Back to my favourite focal length
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- I am returning to my favourite focal length, the 35mm. In this video I share 2 days of street photography in London along with my thoughts and quick review on shooting with a 35mm instead of my previously loved 28mm - Leica Q2.
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Street Photography
07:10 Why 35mm?
The blue pole lining up perfectly in the corner at 2:12 is the kind of stuff I love. Glad you're enjoying the new camera and lens!
Yeaaah, that composition is very pleasing! Thanks Matt 👌
Mike - Thanks again for a straightforward and educational video. Your sensibilities and viewpoint align closely with my own - the interplay of light, shadow and color on even mundane objects/subjects leads you to amazing images.
Thank you! I’m pleased you liked that - nice one ✌️
Feels like I should head up to London for the day to exercise my camera! 😊
I’m old school and was inspired to become a photographer by the work of HCB. My tuppence worth is that a 50mm is the most challenging but also the most rewarding lens (when you get it right) to make great photos with because you can’t rely on any gimmicks like lens distortion. For those who are early on in their photography journey I always suggest to learn your craft with the discipline of a 50mm. Then you will appreciate and understand when and where to use for example, a 35mm.
Kenny's had it now, one year of B&W! I've switched from 50mm around 5 years ago as my primary lens on an M to 35mm and never really looked back. I like 28mm as well, but 35 is the right place for me. I realised the other day that I had managed to put myself in the right place on a number of occasions for a shot - before I was really thinking about composing the shot. That's the benefit of using one focal length and sticking to it, you end up just knowing where to stand to get what you want.
Great pictures, Mike!
Love 2:55. So much going on and incredible light and shadows.
Thank you! That was a really fun scene
Great vid as usual! Have settled for 35mm for one lens only trips and for street having tried various combos. Just seems to fit the bill more than others.
N.B. Spent some time going through your book whilst cooped up with a chest infection. Awesome work mate!
awesome stuff as always
Appreciate it :)
You've been killing it lately on the videos bro! Good stuff.
Thanks Mitch, appreciate that
The realization that you developed a tendency to "throw the 28 about" and then crop to 35ish is actually very helpful in the other direction: it means that when you'd like to do so, you can be very consistent with your work switching between the two systems. This has definitely helped me out at times when I'm creating "vignettes" of a day and want the photos to have a certain consistency.
Great video, as always. The reflected street shot is pretty special, imo. Has that "gateway to another world" vibe.
Totally agree. That's why I think I'll have a 28mm as well in no time haha
@@MikeChudley Ha, it starts! This time next year you'll have a Billingham on your shoulder and a 28/35/50 in there 😅
It hasn't taken long for you to get to grips with your new set up and create impactful images, Mike.
The one at 2:12 and the Keep Clear reflection are excellent.
Thanks for taking the time to expand on the 28mm vs 35mm lens choices. This will come in handy when I am able to change my set up.
Thank you! Those 2 shots are my favourite too
The 35 equiv on my old X100f was awesome I loved it right up until I got the Q2 with the 28...or wider....all I know is at 28 I can get so close so easily and its wide enough for landscapes. For me 28 is my fave. Nice shots too cheers.
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Was in London in August 2023 with my 35 GM, great location for photography. I also prefer shooting with the 35 GM a little more than with my 24GM or 50GM. I'm also interested in the Q series, the workmanship and the minimalist design as well as the feeling behind it, but I'm still considering the focal length.
Great video. Just wondering how do you shoot. Do you select a shutter speed and an f stop and let the camera pick the ISO or is it all done on auto. Or is it done another way. Reason I ask is I seem to fiddle with the settings and well I lose the shot. I have a Canon 50Mii and well I like the 22mm because it makes the camera so small. Have a good day.
I'm old-fashioned and stick to my LUX 50. Keep on rolling.
I'm hesitant to try 50, I wouldn't want to potentially miss the action haha.
Love that shot at 06:27
Thanks Jamie, as do I :)
Great videos and photos here Mike, looks like you’re enjoying the M11-P already! Would be interested in hearing how you’re adapting to the rangefinder-style viewfinder, having previously used the EVFs on the X100V and Q2. I guess a bit of a learning curve.
Thanks! Yeah the m11 is so much fun - no complaints so far haha
I’ve only had my M11-P for less than a week and simply love it. I also use a 35mm lens but ended up ordering a 21mm as well. I found shooting museums and larger architecture was limiting with the 35. I noticed you seem so focus very quickly. Is that just from practice or are you using zone focusing, or both?
Cool images! ❤ Lizard group session was fun 😅
Central London doesn’t disappoint haha
Hey Mike, just wondering how the switch was for you from the Q2? Is there any features you miss? Have you been shooting the Q2 also with manual focus? Many thanks and enjoy your new camera 👌🙏
Good video.
Why don't you try a Voigtlander as second lens, superb quality that won't break the bank.
Thanks for sharing🎉
2:35 You missed her walking towards you...f1.4 and prefocus on 3m in front of you. That would have been your shot, that's why we have the Summilux 35.
Been a photographer since 69, and I prefer 42mm as my go to.
Hey Mike, love the vid! Just wanted to ask what you suggest for an aspiring photographer based in London, looking to meet others, go on walk arounds, discuss, critique and improve, etc. Your group at 05:05, are they friends, or through an app / forum, etc.?
Hey, thanks for watching - we all met on the streets. Walked past each other enough times to say hi and well, it pretty much formed naturally. :) It's brilliant.
@@MikeChudley Ah that's super wholesome aha - I guess I better his the streets more often then, might catch you around 👍
Excellent video. Do members of your street photography group meet up to discuss their own books or photography books that they like or purchased recently? What did you mean by making sure you took a moment to take a thumbnail photograph?
Thanks! We bring books we own. With the exception of me, the other guys don’t have their own photo book. But we’re all avid collectors of photo books so we bring them in to share and swap.
The thumbnail image is the photo you see when you click the video.
Great video - seems like an "evergreen" discussion :) So, assuming we're talking about 35mm fullframe, to me, this is exactly opposite of your view - I'm a "50mm guy" and find the 35mm to be somewhat between two chairs, if I can put it that way. If I want something wider than 50mm, I find that I reach for my 20mm. Ps. I LOVE your accent - where in the UK does it come from?
Thanks for watching! That's interesting for sure - it's all just our own perspective right. I'm from North Lincolnshire haha
Nice video and nice photos, even if Street is not my genre...but I wonder why buy a Leica M if you use a lot the rear screen...
I use the viewfinder and screen maybe like 60/40. When I’m in filming on GoPro like this, I try and shoot more from the screen so the viewers can see it.
Thanks ✌️
Hi. Are you using zone focusing in this photos?
A mix, some critical focus, some zone
@@MikeChudley thank you dear.
Beware: I enjoy taking photos of photographers! 😜😊
how do you keep focus on manual camera while walking
Zone focus. It's either right all the time because you kept moving at the distance needed.. or it's always "in the ball park" for your scene depths and you only have to minimally adjust, which is quite easy on rangefinder system.
Exactly my thoughts when I moved from the Q2 to the M11 + 35 cron 😊👍🏼
Sounds like we had a similar journey
@@MikeChudley yep, tho with a longer wait between wanting and getting an M (30 years), and I kept the Q2 😂 Planning on waiting and swapping it + the M11 body for an M12P 👌🏼
A 35mm Lens is one of those focal length that can "do it all". I never liked 28mm, neither 50mm.
Cropping for street is considered a no no 😬
X100v is a 23mm so you better of crop the ff 28mm to 35mm.
X100v 23 is 35mm equivalent
Feels like I should head up to London for the day to exercise my camera! 😊