recommend a good camera in a "kit" that includes some basics....saves money and gives them a hand up for supplies. I bought a photography Kit with my new Sony A7R3 last year. I was very pleased with the items it came with. The Tripod is epic and its only around $80 in the US. to buy it alone, very heavy duty. I am sure as a person becomes a pro they might change up as they go but we are very happy with the savings we got. IIts very windy where I am and that tripod is doing so well. I am glad you are making suggestions to save money.....its important as times are not great up ahead... I was given a travel tripod and its very flimsy. so it truly matters... Many photographers do sell great gear on their journey to upgrade! They are dumping used Sony A7R3 cameras really cheap! They often sell amazing lenses like new etc.... I was given 4 lenses by my daughter who is a top ten photographer in Hawaii to help me get started. She has 7 of these cameras...... I reconditioned my late twins Nikon D5300 and it is taking great pics! We have compared it to the Sony and it is holding its own if you use it correctly.

Look at landscape photos from 20 plus years ago and you will see today why we are all being scammed with new gear

One year later.. but what is your little vlog camera?? I would honestly like to start my photography from day one and create with basic beginner equipment, even though I don't know how to edit things yet, I think that little camera is neat and might save me from trying to hold my phone and record while I shoot photos 🥹

Great tips for all photographers. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the what’s new and fancy. I must admit I still do. I just got my first drone in January, a Dji mini 3 pro and when the Dji Mavic 3 pro just came out I had to get it. Now the first drone does limit me to the single camera it still takes great pictures. The new drone camera is crazy. So I must say it was well worth it.

🙂🇪🇦 Me han gustado mucho tus consejos. 👍🏻🤗👏👏

very nicely done video. Thanks.

I always think its a bit strange with the

"Upgrade to full frame"
And not
"Change to full frame"

For me and a few friends who "upgaded" to full frame was suddenly not using the camera much, it stayed home, it demotivated. So selling that and going back to apsc reignited the whole interest. Fuji was the solution with dedicated lenses that are light and very good was the medecine.

The bulk and weight of full frame was the downfall. When you take more photos with you cell Phone and dont bring the camera something is not optimal.

Just my 2 cents

Great vlog to pinpoint gear is not the most important, and to be frugal. If you dont need it dont get it, buy used and enjoy taking photos instead of using a tom of time concentrating on gear concentrate on composition, light etc.

Very helpful tips! Thanks a lot !

Now while I have to admit that I do use a filter attached to the front of my lenses, not so much as protection for the lens should it be dropped but as a means to protect the front element from airborne contaminants especially when operating on the coast or at sea, where depending on conditions I find I regularly have to clean the front of the lens. Yes I appreciate that extra layer of glass may degrade the image by a minute amount but not enough to worry about.

I use the UV filters on lenses where the tubus is open to air behind the filter threads. This is where many lenses suck in outside air that eventually leaves dust behind the front lens element. With a filter you have a fixed column of relatively dust free air instead.

En mycket bra video. Gillar enkelheten i den men med dess viktiga budskap och tips du delar med dig av.

Did you refer the sony 20 1.8G as your night photography goto lens? Its a shame you don’t mention that

Did you refer the sony 20 1.8G as your night photography goto lens? Its a shame you don’t mention that

Excellent video again, Mads. Especially the “photograph close to home” advice. At 84 my travelling is quite restricted even though I’m in pretty good shape. While I’d love to do more globetrotting, there is lots for me to photograph less than a day’s distance from my house. And no, I do not live in the Rocky Mountains but in relatively boring Ontario. It depends on how you look at things.

Hi Mads. Thank you for your vídeos and for sharing your knowledge.
Regarding the lens protection from the rain, shouldn’t we use a neutral filter, to avoid water drops in the lens?

Muy buena filosofía 👍

Thank you very interesting content

Great vid. Any chance you could do a review on the magnetic nd filters? I’m travelling soon and they look good for light weight travel but not sure of quality

Precisely.

Thanks for your explanations. It once again helped me 😊 getting smarter

It helps to be photographically poor. I use a rock-solid budget that has served us well. Like the tools I have needed for houses/cars, I have added to my photography ONLY as a need and not as a want/would like to have. Truth be told, my photo equipment goes as much as the ole saying, " The garage mechanic drives what worst car."

Have you ever put red locktight on the screws that come loose?

I like that you discussed step-up rings for your filters, I did that in order to keep costs down and, while there are down sides, it has worked great for me overall. Your discussion of classes vs investing in expensive gear is also key IMHO. Look at great pictures (landscape/wildlife/portrait) from more than 20 years ago, they were using solid cameras, minimal gear, quality film and took outstanding photos because they knew how to select/frame their photos.

I would also propose discussing non-Adobe editing software like Corel's offerings. Adobe software can be extremely expensive, yes it's the unofficial standard, but it's not the only option.

I would also propose that folks do a "Photo a day" challenge (which I haven't been good at keeping up with for more than a week or so) forcing you to 'see' the world and your local environment differently.

I LOVE it that you mentioned a First Aid Kit!!!

What's that bag you keep the filters in? Can you post a link to Amazon where it can be purchased?

Excellent video. Super tips. Thank you.

If you want to save some money on a camera, you can still go with a FF camera but get something that's sort of on the lower-end of resolution, so say 24MP (so you could get a Canon R6, NIkon Z6 series, or a Sony A7C or A7 III -- something around $2000 or less) and spend more on the lenses, which is the more important part. Most cameras these days (regardless of format) will take great landscape photos and should have enough DR for most people's needs but it's the lenses that will make the most difference, so if you're on a limited budget, bias your money a bit more towards lenses and other accessories you likely will need like a sturdy tripod and perhaps a few filters (like a CPL and ND filter). For on-screen use or social media, you are not likely to see any major difference (or any difference) between a 24MP and a 45-50MP image, usually the differences are only really visible when you go to print or if you shoot at really high ISOs which you probably won't if you're doing landscapes (and are on a tripod).

if you already have a decent camera (APSC or FF) and decent lenses, then start focusing on experiences and education. I'm at the point where I've built my landscape kit (over the past 3 years) and now will allocate money to things like more trips, rather than more gear or newer gear. And I think this is an important thing, that people don't always factor into their overall photography budget. New gear is cool and fun, but if you don't have the money to really use the gear in the way you wanted (ie. take trips, do photo shoots, etc) then it's sort of a "waste" because you spent all this money, but you've now limited yourself somewhat with what you can do or your photographic opportunities we'll say. So maybe instead of buying that $3000 camera body, you settle for a $2000 camera body and spend the extra $1000 on a trip to some place to do landscape photography.

On the topic of saving money by buying used, all I'm going to say is you can get a Full frame 36mp nikon D800 for 400 usd if you look around a bit

Hi Mads, I LOVE your Tips. I got a APS-C and am verry happy with it. I was searcing trough ND Filters and it drove me crazy, I am glad that a Pro is telling me that I dont need a GND Filter, it was my tought but I was not sure.

I think I got a decent Lens setup (nowhere near pro) with Canon EF-m 32mm, EF-m 11-22mm and a Tamron 16-300mm wich I use with an adapter. Have been shooting for the longest time with Smartphone only but always wanted to go back to a decent mirrorlesss system. And yes I agree with shooting localy.

Thank you for the video!

This video made me subscribe your channel. Honestly.

I have R III and R V .The Sony A 7 R III is a beast!The image quality is fantastic!

A small torch.

Im still using the A7Riii as well, fantastic camera and i see no obvious upgrade for me still. Sure the A1 looks nice, but im still happy with my Riii and cant justify the cost of a slight upgrade - I spent the money on new glass instead! Good to see you still making the most out of it, cant recommend this model enough

Safe money on Gear but spend it on your personal Homepage? THAT DOENST MAKE SENSE AT ALL!

Saved a lens with a uv filter in slot canyon when my camera hit side of canyon. Filter cracked, it the lens was untouched.

Good video clear explanation especially on the presets

Save money on camera gear and instead buy my tutorials. Beautifully brilliant.

This is just such a useful video, many photographers say you have to have a full bag of gear, always the newest sh*t and so on. But you made the point in this video of what is really needed. So great Mads! Thank you

What is the name of the lens for light photography, what you told was the best?

Thank you for sharing your experience with us ☺️.
For me it is very helpful because i‘m actually looking for a good set of filter to invest.