Dustin Abbott

Sony a7R VI

$4,498.00 · cited in 4 videos

“My Cameras: Purchase the Sony a7RV @ B&H Photo”

Canon EOS R5 Mark II

$3,999.00 · cited in 3 videos

“Canon EOS R5: B&H Photo | Amazon”

Fujifilm X-H2S

“Purchase the Fujifilm X-H2 @ B&H Photo”

“Purchase the Sony a7RV @ B&H Photo”

Sony Alpha 1

$6,198.00

“Purchase the Sony Alpha 1 @ Camera Canada”

Nikon Z8

$3,599.95

“This is on a 45-megapixel Nikon Z8.”

“I'm reviewing the 400 mm today and it is a stunning combination of compact size, lightweight, and very high performance.”

“Well, here I am filming right now on the Sigma 85mm F1.2 Art series lens.”

“I tested the 50mm F1.2 on Sony and I found that I had a very accurate results there.”

“I'm familiar with all of that because I've been using the 200 to 600 mm f/5 to 6.3 lens for years at this point.”

Viltrox 85mm

$329.00 · mildly negative

“Now, Sigma doesn't make a Nikon Z mount version of this lens, and so I have the similarly priced Viltrox 85mm F1.4 from their Pro series.”

“So, just to give you a little point of comparison, if I use uh one of the wide-angle zooms that I love, the uh LK Samyang 14-24 mm F2.8, you can see this is the framing in the room.”

“Then I tried it with the 1.4 x teleconverter and obviously when you're out at 840 mm, it's a little bit it's a it's a long working distance you need to have.”

Viltrox 2x Teleconverter

$89.00 · negative

“And even I shot a a brief clip of a chipmunk with the the Viltrox two times teleconverter on.”

“and it is compact enough that I was able to put the 400 mm, 600 mm, a Sony A1 Mark II, 1.4 x and 2x teleconverter all in a medium-size Peak Design Camera Cube”

“I don't actually have a newer trigger for Nikon. I only have one for Sony.”

“Oben Tabletop Tripod shown in video”

“Peak Design Roller Pro has been my carry-on / weekend bag of choice for 2026. I have used it around a good part of the world at this point, and while there are a lot of amazing strengths about this bag that I'm going to detail today, there's also one serious drawback that we have to look at as well.”

“What really stood out to me is when I went out for my photoshoot to do action shots of a champion golden retriever, I was able to fit both of these lenses, plus the teleconverters, plus an Alpha 1 Mark II, all of them into a Peak Design Medium Camera Cube, which is really really kind of blew my mind.”

“We are using an Allen & Heath QU-24, and our typical handheld are Sennheiser EW-100 G4s.”

“And for a a hair light, a little bit of additional light, I used the Q120.”

“So I've used this for a variety of different purposes at this point. I've used it for product photography in a variety of of settings for you know different applications both for my lens reviews but then also for some corporate type work. I've also used it in a portrait session.”

“I benchmark an old 4 terabyte Western Digital My Book that I've used for storage in the past via USB 3.0.”

“Then I also did a Western Digital My Passport also 4 terabytes via USB 3.0.”

“Using the 990 that we're looking at today via USB-C, it took 2 minutes and 20 seconds to do 100% of the test.”

“They also have a variety of different solar panel sizes you can get, and I will say about this, which is their 220 watt solar panel, this is a really, really incredible design, particularly for camping, because it goes into a much, much smaller package, and has unique ways with kickstands of being able to angle, and so that you can catch a lot more sun.”

“We are using an Allen & Heath QU-24, and our typical handheld are Sennheiser EW-100 G4s.”