Kyoto Portraits with Vintage Nikon 50mm/Nikon Zf
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- On a recent business trip to Kyoto I had the time for short portrait session down in the Pontocho/Kiyamachi district. For this shoot I was using my vintage Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens on my Nikon Zf camera and so used manual focus the whole time. Great fun! And I hope you enjoy.
Model: / nanko_ph
Thank you again Nanko! Lets doing it again soon.
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Thank you, such an inspiration ! Outstanding pictures, lovely lady! What a joy to watch that chill video!
@@sigurdrille9693 thank you sooo much for your amazing comment ❤️❤️❤️
Great session, lovely images, versatile model, well done
Thank you very much! And ya, she was great to work with.
Great video
Thank you very much!! ❤
Very impressive work… did you use only available light, or did you bring along a speedlight or LED to light her face?
In similar circumstances, I’m sure I would have struggled with shaping the light properly to create all those flattering shadows in the final images. I would have definitely also struggled with colour-cast issues, I’m sure. I’d love to see a video talking about your techniques in that regard. The final scene was so dark at first and you’ve even dialled in negative exposure compensation… all this is to say I’m blown away by the final product 🙂🍻
@@canadianwatchguy6768 thank you VERY much for the amazing comment.
I was only using the “natural light” available to me, but the 1.4 really lets you push your camera pretty far. That last screen was crazy crazy dark by the time we got there but just did what I could with slowing down the shutter and cranking the ISO. If you were to look closer those shots are a little noisy, but in the end it kind helps the vibe.
@@jasonhalaykophotography super-impressive work and very inspiring. Using the Zf has pushed me to experiment with manual focus lenses for the first time, and the experience has been great. I’ll have to look into some of the vintage Nikkor lenses… the images they can produce look beautiful. Thanks for sharing your work with us!
@@canadianwatchguy6768 thanks for checking out the videos and your amazing comments.
Don’t know what it is about the Zf boy shooting with old manual lenses is so fun with it, way batter than on my Z9.
Found my great grandmothers nifty 50 when I was home so will do a video with that as well soon!
Good luck with you shooting!!
Beautiful work, photos were knocked out of the park. Model as gorgeous. I see you were using ISO over 12k and problems with noise?
When using vintage lenses the focus area is normally the middle area, any issues with miss manual focus?
Thank you in advance
Thanks a ton!! The noise in the images at the end there is noticeable when looking close on my computer but seems not to bad when the images are used in the video or posted to instagram, etc. All personal preference there.
I am not the best with manual focus, but I found I did quite well with the Zf so no real issues at all.
thanks again for the great comment!!
Super cool vibes! Algorithm recommended this to me today. New subscriber. Keep up the great work!
@@AlexSinclair wow! Thanks a ton for the nice comment and the subscription. Means a lot!
tremendous 🎉
THANKS!!
Man I love your vids. Stunning portraits and such a chill vibe.
@@michaelj7069 thanks a ton!! I like to keep my sessions chill when I’m doing portraits. Keeps me from getting too excited, haha
Beautiful, beautiful work... chill and quiet session, i like it!
@@akaidekliin thank you 🙏
I loved the colours. Were these out of the cameta or you did some work in post?
@@lensman5762 thanks!! I always shoot RAW and edit in post.
Very good video. Loved the photos and the model also did great.
I'm looking to buy the Nikon Zf for similar kinds of photos (low light urban portraits) and this is precious information.
Would you be interested in doing a similar video but using the camera's auto-focus? I've found only one video with the Nikon Zf + 50mm 1.8 S doing low light portraits.
Thanks for the message and happy to hear my video was helpful! That is a good idea, I don't think I have done that with the Zf, thanks! I will try and do that soon, just busy with my actual photography work at the moment so it might take a little bit to get one.
Great pics. A beautiful model does really help.
Thanks!! And ya, it does make it easier for sure.
you didn't get a prerelease of the Z6 III? I'm waiting for your review
@@brettgoulder5208 hahaha, I did not get one of those unfortunately 😂 I’ll try to get my hands on one! Super happy to hear you are waiting for me to review it though ❤️
1) subscribed !!! 2) that shutter sound is killer !!! Hmmmmm, Nikon eh ?! NEVER had one. The ZF has had my interest for sure.
@@TopshelfJunior thanks for the sub!!! The Nikon Zf is a great little camera! Loving the images I’m getting out of it❤️
Just wondering why didn't you do this with the Z7II? It gives you more resolution. And nothing was moving very fast here so autofocus is not that important.
@@borlach321 because I don’t own a Z7II but I do own a Nikon Zf. Want to buy me a Z7II?
Love this - especially the shots low to the water in the alley! Really cool to see how good the IQ is with vintage manual focus lenses on the ZF.
Of all the focus aids (peaking, zooming in, eye detect) which do you use most with manual old lenses like this?
@@japandrew thanks!! Ya, that last alley was great, happy I could find it in the end, haha.
For this shoot I was actually just going by feel for the focus. Didn’t really use peaking or zooming in or anything as I didn’t want to kill the flow of the shoot. Didn’t get 100% of the shots, but that’s part of the fun of using old lenses.
Excellent video, I love seeing these behind the scenes videos on cameras I’m interested in where the camera is being used on a shoot in real life scenarios. Thanks for sharing! Subbed!
@@TrapPhoneLoveMelodiesss thanks for the amazing comment and for subbing!! Much appreciated!!
Jason, i enjoyed your video so much, like all your vids, and your Model id super Great ! greetings from Netherlands !!!
@@notnow1301 thanks!! Means a lot to know you like the video 🥰🥰🥰
Amazing video, that lens looks sweet!
@@hanadojo thanks!! It was just a cheap find at a used camera shop in Shinjuku but really been enjoying using it these days on the Zf!
Keeping up the good work since ritsumeikan :)
@@JonathanSundqvist thanks!! I enjoyed it there, but breaking out on my own was the best decision I ever made!
I recently picked up that exact 50mm lens and now excited to try it out on my Z6ii. Love watching your videos as you venture around Japan.
@@bdelfin714 that's crazy you found the exact same one! Great little lens! And thanks!!
@@jasonhalaykophotography I was actually looking to use it on my Nikon F100 film camera. But then I remember your previous video when you got the Zf and 1st used the lens.
@@bdelfin714 sweet!!
Sick work bro!
@@viva_la_mort thank you!!!
Great job leading the model as well. Pro stuff dude.
@@viva_la_mort I find that to always be the most difficult part for me, hahaha
Excellent photos and composition. Were all those shots at 1.4?
@@MB-dq2gz thanks!! Ya, as it was quite dark in all the locations, especially that last spot, I just kept it at 1.4 to make it easy on myself and keep the ISO lowish
@@jasonhalaykophotography Impressive performance wide open 👍
@@MB-dq2gz especially for a super old second hand lens!