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The 23mm was my first prime and, although I'm mostly out with my GR IIIx nowadays, I love this lens for the same reasons as you. Thank you very much for your video and I'll see you in the next one, too! :) Bdw. I truly enjoy your newsletter, it's really great work you put in there.

Which 23mm for fuji x would you recommend if I want something with more character?

Dorian posts, I click. But for real, I have been shooting with the XF 23/2 and the Voigt 23/1.2. Just depends on the day and how I want to engage with the camera. Good atuff

When not using the X-T4 with the XF16-50, I built my own X100V, I got an X-T1 with the XF23 f/2 and I'm a happy camper.

This lens remains almost permanently attached to my XT4. I think i need to get the square hood though! Will it help my photography? No... will it make me happy? Yes. Love the video.

Apart from the FOV I think i really enjoy the compression of 50mm too. (Not a 33mm on APS-C... just a 50mm on any system, with whatever FOV that results in)

Drop dead lens to have is 23mm f2 / 50mm f2. You'll be able to handle everything in life.

I absolutely love this lens! Its size, weight, aperture ring, ability to shoot from the hip, the way it tells a story at 35mm full frame, its weather resistance, and its character at f/2.0 are all fantastic. The only thing I dislike is my addiction to its field of view. I always end up putting this lens back on after using the 18mm or 56mm-it just feels like home to me.

Def a solid lens!

50 plus years of shooting, Nikons and Leicas, and this was my first Fujifilm lens, bought with an X-T2 years ago. I agree, this is a very fine lens. Its small, sharp and priced nicely. I actually bought a second one in chrome for my silver X-T3 which was stupidly redundant, but it looks cool. I always had a 35mm on my film cameras and this little 23mm on my Fujis leaves me lacking nothing from the film era in terms of image quality.

I *just* sold this lens to a friend getting into Fujifilm. It's a great lens that I recommend to pretty much everyone (previously his only lens was the XF 16-80 f4). It's so versatile… but personally I've come to prefer either be wider with the XF 18mm f2 or more narrow with the XF 35mm f2. If I could only have one lens it's what I'd want though. Still, it's really good and if I could justify having loads of lenses this one would certainly be among them. Incredibly versatile. Thanks for the video! Always good to see your stuff! :)

Have used it on my XT3, XT5, XE4 ... truly amazing

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Dude, SO good to see you back. I love your reviews, and this video is exactly why. Tight script, great shots, good info 👌

I wanted to add a second system to my Olympus/OMSystems cameras. I got no further than the X100V and went Nikon ZF last year with a voigtlander 40mm 1.2 and a 26mm 2.8. I’m keeping the X100V until it dies but it’s that lens in your review that kept me away. I just wasn’t impressed with its closeup abilities. I had hoped they would update it when they announced the 40 megapixel sensor. And now with all the Fuji issues with the app and auto focus I feel like I dodged a bullet. Come on guys I mean Olympus/OMS I have been using WiFi to download video and raw since 2016. Get with the teens guys!

We’re so f***ing back.

@4:00 Strangely, I liked it uncropped. Oh, and I wonder what you think of those that shot from 90mm thru 150mm?

It’s not just exif data that tilts me to the voigtlander 27mm f/2 - a key feature is its ability to utilize the magnification upon manual focusing feature. With the Thypoch, one must press the back dial to get a magnified manual focus. Love your videos

Its 28 1.4 in leica fullframe, whats the focal length in fuji?

Great video. Concise and to the point

Hey Doriyan. I have this camera too. Such a fun camera for street portraits. I do struggle with it overexposing. Especially in auto mode. Even with a handheld meter in contrasty situations can be difficult. Any metering tips?

Wide and shallow. Can’t do it with crop. On the other hand, I am planning on taking my M50 with my grandfathers Zeiss 50 2.0 from his Contax Rangefinder. The adapters are ordered. Shooting with his lens on digital has been a dream for years and mirrorless cameras have made it possible. I will bring a 22mm along just in case. I’m really going to try and leave the R6m2 and 5DM3s at home. Wish me luck.

Not as fast as the 29mm F0.8 Voigtlander though.

There is the Kamlan 28mm 1.4 since some years ago. Much cheaper and quite good as well

Been using the thypoch on my XT-5 and my Xpro2 for about a month now. Took it with me and it was the primary lens i had on my cameras for the majority of the trip. The rendering is beautiful and monochrome images come out amazing. For the wet days i used the viltrox 27 1.2 due to the weathersealing, but as soon as it cleared up, back to the thypoch. I love this lens and the only downside i see is the lack of exif contacts. I got it for $480 on a B&H sale so the price was fine.

I got the Voigtlander 27mm and after spending time getting comfortable with manual focus it's practically become my default! Such a pleasure to have a compact lens like that for my x-t30 for running around town. 27mm is not the perfect focal length for me but I already have great options for the focal lengths I use the most, so I'm very happy to have it. I had never heard of Thypoch before but the images you made with it look great.

Compare the new matrix movie image with the original matrix trilogy image and tell me which one looks better... The new one looks kinda disgusting to me, I can see all the little wrinkles on the actors faces, everything else is out of focus, why would anyone think that is a good thing? For me, people tend to compensate the lack in "quality image" with excess of "image quality", if you know what I mean.

People want max resolution to afterwards just complain about that clinical look, which lead them to slap a mist filter on it... and then go on the internet to complain their images are all blooming hard. . I mean, jokes aside, just look some of the all time favorite movies from the 90's, 00's, or even older, like the Matrix, Gladiator, etc. It always comes back to tone, color, composition and storytelling. Resolution is just a tool, not the goal. Most movies today are shot in 4K and delivered in 2K to be watched, which equates to being about a 4 megapixel image. And somehow 26 megapixels is not enough? . The one thing i find useful in high MP count is if I want to crop a lot, but it's usually not ever that agressive, just trimming the image a bit. I wouldn't want to shoot everything at 100 MP with a super clinical lens just in case i want to crop it to 10 MP later. So, yeah, 24~26 MP is the sweet spot.

Sometimes it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Not impossible. Just not easy. And so we may also have to learn to part ways with old relationship habits as well. It’s all coming full circle. And there is no fine lines that separate one area from the next. Poor habits find their way into our lives and spread like a disease often changing perceptions of the way we see ourselves and others see us. And so this is both important as a topic on camera and off camera. 🎥 ❤

Never yet heard of Thypoch as a lens manufacturer! Are they new?

The big problem that this lens solves is the problem of autofocus. It being a manual lens and all...

Have you tried the Viltrox 27mm 1.2? It’s incredible imo. It’s so sharp! I don’t own it anymore because it wasn’t what I was looking for (the 33 1.4 was more my thing), but with my short time owning it, it impressed me a lot!

I guess the big problem is fuji has no expensive manual focus lenses?🤣

Viltrox’s 27 f1.2 is awesome

The Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 (Fuji X-mount and others) weighs a ton and doesn't have a focusing tab. It does have an aperture ring de-clicking option. The build quality and image rendering are superb. I don't care about the lack of electrical contacts. It is a 25mm rather than 27mm, but crazy not to include it in considerations. I use it a lot.

is this 35mm vs 50mm on fullframe?

I like the look of and the size of the voigtlander.

I think the 27mm F1.2 from Viltrox already solved this problem. Great video though!

for me apsc is all about the size and weight. carrying a bunch of glass that covers full frame and use only a central part doesn’t really makes sense to me. full frame weight and size, but smaller sensor. the worst of both worlds.

Still too long for my taste, especially with the hood. Looks funny. The native Voigtländer x have the prefect size.

Thanks for the great review Doriyan! I've been shooting with Fuji's 27mm a lot but also thinking of getting Voigtlander for better/easier zone focusing on the streets, but your video added this guy to the equation. Oh boy :)

Voigtlander 28mm f/2.0 Ultron Vintage Aspherical VM Lens Type II solves the problem for fujifilm, plus its a lot smaller.

Sticking with my Voigtlander 27/40mm pancake, that’s a ridiculous lens and so small this would need to be that much better for me to take it off the xe1 maybe the XT5 but good luck getting the 18mm 1.4 off that body lol

When I see everything is in focus I realize the only workable way for these is having a sunny day, f16, focus from 1.5m or 2 to infinity. I love third parties making manual bulky lenses, but I miss AF pancake lenses for the system. Even if they are 2.5 or f2.8… we are in APSC for compactness. I’m not talking about 27mm, that we have a couple of options (three, if we take into account the Fujinon 27mm mark I).. but other focal ranges. Good video, as usual!!

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Idk these prices don't make much sense with Fuji. Wonderful alternative for Leicas and Leica & Voigtländer lenses, but why should I pay so much Money for a MF lens with x mount? The floating lens element is dope and useful for Leica, but for Fuji? Eh, not much. If they would drop the prices, yes. At this price the Viltrox 27mm is a much better purchase both in terms of Image quality and build quality

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First! I’m a fan of the electrical contacts from Voigt. I don’t know if I can go to another manual focus lens without it. Other options are the 27mm f1.2 from Viltrox. Biggest con is the weight. Also the TT Artisans 27mm f/2.8. I hear the biggest thing is the vignetting wide open.

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