Have to agree with ChrisThe1 - The 5k subs does not reflect the quality of Jack's content. I mean, just focus on on the personal reflection he is sharing around the 7 minute point in the vid!? Who hasn't found themselves out on another photography walk and feeling a growing sense of anxiety due to the sense we are not able to 'see' the images that must be, somehow, in front of us. Jack, carry on!
Just came here to echo all of this. Thoughtful videos, not just a drone of the same content 99% of camera “reviewers” spew out: also love the intersect with your life, parenting, work… real life. Which we are all doing so it relates so well. Keep it up! Not long before this channel explodes to the level it deserves.
Thank you @tysonhallows5154 - most channels in this niche are dropping in viewership, so I am very grateful for the community. Working on this week’s video now!
Man you and this channel have been a "literally me" moment for myself. Much like you, I'm in the STEM field and addicted to Japan, Photography, and Family (and watches). These videos are as well written as they are produced. Your experiences have been a great primer for my next trip to Tokyo in September with my parents. It'll be my 5th trip and their first.
Big trip ahead! Hope your parents love the experience and you get to try some new things too. Thanks for watching, finding new photographers to connect with has been super fun!
Oh yes, I like Ueno and neighboring Asakusa at night (and at daytime), too. Every time I come to Tokyo I try to stay in this area. The atmosphere, bustling as well as peaceful, depending on when and where you are, makes me always feel at home and at the same time I feel like a perfect stranger who is blessed to get an intimate glimpse of this astonishing city. しょうがないですね😉👋
I think what I like about your style of video, is it engages the cognitive parts of the brain much more than others. They are thoughtful yet peaceful and as a result, stand out from the noise that is RUclips. Very well put together too.
Thanks so much Patrick - still starting out so any feedback is super helpful. I try to run community polls every now and then, feel free to let me know if there are any topics you’d like this channel to cover. More to come!
Congrats on 5k bro! You deserve it coz of your awesome shots and videos. The story you share are relatable and of coz camera gear as well. Always wanting to see more and more!
I love the 85mm on FF or the 56mm on crop sensors. In a country like India where street photography alienates people, it helps to maintain the distance and still tell a story. I don't own a camera myself. I borrow my friend's Z6 for most of my street photography walks and I take only the 85mm 1.8 with me most of the time.
I just missed the start of the premiere of this one, but came back afterward to watch it in full. I found your narrative in this video to be excellent. I'm in the planning stages of my first trip to Japan next year, and you left a few tidbits in this video I found useful - Shinjuku is now on my radar. I know based on your style that these videos must take a lot of effort to produce, despite only being about 10 minutes long. I hope you continue to refine your craft and make gradual improvements. You've got a lot of potential with your different style, and you'll eventually find your ikigai within the style.
Thank you Rob - hoped I pulled off the writing this week, always a gamble trying to stick the landing. Shinjuku gets a bad rap because of how busy it can be, but the quieter areas are very beautiful. More refinement next week!
@@BokehTherapy For sure! Like I mentioned last week, I enjoy it even when it doesn't land. RUclips is full of a lot of the same stuff, and your take is different. I find it refreshing, and it inspires my own creativity.
Feedback from return viewers is the most valuable, thanks for taking the time as always. RUclips is thankfully weighting regular viewers higher than new viewers for the moment so you’re a big part of the channel’s growth to date!
I have loved watching you grow as you do this deep dive into your creative passion. I photographed you many years ago in your other career and I watched you excel in that too. You are blessed to have found not one but two vacations/passions that that fulfil you. Your art is for you, you share because that is ingrained within you and you. The positive impact you leave has a ripple effect on your broader community and beyond. It's funny, I lost my passion for photography and am now doing a Bach of Ed - I am becoming you but in reverse.
Thank you so much - kudos to commercial event photographers like yourself, it’s a hard gig to keep up with especially in this day and age. We would have connected back during one of the teaching and learning events? Best of luck with your Bach of Ed, don’t hesitate to reach out if I can help in anyway!
@@BokehTherapy I was the Uni's photographer for 11 years, so yes I photographed you for promotional content (to which they still use today) and many of you award ceremonies. You are very admired by your students and your peers. Thank you for reaching out and the offer of help, I appreciate it.
Thank you for posting. I used to have the photograph the kiss on my wall ❤❤ I was looking to buy leica d lux cause portability after using a canon 7d with heavy tamron 24 70 zoom in the past However the zf is so much more of a camera. Like the analogue look and feel
Thanks for going through the back catalogue of videos! Nikon Zf is great, a bit heavy for some so worth trying it out in store first if you haven’t already
Literally just bought this lens yesterday for my ZF. It's my first Nikon S lens, and I was shocked at how good the two worked for a night photo walk through a lantern festival I went to. Coming from film, and having used a canon t6i for a few years, it's a huge improvement.
Congratulations on the channel and finding your voice through it! Although I have not shot much with the 85mm focal length, I have recently started to use the 105 2.8 macro for more street photography and have really enjoyed it. It is a much more versatile lens than I think many give it credit for. I think trying to use focal lengths for things they are not traditionally used for is a fun creative exercise. Glad to see you are having success with it too, with the 85!
Thanks Eric! I am thinking more about longer focal lengths these days, the 105 and 135mm lenses both look really great. Will need to save up either way so need to buy wisely haha
beautiful video and smoothing narrative. Loving all the photos you've taken of japan and hope to visit there one day. 85mm, such an interesting focal length, for me, whenever i use my 85mm 1.2 every photo is magical, but ever since i got my 50mm 1.2, i haven't stopped using it and i love it for daily photos over the 35/85 combo. It's awesome you're at 5k subs and wish you success to 10 million subs. Fail gracefully really spoke to me. great channel , great videos! very relaxing to watch and listen to. keep up the great work!
Oh glad to hear you love the 50mm f1.2! You got it (bought it for yourself? Haha) as a birthday present right? Always grateful to hear from you, and all the return viewers
@@BokehTherapy hey you remembered! thanks for that! really appreciate it! I used the 50mm 1.2 exclusively for 3 months, april may and june, and loved every photo that came out of it, then for fathers day i got a canon m6mk2 and some smaller discontinued efm lens 32 1.4 and wow, that set up is so much lighter! with the grey and black colour theme, it looked semi retro. I even found some filmic picture styles as i only shoot jpeg these days (past 10 years) so it scratches that itch of classic film look. with that said, i've picked back up my film camera these days and noticed i had a roll of half used portra 400, i shot the rest of the photos and got them developed and scanned and it was photos of my sons from about 8 years ago when they were babies. I'm so tempted to sell off my r6mk2 and my 1.2 lens now. but wife says no, heh. I also wish canon would make a FF retro camera like the ZF, that might be an interesting combo for me with some 1.8 lens. keep up the great work! binge watching a few of your videos right now, onto the fuji one!
Sounds like you're having a blast with all your gear. What an amazing find of undeveloped film, it's like a storyline from a movie. More retro cameras from every brand please!
Another great video, Jack. For my purposes I need to go a bit wider for my event shooting. For street the max for me is probably 50mm. I'll probably pick up the 24-120 when I pick up the Z6iii next year. As an aside, when I finished graduate school, I was offered a stipend to teach in Osaka. I had barely started planning when my father fell ill. I stayed instead but was left all these years with an unmet desire to visit Japan. I will go one day but love living vicariously through you with the Zf!
Family always comes first, hopefully you get a chance to visit Japan sooner rather than later. It is the most drastically different travel and photography experience from my normal everyday life. I have heard lots of good things about the 24-120!
My wife found her "icky guy"....me ;). Seriously though, you have some amazing videos and are doing a great job. I can only hope your viewership goes through the roof. Keep up the great work!
As said by others, very inspiring channel. I hardly dare ask, but there's one question that's been nagging at me. Any tips on how these photo were processed? These greenish Tokyo shots seen across the latest videos are haunting. I don't want to copy or steal this look but I can restrain myself from trying every time to figure out how it's done. Some photographer are also selling presets, it's a bit cliché but maybe it's an option
Other than getting the exposure to taste a lot of it is adding some colors to the shadows? A bit green and teal in the shadows and boosting the warmth of the global WB. Might consider presets at some point, but I think it’s Tokyo that’s doing the heavy lifting for those shots haha. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Jack, love your channel, story telling and videos. Massive plus is its exciting to see someone from Brisbane making great content. I get a little bored the home town so awesome to see what other people shoot. I am looking to move up from an fuji XT3 system to a Nikon z6iii w/24-120mm lens, first big test will be a trip to Japan in Oct/Nov this year. I was looking at stretching to one lens , mainly for night photography, lane ways and capturing all the amazing night lights. What lens would you recommend if you could only have one 1.4 or 1.8 lens for shooting at night? (It would probably used in other low light situations like darker temples etc where allowed when I need extra light gathering up from the f4. ) cheers!
Hello! Great to meet a fellow Australian photographer, in Brisbane no less? My favourite Nikon S Prime is the 50mm f1.8 S. It is (as far as I can tell) optically perfect, and so sharp while being compact. It’s right in the middle of your 24-120mm range, so shouldn’t be hard to adjust between those two lenses. 35mm f1.4 and f1.8 are great too, so depends on what you prefer. IQ wise I haven’t found a lens that beats the 50mm. (Maybe the Plena!?)
@@BokehTherapy thanks Jack for your recommendation, and yes I live in Brisvegas too ;) Need to get some inspiration back to start walking about and shooting the city again. Cheers
@@BokehTherapy Hey Jack, sorry for the confusion. I don't have the z6iii yet, about to buy one, hopefully in the next week or so. Would love to hit up the Ekka with it for street and night photography. I'm looking forward to your review. Have watched a few now and the dynamic range issue that keeps getting mentioned is almost giving me decision paralysis. It will be great to hear your insights on this, do you even notice this without pixel peeping. I was considering sony however have read some comments that Nikon colours are better. I'm hoping with RED coming on board, Nikon might bring some firmware enhancements downstream that supercharge the 6iii. Cheers!
In a few weeks I'll be going to Guatemala and I'm wondering if the 85 is enough. I do like the small telephoto, but it's not the one all for me. Leaning towards a 35, 85, and the 24-120. That should cover all my needs.
That is a really common kit for Nikon Z, I think it will be great! I like a two lens setup day to day, just switch out when I am about to head back to the hotel from the photowalk. Get the same spots with two perspectives without the anxiety of lens switching
Do you ever miss the extra resolution of the A7CR when traveling? In one of your first videos you mentioned an advantage of the R was the ability to use cropping to get more "reach" out of a single prime lens. With the Zf being only 24 seems like it would be more limited if you wanted to maintain lets say 4K images after cropping?
Surprisingly I didn’t miss the extra resolution on this trip with 24 megapixels? 4K doesn’t need much megapixels (only about 8), and an APSc crop still gives me 10 megapixels. I would still love some extra resolution but I do so much night time shooting low light makes more sense
@@BokehTherapy thanks for the reply! I'm in the process of trying to decide between an A7CII and the A7CR and was having a hard time deciding if I would regret not having the full 61mp since an 85mm is probably as tele as I'll probably ever want on a camera that size so I figured the extra cropping might be useful in that sense.
I think budget matters most because 33 megapixels is still plenty! I have stopped buying higher end Sony models because they make them outdated so quickly. That’s the focus of this week’s video which goes live in the next hour. Let me know what you go with!
I love the Z85/1.8S for night photography. My next trip will be in your area (Brisvegas 😝) and just have a shoulder camera bag which I am thinking of packing the Zf with Z24-200 for daytime, 40/2 and 85/1.8S. I think this is a good travel kit. Hey Jack, what’s in your most recent travel bag?
Hi Matthew that sounds like a great kit! My travel bag is always changing, but the 50 f1.8 and 85 f1.8 are always in there. Will be a topic for a future video - hope you have a great trip to Brisbane!
@@BokehTherapy a video on your travel bag would be great. I also have Z28/2.8, 50/1.4 AFS and Z35/1.8S. With many primes, it is very hard to decide what to leave behind when travelling light.
I use two types of straps? The parashooter straps from Wotancraft (bit.ly/3uIBZ94) and the the braided ones from Barton1972 (www.barton1972.com). Thanks for watching!
Hi, Jack ... love your channel .... I have just repurchased the Nikon ZF ... thing is, I only want to buy one lens for the ZF ... reason is that I also have a Leica Q3 set up and a Sony A7RV setup and lenses ... I am teetering on repurchasing a Fujifilm XT-5 setup ... I love RETRO! Can I ask you, if you were to purchase only ONE lens for the ZF, which lens would that be?
Haha that is a very personal question - for me it’s the 50mm f1.8S. Just so sharp well corrected, and the size is manageable on the Zf. Depends on if you are a 50mm shooter though? Otherwise I would use the Zf as manual focus glass and get the voigtlander 40mm f1.2 Z. Let me know what you go with!
@@BokehTherapy Thank you for getting back to me ... I have had both of those lenses before but I didn't use them as I traded them against other items. I have reordered the Nikon 50mm f1.8 per your advice again and hope to use it mostly in B & W mode which was one of the most appealing features of the ZF ... thank you.
I see that you were packing with multiple lenses while traveling. I do that too. Problem for me when doing street on spot is confuse with which lens that should I use. Back at my first years of photography, i lost many moments and time because of changing lenses many times. Could you share how you make decision how to choose lens for street hunting if you brought some lens Thanks.
I try to go out with two lenses and 1 body - 1 lens on first leg of photo walk, and the other lens on the return leg. I don’t bother changing lenses on the spot, just when I stop for a break before heading back
This approach helps when I am in a new area - sometimes safest just to head back the way I came (on other side of the road) and get to shoot the same spots via two perspectives
is it me or is Nikon lens design just ugly? maybe they are going for some minimalist look but to date my only native Z lenses are Voigtlander. I do use my E mount lenses on Z from time to time.
Kinda crazy you're only at 5k subs. You're honestly one of the most inspiring people I've found this year
Thank you Chris! Can only continue to grow with return viewers like yourself. More to come next week
Have to agree with ChrisThe1 - The 5k subs does not reflect the quality of Jack's content. I mean, just focus on on the personal reflection he is sharing around the 7 minute point in the vid!? Who hasn't found themselves out on another photography walk and feeling a growing sense of anxiety due to the sense we are not able to 'see' the images that must be, somehow, in front of us. Jack, carry on!
Thank you Craig - took a lot of reflection to figure this out, glad to hear my experience is shared by others. More to come!
Just came here to echo all of this. Thoughtful videos, not just a drone of the same content 99% of camera “reviewers” spew out: also love the intersect with your life, parenting, work… real life. Which we are all doing so it relates so well. Keep it up! Not long before this channel explodes to the level it deserves.
Thank you @tysonhallows5154 - most channels in this niche are dropping in viewership, so I am very grateful for the community. Working on this week’s video now!
My new favourite, thoughtful, RUclips channel.
Thanks so much Steven - more to come!
Man you and this channel have been a "literally me" moment for myself. Much like you, I'm in the STEM field and addicted to Japan, Photography, and Family (and watches). These videos are as well written as they are produced. Your experiences have been a great primer for my next trip to Tokyo in September with my parents. It'll be my 5th trip and their first.
Big trip ahead! Hope your parents love the experience and you get to try some new things too. Thanks for watching, finding new photographers to connect with has been super fun!
All your videos are so cocise, at suject and perfect narrated.Congratulation for your great work!
Thanks so much for following the channel, and taking the time to comment! More to come this week
Congrats on 5k! The 85mm focal length is my jam on the D700.
Yes! I love 85mm, am looking into 105mm and 135mm right now as well
Oh yes, I like Ueno and neighboring Asakusa at night (and at daytime), too. Every time I come to Tokyo I try to stay in this area. The atmosphere, bustling as well as peaceful, depending on when and where you are, makes me always feel at home and at the same time I feel like a perfect stranger who is blessed to get an intimate glimpse of this astonishing city. しょうがないですね😉👋
Ueno has everything I have grown to appreciate as a photographer over time. Never leave a photowalk empty handed
Congrats on 5K! I’m enjoying your work, hope it continues to deliver for you.
Thanks so much - very grateful for 5K, more to come!
I think what I like about your style of video, is it engages the cognitive parts of the brain much more than others. They are thoughtful yet peaceful and as a result, stand out from the noise that is RUclips. Very well put together too.
High praise! Small channels don’t get much algorithm love, every bit helps so thanks so much
Just got through watching 4 of your videos and very happy to come across you. Add one more to your subscribers and can’t wait for more videos.
Thanks so much Patrick - still starting out so any feedback is super helpful. I try to run community polls every now and then, feel free to let me know if there are any topics you’d like this channel to cover. More to come!
Congrats on 5k bro! You deserve it coz of your awesome shots and videos. The story you share are relatable and of coz camera gear as well. Always wanting to see more and more!
It’s been great connecting with like minded photographers like yourself - best part of hitting 5K and working on the channel after hours. Thank you!
One of favorite photography RUclips channels! Great video! Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! More next week
Loved this! ❤
Thanks so much! New video goes live later today
I love the 85mm on FF or the 56mm on crop sensors. In a country like India where street photography alienates people, it helps to maintain the distance and still tell a story. I don't own a camera myself. I borrow my friend's Z6 for most of my street photography walks and I take only the 85mm 1.8 with me most of the time.
you mean 125 mm ff
I just missed the start of the premiere of this one, but came back afterward to watch it in full.
I found your narrative in this video to be excellent. I'm in the planning stages of my first trip to Japan next year, and you left a few tidbits in this video I found useful - Shinjuku is now on my radar.
I know based on your style that these videos must take a lot of effort to produce, despite only being about 10 minutes long. I hope you continue to refine your craft and make gradual improvements. You've got a lot of potential with your different style, and you'll eventually find your ikigai within the style.
Thank you Rob - hoped I pulled off the writing this week, always a gamble trying to stick the landing. Shinjuku gets a bad rap because of how busy it can be, but the quieter areas are very beautiful. More refinement next week!
@@BokehTherapy For sure! Like I mentioned last week, I enjoy it even when it doesn't land. RUclips is full of a lot of the same stuff, and your take is different. I find it refreshing, and it inspires my own creativity.
Feedback from return viewers is the most valuable, thanks for taking the time as always. RUclips is thankfully weighting regular viewers higher than new viewers for the moment so you’re a big part of the channel’s growth to date!
thank you for your video Jack. I like your opinion and street photo. from Korea.
Great to connect with Korean photographers - thanks for watching!
Inspirational as always! Real as you could be. I'm glad for a channel like yours and hoping for more success!
Wow thank you so much! Connecting with regular viewers is the best part of the process
I have loved watching you grow as you do this deep dive into your creative passion. I photographed you many years ago in your other career and I watched you excel in that too. You are blessed to have found not one but two vacations/passions that that fulfil you. Your art is for you, you share because that is ingrained within you and you. The positive impact you leave has a ripple effect on your broader community and beyond. It's funny, I lost my passion for photography and am now doing a Bach of Ed - I am becoming you but in reverse.
Thank you so much - kudos to commercial event photographers like yourself, it’s a hard gig to keep up with especially in this day and age. We would have connected back during one of the teaching and learning events? Best of luck with your Bach of Ed, don’t hesitate to reach out if I can help in anyway!
@@BokehTherapy I was the Uni's photographer for 11 years, so yes I photographed you for promotional content (to which they still use today) and many of you award ceremonies. You are very admired by your students and your peers. Thank you for reaching out and the offer of help, I appreciate it.
Thank you for posting. I used to have the photograph the kiss on my wall ❤❤
I was looking to buy leica d lux cause portability after using a canon 7d with heavy tamron 24 70 zoom in the past However the zf is so much more of a camera. Like the analogue look and feel
Thanks for going through the back catalogue of videos! Nikon Zf is great, a bit heavy for some so worth trying it out in store first if you haven’t already
Great video Jack. I really connect with it. All the best
Thanks for the feedback! Really helps the channel and the algorithm
I appreciate your videos. Your videos always have something that resonates with me. Still looking for my ikigai in Germany.
I really enjoy your channel. You offer excellent photography and wonderful insights. Keep it going!
Thank you very much!
@@BokehTherapy You're welcome!
Really enjoying your channel and your continued journey! Keep them coming! 👏
Thank you so much - weekly uploads is the goal from here on out!
Literally just bought this lens yesterday for my ZF. It's my first Nikon S lens, and I was shocked at how good the two worked for a night photo walk through a lantern festival I went to.
Coming from film, and having used a canon t6i for a few years, it's a huge improvement.
It’s an amazing lens, I am impressed with all of Nikon’s S primes that I have tried! The image quality is amazing for the price, happy shooting!
Congratulations on the channel and finding your voice through it! Although I have not shot much with the 85mm focal length, I have recently started to use the 105 2.8 macro for more street photography and have really enjoyed it. It is a much more versatile lens than I think many give it credit for. I think trying to use focal lengths for things they are not traditionally used for is a fun creative exercise. Glad to see you are having success with it too, with the 85!
Thanks Eric! I am thinking more about longer focal lengths these days, the 105 and 135mm lenses both look really great. Will need to save up either way so need to buy wisely haha
@@BokehTherapy the plena 135 looks fantastic!
It is relatively massive so a big commitment to lug around for street photography. The images just look so beautiful though
beautiful video and smoothing narrative. Loving all the photos you've taken of japan and hope to visit there one day. 85mm, such an interesting focal length, for me, whenever i use my 85mm 1.2 every photo is magical, but ever since i got my 50mm 1.2, i haven't stopped using it and i love it for daily photos over the 35/85 combo. It's awesome you're at 5k subs and wish you success to 10 million subs. Fail gracefully really spoke to me. great channel , great videos! very relaxing to watch and listen to. keep up the great work!
Oh glad to hear you love the 50mm f1.2! You got it (bought it for yourself? Haha) as a birthday present right? Always grateful to hear from you, and all the return viewers
@@BokehTherapy hey you remembered! thanks for that! really appreciate it! I used the 50mm 1.2 exclusively for 3 months, april may and june, and loved every photo that came out of it, then for fathers day i got a canon m6mk2 and some smaller discontinued efm lens 32 1.4 and wow, that set up is so much lighter! with the grey and black colour theme, it looked semi retro. I even found some filmic picture styles as i only shoot jpeg these days (past 10 years) so it scratches that itch of classic film look. with that said, i've picked back up my film camera these days and noticed i had a roll of half used portra 400, i shot the rest of the photos and got them developed and scanned and it was photos of my sons from about 8 years ago when they were babies. I'm so tempted to sell off my r6mk2 and my 1.2 lens now. but wife says no, heh. I also wish canon would make a FF retro camera like the ZF, that might be an interesting combo for me with some 1.8 lens. keep up the great work! binge watching a few of your videos right now, onto the fuji one!
Sounds like you're having a blast with all your gear. What an amazing find of undeveloped film, it's like a storyline from a movie. More retro cameras from every brand please!
Another great video, Jack. For my purposes I need to go a bit wider for my event shooting. For street the max for me is probably 50mm. I'll probably pick up the 24-120 when I pick up the Z6iii next year. As an aside, when I finished graduate school, I was offered a stipend to teach in Osaka. I had barely started planning when my father fell ill. I stayed instead but was left all these years with an unmet desire to visit Japan. I will go one day but love living vicariously through you with the Zf!
Family always comes first, hopefully you get a chance to visit Japan sooner rather than later. It is the most drastically different travel and photography experience from my normal everyday life. I have heard lots of good things about the 24-120!
@@BokehTherapy I'm so looking forward to it!
My wife found her "icky guy"....me ;). Seriously though, you have some amazing videos and are doing a great job. I can only hope your viewership goes through the roof. Keep up the great work!
Haha I am certainly not above a great dad joke - kudos! Thanks so much for watching Scott, more to come!
As said by others, very inspiring channel. I hardly dare ask, but there's one question that's been nagging at me. Any tips on how these photo were processed? These greenish Tokyo shots seen across the latest videos are haunting. I don't want to copy or steal this look but I can restrain myself from trying every time to figure out how it's done. Some photographer are also selling presets, it's a bit cliché but maybe it's an option
Other than getting the exposure to taste a lot of it is adding some colors to the shadows? A bit green and teal in the shadows and boosting the warmth of the global WB. Might consider presets at some point, but I think it’s Tokyo that’s doing the heavy lifting for those shots haha. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Jack, love your channel, story telling and videos. Massive plus is its exciting to see someone from Brisbane making great content. I get a little bored the home town so awesome to see what other people shoot. I am looking to move up from an fuji XT3 system to a Nikon z6iii w/24-120mm lens, first big test will be a trip to Japan in Oct/Nov this year. I was looking at stretching to one lens , mainly for night photography, lane ways and capturing all the amazing night lights. What lens would you recommend if you could only have one 1.4 or 1.8 lens for shooting at night? (It would probably used in other low light situations like darker temples etc where allowed when I need extra light gathering up from the f4. ) cheers!
Hello! Great to meet a fellow Australian photographer, in Brisbane no less? My favourite Nikon S Prime is the 50mm f1.8 S. It is (as far as I can tell) optically perfect, and so sharp while being compact. It’s right in the middle of your 24-120mm range, so shouldn’t be hard to adjust between those two lenses. 35mm f1.4 and f1.8 are great too, so depends on what you prefer. IQ wise I haven’t found a lens that beats the 50mm. (Maybe the Plena!?)
@@BokehTherapy thanks Jack for your recommendation, and yes I live in Brisvegas too ;) Need to get some inspiration back to start walking about and shooting the city again. Cheers
Sounds great! My Z6III review is coming out later this week, would appreciate your feedback when it comes out as a fellow Z6III shooter.
@@BokehTherapy Hey Jack, sorry for the confusion. I don't have the z6iii yet, about to buy one, hopefully in the next week or so. Would love to hit up the Ekka with it for street and night photography. I'm looking forward to your review. Have watched a few now and the dynamic range issue that keeps getting mentioned is almost giving me decision paralysis. It will be great to hear your insights on this, do you even notice this without pixel peeping. I was considering sony however have read some comments that Nikon colours are better. I'm hoping with RED coming on board, Nikon might bring some firmware enhancements downstream that supercharge the 6iii. Cheers!
No problems, I am testing the dynamic range now. No noticeable difference for practical usage compared to my Zf for the moment!
In a few weeks I'll be going to Guatemala and I'm wondering if the 85 is enough. I do like the small telephoto, but it's not the one all for me. Leaning towards a 35, 85, and the 24-120. That should cover all my needs.
That is a really common kit for Nikon Z, I think it will be great! I like a two lens setup day to day, just switch out when I am about to head back to the hotel from the photowalk. Get the same spots with two perspectives without the anxiety of lens switching
congrats on the milestone. though the more I watch the more I want to get back to Japan lol
Haha yup I have already booked the next trip. Always find something new to obsess over every trip
Like nikon z35 f1.4, I am waiting for a small version of either 85 or 105 f1.4.
Mmm a 105 f1.4 would be sweet. Mirrorless versions of the F mount classics
Do you ever miss the extra resolution of the A7CR when traveling? In one of your first videos you mentioned an advantage of the R was the ability to use cropping to get more "reach" out of a single prime lens. With the Zf being only 24 seems like it would be more limited if you wanted to maintain lets say 4K images after cropping?
Surprisingly I didn’t miss the extra resolution on this trip with 24 megapixels? 4K doesn’t need much megapixels (only about 8), and an APSc crop still gives me 10 megapixels. I would still love some extra resolution but I do so much night time shooting low light makes more sense
@@BokehTherapy thanks for the reply! I'm in the process of trying to decide between an A7CII and the A7CR and was having a hard time deciding if I would regret not having the full 61mp since an 85mm is probably as tele as I'll probably ever want on a camera that size so I figured the extra cropping might be useful in that sense.
I think budget matters most because 33 megapixels is still plenty! I have stopped buying higher end Sony models because they make them outdated so quickly. That’s the focus of this week’s video which goes live in the next hour. Let me know what you go with!
I love the Z85/1.8S for night photography. My next trip will be in your area (Brisvegas 😝) and just have a shoulder camera bag which I am thinking of packing the Zf with Z24-200 for daytime, 40/2 and 85/1.8S. I think this is a good travel kit. Hey Jack, what’s in your most recent travel bag?
Hi Matthew that sounds like a great kit! My travel bag is always changing, but the 50 f1.8 and 85 f1.8 are always in there. Will be a topic for a future video - hope you have a great trip to Brisbane!
@@BokehTherapy a video on your travel bag would be great. I also have Z28/2.8, 50/1.4 AFS and Z35/1.8S. With many primes, it is very hard to decide what to leave behind when travelling light.
Mmm I have not dived into F mount yet… bit afraid of the Pandora’s box this would open haha! I am keen to try the new 35mm f1.4 too
im curious about that strap your using i want one for my zf can share the strap where to purchase?
I use two types of straps? The parashooter straps from Wotancraft (bit.ly/3uIBZ94) and the the braided ones from Barton1972 (www.barton1972.com). Thanks for watching!
Hi, Jack ... love your channel .... I have just repurchased the Nikon ZF ... thing is, I only want to buy one lens for the ZF ... reason is that I also have a Leica Q3 set up and a Sony A7RV setup and lenses ... I am teetering on repurchasing a Fujifilm XT-5 setup ... I love RETRO! Can I ask you, if you were to purchase only ONE lens for the ZF, which lens would that be?
Haha that is a very personal question - for me it’s the 50mm f1.8S. Just so sharp well corrected, and the size is manageable on the Zf. Depends on if you are a 50mm shooter though? Otherwise I would use the Zf as manual focus glass and get the voigtlander 40mm f1.2 Z. Let me know what you go with!
@@BokehTherapy Thank you for getting back to me ... I have had both of those lenses before but I didn't use them as I traded them against other items. I have reordered the Nikon 50mm f1.8 per your advice again and hope to use it mostly in B & W mode which was one of the most appealing features of the ZF ... thank you.
Amazing - let me know when it all arrives, happy shooting!
I see that you were packing with multiple lenses while traveling. I do that too.
Problem for me when doing street on spot is confuse with which lens that should I use. Back at my first years of photography, i lost many moments and time because of changing lenses many times.
Could you share how you make decision how to choose lens for street hunting if you brought some lens
Thanks.
I try to go out with two lenses and 1 body - 1 lens on first leg of photo walk, and the other lens on the return leg. I don’t bother changing lenses on the spot, just when I stop for a break before heading back
@@BokehTherapy this is great idea. Never thought of this. Sometimes I use one lens too much that forget to use others and regret about it
This approach helps when I am in a new area - sometimes safest just to head back the way I came (on other side of the road) and get to shoot the same spots via two perspectives
@@BokehTherapy thanks. This help a lot. Funny thing no street photographers ever mentioned this on their tips or videos.
Hmm I might mention it the next time I make a camera bag video. Thanks for the idea!
is it me or is Nikon lens design just ugly? maybe they are going for some minimalist look but to date my only native Z lenses are Voigtlander. I do use my E mount lenses on Z from time to time.
So where do you live ,by the way I live in India
I am based in Australia - great to connect on RUclips!
Congrats on your 5k and keep going because it is nooooot enough! 💪
Thanks so much! Took a lot of work and audience support to reach 5K, more to come
@@BokehTherapy Keeping fingers crossed, mate!