Welcome to Michael's blog. Michael Andrew, (aka Michael The Maven) is a freelance producer, photography instructor, tech innovator, and when needed, disaster aid specialist. Disclaimer: Michael is a participant in Bhphoto & Amazon affiliate programs that provides an advertising commission if you purchase through links on this website.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:15 - Camera Setup
00:10:25 - External Buttons
00:19:22 - Symbols and Icons
00:25:50 - Quick Menu
EXPOSURE
00:45:14 - ISO
00:46:55 - Shooting Modes / Exposure Control
01:07:06 - Bulb Mode
FOCUSING
01:11:47 - Video Exposure Settings Set Up
01:13:07 - Stills Focusing Modes
01:13:24 - How: Shutter Button
01:14:22 - When: Focusing Modes
01:17:19 - Where: Focus Clusters
01:22:33 - Touch and Drag AF
01:23:41 - Directional Pad To Move Focus Box
01:25:17 - Manual Focus
01:25:56 - Manual Peaking Focus
01:27:11 - Auto Focus Tracking
01:29:06 - Eye and Face Detection
01:29:41 - Animal Tracking
01:30:51 - Custom Eye Detection Setup
01:31:41 - Back Button Focusing
01:33:23 - Video Focusing
WHITE BALANCE / METERING MODES
01:37:43 - White Balance
01:41:19 - Metering Modes
01:43:29 - Michael's Recommendations
PRIVACY and DISCLOSURE:
* Michael The Maven is a participant in the B&H Photo Video affiliate program that provides an advertising commission if you purchase through our links.
* If you purchase something from my affiliate links, I will get a small commission with no extra cost to you.
* Everything stated here is my opinion, and I sometimes make mistakes. I will never recommend a product I do not either use, truly love or think would be the best fit for the situation (often determined by budget).
Fuji's new X-T5 has been released! Watch my free Fuji X-T5 Tutorial Training Video Overview Users Guide Set Up - Made for Beginners. Comment below if you want me to make a Fuji X-T5 Crash Course.
If you would like to see a Fuji X-T5 Crash Course, let me know by leaving a comment on my blog post:
http://www.michaelthemaven.com/?postID=5294&fuji-xt-5-crash-course
00:00:00 - Intro
GETTING STARTED
00:02:46 - Camera Setup
00:11:02 - External Buttons
00:23:14 - Symbols and Icons
00:29:20 - Q Menu
EXPOSURE
00:34:01 - ISO
00:35:53 - Shooting Modes / Exposure Control
00:55:04 - Exposure Preview
00:55:46 - Auto ISO
00:58:58 - Video Exposure Settings
FOCUSING
01:02:39 - Focusing Systems
01:03:18 - How - Shutter Button
01:04:18 - When - Focusing Modes
01:06:59 - Where - Focusing Clusters
01:09:28 - Eye and Face Detection
01:12:26 - Animal Face Detection
01:13:36 - Manual Focusing Techniques
01:18:10 - Video Focusing
01:24:29 - White Balance
01:30:30 - Drive Modes
01:37:03 - Metering Modes
01:40:22 - Michael's Recommendations
PRIVACY and DISCLOSURE:
* Michael The Maven participates in the B&H Photo Video affiliate program that provides an advertising commission if you purchase through our links.
* If you purchase something from my affiliate links, I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.
* Everything stated here is my opinion, and I sometimes make mistakes. I will never recommend a product I do not either use, truly love or think would be the best fit for the situation (often determined by budget).
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Canon's newest camera, Canon R50 is the updated version of their Canon M50 camera. Watch my free training Canon R50 Training Video Overview Users Guide Set Up - Made for Beginners and If there is enough interest I will be making a Canon R50 Crash Course. Leave a comment below if you would like me to make a Canon R50 Crash Course.
I loved the first Ant Man movie, and thought as a character they had really maximized what was possible with him around Civil War, as before the first movie he wasn't on my radar.
I was very disappointed with Quantumania. Antman movies are getting progressively worse.
Again, we have this situation where it feels like the producers believe that using branding, A listers and lots of special effects can somehow make up for extremely weak writing. If you saw the previews you already have watched this movie more or less. Very few truly funny lines. Some parts were painful to watch (the Bill Murray scene for example) here you have this amazing actor and they way they edited and wrote his lines, they weren't able to really take advantage of his comedic prowess.
If you go in with lower expectations, it was actually pretty solid! Felt super low budget, but good storyline and many twists and turns that will keep you guessing. Recommended!
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I consider myself a big M.Night fan. He is clearly talented and I used to tell myself I would see anything he made, but after watching Knock at the Cabin I am not sure anymore. There were two main problems I had with it:
1. This is really a 10-15 minute concept that was stretched out to be a full length film. If you have watch the preview, you know everything about the movie, and can probably figure out how it unfolds.
Landscape Photographer, Jeffrey Tadlock, unboxes Maven Magnetic Photography Filters and gives a close look inside of it’s components. Check out the first unboxing video! Thank you Jeffrey!
"My Maven magnetic filters from the Kickstarter have arrived for landscape photography! These filters feature color-coded filters, high-quality optical glass, and strong magnets I look forward to giving these filters a full test out in the field in the future.
In this video, I unbox the filters and take a closer look at the components included inside, as well as why I wanted to try this filter kit."
Content:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Start the Unboxing
02:52 - Core Filter Kit
09:16 - Hard Shelled Accessory Case
09:53 - Soft Carrying Case
11:06 - Adapter Rings, Step-up Rings, Lens Caps
14:25 - Another look at the Accessory Case
15:20 - More Filter Tech Specs
17:53 - Wrap up
