40 Is The New 50 (Street Photography)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Beyond watching you work your 40mm magic, I am so impressed with your long day stretches - 12 hrs is a slog! Also that morning light was gorgeous - and those relatively empty streets. Learnt lots. Thank you 🙏🏾
Amazing video! Can't believe how many amazing shots you got here. Each one blew me away. Off to watch the video again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Currently waiting on the Voigtlander 27mm F2 Ultron pancake so this was timely
I'm still so tempted by that lens
I’ve been waiting on the black Voigtlander on BH! Got this Viltrox and love it, but felt overkill last time I tried street with it
Couldn't agree more - I've always been a 50mm shooter but now use the GF 50mm (roughly 40mm equiv) on my GFX for street. Loving have the extra bit of room in the frame!
I've been shooting for 3 years on multiple panasonic MFT kameras with the 20mm f1.7 (40mm equivalent) great focal length
Great vid. Thank you. I love the attitude towards the keeps. I never worry about that, and am happy with even one good shot on a day. It's the pleasure of looking and shooting I enjoy.😊😊😊
Echoing the other comments, the idea to stick with one focal length and commenting on how it changes your process is very educational and enjoyable to watch. I'd love to see an 85mm example if you have one, as it's the next one on my list to get better with.
Roman! I love this type of videos. Keep them coming, please🙏🏼
40mm is my favourite focal length for street and general photography
Absolutely agree on the 40. Started shooting with a 28mm prime almost four years ago and mostly used the APS-C mode on my Sony, which then equals 42mm. I often find 50 a bit too closes, so 40 really sits right in the middle and works great for street, landscape or architecture.
Also the shot at 14:41 is incredible!
I was wondering if you would ever try this lens and, there we go! Nice video Roman!
just bought one myself
so cool, the Roman
The Viltrox 40mm is so good that it's rarely off my camera and only dislodged sometimes by the Viltrox 75 to switch things up. So good that I'm seriously thinking of selling the Fuji 33mm, which I never thought I'd say. Some might be put off by the size but I don't even notice it and its the perfect field of view for me. Wonderful for night shots too. Great video.
Hows the autofocus compsred to a native fuji lens, say the 33mm?
I've found it to be excellent, at least on my XH1
I purchased the viltrox 27mm a few months back and used it on a holiday in October. It's a great lense, really sharp. It's just a shame it can also double as a gym weight.
It’s WAY too big
I also have the tt artisan 27mm f2.8, which is handy if I just want to pack a small camera and lens (xt30), which is ok, but not a patch image quality wise on the viltrox 27mm. I often use the viltrox for full chorus shots at rehearsals, and the details and colours are excellent. Overkill for the social media posts we use it for, really. Anyway downside weight, ois would be nice, price and image quality excellent.
@@gripperharris you’re probably better off running with the 23 f2 and cropping in 4 mm (5 mm in FF). Fairly compact (insanely compact vs the Viltrox), solid image quality, and brighter than the 27 f2.8.
hi, I have the 35f2 as well. It's a nice little lens, but I must admit I prefer the images from the viltrox. In fairness, whilst the weight of the 27mm f1.2 is high for a 27mm lense, relative to my xf 50-140mm, it feels like a feather. I have never tried the 100-400mm, but I suspect that does feel like carrying a dead body with you. Given I'm not a street photographer, well, only when I'm on holiday, I'm not lugging the lenses around for 10 hours at a time, so the weight is annoying but not a blocker. My use case, as I said, is concerts and rehearsals for concerts, so it's not on one of my cameras forever. I tend to have one camera with my tamron 17-70, one with my 50-140mm and a third with a "prime" if I want really sharp group or head shots. So that could be the 27, 56 or 85mm, depending on distance, etc. Each bring their own character to a shot.
For the 40mm equivalent get the Ricoh GRIIIX, I also have Fuji Xpro III with various primes amongst the 27mm Fuji.. But the Ricoh always seems to be my first choose.
I am considering selling all the Fuji gear and stick to one camera and focal length
Less than three minutes in and I'm already saying "wow".
Hi Roman, do you keep your AF-C Custom Settings on the default of Set 1? Or do you find there is a better setting for street photography? Thanks.
Love the vid, I've had a few Viltrox lens recently and the glare issues are abundant on the 13mm and 28mm - not sure how the 27mm handles?
hmm didn't notice it tbh
@@snapsbyfox fair enough, both copies I have are difficult to use towards light sources without a hood
I have a similar ideology to you- if I can get one great photo (impactful, meaningful, whatever that means) when I go out to shoot, I generally walk away feeling accomplished
Yeah! The more you shoot, the luckier you get too
Great video as usual Rome Love your insights and just about everything you say is helpful Thankyou 😊
Same
in germany we say "Der Weg ist das Ziel" it means, you accomplished your personal mission when ye go out and take the shots...Completely indifferent to whatever comes out in the end.
Agree one or two shots from the day if your lucky, keeping g a 1000 or whatever from the day just fills up your hard drive. In saying that I generally don't know what I've got till weeks later and will edit a days shots over weeks and delete as I go.
Loving this focal length series! Have you ever tried the xf27mm 2.8? Curious to see if you had any thoughts on that lens.
Thanks!
Great video as always! Have you noticed any major differences between the fuji 33mm in terms of AF or color? Did it gave you any trouble ?
I noticed in your previous video that you’re using the Pocket 3 to film this “pov” style and I wanted to ask you, are you using standard profile or are you coloring on your own? Looks great, and I’ve been thinking of getting one as I’m a little tired of the “classic action cam on the chest pov style”
Percentage-wise, there's a big difference between 40mm and 50mm. I prefer 40mm and 60mm personally. I got sick of 50mm when that was all I had in the days of film...
Street best use 28-40 pair. Me myself is 20-35-50 guy type. With 50% in 35 (food culinary photo and street). 30% in 50 (object and portrait). 10% in 20 (landscape architecture) and 10% above 50 and below 20
how much do you crop your photos afterwards? Sometimes they seem really close for a 40mm considering where you took them from
For me same goes for the 28mm focal lenght. 28mm is the new 35mm.
Whassup?! I'm 44, look like 30-35 and am proud of it! And now you're saying, it's the new 50?! Damnit...!!11 Ok, now I go watching the video. Maybe, maybe, the topic might be something with lenses... ;-)
Sorry Roman and I love your channel but 40 is 40 and 50 is 50, there is a crucial difference also in the lens construction needed... And, there is for sure a good reason why Voigtländer is making 35, 40, 50, 58 and even 65mm focals, every focal length has it's own personality. For example, I am a 58-60mm photographer 🍾 one must study the natural vision of his eyes and that's it. So many great photographers/ artists have used just that one focal length, best regards ❤
40mm is awesome..its basically the "in-between"..haha for some that can't decide to get a 35mm or a 50mm..lol Past history kinda "programmed" it into peoples head that a 40mm is "bad" or not "traditional" lens in that sense...that is true..because back then historically "street photographers" were not using 40mm focal lenghts and it wasn't popular..even today its not regarded as a lens you use that often..lol and 40mm is the real focal length to the human eye according to articles and cinematographers or DP's (director of photography) that have experience in the industry..Even that whole 35mm is "the closest to the human eye and how we see the world".. programmed into "photographers"..and thats so false..don't get me wrong I love the 35mm but its so similar and all you have to do is take a few steps forward haha
So were you satisfied with the shots at 1.2?
Surprisingly good to be honest. Can't compare to top of the range Fuji primes but for the money, it aint bad at all
As a beginner photographer I love these videos. Gives me ideas
On a day like this with lots of shadows, do you use multi metering (or whatever the Fuji equivalent is for Canon Evaluative metering) exclusively?
Roman, love your videos! You have given us a master class in street photography. Wonderful!
I am really enjoying this series of videos with the different focal lengths and you walking around and shining a light on your process, technique, and thinking. You taking a whole day to do this for us is amazing. Oh, and seeing you with James Popsys was great in your 50mm video from Lisbon. I’ve bought your X-T5 set up guide and can’t wait to use it today. Be well and keep up the great work. Very inspiring.
I'm confused as to why we discuss the camera and lens.
Nothing is taken straight out of the camera and posted on UA-cam. Everything is graded or manipulated in some software.
You could shoot this video in any camera with a cheap lens, stick it through lightroom or Di Vimci and it might look slightly different and but post will still make it look better.
Or am I missing something?
I actually love my Sigma 40 1.4 on full frame, I always found 50mm a bit too tight, it’s such a versatile focal length, even for portraits the low distortion characteristics make it perfectly usable and you get to keep in lots of background. Really interesting video.
man I have been thinking of that lens for AWHILE I think i may rent that mofo at some point
got the same 40 sigma f1.4 for canon ef mount and love it when pairing it w/ the metabones ef to x mount ultra speed booster/focal length reducer for that extra stop of light! heavy as heck though ahaha
I was already interested in the viltrox 27 1.2. Looking forward to read your blog
I knew it! I knew just how good the 27mm is on the cropped sensors because I always find 35mm too tight on my X-T2 =)
No wonder I'm currently enjoying the 25mm 7artisans more than the 35mm f2 even though the former is a manual focus. 😅 The magic is in the focal length after all... btw, I love your shots in this vid, the sunrise looks so relaxing.
Hi I also have the XH2, I'm considering this 27mm too just a bit cautious of the size for street photography. How do you find it?
Which setup would you recommend me to pair with Sony A7RV + Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 if I will use it/them mainly for ultrawide and everyday photos with crop, video will be shoot mainly with Panasonic HC-X1500 25-600mm?:
1) Sony 12-24mm F4
2) Tamron 17-50mm F4
3) Laowa 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 + 17-50mm
First cover more range but not sure if they will update this 6 years old lens soon, second is the same Tamron series but cover less range, third get even wider range but will be 3 lenses, what do you think?
My all time favourite lens for street photography is the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f 1.2. It's fully manual so you have to get used to zone focusing for typical street photography style. But then build quality and image quality is outstanding.
43mm is the real 50mm.
I think only Pentax did a 43mm in the Pentax-FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited.
I had one as part of my 31/43/77 Pentax FA Limited set.
It was lovely. It was tiny. The drawing style, unsurpassed glory.
On this, I hated the 31mm. It was crap.
40mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 24-70mm, whatever. A photographer will use what they like. What they can afford. What they have.
The lighting is beautiful, I would have a great time shooting in that. Great video.
Thank you Roman (and Eren) for the video. I loved your comments about your "keeper ratio'. I am still learning how to use my gear and I was getting upset that I had too many crappy shots - not any more! Thank you! It really was a fun video. 🎉
Using one hand isn’t easy for shooting, shuttering speed is 1/200? Maybe fixing pov camera is better
I have the ttartisan 27 2.8 and like the lens. Still jump back to the Fuji 23 f2 many times, snappy autofocus.
I really, really like 40mm for street. 50 just feels too tight and sometimes with 35, you can have a little bit too much negative space and you feel like you want to punch in a little bit more.
I also tell car horns to shut up.
Sorry dude just found you, great video……subscribed
Thanks for the video. 27mm is the focal length that i use the most as i have the fuji pancake lens and I'll take great advantages of the small package. The question is: after spending 1 day shooting with the 27 what do you think of the focal length? Do you still prefer the 33? Ciao
Can I download your presets on my phone for LR mobile?
Love 40mm. Have used the Fuji 27 for almost a decade. Amazing lens. Now using Nikon Zf with the 40 f2 and it’s VERY similar.
I have a Nikon z6 II. I bought the 40mm f/2 a year ago for street photography. I love that lens. It's one of Nikon's cheaper lenses and has a plastic mount but it's a very sharp lens. I occasionally use it as a portrait lens. I think I'll either get the 26mm or 28mm next.
Great video!! What you did was to set the camera in continuous mode and that's it?
elite analogy of the gentleman at Bank
How dare you say that 40mm it's so similar to 50mm?! James spent 17 videos talking about this magic focal length 😅
That's what I was talking about in our 50mm Video. 40mm rocks!! I have the 40mm f2 Pancake on m Nikon Z5 and love it.
the footage from the Pocket 3 looks fantastic. Lovely piece of kit from DJI.
I thought your comments about how many "keepers" and "keeper rate" is spot on for a digital camera. It's more important to go out and shoot and get proficient than one's numbers, practice will naturally improve your 'keeper rate' anyway. Also in many genres one doesn't have control of the lighting or the subjects so there is an element of 'hit or miss' on given day. Some days it feels like everything is a keeper and other days it feels like nothing is a keeper.
I used to shoot m43 and the 20mm(40mm equivalent) was one of my most used and favorite lenses
Alywas fun and interesting to watch you work. Love these videos! I have the Sigma 30 mm for my X-T5, which of course splits the difference, in "full-frame" terms, between a 40 and a 50. At some point, I wonder when focal lengths are close enough that the difference doens't really matter. Probably other characteristics of the lenses become more important. I know it's common for people to have several 50 mm lenses.
Fantastic insightful video as always dear Roman!
I really enjoyed the 50mm video, and this was also fantastic! I like seeing the specific focal lengths and just comparing best uses for each, I hope you continue this series! Also, phenomenal photos per usual, London looked lovely that day.
Great video, you have some good keepers here. I like the way you use layers in your pictures, it gives a real feeing on depth.
I found 40mm to be very different from 50mm. I use 40mm for most things.
Terrific video, Roman. I learn something each time that should improve my street scenes.
XH2 or XH2S ??? 👍🏻
Roman, at 7:33, you could've resolved the exposure differential by shooting an Exposure Bracket, then masking out the brighter exposures for the sky, while leaving the nominal exposure for the ground. You'd get no ghosting, and you'd have a beautifully exposed image throughout.
Dude, waaay to complicated for a street shot. You want to catch the moment, be ready to turn your camera every moment. Way easier to just expose for the middle, bring up the darks and bring down the highlights a bit in post than to fizzle around with hdr. Looks pretty shitty most of the times anyways imo.
@@dominikschreiner6062 Respectfully disagree…. It’s as simple as switching the camera into AEB (or BRK/BKT) shooting mode and holding the shutter release.
It depends what you’re after, of course, and HDR shots only look shitty when people don’t process them properly (or worse, massively over-process them) if you’re just getting a wider dynamic range into balance, you need only stack the exposures.
Nice vido as always Roman! I was wondering how you record your voice so clean on street. Do you use an external mic or just AirPods? Cheers :)
Great video, buddy. The shot at 14:44 has to be one of my all time favorites of yours. Something special about it.
Like me there. Its 8 am, another 10 hours out. Exactly. Out-out. No point otherwise. Usually I'll go from Aldgate to Bond Street.
Can I get your opinion on shooting people while on their cell phones? Do you at all feel it's like shooting fish in a barrel? I believe the white whale in Street Photography is shooting subjects that DON'T have their heads buried in a phone. I would really be interested in your take on this.
Dear Roman, thank you very much for the great video. One question: Where can I find the Christmas tree with the portico? I want to go to London in mid-December hand. I would be happy if he was still there.
Greetings from Germany
Rainer
thought you were going to go all Bruce Gilden there with the "hat" chappie!!
Wow I can't believe that you spent almost 12 hours walking and shooting images....thats mental.
I don't get the hype. 40mm is so damn close to 35mm. If you have a 35mm no need for a 40mm. But marketing seems to work 😇
I started out with slide film (36 exposure rolls) and my exercises were to take a roll out and see how many 'keepers' I could get out of a roll, as buying and processing a roll was expensive. So, with my new technology, mirrorless camera, I do the same thing, limiting myself to about 40 exposures a trip, unless I find something special.
Well-done presentation! This is a useful tutorial on street photography, in a city much denser than my nearby cities in Texas. As for the angle of view, I was using a Canon EF 40mm STM lens as long ago as 2012, and when I shifted to Nikon for general walking-about, soon added a Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P and a Voigtlander 40mm SL II. These 40mm and 45mm lenses relegated my 50mm lenses to reserve status, for quite some time.
Great video again Roman. Camera seemed to be swaying side to side around the 10:30 mark for a couple of minutes. Like the sensor was working to keep u central?
I use the super cheap… TTartisan 27 2.8 and I like the focal length and size. My most used lens even though it has flaws.
Loved the images, particularly the reflection shots. The 50/40mm difference is not as pronounced as I thought it would be, like the are interchangeable. I have to ask, how is the DJI Pocket 3 vs the GoPro?
Being an old 35mm film user, the thought of shooting 1000 shots in a day still gives me the shakes, but getting there. A question, if you take a photo and the person realises and asks you not to delete them would you ?
If I have a 50mm, is it worth getting a 40mm? Does the look and feel and perspective differ enough to justify it, or should I rather just get a 35mm?
Great video, and that DJI pocket 3 is amazing for this kind of vlog, I am defo getting one haha
You're back (from Portugal?) ! Cool video. Many Thanks Roman.
Sooo glad I have just found this! I will learn so much from your videos :) Thanks :)
Really great video with good pictures and useful advises. Keep going your work. And you have a new subscriber 😊
Don't tell me this. I literally just purchased a 50mm. LOL
ye're one of my fav yt'ers... brilliant work and inspiring to go out and "waste" my time ;) cheers from germany
I've always preferred the 40mm over the 50mm. It is the only prime I use on my full frame Nikons at this point. The only lens I have for my XE4 is the 7Artisans 27mm 1.2
Yoshihisa Maitani (Olympus designer) could have told you that more than 60 years ago, it was his favourite focal length and featured in many of his designs. Great video btw
You're on fire this month. You always take great shots, but these I could see myself hanging up on my wall.
In one of your videos you describe the way you walk in relation to the sun position for best light beaming between buildings! I didn’t understand what you really meant! Any chance you could do a video about route selections towards sun? Going to Barcelona soon and it would be helpful so I don’t waste much time and light. Cheers. Your videos are great
Your shooting style is so instantaneous point and shoot…so why not just use a RICHO G series ? Instead of such a high end fuji …
Really appreciate all I have learned from watching your videos. I never thought of doing reflection pics but now I look all the time for possible shots. I will be back in London in 2 weeks and can't wait to get some Christmas decoration shots as this is my first time over while they are up.
You mentioned minimum shutter speed set at 1/200, is that your go to for day time photography?
One of the things I like about your videos is that sometimes I don't like (or wouldn't have taken) some of the photos you took. This then allows me to ask "why don't I like it/why wouldn't I have taken it?", which then becomes a new learning point for me - you never ask these questions if you only watch videos containing photos you like (for me, landscape photography). The rest of the things I like about your videos is that you take some very imaginative pictures, and explain your thought processes, which is great for someone like me just starting to shoot like this. Thank you 😀
I was in Prague recently and was so overwhelmed by the amazing archecture that in the end I just shot street