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This was absolutely brilliant THANK YOU for sharing your wisdom. I have an x100t but am a complete novice. I have always wanted to do nighttime shots in the city. Slowly but surely I’m learning how that’s possible. Thanks for the inspiration!

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I love my 56mm f1.2❤ Never will sell it!

Would you still say the same about some of the new Viltrox lenses?

100%. Just came back to Oz from Roppongi, Ginza and Okinawa. Probably used the 14mm for 90% of pics on my XT2. Keep it level and it works brilliantly. It is an essential piece of kit.

i ordered mine quite cheap from Japan, i like it, but somehow use it way to rarely 😢

I prefered the T on every image

I love the shots at f2. I’ve been shooting the 35mm f1.4 at f2 a lot lately and I swear that aperture creates better images than at f1.4 - the right blend of sharpness and background blur (and easier to have your subject in focus). It looks to be a similar situation with the 56mm.

Love your practical no bs videos. Subscribed!

This is how experienced photographers speak about their gear. I appreciate your voice of reason in world of ever-changing lines of products. 👍

Where have you been; you have been missed.

Great video, so much for the old sensors being so much better. I have fun with my x100S but the V an VI I'm sure blow it away.

really great video that goes to your logic... not just a lens review, thank you

Wish you would make more videos. Love your energy.

Hey hi! How did you mount a pentax lens on x100t ?

Paul, I truly appreciate you taking the time to show comparisons between the T and V. I’ve owned a T for some 8 or 9 years and I still don’t feel the need to upgrade to a newer version of the camera. Mainly because it would cost me about $1200 out of pocket after I sold my Fuji T. My T has less than 1500 shots so obviously I’ve used it sparingly having other cameras. Still I feel Fuji knocked it out of the park with the X100 line, and I hope they continue to support it with upgrades!❤

My T has 1200 shots on it!😂

This was exactly what I was looking for. You have a new subscriber! It's an added bonus that I've spent many weeks in Kyoto and know these stunning spots well. Fantastic!

I absolutely love the shot at 8:38. Well done :)

Great review cheers Paul, lovely Images too. I did some research so this confirms my choice. I just modified an XPro-2 to shoot infrared love it but the lens I have is the 23mm which can be a tad tight for me, examples on my channel, so the 14mm will be awesome, it also performs well re. limited IR hot spotting, from what I've read that's only lightly noticeable after F/11. I bought a used 14mm just now for a great price happy as larry. cheers liked and subbed.

I’m so torn on this lens. I have the APD version and I almost never use it. After taking it for a spin the other day I was disappointed by how often it missed focus. I know my version can only use contrast AF, which makes it worse, but it was still disappointing. I would try to focus on groups of leaves on a tree (I don’t do portraits, just nature stuff) and it would constantly focus beyond those leaves to something in the background that was visible through small openings between the leaves. When I came home and realized so many shots weren’t focused where I wished (the photos weren’t completely ruined) I was disappointed and I wished I had just taken my much cheaper fully manual 50mm lens instead. I know I can get focus exactly where I want with manual focus. (Sorry for the long rambling and uninteresting story. :P) I have a question, do you still believe in not buying 3rd party? Because there are some amazing ones out now. Like the Viltrox 75mm 1.2. It’s one of my favorite lenses because it has good AF (better than my 56mm), it has weather sealing, it’s sharp and has almost no chromatic aberration even at f1.2 (less CA than even the 90mm). All that for under $600 if I recall. I’m not affiliated with that company at all, It doesn’t matter to me if you use it or not, but since you’re a professional portrait photographer, I’m wondering if it would suit you? It does have an af on-off switch, which can be annoying for a Fuji user, and there is a bit of vignetting, but it’s still amazing imo.

What’s the brand of your x100t hand Grip?

My 50 years of experience says, I agree!!!

Don't worry so much about the shutter count, you're not even halfway there.

Great video Thank you Paul

I purchased the Zeiss 50 2.8 which is a 1-1 macro and intend I to use it also as a portrait lens. But I am torn since I have another macro (1.5 - 1) and sense that the 56 is a better choice. Not sure expecting a lens to do two entirely different types of shots is the best way to approach branching out into a new discipline.

Thank you for the video. I'll be visiting Kyoto in April. I like the photos you shared in the video, you are a very good photographer. Great work.

May I know which brand of hand grip you are using?

10-24/4 35/2 50/2 Flash That's my bag after 15 years of shooting. Similar to yours though for wide angle I find zoom to be more useful. I didnt like the AF on 35/1.4 and imagine the 56 to be equally unreliable. I mainly shoot children now and rely on focus tracking (the times of single focus point + recompose are behind me). Haven't given the 56 a try for this reason alone.

I traded the 14 for 10-24 . I didnt like switching between 14 and 23 primes. 10-24 is my travel / landscape lens. Great for getting close to people too. Not for shooting portraits but getting the action.

I think this is one of the most forgotten Fuji lenses. I almost forgot having one. After some years I am using it again on my XT5.

That was an absolutely wonderful video presentation. Thank you so much.😊

Love the images. Love your commentary. What film simulations do you use?

Stunning images. Inspirational stuff! makes me want to go buy that lens 😄

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I finally sold it. It's undoubtly a nicely built, beautiful lens. What bothered me, the slow, inaccurate AF. The loose aperture ring and wide focus ring gives almost no space for grabbing the lens when attaching it on camera. The slight glow at 1.2 might be nice for close ups, but when you really need 1.2 for example for nice separation in full length portraits its just not very sharp.

Kicked mine in the river yesterday 😢. Looking if there might be a better replacement. Seems I will buy this piece again. Now. Immediately. Can’t live without this.

For someone with Parkinson's disease and considering purchasing this camera - your video has been incredibly helpful!

Thank you for an excellent video! I wondered if you might make one about how you set up your cameras? What focus modes do you prefer and why? When and how do you choose to use them? Thank you!

Looking to buying this lens in the future and was needing a bit of extra information and appreciate your help and advice 👍

What is that Pentax lens you have on the V….. is it like the 50mm Fuji unit…. I have the T plus an XT3…. thinking of getting the V for the flippy screen and sensor…. good video, I like your style…

Hi I just bought a 56 1.2 original lens , and i have the 35mm 1.4 with Fuji XE1 and XE2. I am planning a trip to Kyoto. Can you give me some tips and maybe a tour or a photo tour?

Thank you. That was most helpful. I shot an M3 for several decades and I only used my right eye for both horizontal and vertical shots. My left eye was always closed. It never occurred to me to use my left eye for vertical shots as you demonstrated. Do you also use your right eye for vertical shots and if so, how do you decide which way to go? It would be great to also see your technic for verticals with the right eye.

56mm r rw lens is taken? What would be your lens recommendation? I shoot wedding portrait street product vehicle.

Great video. Very helpful.

I’m gonna break the 666 likes and be the 667 😃

awesome video.. would you recommend buying the x100t for like $700 or waiting until the hype around the x100v dies down and getting it at MSRP price?

Great video, appreciate the tips and techniques. Wanted to ask, does your JJC Fujifilm X100 hand grip scratch or scuff your camera at all? Thanks.

I have X100T, and I have hard time deciding which focal length for which shooting distance.