Leica Lens on the Fujifilm X-E4? (Street POV & Impressions)
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In today's video I test out adapting a Leica M-Mount lens on the Fujifilm X-E4 and offer my impressions after doing some street photography with it.
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Really enjoyable to shoot Fuji X cameras with film lenses. I used to throw one of my favorite Minolta lenses, the 50mm f/1.4 Rokkor X on my XT3 for wedding and portrait work. Really great look.
It's so nice. You still hanging onto any fuji cameras?
Btw I find shooting with manual lenses an absolute joy with focus peaking. Makes it feel like you're shooting film but in a more reliable, faster way.
Y'all realize that there are film cameras out there with blazing fast auto-focus, right? LOL You don't have to use only manual focus lenses with film.
@@jimmason8502 thats hobbyist. Different from pro. The lower the speed the better it is. Thats why i still use f5 with milvus 50 lol
Love that you did this because I’ve been saying the X-E4 really has a CL/CLE vibe to the design that I love
Zoom in plus focus peaking made shooting vintage lenses so easy and enjoying on mirrorless. I actually think xs10 is even better because of IBIS. It makes a lot difference when on 85mm or 135mm. Also zone focusing is really cool! You don't even need to check the screen or view finder, just confident that you can have the subject in focus.
You're killin' me, man! After being a dedicated Leica-M user for decades, the bad taste in my mouth from their bungled first digital, the M8, caused me to sell the entire kit: bodies plus all my Leica lenses. Now (years later) I've discovered the Fuji X-E3 and sorely wish I still had my Summicron 35mm f/2 lens. Love your videos.
This is EXACTLY the reason I've pre-ordered an X-E4, I'm so happy you made this video. I have a couple of M-mount lenses I use with an M6 and really wanted a tiny camera that I could use that glass with. Super excited for it to arrive. Great video!
😄Awesome! This is JUST for you then
I do use zone focusing all the time with my Fuji lenses. The only thing I do is to use an elastic around focus ring to prevent me to turn it accidentally and then use a pre defined button to focus at a determined range zone. Then I am ready to “hit” the street. Btw great as always!
May I ask what you mean by pre defined button to focus at a determined range zone? Can you somehow program range shortcuts? Thx!
Great video Faizal! I love relaxing on a Friday afternoon to your videos. You have inspired my to do more street photography with your videos, so thank you!
Thank you man! I think Friday afternoon is a good upload time. I'll try and keep uploading then 👌
Nice end to the week! You are my favourite you tuber and photographer at the moment, keep up the amazing work!
Also love that this ended up being a coincidental lens review for one of the lenses I’ve thought about picking up to adapt to my Fujifilm. The 28mm looks great. Very curious on the 40mm FoV on Fuji tho, would be dope if you did a video on that.
Haha, yeah I guess it is a bit of a lens review too. I opted for the 40mm focal length over the 60mm for simplicity sake. Both are equally great imo.
Crazy how similar this set up actually looks to the CLE ! I loved using adapted glass on my XT3 when I had it, I used to rock the Nikkor 55 micro, hands down one of the sharpest lenses I ever used and I loved how it rendered colors.
A range finder style, full frame M-mount camera with the EVF from the A7S III and good focus peaking would be a dream come true for me.
This combo is looking great! The pics are fantastic and the complete compact package is slick as hell
He’d get the same results with Fuji’s own primes.
ive only just gotten into photography. Cant wait for my Fuji x100t to arrive! dude you’re a vibe. Thanks for what you do!
Truly among the best street photos I have seen on UA-cam. It is clear that you have "The Eye".
Owned X-E1 couple of years ago and had tried it with many adapter. Best experience was adapting it on Leica M and also once I had it with adapter to Contax G1 lenses.. sweet super sweet. Still keep those adapters and only missing a Fujifilm camera. Awesome video and pictures as always, so now I'm thinking to get an X-E4 after watching this video I guessed
Thanks for sharing! I think the Leica Mount lenses with the zone focus system and smooth manual focusing offer the best adapted lens experience too.
@@FaizalWestcott at that time I was very much spoiled by focus peeking which didn't come as features on my M8. Next time I got hands again on fuji system will stick it on zone focussing.
On your x100V you should easily be able to zone focus and the speed and mushiness of the focus by wire becomes irrelevant as you shoot your zone. In manual focus just set it to your distance and know your zone for the aperture set. If you change your manual focus scale (enable for screen and or viewfinder) to film rather than pixel then the blue bar shown will better represent the acceptable depth of focus for current settings. Hope it helps a bit.
Very cool to see you taking these pics in the same area my wife and I were visiting on vacation in Boston back in June of 2021.
You can zone focus with any Fuji lens/camera combination by using the distance/DoF scale in the viewfinder. Focus on a point and then adjust the aperture for the 'zone' of DoF you want. If I could live with a .62x VF mag. and no IBIS I'd get one, but 70 year old eyes and hands preclude that.
Looks like fun. 7Artisans has some interesting Leica M-mount lenses that should work nicely on this camera.
I really enjoy the Voigtlander 35mm nokton adapted onto my xpro 3. it's a great little 50ish equivalent and produces some of my fav work I've made with the camera. with focus peaking turned on it worked well
One drawback of that setup is unfortunately the OVF doesn't correct for parallax anymore but felt really natural to use regardless!
I just bought a 7Artisans 35/1.2 for my Xpro1, love everything about it, the only con is the OVF, no correction as you mentioned. The thibg that bothers me most is the frame lines are completely off, so framing us very odd..
do the zone focusing distances remain the same or the they change because of the sensor size?
Been doing this with my Fuji XT2 body and my 2 Leica M mounts- 35 and 50 mm. So fun and a nice challenge to practice shooting manual lenses with.
That 40mm Rokkor-M was my first M mount lens. It’s an absolute gem.
Photo at 3:45 is beautful, great video as well. Thank you for making this Faizal.
Excellent content. I've just bought an adaptor to use my old Canon FD 50 1.8 on my X-E3. Works well and takes me back to my film days......
Nice!
Nice man. I’ve actually been doing this for a while on my X-E3 and will continue to do it on my X-E4 when it arrives. I love manually focussing and the short focus throw on old rangefinder lenses makes it way quicker than with a modern lens or SLR lens. Love the Leica/Fuji combo. ❤️
That's awesome man! It's nothing new but people forget we can do this with cameras, especially when a new one comes out. No need for super expensive adapters either if you find the right one
Subscribed. It was nice to see a technology review that had excellent photography. Keep up the good work.
I have been shooting photos with a Takumar 55mm F1.8 on Olympus OM-D E-M MarkII for a long time. I shoot it set as Apture priority and it takes beautiful Bokeh.
Love the rendition of that girl picture. Beautiful color!
Lovely way of editing @faizal !! Great grey colors!
Your work is so stunning. Thank you so much for the video!
You do know that Fuji cameras have a zone focusing scale built in the LCD or EVA and it's really accurate and you can use it regardless if you're using Fuji lenses or old film manual lenses.
I've got both the the Urth M-to-X and F-to-X mount adapters for my X-Pro2. I usually only throw them on when I'm feeling a little bored, but lately, they're all I've been using.
I just tried the M-Rokkor 40mm--which is an awesome little lens (and which you can get for pretty cheap for M-mount glass. The quality was excellent, but the ~60ish focal length was a little strange for me.
Usually, I'm using my Nikkor 28mm f2.8 or my Zeiss Biogon f2. I don't get anything other than a standard angle, but put things on 16:9 and you get movie frames.
The focus peaking and OVF viewer make manual lenses a joy to use on the X-Pro system. I just wish the ranges were accurate (the M-mount lenses, in particular, seem to think they're a little closer than they are).
Interesting video. I just ordered an M adapter for Fuji, so this caught my eye. I grew up with zone focusing, so that was a considerable motivation. Also, I used to live in MA, so all the Boston scenes were great to see. Thanks for this post.
Almost my entire kit uses my vintage Pentax, Nikon, Minolta, and even Mamiya glass. I shoot a ton of Mamiya (645 Pro TL, RB67 ProSD, C220, and C330) these days and the rest are either from me shooting Pentax or Nikon/Minoltas I've been given over the years or spotted dirt cheap in good/restorable condition at flea markets. When I shot Sony I think the only lens I had was the kit lens I got bundled for free on special. Now I shoot MFT with an E-M5 II and Pana G9. I've been trying to decide if I want to get an E-M1 III for handheld hi-res + improved IBIS or a Fuji X-pro(2/3)/X-S10/X-T30 to accompany my XF10 compact camera. The film simulations are a big draw, they complement that softer look/feel of vintage glass quite well.
thats awesome. I personally use a vintage Olympus OM 50mm f1.8 on my XH-1 which is always fun.
Yup. I'm such a big fan of the 65mm focal length on my iphone tele lens. Looks like this is the only solution to get close enough to that focal length and I like it. I wish fuji film had xf43mm or something though. Next best thing is this. Thanks for the video!
Hey Faizal, Stunningly Beautiful Pictures Thank you man a Real Pleasure to See.....!!!! I have only ever used adapted lenses on my Fuji cameras and settled on small primes which is just such a pleasure every time.... Mostly my 2 beloved and just insanely sharp Pentax m 50's with and without Eos speed booster (50 and 75mm) and likewise with Helios 44m 58mm f2 and Super tak 55mm f2 and super sharp 28mm so can def fully concur that the small primes experience is such a lovely, lovely thing.... and really adds to the pleasure of the handling of the camera & the composition and creative experience as well, and use this setup for a descent proportion of my professional work.... Thanks for a Lovely Video, to remind me of why I love this kind of setup so much as well :)
My fav type of adaption
Fantastic video sir, I'm a wedding videographer so I'm torn between this and the x100v to take with me as a B cam and for shooting photography. I like how the xe4 can shoot video for upto 30 mins compared to only 10 mins on the x100v.
I tried this too, but I noticed that non-fujifilm glass doesn't play well with the colour rendition. You get some clashes where certain hues are off, like red looking more brick red, or extra green tinting which can't always be corrected in white balance shift. BW is fine though. ✌️
Awesome shots👌 Not sure if you already do this, but you can put the hand warmers in a ziplock bag after you’re done to make them last a bit longer!
always wanted to test what this lens looked like on digital but i sold my cle a while back. awesome vid man!
that lens is butter... i miss it
Thanks man you gave me the answer I needed... I wasn't going to buy one because I couldn't find if it could use the adapter. (For my Kamlan 50 1.1)
Man I wish Fujifilm made a Full frame X-E4 with a true rangefinder (or a larger digital viewfinder). I love both my X-E3 and Minolta CLE, but the crop factor isn’t that great for film era lenses, and the small viewfinder on the X-E cameras makes manual focus less fun.
The Minolta is a small and light Camera, so the X-pro series is too bulky and heavy to make the shooting experience similar.
Try out the Hawks Factory helicoid adapter. You can extend the adapter for close up photograph with the M glass!
Loved this video! Your street photos and music added, made me both relaxed and inspired!
More X-E4, please.
If you have the time, would you please explain your best setup now that there's one scroll wheel missing. I've become very comfortable using both wheels on all my Fujis, so I hope I can adapt easily.
It's a bit annoying not having it I will admit. But I always had it set as my shutter speed anyway, and with the actual shutter speed dial being very smooth (smoother to turn than the x100v actually) it hasn't been much of an issue for me.
@@FaizalWestcott Thanks! I've got it on pre-order, and I really hope it will give me the same pleasure as X-E3 did, even with one less dial.
What a great video! I'm currently looking into Fuji + glass with distance scale instead of a Leica Q2 (mainly because of the price) and I never thought about looking into other lenses than the Fujinon ones. Thank you!
I felt that part when you pulled out those hand warmers 😂 this winter time shooting is no joke on the hands 😂😂
Dude this is a killer idea.....
Loved this video, I really need to get into the fuji system
I highly recommend the voigtlander’s leica m to Fuji x close focus adapter
Quick question: when adapting your Leica lens onto this, did the focus distance scale actually correspond to the distance you focused to? I'm thinking of buying a Voightlander lens to adapt on this or an XE3 because I prefer zone focusing. I can't confidently do that with the infinite wire focus on most Fuji lenses with the way I work on the street. I prefer to prefocus and just shoot when my subject walks into the zone I'm in. But I've read reviews elsewhere that the distance scale doesn't match up because of the different distance between the sensor and the back element of the lens vs film cameras or a full frame digital Leica. wonky question, but just wondering what your experience was?
I’m wondering the same. Would love to have an answer!
I've been using M-mount adapters since the XE2. The frustrating answer is that most adapters are slightly too thin to accommodate variances in manufacturing tolerances and so your zone focus will be a little back focused. But there is a work around! And that's the close-focus adapter version. With it you can put your M lens at infinity, then focus the adapter to infinity. Then you have a solid starting point for zone focusing.
Thank you for the video because it answers questions I had.
I don't get why Fuji didn't implement the focus ring locking mechanism in it's small lenses or X100 like there's on the 23mm 1.4. I prefer to shoot with zone focusing but Fuji's focusing rings are so smooth that they are unreliable without this locking mechanism. I bought the Mitakon 35mm 0.95 just to have a cheap reliable manual lens with a gorgeous zone focusing chart (I miss that so much). I was looking into that Fuji's adapter thinking about acquiring some good manual lenses and I'm looking to use my old Pentax ones too.
It's really not about being kind of a snob, it's just that there's times for reliable autofocus and times for manual focusing.
Beautiful pictures. Amazing combo. Maybe if you hade one you can do it with the voigtländer 35mm f1.4.
U made that camera so beautiful 😍
Ohh damn, I used to have a minolta cle too. I shoot fuji also. Looking to pick up an xpro 3 in a week and probably start acquiring some leica lenses over time. Thanks for the video
Nice camera. 7:58 Limitations translates to missed opportunities. Not an option when doing a street shoot.
Do anyone have an advice to a adapt a vintage lends to get a 35mm field of view?
“This is the way” I have been adapting vintage lends to my Fuji since ever, even working at the street with a 50mm (75mm on apsc) it’s a challenge. Great video. Faizal
Hi Faizal, the link to your Gear is wrong. Congratulations on the channel and your style. Greetings from Spain.
Fixed! Ty 👌
I love using adapted lenses, M42 mount in particular. However I don't get the black tape on the camera logos.
Can't speak for him but i hate logos and branding on things i've paid for so i have mine all covered up too.
If only this camera was WR....it woild have been my dream camera!
Haha, it's unfortunate. Maybe wait for the X-Pro 4
Tempting to get this and a 21mm skopar (32 equivalent)
Great video. I bought an x100t with a non functioning screen a couple years ago and still use it. This probably sounds nuts, but.. If you want the film experience, get some gaffer tape and tape over the screen. It took me some time to adjust but after a bit, I really enjoy shooting with it. I think for me, it's close enough to film, without the expense. Turn off the menus, range focus, and just do auto ISO. I'm thinking about getting the X-E4 and honestly.. I might just do the same thing again.
You don't need to tape over the LCD, you can switch it off!
@@fredbloggs545 I didn't know there was a setting for that! That would do the job I'm sure
Hi. Nice video. By the way, more recent film cameras have AF, so shooting film is not always manual focusing. My Nikon 90x has AF, but obviously my FE has not.
Try a Voitlander lens. Equally as good as any Leica lens for a more reasonable price.
Hi. Thank you for this beautiful presentation. Does all the auto settings work with the adapted lenses?
Probably the reason Fujifilm initially offered their own Leica adapter was that they saw this as a stopgap measure until they filled out their own lens range. The should have made it much cheaper though. Voigtlander Cosina also makes a nice but horribly overpriced Leica adapter that incorporates a close-focus mechanism.
I like to adapt my vintage nikon glass on to my fuji body. Works great. Leica glass is endgame for sure but if I ever dropped it or something I'd probably just step in front of a bus lol.
Lol! Well you could go the "cheap" lecia glass route and get one of these Minolta branded m mount glass that are still really good in quality. They hover around the $500 range
Nice clip. How is Fuji peaking clear, fast and reliable for manual focus? I use manual lens with Sony and its peaking system is terrible. I would appreciate for your advice.
Hey Faizal, great stuff - curious to know is there focus confirmation when you switch on shoot without lens? Thanks!
Those images look amazing!
Faizal... do you own the Summilux M 50mm f1.4?
I like the black taping. looks cool!. The P mode in dial button can not be used as auto mode? Is there no aperture priority or shutter priority mode? If I want to use this as back up camera to take wedding pics with prime camera, is this fine? Or should go for T-30?
It is the focus zone accurate tell by the lens even if you use it on an apsc sensor? or you have to apply the crop sensor also?
ahahah...I was thinking the same...
I almost exclusively just shoot my X-E2 with vintage glass. My only native Fuji mount lens is the 23mmF2 and a Rokinon 12mm. How do you like the Minolta M mount IQ on the X-E4? I'm sure it comes out different from your film shots considering it's cropped.
Seriously tempted to get the X-E4 with 29mm kit lens to get that CLE aesthetic.
Loving your style man, very classico and cool
What a good idea! Thought I will find nothing on internet about M lens to Fuji, thanks for doing this. But is the M lens and XE4 body combo limited to shoot with screen and doesnt work with the viewfinder?
Set your x100v manual focus from linear to non-linear then it will focus more like a manual lens.
Hi Faizal! Thank you for your videos/reviews! They´re very useful. I´m thinking about buying a X-E4 with a 16mm and a 35mm f2 lenses and I´m also planning to use it with dozens of vintage lenses that I have. Is it easy to use the fuji X-E4 with focus peaking? I never used a fuji camera before but I have/had a lot of canon, sony and leica cameras (dslr and mirrorless).
Do you just leave it on AF-S when using manual lenses since it doesn’t matter if you are using zone focusing anyways?
Interesting video, thank you. I now own both the X-e3 and 100v. The former with an adaptor. Trying to figure out which one to keep. Leaning towards the X-e3 and mixing up different lenses. Did you end up keeping both the 100v and x-e4?
weird question, u know, cause even in the good'ol 2012, x-pro 1 had adapter included for leica M..
Somebody says that the picture in EVF is quite soft when taking photo. But it is sharp when playback in EVF. Do you have problem to use peaking focus with Leica lens? Is it clear and easy to see peaking focus point in EVF? I have some LEICA lenses and would like to use them with XE-4. I would appreciate for your advice.
Hey Faizal!
Quick question about the zone focusing.
Your 28 is like a 42 with the crop sensor, so you have to adapt it when using the marks on the lens right? Because the focus zone won't be the same than a 28 on a FF sensor?
Am I right or not?
Keep doing the good work, your chanel is great :)
Amazing, that's a deadly combo
Did you see that there is a special adaptor for leica short lenses? Check on the Pronto adaptor for Fuji and Sony. :)
Cool video! But I see that you shoot more B/W photos recently. Any special reason? I'm just wondering because your colour photos are always really awesome and inspiring. I never really got into B/W-photos personally, but Your compositions are pretty cool!
You mention "Leica lenses" but it seems to be Minolta lenses, right?
I'm really committed to copy you, but with the Nokton 40mm f1.4 instead
hi, great video! I've actully pre-ordered the X-e4 for that purpose. can you still use aperture priority when you use "shoot without lens"? ie does the light meter still work and does the camera still selects the right shutter speed for you even if it does'nt know what the aperture setting is? thanks for your work
Metering, aperture priority, and auto shutter speed all work with the adapted lens still! You just don't get the aperture reading on the back screen
this combo so beautiful ! Can I ask what grip with.
I hate the X-E4 logo in this camera and is the main reason I haven´t purchased it. How did you hide it? It´s only a black tape or is something else? Because it looks so beautiful! Thank you!
Hei Fazial, please tell us if you're actually using this setup after your first tryout or just got hooked on the possibilites?! Thanks!
Try it mitakon 35mm 0.95
It doesn't make sense to call a lens a 'full frame equivalent lens' as you stated. A 28mm lens designed for full frame will have the crop factor on the Fuji as as 28mm lens designed for APS-C.
Yes, he knows. It's just a phrase used to simplify FoV between APS-C and FF without having to go into some massive technical discussion.
Awesome video! Do you think this lens would be good for video?
4:38, its funny the guy behind you also looked at the lens too, haha nice.
Haha! Little does he know, I was waiting for him to look at me ;)
@@FaizalWestcott nice pic 👌 👍
Thanks for your video! I wanna find a apsc camera using m lens, I thought CL. But still a little expensive, I have used Fujifilm before, but it’s photo looks “flat” and not so pop contrast as Leica or FF feeling, how about you feeling when lens using on Fujifilm?
5:22, my goodness. So gorgeous my man.
Appreciate that man!
@@FaizalWestcott No problem brother!
Why didn't you use focus peaking?