Been shooting the T2 for 20 years. The autofocus is more like "zone" focus- the boy and balloon is a perfect example. The background is in focus, but the boy is not, even though he was pointing the camera directly at him. For street photography, I would use the manual focus ring.
The T2 does indicate what shutter speed you'll be shooting and judging your movements even the recommended without flash 1/30 would still not be enough to stop your photos from being shaky! If you see the L.T. that could be anything from 1/15 to 1 sec and that's definitely going to be shakier than 1/30. Another possibility is that you're not yet used to the feedback from a p&s compared say the slap of an SLR so you'd gauge recoil differently
thanks for the advice ;) as I said in the video, 1st I sold it by now and 2nd it was a test how the automatic settings will perform. I ma aware that I could adjust the settings differently. cheers, max
If you want to use a T2 for street photos, please pay little or no attention to this guy's opinions, as he doesn't seem to know how the cameras works. All of the issues he mentions are his misuse, not a shortcoming of the camera. He complains that the autofocus "misses focus". There's a bulleye in the finder; you put it on the subject and that's were it focuses. If you are close, a parallax adjustment for the focus spot is indicated. He's probably unaware that you have to use this adjustment. He complains that his two prior autofocus cameras also missed focus; enough said. As a practical matter, a preset, fixed focus distance to closer subjects works best for street work. The T2 has the best manual distance focus setting available, but he's not using it. He complains that the auto-exposure is not setting fast shutter speeds, so his photos are blurry. The exposure program in the T2 sets the widest aperture and fastest shutter speed available given film speed and light conditions, in other words, always the fastest shutter speed available. His problem is that he is using film that is too slow for the light in which he is shooting. He suggests that the autofocus fails him because the light conditions are too dim. Well, the autofocus in the T2 projects a beam of infrared light and reads its reflection from the subject. The system is totally unrelated to the lighting conditions. If you want to do so, the T2 will focus automatically on your subject in the dark of midnight, assuming you can find your subject. So, he doesn't know anything about the camera. For my 2 cents, I wouldn't use a hugely overpriced, hipster point-n-shoot for street photograph anyway. My Nikon FG with a manual short zoom would be much more practical. My T2 would be close to a last choice.
I shoot with a 35Ti and rarely get a blurry street photograph. But I shoot in aperture priority and select an aperture that will give me 60 or 125, minimum.
that I do understand, but 400 is not a low speed film in my opinion and I think I could have gotten better results with a non automatic camera, but that'sjsut judging from my experience.
It does not look like an AF problem. I think most of the blur was caused by camera motion. Just need to focus on slowing down and shooting steady, I think. I shoot at 1/60 and 1/30 all the time and rarely get blur like this.
@@mmh53 ich wart immer drauf dass einer böse wird ;) ich bin nie so nah, und lasse mir viel mehr Zeit normalerweise so dass sie ausweichen können wenn sie wollen...
set manual focus to 2 meters with F5.6 / ilford 3200 iso and DON'T THINK!
Really impressive, great photos keep it up.🙂
Been shooting the T2 for 20 years. The autofocus is more like "zone" focus- the boy and balloon is a perfect example. The background is in focus, but the boy is not, even though he was pointing the camera directly at him. For street photography, I would use the manual focus ring.
Is the nikon 35ti better for very quickly captures for street photography? Thx
dude you move too fast , try to stay grounded like a pole when you shoot
The T2 does indicate what shutter speed you'll be shooting and judging your movements even the recommended without flash 1/30 would still not be enough to stop your photos from being shaky! If you see the L.T. that could be anything from 1/15 to 1 sec and that's definitely going to be shakier than 1/30.
Another possibility is that you're not yet used to the feedback from a p&s compared say the slap of an SLR so you'd gauge recoil differently
thanks for the advice ;) as I said in the video, 1st I sold it by now and 2nd it was a test how the automatic settings will perform. I ma aware that I could adjust the settings differently. cheers, max
If you want to use a T2 for street photos, please pay little or no attention to this guy's opinions, as he doesn't seem to know how the cameras works. All of the issues he mentions are his misuse, not a shortcoming of the camera. He complains that the autofocus "misses focus". There's a bulleye in the finder; you put it on the subject and that's were it focuses. If you are close, a parallax adjustment for the focus spot is indicated. He's probably unaware that you have to use this adjustment. He complains that his two prior autofocus cameras also missed focus; enough said. As a practical matter, a preset, fixed focus distance to closer subjects works best for street work. The T2 has the best manual distance focus setting available, but he's not using it. He complains that the auto-exposure is not setting fast shutter speeds, so his photos are blurry. The exposure program in the T2 sets the widest aperture and fastest shutter speed available given film speed and light conditions, in other words, always the fastest shutter speed available. His problem is that he is using film that is too slow for the light in which he is shooting. He suggests that the autofocus fails him because the light conditions are too dim. Well, the autofocus in the T2 projects a beam of infrared light and reads its reflection from the subject. The system is totally unrelated to the lighting conditions. If you want to do so, the T2 will focus automatically on your subject in the dark of midnight, assuming you can find your subject. So, he doesn't know anything about the camera. For my 2 cents, I wouldn't use a hugely overpriced, hipster point-n-shoot for street photograph anyway. My Nikon FG with a manual short zoom would be much more practical. My T2 would be close to a last choice.
You can shoot in aperture priority too. F2.8 or 4 with 400 film should give you a fast enough shutter speed. I have used mine with great success.
thank you, I have sold it by now, as stated in the video title ;)
I shoot with a 35Ti and rarely get a blurry street photograph. But I shoot in aperture priority and select an aperture that will give me 60 or 125, minimum.
Great episode, a friend of mine just came back from Japan and had the same problem with the shutter speeds annoyingly!
Thanks a lot, Levi! Yeah it's a bit if a bummer, but I switched to a more manual camera by now :)
@@mmh53 yeah, imo AF and street photography don't mix but some make it work!
@@levithomasorourke3117 yeah I guess that's true :)
4:06 balloon banana boy - awesome shot!
What's wrong with the focus in some of those shots bro? I'm a big fan of that camera and I hope never get rid of.
the blurry comes cause you pick the low speed film, the auto exposure will set to low speed so your photo will turn to shacky. just my maybe opinion.
except your hand can stand still, use tripod or using flash.
that I do understand, but 400 is not a low speed film in my opinion and I think I could have gotten better results with a non automatic camera, but that'sjsut judging from my experience.
It does not look like an AF problem. I think most of the blur was caused by camera motion. Just need to focus on slowing down and shooting steady, I think. I shoot at 1/60 and 1/30 all the time and rarely get blur like this.
This kind of street photography always makes me nervous 😂 nice to see a bit of home, I’m looking forward to being back this winter.
haha wieso das?
@@mmh53 ich wart immer drauf dass einer böse wird ;) ich bin nie so nah, und lasse mir viel mehr Zeit normalerweise so dass sie ausweichen können wenn sie wollen...