Leaving my comfort zone with this 28mm lens! (TTArtisan 28mm F5.6)
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
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In this video I am leaving my comfort zone in more than just one way. Since 35mm has been my comfort zone focal length for the last years, I tried to challenge myself by shooting a 28mm focal length instead. And since I am already at it, I decided to do more thing that I usually avoid doing such as going out during bad weather conditions, going to a different city on my own, eating out alone, and talking to strangers.
All shots have been taken with my Leica M6 on either Ilford HP5 or Fomapan 400.
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Karin, at 74 years old, I've have learned to enjoy my "alone" time. At cafes and restaurants you get to know the cooks and servers. As a relatively new film photographer, I have discovered people will often start the conversations upon seeing the "old" camera that is being used. Am enjoying your videos. My grandfather was born in Munich in 1874.
Amen so true. I walk down the street or into a restaurant and 85% of the time some one will ask me about my camera. Enjoy
As an introvert it's always funny to see how much being alone disturb so much people ! Eating, going to the movie, travelling or walking alone is so natural to me i don't even think about it so good job on you for realizing it's not a big deal after all ;)
So interesting indeed how comfort zones differ for people. I would also consider myself more of an introvert, but being with people that I feel comfortable with makes me more outgoing which is why I probably like to be with them on more "social" occasions like eating out or doing public activities.
So do I.
Using my Voigtlander "21mm" with my M6 is pure Heaven to me and very much MY COMFORT ZONE! So, hang in there with your TTArtisan 28mm, I think the more you use it, the more creativity will unfold before your eyes. Especially when it comes to angling your photographs in unique ways you may have never thought of. I Love Your Videos!
I got one of these lenses about 6 months ago to try out the 28mm focal length. Now I find myself shooting with it all the time. My 35mm summicron stays home most of the time. The thing about 28mm is you dont really have to focus the lens at all. It makes my Leica MP a point and shoot camera. Because of the 5.6 max aperture, I dont use it for portraits but its the perfect lens for street and general shooting.
That is so so interesting to hear! After recording this video, I also found myself using the 28mm lens more often. I love the small form factor of it and feel like it gives more dynamic perspectives sometimes, especially in really crowded places. I need waaaay more practise with it, but so far I have been enjoying it a lot. Thanks for sharing your experience as well! :)
@@KarinMajoka You're right about the small form factor. That is also a major consideration for me. I am considering the Elmarit 28 mm F2.8
Yes, the Elmarit 28mm is a fantastic lens: small, sharp, and not too expensive for a Leica lens.
35mm is also my comfort zone. I have tried 28 on a number of occasions and just can't get comfortable. Shooting 50mm is much easier for me to switch to than 28mm. Another great video!
Thanks for your comment, sounds like we have similar preferences! 50mm is indeed also easier for me, but it's a focal length I often find a bit boring.
35mm for life! It's perfect for >= 90% of my shots.
I laughed at the beginning when you said you were gonna leave your comfort zone and then immediately ate ramen…
Some really lovely shots in there, and I think you used the focal length fantastically! The portraits of the shisha dudes and the dogs came out so nice.
I’m a big fan of exploring cities on my own, as like you said it gives freedom. “What’s down this alley way” and then get lost for hours without someone trying to bring you back on track.
Lovely video, thanks!
I grew up moving a lot and if I didn't do things alone I wouldn't have done them I prefer taking photos alone for the reasons you said
There is a difference between being alone and feeling lonely
Very honest and thoughtful video! I also don't like to go to restaurants alone, even when I'm traveling alone, this is the hardest part for me. But with photography it feels totally different, I really enjoy to go out with my camera alone and specially with street photography it's hard for me to concentrate when I'm with other people. 28mm is one of my favourite focal lengths, but for me it really shines when there's a lot going on in the streets and this doesn't happen that much where I live.
Great video! I am also not too comfortable eating alone in a restaurant or randomly talking to strangers and asking to take a picture. But this was very inspirational :)
As always, great work!
For your information. I owned a handful of M mount lenses from TTArtisan/7Artisans, none of them needs calibrating, they all focus right on my M9. The focus calibration chart is included just in case.
I love 28mm lenses. I thought I'd forever prefer 24 or 35mm for wide angle, but then I got a spectacular Nikon 28 2.8 A-IS that quickly became one of my favorite lenses ever in any format. Love the idea of just going all out on the comfort zone avoidance! I've actually made it a point to get into dining alone, too. It's kind of cool and meditative, even. A great video, as always!
Absolutely I agree it is not easy talk to strangers. Just practiced it a little as well and mostly people are fine 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience! :) Also, talking to strangers gets easier with more practise!
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with 28mm for a long time. I am just starting to like it again. I love days when I get to go out on my own. I love getting coffee, reading a book, and of course walking around and taking photos. Great video!
I really like your videos Karin. Very thoughtfully put together, nice flow and interesting content. Like you, I favour 35mm, but after selling my Q2 recently I’m looking for a 28mm lens to add to my bag which is what caught my eye your video title this time.
I recently have done the exact same thing with the same focal lengths. I've put the 28mm on my x100v and it's stayedon. It's been quite easy to adjust to 28mm and it's becoming my new favorite.
Video is sooo lovely! I’ve also been wondering what it’s like to shoot 28mm since I don’t have that focal length yet and this video allowed me to, in a way, see and experience what it’s like. I love the “talking to strangers” part because I also get very thrilled when it happens to me, and people appreciate what you’re doing and documenting. :) more power to you! Keep shooting 😊
Great video. I love 28mm and I think it is because I am using the smartphone more often. Phones always have a 26mm-ish equivalent "standard" lens ... Before that I was in the 35mm lens camp, but today I kinda default to using 28mm lenses on my analog cameras as well.
I also totally love the part with the comfort zone in the video, especially making contact with strangers in order to take a picture ... but it worked out super well in your case! Thanks for sharing!
Btw I thought some of the 28mm photos were far from rubbish. Enjoyed them. 28mm is my go to for walk around busy streets. when it's a little less busy I tend to go with the 50mm. Very different of course. I was on the streets last weekend with 50 and again it definitely can be a lot of fun isolating subjects, a totally different style. I really enjoyed getting to witness the street interactions btw, really nice way of handling this. Your channel is inspiring for my own channel. Cheers
I find that 28mm works best for street photography in more crowded and densely populated areas (think New York or Chicago, maybe London) but for everywhere else 35 or even 50mm works best. Also 28mm works really well for night architectural photography (your video on the Berlin subway with cinestill 800T comes to mind) Maybe try using the lens for long exposures at night where you can capture city scapes or narrow corridors?
Welcome to the "I sleep with my camera" club!
Love the video! I think most of us experience the same feelings & it is tough to let go. 35mm is still the best for me.
Yes, asking people is out of my comfort zone as well!
I'll take this as a reminder to jump into this challenge.
28mm 5.6 is not too bad for the journey towards street photography, I love this experience.
Karin, thanks for sharing!
Great video! Not only your photos, your approach, and your adventure, but your storytelling and flair too. The beginning and ending in bed as a comfort zone was cute, and a nice parallel to our out-and-about comfort zones.
When I choose to take just primes, I do like my 28 and 50. I don't have a 35 (can't remember ever having one) and I don't even use a zoom that only goes down to 35. That focal length is just a blah zone for me that doesn't justify its own lens. If I happen to end up there while zooming to fit a particular composition and perspective, well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Today I had lunch alone (like all my days) and went out locally to shoot at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum alone. Very relaxing but also stimulating, and I enjoy being able to do whatever I want. Finished a roll of Ektachrome concentrating on colorful subjects and then loaded a roll of Holga B&W and basically retraced my steps to hit those that were more suitable in monochrome. So easy to do alone! On the zoom, I noticed I was shooting 28-ish at the wide limit, 50-60, and out in the 100 or so range most of the time. Funny how that works...
Love your videos, love your adventures!
I used to live in Lancaster and have been to that museum a few times, is that movie set still there at 150th not too far from the museum?
Another place you might like to try is the Blackbird park near plant 42
@@mgman6000 Yes, that set is still there.
I’ve been to the air parks. Took my 20mm and got some cool images.
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I was allowed to park my MG in front of the SR71 and got some nice pictures
That was super!
haha, love the way you put your lovely camera on the pillow
If you’re good with a 28 you’ll master everything ❤ Makes you think more about the environment. Everybody can take a pic of something worth shooting that fills the frame. At the start 80% of my pictures at 28 mm had 80% empty space.
Toll, wie du die Leute angesprochen hast!
admired the honesty and thoughts through out the video.
the focus calibration also got me nervous.
you also reminded me i had to make a video on this lense 😂😂
Thanks for your comment Joan, I appreciate it!
Haha yes, calibrating was intense! Looking forward to watch your video about this lens then! :)
Great video. Always enjoyable. I love the 28mm for street photography and have been using it primarily for the last 8 years. When I first started using that focal length, I thought I had made a terrible mistake.😅 Now it is second nature to me.
Way to go! I’m a 35 shooter to and recently picked up a 90! Congrats on getting out of our comfort zone. Also I’d your lucky enough to find a M6 with a 0.58x VF the 28 lines are def usable. :-)
13:24 and the dogs are awesome. If I have 1 good picture on 36, Im very happy.
Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it! :) Oh yeeees, I totally agree! One "good" image on a roll is honestly all I am hoping for.
Very interesting video. I went for the 35 mm Nokton f 1.4 on your recommendation but am currently considering exchanging it for a 28 mm to match the more current focal length of cameras like the Q2 and others. The 35 mm as a wide angle lens isn't that wide really, and the attraction of getting a lens capable of a hyper focal length throughout most of the range from about 1 metre is getting bigger. Anyway I am mostly shooting at f 8 or 5.6 and thus have no need for a very fast lens. Your videos are highly interesting and entertaining. Thank you!
28 is my favourite. However I find it requires chaos to work well. It falls flat when there's nothing going on or there's not enough people. I switch between 28 and 35 depending on where I'm walking through. 50 if it's a super boring place that needs some isolation to work. I loved shooting 28 in places like markets, night food stands, etc.
I totally agree, I think the wider the lens, the more chaos it requires. Maybe that was also what "lacked" during that day for me, since the streets were not extremely busy and it was hard to get close to subjects that way.
My comfort zone was almost always somewhere around a 50mm angle of view, wether it be medium or large or small format. Recently got a 35/2.8 cause of the conpact size and sharpness wide open and I'm amazed by how much I like it. So I now accidentally understand why you like that focal length so much :D
Tried to get out of my comfort zone too. 28 felt a bit too close to 35 so I went all in with a 21 super-elmar. I got spooked by how close I needed to get to get good shots so went straight back to 50 to feel safer. I will revisit the 21 sometime in the future but I might want to try baby steps by finding a good 28mm to ease into it. 😅
I really enjoyed watching this video..❤
To me leaving the comfort zone is always an adventure and excitement ^^
I think I’m gonna grab my Leica and hit the airport for street photography today.. I love going to airport. People are either happy , sad, frustrated and emotional..
You should try sometimes. Thank you for Great video
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28mm F8 is my all time favorite for daytime street photography ❤
Pushing your comfort zone can be a good way to grow.
Great video!
Cool video! An interesting follow up would be to try street with a long lens like 85mm. Also means stepping out of a comfort zone and the reach allows discrete people photography
Kudos for taking the big steps of moving from the comfort zone. I think it’s a way for us to keep pushing some boundaries for our photography. For the lens….it’s a nice lens but I find that the need to do the adjustment to be a big turn-off. It seems like a simple matter to get it set right from the starting point. I’m always enjoying your work and your inspiring goals !
I have the exact same lens. Only used it couple of times on my Leica film and digital bodies. I gravitated back to 35mm since my phone and my point and shoot are of 28mm angle of view.
Love this. thanks for sharing. My favorite focal length for my filmmaking is 28mm. ;)
I love my family, but a solo photo walk including trying a new restaurant is a rarity for me. Used to love solo day trips and activities. And my job required travel >100 days per year, including weekends. Hotel take out gets old, quick.
I also often try to "shoot from the hip" with a 28mm (mainly with digital). And often are surprised with the results.
The dogs 😂. Regarding taking peoples portraits and being an introvert,I can totally relate. I’m so afraid,but after watching this, I think I’ll try to step out of the comfort zone 😊
Bought the gold version. Good lens.
The gold one also looks pretty dope! Can't wait until mine looks a bit more golden as well haha
Kompliment Karin! Vor allem auch für dein Englisch! Du sprichst so akzentfrei, dass ich gar nicht auf die Idee kam, dass du deutschsprachig sein könntest. Mir gefallen auch deine Fotos sehr und dass du dich traust die Leute auf der Straße anzusprechen...RESPEKT! 🙏
Ich wünsch dir weiterhin viel Freude und Erfolg! 👍
LG Wolfgang aus Österreich
PSS: Ich meld mich dann noch über Instagram bei dir. 😉
Hi, vielen Dank für deinen netten Kommentar, das weiß ich sehr zu schätzen! :) ich denke, dass Muttersprachler bestimmt den Unterschied hören, aber ich seh's als Kompliment, dass man das deutschen Akzent vielleicht (hoffentlich...) nicht direkt auf den ersten Ton raushört. ;)
Viele Grüße nach Österreich, Karin
Sometimes I like to shoot architecture and bigger scenes with many people so 28 is the natural choice for this. I have the Minolta 28mm F2.8 lens from the CLE lineup and it's a fantastic lens if you can find one in a good condition. For general walk around use I still prefer my 35 but the 28 is always in my bag as well as a 90 and a 50-DR for close-ups.
I really want to be brave enough to just ask people for a photo but.... still haven't broke through that insecurity yet. Very impressed!
I love heading out and shooting on my own, I've been doing it the past few years everytime I come back to visit London (I'm from London but I live in Nuremberg now). I'm planning a day trip to Munich next weekend to spend the day exploring the city and shooting, can't wait! 😅
It's great to make shooting alone part of the routine! I always catch myself combining shooting with other plans like meeting friends so that I am at least not alone for lunch or dinner. But this experience showed me that it's not necessary at all and that going out all day on my own is great fun. Thanks for sharing your experience. :)
Sooo starke frames! Wahnsinn :)
Danke für deinen Kommentar! :)
Just watching you talk to those people already makes me nervous 😅 im not cut out for photographing people. People will be in my photos but not the subject in most cases.
28mm is essential for me. I use it mainly for landscapes. I keep it handy with a red filter to take advantage of surprise opportunities. 35mm is pretty useless to me. It's not wide enough for dramatic landscapes and it's not tight enough for portraits. I recommend the Voigtlander 28mm f/2 Ultron. This lens performs better than the size and price would suggest.
1000% percent feel you on eating out alone. It's the weirdest of all feelings for some reason.
(good choice on Takumi by the way, their ramen is to die for :D)
Very good. Maybe try going the other way to 50mm, that would be interesting, if you like doing street portraits it's also a good choice.
We suffer the most in our own imagination.
100%!
Left the house with a 20mm lens & motor-drive this morning hoping to meet some other skateboarders.
Five new people and two rolls later, my biggest regret is having to scan two rolls
I sometimes wear glasses but wouldn’t feel comfortable shooting my M7/M10 with them. Even the Q2 viewfinder isn’t the most comfortable with glasses. Have you considered contact lenses?
Also, I picked up a 28mm viewfinder for my elmarit which I’ve found pretty useful. Obviously no focus patch for critical focus but I suppose not as necessary with a 28?
TTartisans makes it a little too difficult for us when calibrating distance and rangefinder precision. Instead of using the distance measurement that comes in the box and trying to follow a fairly advanced procedure written in Mandarin - Chinese (!), point to something on infinite focus and see if the rangefinder coincides. If not (probably not by the way...) we'll have to use the included screwdriver and adjust using pretty good illustrations in the Chinese manual.
Mounted on my panasonic S5. Everything is in focus at f8.
That sounds like a great combination! At F8 this lens transforms every camera to a nice point-and-shoot cam.
Die Komfortzone zu verlassen kostet zwar viel Überwindung aber am Ende gewinnt man an Erfahrung und es war auch meistens (wenn ich für mich spreche) garnicht so schlimm.Ich bin auch ein 35-50mm Shooter aber in letzter Zeit gehe ich bewusst nur mit dem Fujifilm XF 18 /1.4 auf der X-Pro3 raus, was ja ungefähr 28mm in Vollformat entspricht. Es fordert, aber es fördert auch die eigene Fotografie.
Deine 28mm Fotos von Dir sind aber wieder richtig gut geworden. Wie immer halt :) Ich wünschte ich hätte einen Teil deines Talents.. ;) Und ja, die meisten Leute sind richtig relaxt wenn man sie fragt. Deppen gibts immer aber die Mehrzahl ist gechillt und teils auch happy und freuen sich auch wenn man denen die Bilder schickt. Da bekam ich auch einmal ne seitenlange Lobhudelei....;)
Vielen Dank für den wertschätzenden Kommentar. :) Ich stimme da voll und ganz zu, die Komfortzone zu verlassen lohnt sich in der Regel immer, auch wenn die Ergebnisse vielleicht nicht sofort so sind wie erhofft. So richtig zufrieden bin ich mit meinen 28mm Bildern ehrlicherweise nicht, aber ich sehe es einfach als Teil des Lernprozesses an.
Das klingt echt nach einer tollen story, wenn die Leute die Bilder sehen wollen und dann noch begeistert sind gibt es doch eigentlich kein schöneres Kompliment für die eigene Arbeit. ☺️
On the other hand at 28 mm many people don't recognize that they are in the corner of the picture.
That is true indeed!
I had to calibrate my f1.1 Artisan and am not looking forward to buying another because of that. But I was able to do it.
Best tip/advice to get closer...get closer. LOL
Haha love it, sadly that’s true 😂
I love to eat alone and do it a lot :) but I would agree that 28mm is out of my comfort zone also. I shoot 50mm mostly and now have started living 35 mm a lot as it give more breathing space. 28mm requires special type of thinking I feel.
Respect to you, that eating alone does not cause any anxiety in you! :) And I totally agree, I feel like you have to re-wire your brain for every new focal length you are trying to get used to.
Hi! Schönes Video, teils echt schöne und interessante Fotos. Tipp / Idee: wenn ich mit meinen Leicas unterwegs bin, dann trage ich Linsen statt Brille. Eigentlich begonnen, weil mir mein Brillenglas immer verkratzte, nun mit dem Mehrwert, dass ich das Sucherbild vollständig sehe… ;-) viel Spaß weiterhin und immer gutes Licht!
Ach ja… 28mm mag ich viel lieber als 35mm, finde ich auch perspektivisch viel interessanter. Oft meine bevorzugte Brennweite, wenn ich etwa mit nur einer Kamera und einem Objektiv losziehe. Mit dem Ansprechen der Menschen habe ich auch viele gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Habe dann das Gefühl des gegenseitigen Einverständnis, anstatt dass ich mir mit meiner Kamera einfach etwas heimlich von denen nehme; ist für mich sonst sehr übergriffig, oft unangenehm.
calibrating without a digital camera is possible and in fact I recommend calibrating only on the camera you intend to use as the rangefinder cam adjustments might be slightly different depending on the camera. yet at 5.6 honestly none of this matters
Have you tried a diopter to get away feom the glasses?
How to step out of your comfort zone without stepping out of it? Learn how to shoot from the hip! 😉
I know it might sound funny but with the depth of field of the 28mm, set it for hyperfocal and you can use it as a fixed focus lens (a.k.a. f/8 and forget it).
Nice, You should try 28 more it is very nice in the city with architecture
I feel like I am not particularly "good" with 28mm yet - but it's a lot of fun, which is why I will certainly use it more regularly.
For me. I think either 28/50 or 35 or 35/50. Im using nikon z and i choose 20/35/50 prime.
I didn't care for the old style tab either on this lens being more used to the traditional newer Leica style. I replaced it with the Voigtlander 21mm that has the tab I am used to and gives me even more wiggle room to fine tune framing in post.
Ich finde es gut wenn man über die Zeit hinweg seine Brennweite oder auch Brennweiten findet. Man fängt wirklich an die Welt um einen herum auch in 28, 35, 50 oder 85MM wahrzunehemen bzw. hält nach Kompositionen Ausschau. Nach vielen verschiedenen Herstellersystemen und alles mögliche an Brennweiten von 14mm bis 525mm habe ich nun einiges durch und Fotografiere heute mit 35, 50 oder 85MM. Alles andere ist mir mittlerweile zu weit oder zu Tele. Aktuell greife ich jetzt um Urlaub auch mal zur Videokamera um eine 27mm Aufnahme oder auch mal ne 180mm Aufnahme zu machen.... Fühle mich gleich beim Betrachten jedoch distanziert von meinem eigentlichen Werk.
Passanten ansprechen ist garnicht so leicht, die meisten reagieren aber wirklich positiv und ich finde es toll und auch wichtig sich solchen privaten Herausforderungen zu stellen. Man kann nur am sowas wachsen 👍🏻
Aus privater und künstlericher Sicht werde ich also immer je nqch gewünschten Effekt zu 35, 50 oder 85mm greifen. Als Arbeitstier bleibt es jedoch "leider" ein Zoom
Vielen Dank für deine Kommentar! Das kann ich nur Unterstreichen, ich finde auch, dass Experimentierten unwahrscheinlich wichtig und hilfreich sein kann! :) Mit so sehr langen Tele-Brennweiten habe ich bisher auch noch nicht experimentiert, das klingt nach einem spannenden Projekt für die Zukunft. ;)
@@KarinMajoka ich möchte eigentlich damit sagen, dass wenn man seinen Stil gefunden hat, es durchaus ein Wiedererkennungsmerkmal ist diesen bei zu behalten. Ein Blick über den Tellerrand ist immer hilfreich, nur sollte man sich dabei treu sein, was man in seinen Fotos wie darstellen will. Wenn ich zum Beispiel meine arg teligen Fotos in Lightroom betrachte, fühle ich mich dinstanziert zu dem was ich erlebt habe. Im Weitwinkligen zu verzerrt....
Natürlich ist der Stil sehr subjektiv. Wenn man jedoch seinen gefunden hat, gibt es keinen Grund das Rad neu zu erfinden 😉
leaving my comfort zone is; have the balls to decide to leave my toxic relationship.
I find the talking to people difficult in case they say no. However, I now carry a card with my website on so they can see I’m not an old weirdo!
Hey Karin, one question if I may: Did you shoot the Foma 400 at box speed? Last time I shot it rated at 200 but was not to satisfied with the results. Or maybe the scans were to low res. Not sure. Yours look way cleaner.
I shot the Foma 400 at box speed. But shooting it at 200 also gave me great results in the past. Foma likes a lot of light, so the only thing that was terrible was pushing it to 800 or 1600 because it was just a mess of grain. So are you sure you overexposed/pulled it or could you've maybe accidentally underexposed it?
@@KarinMajoka thanks. I’ll try another scan/lab for the next rolls and see how it turns out. :)
I tried 28mm for 2 years. It’s good but for the Leica M, 35mm is better for me. So I sold my 28. It’s too wide and the frame lines are hard to see and compose precisely. 35mm just makes a better companion to the 50mm. Keeps things looking the same.
As for the lens, I get the allure. It’s tiny and you don’t have to spend Summaron money. But the IQ just isn’t there and the Summaron has a special rendering this TTartisan clone doesn’t have.
The one I had was the 28f2 Ultron II. Also tiny and more practical at f2.
I agree, especially with glasses 28mm and the Leica M tramlines do not got too well together. For that, an M with a .58 viewfinder magnification would probably be ideal.
If 28mm would be my main and go-to focal length, I would probably invest in something "proper" as well. But for an occasional focal length the TTArtisan is pretty great in my opinion.
@@KarinMajoka Yea. So small. Good to play around. Also you shoot film. Probably nice for that too.
I have the same lens, it came calibrated, 100% in focus at f5.6. Weird that you need it to callinrate the lens.
That TTArtisan is a banger of a lens for the money. I think you’re using the lens in a way that works against its strengths. It works very well as a zone focus lens, as I’m sure you know, so set it to 2 meters (tab straight down the middle), and just shoot away. Everything will be pretty much in focus from 1 metre to infinity at such a wide focal length. Great video Karin. There’s some shots there that are okay.
I do always zone focus when having enough light and doing street photography. But even when zone focusing I like to bring the camera to my eye to be able to compose a bit more thoughtfully than just shooting blindly or from the hip. Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it! :)
Hi Karin, ein kleiner Tip von mir: Versuch mal in der Nachbearbeitung ein De-Esser PlugIn in den Audio-Pfad einzubinden. Die S-Laute in Deiner Stimme schlagen bei dem verwendeten Mikrofon sonst zu stark durch. Oder vielleicht mal ein anders Mikrofon ausprobieren. Tolles Video sonst :-) VG!
Hi, vielen Dank für das Feedback, das ist bei meinem sehr dominanten S-Ton leider ein altbekanntes Problem 😬 Ich hab tatsächlich schon einen De-Esser drauf, aber sobald ich ihn noch höher ziehe klingt die Stimme total dumpf und unnatürlich. Hast du vielleicht Tipps für gute De-Esser Einstellungen? Ich nutze Premiere Pro zum Schneiden. Viele Grüße :)
@@KarinMajoka Ja, das Problem mit den S-Lauten kenne ich ;-) Wie das in Premiere-Pro geht, das weiß ich leider nicht. Ich nutze DaVinci, mache aber die gesamte Audiobearbeitung in WaveLab (mit sehr gutem De-Esser Plug-In). Mit dem De-Esser kann man, wie Du schon richtig bemerkt hast, das Problem allerdings nur minimieren und bei zu starker Ausprägung nicht ganz beseitigen. Hier kann es dann helfen etwas mit der Mikrofon-Positionierung zu experimentieren. Also nicht direkt aufs Mic sprechen, sondern das Mic z.B. über dem Gesicht zu positionieren. Besonders empfindlich bzgl. S-Laute sind auch Kondensatormikrofone, dynamische Mikrofone sind hier dann oft die bessere Wahl (z.B. Shure SM7B o. SM58). Viel Erfolg Dir weiterhin & viele Grüße!
28mm is the thing, it’s the best for street photography
Many people swear by it. I am not quite there yet, but I guess practise helps.
I’ve never eaten alone. I’ve never gone to cinema alone. I feel ok with loneliness, but just thinking on those situations made me mad. Will never happen in my case :) I love 28mm (so much that I even prefer to go with a 24mm rather than with a 35mm).
That's fair, everybody should do their thing and see if or how much leaving the comfort zone works for them. I actually use a 15mm lens regularly and for some weird reason it does not seem as demanding as the 28mm for me. Interesting to see how everybody differs when it comes to comfort zone focal lengths. :)
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Ist der Bildausschnitt auf Smartphones nicht ungefähr 28mm ? Ist also eigentlich der meistgenutzte Bildausschnitt heutzutage. 😉
Persönlich liebe ich die 45mm auf meiner alten Canonet von 1961 am meisten. Definitiv meine liebste Filmkamera. 🥰
Haha, stimmt wenn man es so sieht! :D Ich glaube die Hauptkamera der meisten Smartphone hat sogar 24mm 😬 Allerdings finde ich das schwierig zu vergleichen, da man mit dem Handy häufig eine Armlänge entfernt fotografiert und mit der Kamera (zumindest eine ohne Display) meistens vom Auge bedient wird und da liegen gut und gerne mal 40-50 cm zwischen. 45mm ist auch eine schöne Brennweite :)
Assuming you are also taking pictures with a smartphone you are already very familiar with 28mm...
Du fragst aber auch super charmant, da würde selbst ich "ja" sagen, auch wenn ich lieber hinter der kamera stehe :)
Is that a Casio Full Metal?
It's not a Casio x G-Shock but the regular classic unisex Casio watch
I also sleep with my camera
In general shooting good photos with 28mm isn't easy. The viewing angle is much wider than of human eye. It is she challenge to fill the foreground with proper content. 35mm is the viewing g angle of our double eye view. If you start with 50 mm you have always the issue that you have to go steps back to get your subject as wanted into the view finder. It i a good exercise to photograph with a lenses you not be used to.
For me, 50mm is often times a bit too boring and flat. 28mm is so wide that it is challenging, especially when the streets are not too crowded. Therefore, 35mm has always been the sweet spot for me. But challenging myself with a wide focal length was a good exercise indeed, I think it's worth practising more often.
28 is the new 35. I really like 28mm, for some years more than my 35.
But TT-artisans or any other cheap china lens is not my way.
Sure, everybody should do it their way and use whatever they prefer. :) But I was fairly surprised by the build and image quality to be honest.
I try to avoid china products, but that’s just my way. I could get the summicron 28 new for the price from the elmarit😊. And now the 2.0 28 is my every day lens. By the way, Alan Schaller shows at his latest video some nice tricks to shoot without looking.
If your confort zone is 35mm, I would not call 28mm "leaving my confort zone" tbh, it's not the same but similar enough. Why not try an ultra-wide angle? or a longer telephoto? That would've been leaving your confort zone for real.
Thanks for your comment, I totally get your point :) however, I shoot with a 15mm lens quite regularly and somehow find it easier since you have to be so close to people that people don’t understand you are taking a photo of them. 15mm therefore feels more invisible to me. So in all honesty, 28mm seems to be the hardest focal length for me (as of now) because you have to be a step closer than with 35mm but still in a distance where people notice you.
Wirst du eigentlich auch angesprochen Fotos zu löschen? Irgendwer schaut ja immer brummig in die Kamera.
Hat man es als Frau leichter in der Streetfotografie? Stelle ich mir zumindest vor.