Which is the best STREET PHOTOGRAPHY lens for you? 

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Have you tried the 35mm yet? I also have 28mm.

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I grew up with a 50mm. I’ve had more 50 than any other lens and I agree, there is nothing better for rendering proportions. I still use mine a lot for landscapes of all things. I like the natural perspective.

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@@WalkLikeAlice How do feel about zoom lenses? Say something like a 28-70 f2.8? smaller fast zoom?

@@SilatShooter for me personally, a zoom was always a source of frustration. It caused me to stand in one place and use the lens to find a photo. It was also slow to use, heavy etc. But we’ve all seen what Steve McCurry does with one!!

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35 is a great lens.

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Thank you, Michael. If you are cropping heavily then a higher res sensor would help with the quality. The sensor crop won’t make any difference.

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Thank you!! Ahh, the classic Koudelka combination - 35 & 50. Those are the first two prime lenses I ever bought.

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You are very kind, Michael. I think 28 is a lens which needs to have some time spent with it. I was very surprised when Leica launched the Q series with a 28mm lens as standard. 35mm would have made more sense but would that have impacted on sales of the M series cameras and lenses?? I think so, and with the M's being more expensive and you need to buy a lens too, I can sort of understand why they went for 28mm. The Q is a safe Leica for RU-vidrs, it looks cool, and it's basically a big point and shoot and it has the all important LCD screen which they can use to show how they are shooting in their POV videos!!

@@WalkLikeAlice ... I went with my Leica M11 into a busy Mumbai market to shoot. ( I am an Indian btw ), I just ambled into a shop of women's bags and the shopkeeper said, no cameras allowed, I said I am not shooting anything. " we dont allow RU-vidrs into the shop " he said !... the pov video daemon! every knows when you are doing a Pov. And RU-vidrs have subsumed the Photographer as the beast on the street !

@@neoaureus I’m not sure what this has to do with this video. But I agree with you that the trend for RU-vidrs and POV has made people more aware of street photographers.

@@WalkLikeAlice …haha…I know but tangential. I took off from 28mm to … Q camera to … average street experience…and 28mm being the IPhone mm.

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Thank you!! Yes, the 28mm takes some time to get used to especially if you are coming from a longer lens.

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I’ll have to start a 28mm club!!

I am a 16-50mm guy 😎. On my Fuji, this light glass simply performs at f/6.3

Hi Patrick, thanks for watching and your comments. Regarding the Fuji camera, I’ve never owned or used a Fuji digital, so it wouldn’t be something I could comment on with any authority 🙂

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Sarah is just looking at train times!!

I’ve got some tips to help you focus. It should be quicker and easier than an EVF.

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Have fun with it!!

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NYC, now there is a bucket-list place to go and shoot!! I still take a 35mm with me as a backup lens, and sometimes I will use it in really low light as it’s faster than my 28. I think 28/35 is the best two lens combination.

@@WalkLikeAlice what's on that list, Jeff? I've lived 40 yrs in manhattan, over 4 now in brooklyn. there are still interesting places i do not dare to walk into as an "outsider" w/ a camera. I'll take a bus tour to spot things out when it gets a little warmer. I always shoot alone. had been robbed in a better part of east village (see my linhof comment)

I used to carry a minolta auto flash w/ thyrister circuit & a leica m w/ no hotshoe. 40 or 28 mm w/o a frame but found make-do good enough even for slide use. or else a xd11 w/ 24->35 zoom. all hours in lower manhattan (below 14th st in the 80's/ early 90's) whenever on the streets. my first 35mm before slr's &m's was a 3-zone focus rangefinder camera no one ever heard of. The lens was small & great, prob. a 35 f2.8 ; don't remember. but did not keep for long as i was clumsy at attaching 135 film to a little hoke. it was a little mamiya ! miss it!

I’ve heard this a few times from photographers. The idea that you need to be further away. Whatever you feel comfortable with is the correct choice. But I remember reading an article about Cartier-Bresson and his work in America. He said something on the lines of him having to forsake his 50mm for a 35mm because everything was so big and busy.

It does make sense. The trick is to stick with something for a while. If you find after that the lens is causing a few issues with the way you shoot then try something else and give that some time.

You sound like me three years ago!!!

@@WalkLikeAlice I'm happy with that 🤣

I haven't used a GFX but it wouldn't be my first choice looking at the specs. Amazing for landscape photography though.

I think the 28mm, although popular, is a really difficult lens to work with. It takes a lot of perseverance. I was surprised that Leica used a 28mm in the Q series.

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That’s great. Everyone is different and people should find their own way.

The last time I was in Cambridge I shot with a 35mm. It seemed to suit it quite well.

Can’t help you there. I have no idea re Fuji lenses.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I meant more the different between 35mm and 40mm FF equiv for street ​@@WalkLikeAlice

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Thank you. Much respect to you for using those lenses as primaries. It takes some skill.

@@WalkLikeAlice My primary camera is a 6x17 Linhof with a 90mm F5.6 Super Angulon. Same view, different aspect ratio. My first exposure to photography was viewing Kubrick's 2001:A Space Odyssey. I think that was a big influence. Cheers and keep up the superlative work.👍🌟🌟🌟🌟

@@linjicakonikon7666 A friend (trained in industrial design by Italian prof.) was influenced by Antonioni's Blow Up (circa 68?,Kubrick's too?) feat. Van Redgrave et.al. I too to a certain extent. My 1st moment (13yr)was seeing a (humbly mine) b&w 127-film Brownie print 're-producing' a memorable scene from 'GunFight at the OK Corral'. Accidental? The 28 was the shortest used over 14/15 yrs since 9th grade (Brit.Form 3). Then 24-35 , 24-50 af; w/the most recent 17-28 f/2.8 af I found myself mostly (>80% ?) at the 24-28 end. (a 25-50, only 2 weeks old, on a new body was robbed in front of a church in the crazy 80's/ early 90's.) I had the use of a borrowed 6x12 Mamiya rangefinder (but w/NO rangefinder focus, basically just a body w/ shutter to fit a lens) with a 47mm Schneider for a # days in 97. Good to have a used-camera dealer for a friend who also had a physics bkgd from an elite college. Used 120 chrome, don't remember using a meter (as I was overseas; may be I used af slr to meter) . Estimation + dof scale ( may be also w/ my usual hyperfocal less 1/2 actual stop to play safe; easier these days w/electronic shutters for fractional intervals) worked beautifully handheld. I also shot verticals, they were amazing. Imagine w/ 6x17 Linhof ; but not for me, hardly ever used a tripod after grade school.The other busy life over the the years did not allow it. Best wishes to your Linhof work.

Amazing lens

Truly. I really cannot put into words just why either. I’ve been a photographer for over 40 years and yet I cannot possibly explain the abilities of that lens. It’s magic. That’s the only possibility!

Thank you, Keith. I’ve never used the CL but I was tempted a few years back!!

Thank you. Manual lenses with a decent DOF scale, for me, is always better than an AF lens when it comes to street.

@@WalkLikeAlice Thank you for the reply Jeff. I’ll stick at it!!

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Thank you, Peter. You are very kind. 24 I have never used on a Leica. I did use it a lot with a LUMIX camera I had a few years ago.

@@WalkLikeAlice I shot with the 21mm for a year and =found it a tad too wide too often great lens though so I shifted up to the 28 and shot for a couple of years - I can understand why Leica loves the 28mm - my preferred distance is 2-3meters so the 24 gives me more width but not as much as the 21. I guess the only thing you may have mentioned in your video is the focusing methods you both use to get your shots.....

@@petera1033 Hi Peter, we covered focusing in this video :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3vbculVI8Lg.html

I think it comes down to whether you are paid to shoot something for someone, or if people just buy your photos or you just shoot for pleasure. You have to have a bunch of lenses for any commercial work, as there is always a brief which has to be fulfilled. For work where you can just shoot whatever you like, then you can live with just the one lens. We have eight leica lenses here. Most sit on a shelf gathering dust, but then someone will ask us to go and shoot a portrait, or Sarah might need something different for a project. This is why we won't sell any of them. I bought them all (apart from my 28) twenty-odd years ago when they weren't that expensive!!

I didn't know you had come over to the dark side, John ;)

@@WalkLikeAlice Yes. It's all your fault! I took the majority of my pics on it last year. Hugh Brownstone made me realise I'm not a landscape photographer so street it is for me and the Q so often delivers better pictures than I thought I'd captured which is a joy!

@@johnwaine56 don’t blame us!!!

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Haha. One at a time!! Otherwise you end up like me and get onto the street as a confused mess 😂