Back to Canada! Shooting with the Fuji GFX50R & Contax 45mm
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My first time shooting back in Ontario, Canada, since moving to England almost three years ago. This is from a trip back in 2022, and it's a video that I finally got around to editing. I'm out for the day making some photographs with the Fujifilm GFX50R and Contax Zeiss 45mm 2.8 at an abandoned go-kart track and also talking about the importance of going all in on what interests you the most.
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Maybe because I am just taking photos for fun I don’t feel the pressure of doing better. I am generally quite happy with whatever I am doing. What I get jealous of is all the travel the photographers do while i am tied up in my routine :)
I was having a terrible time being inspired by my project. I took a month off and went back, looked through the images, and was reinspired. Comparing my stuff to my IG feed has driven me to only use IG on occasion. It was getting in the way of getting the work done.
I find that happens often to me. I won't be happy with a bunch work, and then I'll revisit it a month or two later and see it completely different.
As someone who moved out of Ontario in August, its nice to see some nostalgic photos, I also can't believe it's been so long since you moved out of the province, feels like last year!
Time has flown by, that's for sure!
So much character along Highway 11, I grew up driving it every summer and these photos hold a lot of that nostalgia.
Lots of character. And it's always changing!
Your point resonates with me. I also often try out styles that inspire me looking at other photographers work… but I cannot use it at all to my satisfaction. I just can’t help but only be myself and do what comes natural to myself. That’s the work I am happy with even years later.
Yet this constant process keeps me pushing to get better and better at what I do. So I think it’s a net positive even tho it’s a struggle.
Yeah, I think it's natural that we'll try to adopt certain things for our work. We can take little bits here and there, but ultimately our vision will be our vision.
Your videos drop my blood pressure…… love them all, even when you’re shooting film but I prefer your GFX videos.
You inspire me, don’t know why but you just do. Thank you.
Cheers, David. Happy to hear that. 🙂
Your message in this film is really important Kyle, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
IMHO, the absolute most inspiring and entertaining film channel on this endless World Wide Web. Thanks for always forging ahead, Kyle!
Thank you! 🙏
I needed this advice. I spent so many years trying to go against my initial interests & styles in photography just because I saw some “cool” photo posted online. After getting rid of social media & relying solely on photo books, newsletters & the occasional youtube channels like yours, I now feel like my doses of inspiration are “healthier” for me. At the end of day, I like what I like & I need to remind myself of that at times. Thanks, Kyle!
That's awesome to hear, Phoenix! Glad you connected with this one.
Your videos really help me know that I’m not alone with how I feel sometimes when it comes to photography.
That's awesome to hear Nick. Always appreciate you checking these out.
Yet another great video. And the closing clip of the Bell building with phone booth is incredible. I hope you took a still shot of the building. So cool.
Thanks, Scott! And yep, I did.
I think in the future you should come visit Quebec. It’s an old province with so many buildings with lots of characters and tons of small villages!
On point always , that's what i wanted to hear about work , inspiration , inner voice and direction , thank you Kyle .
My pleasure!
very useful point Kyle. as a painter I struggle with flip flopping a lot. something im really trying to get to grips with at the moment. I think social media is probably the main reason for it in my case.
Cheers, Matt! Yeah, social media can be a tough one at times.
Nice!
Good to see some summer colours, it's been a while since winter took over and made things grey and dark!
This made me super nostalgic for home, and I can't wait to be back in Ontario. Well done, Kyle!
Cheers, Alex!
Beautiful images! I definitely agree that you start seeing things in a different way after you move somewhere else. Love that final phone booth image, well done!
Cheers, Nuno!
I always find myself being constantly pulled side to side, thinking that if I go in the same direction as someone else, that I'll be just as successful, but it comes to a point that it feels like I'm being torn apart from all of the different directions I'm trying to go in at the same time. So I often have to step back and have a break to re-centre my creative voice. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Nick. I honestly think that for long-term sustainability, you gotta focus on what you truly love. Easier said than done at times.
First video of yours I've ever seen, but had a great time! Subscribed
Hey Kyle, I recently made a quick trip back home to southern Ontario due to family reasons and I also brought a minimal MF (film) kit. My thought was to shoot around the area I grew up in, since never really had the chance to do that since I left the area as a teenager. Due to time constraints and weather, I had very little time for photography, though a had a couple of quick but very productive outings. I totally agree with you that you should "own your work." Good old "Ma Bell!"
Cheers, John! Yeah, always fascinating to return to these places and see them with fresh eyes!
Loved that last frame man, also almost wish you took an accompanying photo of the video frame. Good video as always.
Cheers, Dorian! I actually did shoot that last frame as an image. Just didn’t put it into the video.
Great video Kyle - love the volcano at twilight image you made. 👏
Cheers, Thomas!
I wanna move from Canada to the Netherlands/Denmark this year at 36. I hope you enjoy your time back here.
Definitely relate being from Hamilton, finding things to shoot that dont feel overdone or overshot can be quite difficult. Great video Kyle.
I grew in in Hamilton. It's been years since I've been back. I'm sure it's changed a lot!
Always fun to come back somewhere familiar and see it with fresh eyes. Some of my best photos are after leaving a place and revisiting. Great photos! That MF sensor is something else. Just grabbed a 50s myself, and can't wait to start using it!
Absolutely. Time away makes you see things differently. Enjoy the 50s!
Love this video man, needed to hear this. God bless 🙌
Glad you enjoyed!
Wow! You’ve found the last operational pay phone in Ontario!
Haha, yep, they're rare nowadays.
I love this video. Even tho I've lived in Toronto my whole life, I would spend every summer in the Lake Simcoe area, so this is deeply nostalgic for me. I'm always a bit saddened at how much that area is changing when I go up there, but maybe that's just because I'm not from there.
Cheers, Conor. Yeah, it's changed so much, even just in the last few years.
your videos are awesome and thrilling
that lens setup on the 50R is awesome.. I have a CY adapter but haven't purchased a lens for it yet. Might have to give it a go to cut down on size a bit
It's nice to see that your GFX50R is getting some love! I've used mine (which I bought after watching your videos) almost daily during summer and fall for different projects. Not so keen to take it with me during Canadian winter. Thank you for sharing some of your thought at the end of video. I found them very helpful as I am struggling with this exact issue - self-confidence in what I am doing. That's why I don't post anything. But I am thinking about actually getting my work out once I finish some of the projects. And I guess I will use your promo code for that ;-)
Glad to hear you connected with this one! And yeah, get it out there. It's important to share your work, IMO.
Good advice !
Kyle, great video. And this is absolutely some advice I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with finding my own creative voice and I sometimes find myself lacking direction of where I want to go with my work. Or asking myself “why am I making this photograph? Is it something I’m truly interested in or am I trying to mimic someone else?” Like you stated, I often find myself persuaded by other photographers, but in a way where I go all in trying to recreate their work or make something similar. I needed this, thank you.
I'm glad to hear you connected with this one Kaileb!
Excellent video. I'll have to drive up there (3 hours away) and shoot some images of the abandoned Go Kart Track. :)
Cheers, Christopher!
the bell photos is so sick
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Your videos of this type (there were a couple of others where you also had a "message" of sorts) need to be a book. A manual of sorts, for artists 🤗❤
Cheers, man! These are very much messages for myself as much as everyone else. Reminders that I need often.
Dang Canada is green af!!! Haha. You always make magic brutha. Also, I use to shoot for P&CO back in the day haha!
🙏 Haha, yeah, little different than the desert! That's cool about P&CO. Love their stuff.
great advice.
Cheers, Dave!
Honestly super cool that there is no graffiti on the abandoned putt putt golf course and go kart track
I am considering this set up as first step in medium format photography and this video is quite helpful. I was wondering if you had some shots online, taken with this lens, I could take a look at? Many thanks!
Great video man! As soon as I saw the Bell phone scene, I had a feeling like "Yes! Yes!, this is gonna be sweet!"... I think I agree, my favourite image of the video! Would you suggest a cinebloom to take the "digital edge" off dslr/mirror less cameras, even with a vintage lens? Thanks again for awesome content!
Cheers, Chris! I personally always use some sort of filtration with digital. My favourite is the 1/8 black pro-mist, and I've also started experimenting with a Tiffen Glimmer Glass 1 which is quite nice. I seemed to get a lot of internal reflections with the Cinebloom.
4:21 Interestingly enough you‘re one of the photographers I got influenced by and I asked myself: Why didn‘t I edit like Kyle? So maybe it gives you some hindsight that you‘re not only influenced by but also influencing! 😊
That's nice to know! 😁
Bro your editing style is so nice! Love your videos keep up the great work!
Side note I’ve been very curious about if the Contax Planar T 85mm f/1.4 would work on the GFX 50r. Have you ever adapted it?
Thank you! And no, I haven't tried it. I don't own that lens anymore.
any goals with the podcast? I miss it!
I do want to get it going again at some point. Just need to find the time!
I miss the manual stuff. In Sweden soon you won't even be able to use cash anymore.
Cheers, Thomas!
Beautiful work as always man! Im curious, what lens are you using with the X-T4 for video? Footage looks great
Thanks Tyler. This was actually shot with the Sony A1, which I borrowed off a friend. I didn’t bring any video gear with me on that trip.
Maybe I didn't get it in the video but... EF to GFX adapter working with a vintage Pentax lens? Canon EF right?
Are you satisfied with the manual focus of the GFX50R? Do you need to magnify to focus or can you work solely with peaking, say in a "quick" portrait situation without a tripod or anything?
I'm always using magnify.
Hi. My daughter and I stopped there a few years ago and shot a bunch. We got into the old mcD's and got some shots sitting at the booths etc. Can you give me the location of the old rusted car in the video? The old drive in movie theater in Elmvale makes for some fun shots also.
thank you for another inspiration to go outside.
small question - you ef-gfx adapter, so lenses are full frame? Do they still cover whole sensor or you have to crop into it? :/
Cheers! And yea, this Contax lens is for 35mm. It covers. It all depends on the lens though. Mixed bag really.
Very good video , thank you
Do you think that a camera like this gfx 100s can deal with higelights as well as film ?
I mainly work with my mamiya rb67 with vision 3 50d and develope ecn 2 , and also portra 400 , both film are amazing with the ability to take a very contrasty situation with very strong highlights(in Israel at mid day its crazy how strong is the sun)
I compared with my fuji xt4 and also sony a7r iii and they dont have this ability yet ...
Kyle, Great video as always. I have been thinking about a diffusion filter for shooting at times and wanted to know what your thoughts are on selection of one of these... I want it specificaly make my shooting look a little more like it is being done with a single-coated or maybe even uncoated optic, but not make too much of a sharpness impact. So basically, bloom the specular highlights, lift the shadows a little, and as little sharpness reduction as possible.
Based on this and looking at the Tiffen diffsion triangle, it looks like I sould be thinking about the Pro Mist, Black Pro Mist, maybe the Pearlescent or Black Pearlescent. It would need to be in a low filter factor (probbaly the lowest available in these).
I'm not sure how the Moment filters compare to these...
This will be for shooting on film (multicoated Hasselbald), and I could also use it on digital, but I might want a higher filter factor for that.
Any suggestions based on your past experience?
I'm a big fan of the black pro-mist when it comes to having something that offers some diffusion, but is still a bit subtle. The Cinebloom was ok, and I have a glimmer glass that I like as well, but the 1/8 BPM, or even 1/4 is my preference for subtlety.
@@KyleMcDougall Thanks for your thoughts... I'll pick up a filter or two and see how I like them.
is it actually smaller than the fuji gf pancake?the adaptor takes up quite a bit of size looks like.
Yep, still smaller than the 50mm.
Hey Kyle, as an all rounder how would you rate the 50r? Love the rangefinder, pano xpan option, plus the med format. Could this be a travel, general photography kit with the 50mm lens? Thanks
I think so. It's still a large camera, even with a lens like the 50mm, but find it's completely useable as a travel camera.
@@KyleMcDougall not too laggy? Not super slow? Thanks mate, just sold my Mamiya so looking for a digital range finder, love the xpan format aswell.
hey kyle, lovely photos. does the contax 45mm fully cover the sensor? is there any noticeable vignetting in jpeg?
It does cover, but there is some vignetting and slight smearing in the corners.
@@KyleMcDougall thanks, i’ll definitely give it a try!
hold on before I get any farther in the video, you look like distant family member of Abraham Lincoln in the first selfie shot hahaha I wonder if anyone has ever told you that
That's a first.
No snow in Ontario!?!
This was filmed last September.
Hey Kyle, quick gear question;
For the contax lens with the fuji, do you just need the one adapter (Kipon EF to GFX adapter) for it? Or do you need two? I see there are links to two adapters in the description and just wanted to clarify.
nevermind! Found the answer in another one of your videos. Thanks so much
hey @@drew.ducote same question here, where did you find that? think you only need one right ?
Hello Kyle, great video as per usual ! As a GFX owner I am wondering about that pancake lens, does it cover without any vignetting wide open ? Thank you !
Hey Fred, little bit of vignetting but easily correctable in LR. Cheers.
@@KyleMcDougall Thank you for clarifying this :) ! I tested legacy AI lenses from Nikon and on the 50 1.4 I had a bit of vignetting too, although the circle should be roughly the same as the Tessar ;)
Hey Kyle what's that view finder app you use in some of your videos thanks for all your info.
It's just called 'viewfinder', for iphone.
nice images. So are you using two adapters to use the lens, correct?
Yep. Contax to EF. EF to GFX.
Hello friend, a quick question, does that lens cause a lot of vignetting on the sensor or on the frame? thanks!!
No, it doesn't.
@@KyleMcDougall Thanks!!
Kyle are you using a fuji sim to shoot your video?
This video was shot on a Sony A1 that I borrowed while away. With the Fuji X-H2s I'm shooting flog2, and then using a conversion lut afterwards.
Did you say that lens covers the entire sensor? Is that typical of most 35mm lenses? When I tried a few m-mount lenses, they did not cover the entire sensor and I had to put the camera into "35mm mode" which I wasn't too excited about.
This one does, with a bit of vignetting. It's a mixed bag when it comes to other 35mm lenses. I've had some that do, and others that vignette really bad.
For a trip like this do you film using the BMPCC6k and then take photos on the 50R? Cause I was doing that on all my videos up until this point and it's honestly been getting sooo heavy
This one was shot with the Sony A1 which I borrowed off of a friend in Canada. Didn’t bring much gear with me. I’ve sold the P6K though and now I’m shooting with the XH2s. Much more manageable and the image is great.
Can someone explain if adapting a C/Y mount lens on the 50R makes the 35mm equiv focal length of the Tessar 45 mm a 22.5 mm?
This would be similar to a 35mm FOV on 35mm.
What adapter mounts did you use for the Contax lens? I’m very interested in a small lens combo for the GFX
What is your keeper ratio?
T-shirt weather?
This was back in September.
How do you feel this lens compares in performance to the Pentax 645 45mm? Which do you feel is better?
Very different lenses. That Pentax is an actual medium format lens, so you're not using nearly as much of the image circle, whereas the Contax is a 35mm lens, so you're pushing it. The Contax will have softer corners, some vignetting, more character. The Pentax is nice and sharp across the frame. I would use the Pentax for landscape work where I want the best image quality. The Contax is still really good, but more of a travel lens-where I'm not worried as much about maximum quality across the frame.
@@KyleMcDougall Thank you Kyle! This was really helpful.
Hi Kyle, do you have issue with infinity focus with the 50r and this contax. On my GFX infinity is on « 10 meters » not infinity mark.
Best
Hmmm, I've never actually looked at the distance markings when adapting lenses. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.
@@KyleMcDougall thanks :)
"Good ole Bell pay-phones"
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What is the Facebook group for adapting lenses to the gfx system? And is the contax lens covering the sensor only when u shoot in crop mode? Or is it almost covering in full? Thanks
It's called 'Best Non GFX Optics'. The Contax lens is covering it in full, but it does vignette a bit of the corners aren't the best. I'm usually shooting in a 4:5 crop though.
It would be epic if you would make a pledge in the next video that when you cross the 100,000 subscriber mark you'll shave your beard :-)
Haha, never!
The "T*" means the lens is coated.
Hi, I had the same doubt! So I watched again that part of the video and I saw that he was not talking about the Carl Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8 T* multicoating but about the coating of the filter with the red frame.
He used the wrong word "lenses" instead of "filters", but he corrected on screen at 3:15.
Yep, was in reference to the filter, just came out wrong.