Are YouTuber Camera Press Trips Ethical?
The PetaPixel Photography Podcast29 Touko 2024

Are YouTuber Camera Press Trips Ethical?

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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake give their insight into camera press trips and whether or not they believe they allow for ethical evaluation of equipment. They also talk about medium format and how viable it is in 2024 for wildlife and bird photography.

In This Episode
  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 08:07 - The Leica D-Lux 8 looks familiar
  • 16:39 - YouTube reviews and press trips: are they ethical?
  • 45:40 - Is wildlife photography on medium format a real thing now?
  • 1:04:10 - What have you been up to?
  • 1:09:53 - Tech support
  • 1:10:00 - Is there any advantage to shooting uncompressed RAW?
  • 1:11:16 - How does Jordan process audio for YouTube?
  • 1:13:42 - Are there any tricks to making a video using footage from multiple camera brands?
  • 1:16:30 - Will we ever see a leaf shutter lens in the L-mount to mitigate rolling shutter effects?
  • 1:23:05 - Never read the comments

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