Toneh

The Sony alpha a7iv was released the other day. I was very interested in this camera because I was considering purchasing it as a separate body primarily focused on stills. I won’t be purchasing it and I’ll discuss why in a future post.

When the announcement came on Thursday, I watched it online and quickly got bored with Sony’s lame-ass announcement video, so I immediately went to Gerald Undone’s channel since I guessed the review embargo had been lifted. Sure enough, it had:

I subscribe to many channels focused on cameras, but Gerald Undone’s channel stands out from all the rest. In the past year+ of checking out camera channels, I haven’t seen another channel beyond Gerald Undone’s that I want to go back to all the time to see if there is new content. That was, until that day.

A little later that day, a review video got recommended to me by Youtube from some channel named Camera Conspiracies. I expected some sort of video focused on what type of cameras the Nazis use on the moon, but instead I got this:

I don’t even know the guy’s name, but I’ve checked out a bunch of other videos from him. Being a dumbass with a camera, the most important thing I’ve learned from Camera Conspiracies so far in my quest for knowledge is that the concept of “toneh” is vitally important in your work, especially if you’re a vlogger. Basically, you should have an ultra-wide lens with a very low f/stop, then get your head so close to the camera that either the top of your head or your chin gets cut off. This produces a specific type of bokeh known as toneh that Camera Conspiracies (and many others) love.