This is no lens. It's a Street Photography wizard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- About my favorite lens for Street Photography with Fuji X and the joy of Street Photography in Munich, Germany with this masterpiece of a lens.
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I am Oliver, a Street Photographer from Germany with a big love for Italy - mainly Turin. But i am a passionate traveller as well - check out my website krumes.com for photos i´ve made on my journeys to Tokyo, New York, Paris, London, Myanmar, Vietnam or China.
I´ve been shooting Street Photography (on Fuji x100v and XT4, Ricoh GR3 and Sony A7CR2. I ditched shooting with Leica or Nikon so far - but who knows?) for nearly 20 years now.
In 2016 i started to teach Street Photography workshops. I had solo and group exhitibions in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy, published my first Street Photography book "Immerse light, embrace shadows" last year and was juror for international photo contests.
This channel is for all Street Photography beginners and pros - if you have any requests for future videos, please leave a comment - very curious about your opinion. Oh, and I am still a beginner in this TH-cam thing so your comments help me a lot - and please forgive me my bad English (I am tschörmän)...
Fun video, nice shots!
Nice! I really need to visit Munich. I've seen so many great street photographers posting from Germany lately! I just switched my T5 for an H2s and you're making me miss the T bodies already haha. Maybe we can stay connected here as fellow street photographers here on TH-cam? Following along for sure!
Love mine. Paired with X-pro2.
F8 and be there🤌🏼
Fantastic combo, great xhoice!
Excellent video. I do have a few manual lenses, mainly TTArtisan, that I use on my Fuji bodies but that Voigtlander looks really good. I may have to add one to my bag.
So glad I came across this video…..I have the Voigtlander 27mm for Fuji and just love it! I have subscribed and look forward to more videos from you! Cheers 🎉!!
Awesome! Thank you!
I've got a pair of auto-focusing film era lenses I like to use for street photography. They have a distance scale on them which makes them useful for zone focusing.
Sounds great! Do you use them with an adapter on your digital camera?
@@streetphotographyguy My camera is an APS-C digital SLR. No adapter needed. I tell people I use these old lenses 'cause I like the vintage look they give my images. The truth is, they are cheap and so am I. 😝
Oh man, this is the lens I was really missing when I was shooting on a Fuji camera a few years ago. I always shoot at 28mm focal lentgh and zone focusing, and I looked everywhere for a lens like this. Did not find it, so tried the color-skopar 21mm instead, with an adapter. It was ok, but not really 28mm and bigger size... so I ended up moving to Sony full frame cameras.
Regarding this lens, it looks great. I have had a few color-skopars and they are amazing. The only thing I don't like is that in the focusing ring, there is almost no room between 1m and Infinity, almost the whole distance scale is covered from 0.3 to 1m... when I hardly shoot there. My 25 and 28mm color-skopars have it better, with a nice space between 1m - 1.5m - 2m - 3m - 6m - Infinity.
Excellent video. You have taken some very nice photos. I have a manual TTartisans 25mm f2 which I bought as an experiment as it was so inexpensive. I now use it quite regularly on my X-Pro3 and X-T20 and it takes great pictures. I agree that manual lenses on digital cameras is a very nice photographic experience.
Sounds great! TTartisans may be really worth taking a closer look at...happy shooting mate and thank you!
My Voigtländer 27mm Ultron F2.8 is practically glued to my X-Pro3, absolutely love the combo. For some reason kind of hard to find these lenses in Norway, but I've been looking for the 18mm. I never really got used to 28mm equivalent for street, it's a little too wide, but challenging myself can only be good!
Thank you for your feedback! 28mm can be challenging - for years i solely used 35mm but 28mm adds an extraportion of grandiosity to some shots, but you are right, it 's tricky sometimes! Best to Norway!
Great video dude, thanks for the insights and little Munich tour! I picked up the TTArtisans 25mm f2 on ebay for crazy cheap - purely to use for zone focusing with my X-Pro 2. I'm still finding my way with it and have missed focus a few times at f8, focus set to infinity. Will keep practicing!
Sounds good! TTartisans´lenses sounds really intriguing ...maybe with F11 is a better aperture here to be safe zone focussing? Cheers mate!
Nice video. Love this lens on my xt5
Hi, Oliver. Great video again. What film speed/ISO did you use that day?
Hi Stefan, thanks! Mostly ISO 400 with 1/500. Cheers!
I like what you do. I like the pictures you took. Your explication are good and very natutal
I like following you
Thank you
Thank you so much, very happy to read!
For me mf lenses are liberating. Especially for someone who like to do provocative things, when you re shooting through a glass and its reflection at the same time, the camera doesnt know where you want to focus. With an mf lens most of the time it cane be done even wide open by controling hyperfocal distance. Also it allows quicker and easier focus in very dim light. Sometimes I like an af lens but manuals certainly open more doors in the arsenal. Have been watching those voightlanders, but think Im going for the 23 1.2 first.
Thanks for the video! Your camera strap looks great! Where did you get it from? What is the brand?
Hi! Thank you for your feedback! The strap is something cheap from Amazon, the brand is "VKO", about 16 Euros
Really enjoyed your video as usual. Been using the x100v1 mostly for street recently and it's very enjoyable. (By the way I think one of your links needs fixing. The one for street photography lens #1 goes to the Ricoh camera)
Thank you a lot! Yes, the x100vi is definitel an awesome camera, great choice! And thank you for the hint regarding the link!
Nice, I'm waiting for a similar lens for Nikon Z :)
Oh yes, i think there is the 23mm, but no 18mm yet, right? Sure they will release it as Nikon Z gained so much popularity...
I'm only now in the market for my first dedicated camera. I'm not sure I understand the benefit of a manual focus-only lens, can anyone explain? Is it not true that AF lenses can usually be set to MF? Why not have both available? Or is it just this specific lens, and the quality of the image it produces that is the main point?
Hi! thank you for your feedback! So, I think the most important difference is the depth of field scale you normally don´t have on digital lenses. And -yes, this is kind of subjective- it´s another kind of feeling and joy of photographing, really hard to describe...you definitely have to try it out..
I agree with Oliver, most modern AF lenses don't have a DOF scale. Most of them also don't have a focus distance scale. With a manual lens, a quick glance tells me everything I need for zone focusing: focus distance and approx. DOF for my aperture setting. With a manual focus lens I can also use muscle memory for focusing: turn the focus ring until it stops at infinity and than turn it a bit the other way. Modern AF lenses are mostly "focus by wire", meaning the focus rind doesn't stop at infinity you can turn it forever.
I like München. And your video too, as always. Same fun here. Well, kinda. I use my X Pro3 instead with a ttartisan 25mm f2, setting aperture to f8 and focus on infinity. My Leica setup for the poor cats like I am ;-)
Moin ! Thank you for your feedback! What do you think of the ttartisan lens? I was thinking of checking it out as well...cheers to my old hometown!
@@streetphotographyguyThe 25/2 ist great in my eyes. Above for the small price. I love it.
If your pictures aren’t interesting you’re not close enough. That’s good advise.
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Thank you for watching this video about my favorite lens - it means a lot to me!
If you have any questions regarding this lens or Street Photography in general, don´t hesitate to ask!
I´d love to pick up a Voigtländer with a 20mm KB-equivalent. I had one for my Nikon full frame and it was a great little lens. That's what I´m still missing in my Fuji-Lineup. 28mm is not my field of view.
@@kleemyberlin6444 Wider lenses than 18/28mm from Voigtländer are only available for M-Mount at the moment...but let´s hope for some future releases :-)
The smudge on the lens
@willgreig8912 That's a DIY black mist filter! 😉No, you are right
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HI.. great video..
Just to tell you.. 2 of the links are the same... to Ricoh GR III
Thank you so much Michael! I changed that, it´s obviously sold out atm...
Mag deine videos schon länger! Und wäre auch an einem workshop termin interessiert! 😊 hätte aber noch fragen dazu…
@@canaksan7901 Hi! Danke dir! Schreib mir gern uber Instagram oder oliver at streetphotographyberlin.com für die Fragen! Viele Grüße
Hi, wie schönes Video, danke! Weil du es erwähnt hast: ich könnte mir eine Tag workshop in München vorstellen. Wäre ein Samstag im Mai denkbar? Gruß Dirk
Hi Dirk! Danke dir! Ja klar, schreib mir gern über Instagram oder eine Email an oliver at streetphotographyberlin.com, dann finden wir einen Termin!
Today I used an AF lens and 3 manual focus lenses: A 50mm, a 135mm, and a 70/200mm. (on Apsc sensor). Then I went home and done this little video: th-cam.com/video/4EGWZ3Xe0kQ/w-d-xo.html
Let me know what you think of it, it will be really appreciated.
Moin Meister..... 😉
Ick denke, man kann gut alles an "Altglas" nutzen, was man noch so bei sich rumfliegen hat. Ob das olle Nikon 35mm f1,8 oder das Olympus 28mm f2.8. Es hat eben einen anderen Charme, als die neueren/neuesten Autofocus-Objektive, die man so kaufen kann. Es passt perfekt, "Altglas" an hypermoderne Kameras anzuflanschen.
Für mich fällt die Streetfotografie längere Zeit aus, hab mir die Quadricepssehne im rechten Knie abgerissen( Stolperunfall) und kann mich nur mithilfe 2er Krücken und Orthese bewegen, das Bein nur bis max. 20 Kg belasten (für mehrere Wochen). Da macht das Fotografieren nur Semi-Spaß.🤕🙁
Aber.....ich liebe deine Videos, sie bringen mich auf Ideen, die ich dann in einigen Monaten verwirklichen kann......oder Jahren, Ideen laufen ja nich weg 😉
In diesem Sinne.....
Moin mein Guter! Ja, so olle Linsen mit Adapter verwenden hat schon was...ich hab da einen Expertenkumpel in Berlin, was der da vom Flohmarkt anschleppt und auf seine Fuji aufstöpselt, das ist schon beeindruckend...jetzt bringst du mich auf Ideen ;-) Gute Besserung dir! Toitoitoi! Auf dass du bald wieder losziehen kannst! Und als Alternative kann man ja auch manchmal hübsch ausm Auto oder dem Bus shooten ;-)
Clean the lens please
You are so right!
I’ve been using a Voigtlander 15mm f4.5 on my X-T4 for a while and the problem I find is that even at f11, using zone focus gets everything in acceptable focus, but you never know where critical focus will be…and when using the focus peaking, the depth o field is so large, even at f4.5, that the same thing happens…so few photos are REALLY sharp…humm..
Hi! Thanks for your feedback. The Voigtlander 15mm f4.5 is a fantastic lens, but wide angles can make critical focus tricky. With zone focusing, ensure you’re precisely pre-setting focus to cover your subject’s range; this improves with practice. For focus peaking, pair it with magnified focus assist on the X-T4 to double-check the sharpest areas. Also, try using f8 instead of f11-this balances depth of field while reducing diffraction for sharper results. Lastly, aim to keep your main subject closer to the center of the frame, where the lens performs best. With time, you’ll find a rhythm that sharpens your street photography workflow. I hope that helps a bit!
@ Yeah, thanks…I’ll keep trying…my Voigtlander is M mount which I use with an adapter, M lenses supposedly don’t work as well on Fuji’s do to the thicker glass over the sensor compared to M bodies, maybe that’s a factor too…anyways…I’ve been considering the 18mm since it’s Fuji native and I like manual focus, but as I own the XF18mmf2, not sure it’s worth…
Oh, you left our little hometown?! Well, I´m sure you will come over for visits more than once. At least I hope so.
The ttartisan is a fun lens and you can´t go wrong for 75 Euros. Yeah, it´s kinda soft in the corners, even at f8. Yeah, it´s collecting flares when shooting into the sun. But other than that it´s reasonably sharp, built like a tank a makes you feel like shooting in the 60s or 70s. I'll bring that little one to NYC soon, can´t wait to see people smiling at this classic combo. Again, you can´t go wrong.
Yes, i definitely return to Berlin, it's still a part of me after 20 years. 75 Euro? Wow, that's crazily cheap! Sounds intriguing....have fun in NYC, like with the ttartisan you can't go wrong with New York either😉🙂
@@streetphotographyguy I'm triggered 😅 I also use this lens. For the price it's awesome. Build quality is insane, only downside the corners and it focuses slightly beyond infinity. Tons of micro contrast.