Great interview and informative. One thing you should know; when you drop names of famous photographers, you must pronounce their names correctly. It's DEE-Ann Arbus. Not DYE-Ann. Otherwise, keep up the good work.
Lovely photos! A square frame can feel... unhelpful? But you seem to have found your way with it. I scanned down a bit but didn't see mention of the cold shoe and the flash sync plug. With the leaf shutter you can sync to any speed available. Not commonly a *got to have* for Street; but some people have made a career of it. Mainly in the US. Mainly in NYC. Helpful vid. Thanks.
Re lens choice... I rented an X-T5 and an X-T50 last weekend (looking for a new APSC camera for travel, leisure etc) plus the Fuji 23mm WR f1.4. Both cameras were great, the X-T50 edging it on portability and sexy looks) but the lens was disappointing, I felt. I had a borrowed an old 35mm f2 as well, and apart from focal length, I found it hard to see that f1.4 was better, despite being a lot more expensive. Have you tried the f1.4? Any thoughts?
Just joined the community! I need to pop down to Brighton this year, I love how much colour there is to find, definitely a place for creating interesting beach scenes. Love the 35mm too, great vids mate!
I also owned the 23mm F2 WR three different times. I don't actually like it, but I love the 35mm equivalent, so I always end up with one whenever I have a Fuji, haha.
I get a very three dimensional.edge to edge sharpness with my 23mm 2.0. Also a high resolution. The organic life I've shot in open shade with this lens can be boosted in Photoshops levels to an amazing degree. Stopped down its simply outstanding.
Loved the video and your photography of Brighton, as i use a Fujifilm X series i am going to look for this lens for my street photography and maybe take a trip to Brighton soon you have inspired me 😊
I used to buy and sell this lens over and over again, but aside from a short time with the 35mm 1.4, something never felt right to me. I bought the voigtlander 21mm f/4 Leica m mount with an adapter and it was life changing. I realized that AF wasn't for me. Now I'm not saying I'm the king of range focusing as I most always use the lens at f/16, but it finally put me in my place. I own the 21mm and the voigtlander 50mm 3.5 and I never even think about lenses anymore. The voigtlander 23mm fuji x mount is great, but the distance scale on it is absolutely terrible. That was the last lens I tried before accepting I found my forever lens.
I am a 35 er,tried others Now a Z6II and 35mm F1.8 S and love it, With 24 and 28 always seamed to be having to movve closer. BTW Love those sensible size grains of sand you have over there, Do not get in everything, Cheers from Australia.
Nice. Totally agree with the 35. I also love 28, but i find I shoot a bit slower/compose more with the 35. So it depends on what I’m after on the day i guess! I’ve never really used a 50 much. I have the Fuji 35/2 gathering dust somewhere. What situations do you switch to a 50 from a 35?
Nice one Adam - I usually reach for a 50mm if I know it’s going to be very very busy and might need to isolate a subject - IE portraits at the classic car boot, or if I’m walking locally and know it’s going to be super quiet so I can get some little detail shots… what do you usually have on your m11?
@@frame-lines 35 of course! With the Leica glass, it’s basically a fixed lens camera. Have never taken it off 😂 that said, I have been enjoying some work, not street, from other photographers like Freya Najade in Hackey Marshes, and I want to give something like that a go and it clearly is 50 or longer. Heh, I just remembered I found out about her from your zine! (This is not a sponsored comment). Typoch seem to have reasonable priced M mount lenses, I think I’m sold on a 50m Simera but can’t find one anywhere. Seems to be more RU-vid reviews than actual products!
I sold the newer Fuji 18, 23, and 33mm f1.4s because they were bulky. Ended up with the old 23mm/f1.4, the original, and love it very much! It's like the 35mm/1.4 original. A little slower af but tons of character, lighter, shorter, cheaper, albeit noisier. Never tried the 35/f2 but hear only good things about it.
I have the leica Q with 28mm on it, but I have to say, I too, like the 35mm for street.. who knows, maybe after working with this lens for a year, I will like it better.
This lens was the first one I owed for the X-T5 and actually I would not need any other lens, but I bought also the 35mm f1.4 and very recently the 10-24mm f4 from Fujifilm as well and the 18-300mm Tamron; but the last one I'm gonna sell.
It's a nice lens; it would be even nicer, though, to see an upgrade with a linear focus system in the next couple of years.. Anyways.. I guess I bought and sold it at least 3 times.. and you probably just pushed me right over the edge to go for no. 4.. please give me that number🙈
Hi, My dream lens is a strange tiny zoom 35-50 full frame or 23-35 apsc. I only use 35 & 50 so being able to change between 35-50 without checking the zoom would be really great, 1 single lens and that's it. With the quality of a fixed focal length I am convinced that there would be a big demand
@@frame-lines Yes ! I don't understand why Fuji never thought of it. It's an instant best-seller for sure. With a littme "click" at 35mm so you don't need tocheck the lens, eye always in the evf
I do too. It's F4 (usually all I need), has excellent IQ, is reasonably sized, and it is contained in my 24-50mm "kit" zoo. I could write this under a few other videos about the "only lens you ever need" (50mm), or "my most used lens" (28mm). I admit that I love isolating objects too. But for that, I use a longer lens.
Great combo. Love the piece to camera shot too. Looks the most like your photos I've seen in your video. Also, I never liked 35mm until I bought the x100vi a few months ago and I have grown to love it. It works in so many situations. Martin Parr when speaking to Kai W said that if he was restricted to one lens for the rest of his life it would be the 35mm and yet he never seems to shoot at that focal length. This has been a longwinded comment, but I also have a question for you. Do you use Face Detection for AF or just centre spot and reframe? Or something else? I find face AF very flakey and I've missed a lot of shots with it.
How do you know when a situation calls for the 35mm or the 50mm? They are definitely different, but also fairly close that I'd find it distracting deciding which to use if I carried both. How do you decide?
@@frame-lines I think I know what you mean. It's easier to go unnoticed in a crowd of people. Whereas, if you're in a suburban park or just a place that isn't densely populated, people have sense someone encroaching on their zone of comfort, so to speak. Love the color grading for this video, btw.
I used to feel this same way, then I bought a 28mm and 24mm for street. Forcing myself to get close enough to get anything useable with those lenses has now made 35mm often feel too tight.
I also have the XT5 and bring the 35mm and the 50mm (23 and 35) is redundant for me. 50mm is 35mm cropping, what XT5 allows. I usually brings 28mm and 50. Or 35mm and 75mm (50mm on APSC). Great video!!
