You certainly know how to choose good equipment; the Canon P is one of my fave cameras of all times. With the Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens, there is a perfect marraige and so much magic. Your use & abuse of the King's English brought as much pleasure as your photographic elucidations... enough to cause me to subscribe. Looking forward to more of your wits and wisdom.
Thanks Russell. My main paring of the Canon P is with a Nikon S.C. 5cm f/1.4 lens that I picked up years ago in a car park market for peanuts. It does have a scratch on the rear element but doesn't seem to affect the image. Sadly, I think the days of those kinds of bargains are long gone!
One of my favorite lenses. Definitely a lens that I use sparingly. The best use I get out of it is for concert photography. It really shines when it’s a high energy show and I get up close and personal with it
Nice video! For photography, it's too wide for my taste (or Skill), too. But it's interesting how you compose for it's wideness and it almost feels like the complete opposite, because you have to be so close - something like a context-aware composition in macro photography. Good luck and a lot of fun with your channel! I will definetly have a couple of more visits here in future 😁👌
Thanks for the support and feedback, Sören. I've managed to get some interesting shots with this angle on the street. It's like people notice you much less when you're right up close to them and it's easy to shoot from the hip and crop a little. But yes, landscapes are very difficult! Hope you see you back again on a future video.
Thanks! of course, I was happy to see my suspicion confirmed. 15mm is too wide for me. (but you did shoot some interesting shots) Recently, I got rid of about 75% of my camera gear. To make the start to put things in boxes, I started with everything that was heavy. That went quickly and filled two boxes. But now no more 120 format! 😩😢. Each box became more difficult. But my reward came almost immidiately after sending off the boxes. It's so easy to choose: SLR or rangefinder. Max two small extra lenses. If I need to send pictures quickly, I take the digital. A good camera, but it wants to take over. It also has about a 1000 very essential features hidden in a complicated, minuscule button operated menu. There is still life with a heavily reduced camera collection! Also no regrets on the scene such as: if I only had brought .... .
That makes a lot of sense! I should move house and then that will force me to reduce the amount of gear I have and free me from having having to make decisions.
The constraints of unlimited natural light and a lens so wide, every picture contains the entire observable universe make a heavy burden. (I liked the picture with the green grass)
I have the 15mm f4.5 Voightlander manual focus on my ZF Nikon and it works great, between the ZF and Zfc I have three Voightlander and two Viltrox lens .
Definitely 15mm would be too wide for me, I like about 24mm at most, although 15mm would be good for architectural images. I agree, too much choice can be paralyzing. I usually take 1 camera and 1 lens as my main shooting gear, but, from several experiences, I have learned to bring another camera in case there are problems with the first camera because I don't want to waste the trip.
Thanks for the comment, Susan! I agree 24mm is a better general focal length. You have to want that 15mm - architecture yes, sometimes it works well for 'in your face' environmental street portraits. I agree I couldn't do a long trip with only one camera. About to head overseas for three weeks and it's going to be hard to keep to four!
My heart bleeds for you. The hell of having to shoot a beach of golden sand with the warm ocean lapping around your ankles, under a clear blue sky. Whilst I work out which of my coats is least wet to go put the bin out and if I nurture the foot rot can I swing a disabled badge for the car. In the immortal words of your greatest Ambassador 'I should be so lucky ....'
You certainly know how to choose good equipment; the Canon P is one of my fave cameras of all times. With the Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens, there is a perfect marraige and so much magic.
Your use & abuse of the King's English brought as much pleasure as your photographic elucidations... enough to cause me to subscribe. Looking forward to more of your wits and wisdom.
Thanks Russell. My main paring of the Canon P is with a Nikon S.C. 5cm f/1.4 lens that I picked up years ago in a car park market for peanuts. It does have a scratch on the rear element but doesn't seem to affect the image. Sadly, I think the days of those kinds of bargains are long gone!
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One of my favorite lenses. Definitely a lens that I use sparingly. The best use I get out of it is for concert photography. It really shines when it’s a high energy show and I get up close and personal with it
I can imagine it would be a great way to capture all the lights and atmosphere around the subject.
Great video! Enjoyed it very much. Thank you.
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Nice video! For photography, it's too wide for my taste (or Skill), too. But it's interesting how you compose for it's wideness and it almost feels like the complete opposite, because you have to be so close - something like a context-aware composition in macro photography. Good luck and a lot of fun with your channel! I will definetly have a couple of more visits here in future 😁👌
Thanks for the support and feedback, Sören. I've managed to get some interesting shots with this angle on the street. It's like people notice you much less when you're right up close to them and it's easy to shoot from the hip and crop a little. But yes, landscapes are very difficult! Hope you see you back again on a future video.
Thanks! of course, I was happy to see my suspicion confirmed. 15mm is too wide for me. (but you did shoot some interesting shots) Recently, I got rid of about 75% of my camera gear. To make the start to put things in boxes, I started with everything that was heavy. That went quickly and filled two boxes. But now no more 120 format! 😩😢. Each box became more difficult. But my reward came almost immidiately after sending off the boxes. It's so easy to choose: SLR or rangefinder. Max two small extra lenses. If I need to send pictures quickly, I take the digital. A good camera, but it wants to take over. It also has about a 1000 very essential features hidden in a complicated, minuscule button operated menu. There is still life with a heavily reduced camera collection! Also no regrets on the scene such as: if I only had brought .... .
That makes a lot of sense! I should move house and then that will force me to reduce the amount of gear I have and free me from having having to make decisions.
The constraints of unlimited natural light and a lens so wide, every picture contains the entire observable universe make a heavy burden. (I liked the picture with the green grass)
Thanks, Matthew. I wear that burden with knowledge that I'd have the same-problem-but-different if I only had a long lens!
I have the 15mm f4.5 Voightlander manual focus on my ZF Nikon and it works great, between the ZF and Zfc I have three Voightlander and two Viltrox lens .
I haven't used the 15mm on my Nikon mirrorless yet but it sounds like a great alternative to the 14-30 Z f/4 as an ultrawide travel companion.
Definitely 15mm would be too wide for me, I like about 24mm at most, although 15mm would be good for architectural images. I agree, too much choice can be paralyzing. I usually take 1 camera and 1 lens as my main shooting gear, but, from several experiences, I have learned to bring another camera in case there are problems with the first camera because I don't want to waste the trip.
Thanks for the comment, Susan! I agree 24mm is a better general focal length. You have to want that 15mm - architecture yes, sometimes it works well for 'in your face' environmental street portraits. I agree I couldn't do a long trip with only one camera. About to head overseas for three weeks and it's going to be hard to keep to four!
My heart bleeds for you. The hell of having to shoot a beach of golden sand with the warm ocean lapping around your ankles, under a clear blue sky. Whilst I work out which of my coats is least wet to go put the bin out and if I nurture the foot rot can I swing a disabled badge for the car.
In the immortal words of your greatest Ambassador 'I should be so lucky ....'
I guess we always find something to complain about!
Definitely too wide for me.
Not an everyday lens for sure!