Awesome review! Everyone that talks about street shooting always focuses on ultra wide, 15 to 23mm lenses, or the 27mm pancake. I've been shooting with those lately and I feel like the only thing that I capture out in a wide open city is just... architecture and streets. My shots lack moments, lack feel, lack subjects, lack emotion. It ends up being too wide, too much, and I'd have to get super close to my subject. I love the 27mm for portability, but I have been looking for street photography talk of lenses above 35mm and no one even mentions it or talks about, everyone just says for street stick with wide 15 to 23mm... Like going above 23mm is taboo, haha. So glad someone talks about walking around with a 56mm and has great photos to show for it.
It's good practice to stick to two sizes of filters, I do so for 62 mm and 77 and have my lenses equipped with step-up rings as needed (and XUME connectors for quick switching). My Viltrox and FujiFilm primes all take 62 mm filters now, my larger Viltrox prime (85/1.8 II XF) is 72 mm as is my 16-80 mm Fuji zoom and they take 77 mm filters. Step-up rings with the approriate XUME connector are on all my lenses to accomodate for either the 62mm or 77mm filters. Also some 67 mm lenses are so equipped that can take the 77 mm filters. I really like it this way.
I appreciate the comment and it sounds like you have a great system that works for yourself, I just really like the have the filters flush to the lens but that’s my personal preference 🤷🏻♂️
I here mostly good things about the Viltrox lenses, come to think about it I’ve not heard anything bad about them which for me being on a really tight budget is great. My budget really is tight, so tight that I’ve just won some filters that I could never afford to buy but though I’d love to keep them I’m trying to sell as I could do much more with the money…like get some screw on filters instead plus cash left over. P.S. really love the photos, I want to do more night shooting myself and feel the 35mm f2 jis a little wide and slightly not fast enough, hence why I’m looking at the Viltrox 56mm 1.4
Great review - thank you for sharing! This lens will be sitting on my XE4 soon thanks to your sample images! Q re your images: Which editing program do you use? Or are they straight out of camera using a film sim/recipe? I super dig the look of your images! Cheers mate!
This is the first video i see on your channel and i must say, i’m very impressed with your shots. I shoot on Canon and have been considering the 56mm Viltrox over the Sigma 56mm and your photos have pushed me further in that direction. Though i realize you edited these, the colors seem a lot better than on the Sigma. I currently have the 7artisans 55mm which is nice considering its price, but i need autofocus and the 55mm has a bit too much character, not enough sharpness. The Viltrox lens seems to produce some beauties. I’m a sucker for silver lenses too, as the Canon version and my M6ii are silver. Really enjoyed your video!
I must say I do love silver lenses! I can’t comment on colour since I haven’t tried the Sigma (wish they would have x-mount lenses) But it’s a nice lens, I was impressed and if you enjoy what you see then I’m glad it was helpful 🙏🏼🙏🏼
For the Fuji 56mm would you shoot at 1.2 a lot? I guess it depends on the situation but it seems rather a narrow depth of field for street photography. As the guy once said just because you have 1.2 doesn't mean you should use it all the time. The question is more related to stills rather than video. Thanks mate.
Typically I shoot at f/1.2 because it’s fun. But if you want the best quality from the lens, shoot at around f/4 - f/5.6. Also, that statement applies to full frame cameras more than crop I believe. For example, if I shot at f/1.2 on full frame, I would probably miss shots and I’ve noticed that the image isn’t sharp most of the time (depends on the lens) and the bokeh would be over kill. However, on APSC I’m getting light at f/1,2 and my depth of field is effectively f/1.8 and is actually sharp. So I find that the balance is nice. Again, I’m not advising to always shoot at f/1.2 with the 56mm but if you do, it’s fun and definitely useable in the streets! ✌🏼 Happy shooting
52mm was quite common filter thread back in the day - many Nikon lenses had used it. What you maybe could do on the fly is to take larger filter and mount it on the lens via step-up ring.
Thanks to Chloe and you for the videos, beautiful photographs and I really appreciate the input - have been considering the Fuji 56mm but I love the viltrox shots so much, you may have just saved me a ton of money :)
Thank you so much for this review, you made me buy one and I love it so far. I love the vibes of your photos. Can you share your night photo editing please 😊❤
What's up man, thinking about getting one of these myself, looks pretty decent value for money, nice review. Hoping to get down to London post lockdown, be cool to set up a street photography collab, been meaning to shoot there for a while!
thank you for your time. Nice video. Subscribed. Step-up rings are an excellent investment. I stick with 77-sized filters, plus rings. 52 direct to 77 ring will give the lens an even better look.
The 77 will definitely give a better look since the corners won’t have a strong vignette. However, for me keeping my gear light and compact is a never ending obsession 😅🥲
Nice video and some great photos. I'm tempted to get a lens for street photography and various conventions, and this one is leading the pack at the moment. Only problem is, I'm after a macro lens too. 😁
You are welcome! I understand it helps for people to understand what settings in the exposure triangle I use. But honestly, it doesn't matter. Use whatever helps you get the shot.
😂 You can get the whole trio of Viltrox primes (23 F1.4, 33 F1.4, and 56 F1.4) for the less than the price of ONE Fujifilm 56mm F1.2 WR.....so in that regards, it's a no-brainer to pick up any of these Viltrox lens (I have all 3 lens). The only caveat is you should NOT shoot this wide-open at F1.4 because there's crazy purple fringing around subjects - from looking at my photos, you have to stop it down to atleast F1.8 to reduce purple fringing. I primarily shoot portraits so it's not a big deal becasue you don't want to be shooting people at F1.4 (e.g. it's too wide open so one ear may be sharp, and the other ear will be blurred out....which looks funny). My photo mentor said when shooting people, F2.8 is probably the widest you should have it at to ensure the entire person's head is in focus. I had someone help me do corporate photography and my helper shot everyone at F2.0.....pretty much all of the photos of those ~30 people was messed up - their eyes were super sharp/clear, but all of their ears and hair were bokeh'd....LOL. 😂
I just bought this lens for the canon M50 and the lens blades keep opening and closing without me doing anything just turning camera on anyone knows what's going on and how to stop it
Finally!!! That's what I'm looking around for a long, long time. Thank you so much for your videos m8! But now I don't know which one to buy, the 56 or 85 Mark II. Maybe both 😂
Glad this video hit your expectations! 🙏🏼 and in regards to 56mm or 85mm 😅 I think that’s gonna have to boil down to your shooting style. Best of luck!💪🏼
Excellent review dude. Really loved the sample photos, I'm always in awe at your street photography skills! Been really impressed with all these new 1.4 viltrox lenses. We got a 23mm viltrox for canon efm and have been really impressed with it too for the price!
I talked to guys in fuji and and asked their opinion about this lens and they warned me that this lens has some serious issues on damaging the sensor..has anyone heard about it?
That seems a little far fetched, damaging a sensor seems bizarre, I do know Viltrox doesn’t recommend using this lens with the xpro 3 due to release button issues causing the lens to stick tight which may cause cosmetic damage.
Ooooo! That’s a tough one. You know what. The 35 f1.4 is the more logical choice since the field of view is more versatile. But, I’ll have to go with the viltrox 56mm because I just always end up using 56mm field of view for majority of my own personal and professional work. Overall, I’d say go with what field of view you love using the most! 🙏🏼
@@HVRIS Yes for filming/photography during the day but also wanted recommendation on filters if any is needed for night time photography. Cause your pictures are straight fire 🔥
For filmmaking, I currently don’t have one. I personally don’t think too hard about filter brands, go for the regular reliable brands. I think urth variable ND with a step up ring might be a reasonable price. I wasn’t able to find the exact fit that wasn’t expensive unfortunately (and high quality). Also, for night photography I dont use any. Just look for good light sources and compose your shots around them 🤘🏼👊🏼 good luck and happy shooting
Thank you! Hope you are enjoying the lens 🙏🏼 I shoot in raw and then process my photos using the Classic Chrome look, is there anything in particular you wanted to know about colour?
dude wtf a simple step down ring is about 7 dollars spent half your video gripping about an nd filter 52 mm. if you have a 54 buy a simple step down adapter,
😂😂😂😂 Whats happened to PHOTOGRAPHY? “Snapshooting Enthusiasts” have been brainwashed to obsess over blurred bground by fantasising over “bokeh” (a word thats not even widely used in the 80s) and driving the hunger for big aperture lenses where the really great ones are cleverly expensive, stupidly huge and illogically impractical. “Subject Isolation” is just a highly propagandized marketing strategy to make snapshooters keep buying more and more lenses😂😂😂
Thats what I thought too initially... but then actually playing with it, it was solidly built, metallicky, and performed decently well in line with what you’d expect from a Fuji lens 🤷🏻♂️
Any clip that starts with a barely able talent talking into a camera like his work is as important as the information at hand . Just show us comparisons within the first 20 seconds and leave your vanity at apple store
