I really love you way of telling a story. This combination of gear review with philosophical context about things from your life makes its original. I appreciate your work and with joy I am watching your short but insightful stories !
Btw, I'm also considering adding a 24mm as a second lens. Right now, I shoot with the a7IV and the 50mm f/1.4 GM. I really love the perspective you get when shooting your subject close and how everything in the back seems further away. There's something cinematic about it. However, I like shooting (photographically) people and I'm considered about distortion with anything tighter than a medium shot (unless I'm positioning the subject dead center). Even though I love my 50mm, I think I should have gone the route of the 35/85 combo. The 35 (especially modern lenses) have minimal distortion and I still get the perspectival subject/background separation. The 85mm gives me tidier compositions, the ability to shoot tight headshots, and the gorgeous compression and bokeh.
The 50mm GM is a beautiful lens - pairs wonderfully with the 24mm! I ended up with all 4 focal lengths, so can find use for all of them. 24mm is still my least used lens out of these options for street photography. Adding a 35mm or 85mm would be easier to shoot with next as you say. All good choices!
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I'm getting out of my comfort zone and heading back to Japan with the 85 1.2 Nikon, I've what's been a zoom guy thinking of I had all the ranges I wouldn't miss a shot, but having to m any options lead to more mediocre shots than memorable, I'll still have them with me, but I think the prime will show me down and make me think more about what I want to achieve. great channel too
great video! for the canon system i had the 35 and 24mm 1.8, but i ended up selling those and getting the 28mm pancake, just so much easier to carry around for everyday photos
Wait, I imagine by that by the age of 26, your English would be perfect. Also, you only moved at the age of 8. I was born in the US to Russian Jewish immigrants, but I knew a lot of kids in my school days who camer here at 6, 7, 8, etc. Of course, I don't know their individual journeys, but I imagine they didn't meticulously listen to tapes and record themselves for years, upon years. Now I understand why you are scientist. You enjoy the iterative process.
I was lucky - the cutoff for a lot of my friends seems to be 10 years old? After that learning a new language to sound like a native speaker appears to be a lot more difficult. Still I had to put in the work!
Ooh, btw, how's the viewfinder the the A7CR? I gravitate towards using my viewfinder on my a7IV and I know that the A7C series has a smaller one. However, I'm enticed by the 61 megapixel sensor, which will allow me to crop to the 1:1 aspect ratio that I love to use and still leave me with tons of megapixels.
The viewfinder on the A7CR is small but bright with good refresh rate. not as nice as A7IV but you get a more compact body. You’ll need to try it out in person I think!
I bought the 20mm 1.8G recently and I'm still learning how to use it, I kinda know how to shoot with 24mm as I've used one for quite a while but 20mm is quite an extreme change. Thanks for the insight once again, your videos and narration are fantastic.
The 20mm is very sharp - great lens! I am still getting used to 24mm, every photographer’s journey is different so great to hear you’re trying new focal lengths. Hope you’re doing well, thanks for watching!
Last thing, I love your approach to gear reviews. They're not even reviews, but rather philosophical discussions on the creative possibilities of that particular lens. Great job!
That’s really great to hear - hope you find a way to integrate photography into your everyday life again. There’s something magical about creating images!
I've always gravitated towards the 24mm as it allows you to get the full overview. 35mm is more intimate and I've recently begun shooting 50mm which feels very selective on what you include. iPhones have recently gone wider on their normal cameras, which may be an indicator of popularity, but that now makes shooting with a 50 or telephoto more unique....
@@Daniel_Ilyich yeah, for street photography, 35mm or 50mm is probably better for capturing at a distance. For travel, I love how the 24 can capture a whole scene for the overview to complement those closer shots.
@@TaylorTeets You may be correct. I think it will also simply require spending some time and practicing with the lens. For street, the 24mm is a bit too wide, for me. But if I'm out if family or friends, that isn't an issue. Something to ponder. I've seen some centered framed portraits from about waist level with gorgeous leading lines in the background, as everything recedes far away. That's tough to replicate with a 50mm.
If you get the working distance right the 24mm f1.4 looks like it was shot using the Brenizer method! But yes not as versatile, and you need to get too close for my liking in the street.
Purchased the 24mm GM when it was first launched back in 2018. It was so underused during my holiday i sold it immediately after the trip. 5 + years later, the 24mm is now one of my most used focal lengths. I suppose the hobby does revolve around rediscovery and expanding our comfort zone.
