The best way I've found to choose lenses is to start with one lens. Then you may notice that there are things you wished that lens did. Then choose the next lens to meet that wish
That’s so true! It’s like anything in life. Try something and it will lead you to what you want/like. We always think of the outcome, but we don’t know what we don’t know. So it’s the journey that gets us there! :)
I just converted from Sony to Fuji for everything but wildlife. I bought the 2 lenses you recommended - 35mm (f/1.4 instead of f/2) and 16-80mm f/4. Learned the basics of the Fuji camera, went to my daughter’s graduation, and took the best portraits and landscapes I’ve ever made, along with having the most fun shooting. Fuji is amazing, but you here already knew that.
Man - I can’t tell you what a massive help you’ve been. My wife and I are getting started in photography. We bought an X-T4 and the 23mm f2. Totally love it. Your X-T4 guide and all your videos have been massive for us. Thanks for what you do.
35 f2 is the one that always stays on my camera. But for my starting kit, 55-200 is a must. Also I do have a 16 f1.4 but I find myself hardly using it.
As a novice just entering into the Fuji ecosystem, it took me hundreds of fuji lens reviews to answer to my questions. You just did it in less than 10 minutes. 🙏🙏 Subbed!
Roman, truly, this is one of a kind video talking about lenses (no matter which brand you are using) 👏🏻 great overview, quite practical and a honest opinion of yours! Loved that !!! As has been said, just get your gear and go for taking photos anywhere & anytime. That's what really makes the difference: enjoying and having fun!!! See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸
I used to have 35mm f1.4. Id say you can never go wrong with it. Compact, image quality was 👌 but it was just too narrow for me. Sold it and went for 23mm f1.4 and never looked back. Only got settled with 2 lenses, the 23mm f1.4 and 18-55 f2.8-f4
I have both the 35mm and the 23mm and I simply don't like the 23mm (I own two different 23mm). Have thought about 27mm and 30mm's but I don't think they have the quality of the 35mm 1.4, I wish fuji did a 27-30mm focusing on quality. In the meantime the 35mm is just fine for me; I don't mind the focal length as much as I dislike the 23mm's distortion.
I was hoping you were going to say mating elephants at least 3 more times! Nikon shooter here. I purchased an X-T2 and the new Fringer adapter to adapt Nikkor lenses to Fuji. I am in love! A Fuji with a 200-500 is fantastic!
two years down the line Roman but found that very useful thanks buddy I have a 23mm and in the process of getting the 35mm with an XT3 love your work.......
I'm considering to switch to Fuji and this was so informative and well done. Thank you! Also, the photos are great and the color grading in the video is dope.
I've got the XT-4 with the 18-55 "kit" lens, 35 f/2 and a third-party lens I don't use. Pretty much rocking the 35 the whole time, but I might be getting into real-estate photography so I have been eyeing the 8-16, which as you said on the discount you got, is about how much they go for second-hand so I'm not opposed to the price.
Own the 16-55mm, 16mm 1.4, 50-140mm, and 56mm 1.2. I used to own the 16mm 2.8, 23mm f2, 35mm f2, 55-200mm, 50-230mm ii, and the awful (please be gentle lol) 16-80mm. I will never look back at the f2 versions. Although they were nice and compact, I cant go back to them. Something about the 1.4s, even as old as they are, wants me to keep shooting with them. The f2s are a great starting point but optically the 1.4s (and 56 1.2) are in a different league.
@@오오-c2t4i I'm not sure if I had a bad copy, but it was disastrous. The distortion was out of control (even with camera corrections) and the color fringing was unbearable. Mine didnt appear soft (aside from corners) but it didnt do very well against flare. I may have been unlucky with my copy unlike others but I have never looked back unfortunately. I have used zooms before like the 16-55, 15-45, and 18-55...by far the 16-80 was worst for me. The only thing going for it was the ois and wr.
I had the same problem with deciding which lenses to buy with the X-Pro3 back in December 2019. I ended up with the 16-55 f/2.8 for flexibility. It’s quite decent. Eventually I got the 35 f/1.4 for portraits. Considering a telephoto lens in the next year or so. This video is quite relevant, thank you for creating it.
Oh yes liked it. I am jumping into the Fuji world. I have owned DSLR’s and learned to shoot with 1 prime lens...a 50mm 3.5 Macro. Used it for 12 years and developed all my black and white stuff. Then moved to Fujifilm color transparencies ( slides) which allowed me to shoot and share more. No Flickr or Facebook in the 70’s..haha. In 2017 started to shoot with an amazing little pocket camera with a 28-70mm (35mm) with. 1” sensor. Man it was liberating. Talk about becoming invisible for portrait or street photography, pretty amazing. So my goal with Fuji is to stay small. The more mid range zooms are still a bit of a stretch but the wide angle zooms up to 24 might work in lieu of two primes. Thanks ...love the 500 by the way. Too bad you did not have more time.
Roman, for street photography, have you considered the Fuji X100V camera? One 23mm fixed lens, but has a digital teleconverter that allows you to shoot 50mm and 70mm. Fuji uses their interpolation software to enable shooting in 50mm and 70mm. I’ve blown up test images 100% and 200%, and can’t see a difference. When using the teleconverter you can only shoot in jpeg, but I don’t find that a disadvantage for street photography. I used to carry around by X-T2 with the 3 primes you mentioned, but now have replaced that set up with an X100V. As you may know, the X100V uses a leaf shutter, allowing flash sync up to 1/4000 of a second. Also has a 4 stop built in ND filter, and an EVF and OVF viewfinder. Amazing camera.
This is very good advice/suggestion, especially for people just getting started in photography, but not for me because I have more Fuji XF lenses than I know what to do with. I found while doing my own non scientific testing (really non scientific hahaha) that my primes 16 f/2.8, 35 f/2 and 50 f/2 are sharper than my zooms at the same angle of view, I’m comparing them to the 16-80 and the 55-200, but I admit that I can only see the difference when pixel peeping the same photo side by side and zoomed in 100%. Stay safe Roman.
ppl who're just getting started dont need these $500 pro primes, one can start with much cheaper zooms, even xc 16-50 (i've started with it and still keep it for the day when i'll get xe3 for less than $400)) is more than enough for startes. ppl who start in photo will spend thier 1st year just learning how to frame correctly and learning what they need glass with f4 or plus most of the time, you'll do that painful expensive trip to f1.4-f2 thinking that your darn need it, and later you'll understand - nope, any decent glass at f4-f5.6 is ok for non portait work (travel, street etc) :-P and extra bonus - using dirt cheap 16-50 in the beginning will allow you to know for sure what prime you'd really need the most. e.g. it allowed me to see right away that i don't need 16, i'd need 14 (or less) or 23/35 first, and i'd need *more* than 50 (rather 70+)
super helpful video, ive been contemplating switching from my Canon over to the Fuji. One thing i can say though is my Sigma 18-35 is by far my favorite lens. Keep up the amazing content!
Great video, love the keep it simple approach, it’s the honest and rational one. I personaly somehow ended up with the 18-55 kit lens, a superb 80 f2.8 macro, a 16 1.4 and 56 1.2, all great lenses if a bit on the expensive side, for everyday use anyway. Cheers!
Hi, fairly new here and really like your videos. Just my opinion, but for travel, the kit lens is fantastic! (18-55) It can still take great street shots. So many benefits. My 35 f/2 stays on the camera otherwise for street. I bought the 70-300mm and it's fabulous too, but really use my DSLR for wildlife. The 18mm f/2 is the only Fuji lens I do not like. Perhaps I'm missing something but on my x-t3 and my x-t20 the photos are terrible.
Hey Roman another great tips video for our Fuji community. As it happens, I purchased most of those lenses with my original X-T2 all those years ago and that cheers me because I have sometimes flirted with the idea of selling the primes, simply because they don’t get used that much. You changed my mind on that for sure. I really am always pleasantly surprised at the results when I do occasionally use them and it prompts me to try and leave the 18-55 at home and be forced to use them. They really do shrink down the kit size and weight and the balance on the smaller bodied X-T2 is great. But I think the issue that makes me take my go-to 18-55 is its sheer versatility and sheer superb performance. Whenever I shoot with, say the 16mm, it just feels like I’m not getting in close enough a lot of the time…but hey, I’m a shy street photographer and admit, the occasions I got over my nervousness and moved in closer to subjects are definitely the times I got the best out of that prime. Fully agree on the WR choice too though it is a way to shave off cost for those who know they’ll only do fair weather photography. Aperture rings forever - lets hope anyway ;)
We all have our faves but now that I've started to use the IBIS fuji XS10 I've rediscovered the joy of my old 60mmf2,8 macro. Sure it's slow at focusing but it's light and does great Street and flowers
if you need two lenses with the best image quality and no issue paying the extra price, go for 16mm f1.4 and the 56mm f1.2. one for landscape and another for portrait. sure it may not be zoom lenses, but you can always compensate by just moving around.
@@DerJohnnyWalker a 50mm prime is somewhat similar (barring distortion) to 50mm on a 24-70mm zoom lens. but i guess youre referring to the compression on a diff focal length ie 200mm on a 70-200mm, then yes. but honestly in a normal situation, would you rather carry a heavy 70-200mm to a relatively smaller prime?
Nothing beats the 16-80mm in a one lens trip kind of scenario. I came here because I needed a prime besides that, this video couldn't have been any more spot on.
I stuck with 23mm for a long time, later added a 50-140 for event work, but then started to miss the longer reach while out on short trips or where you don't know the environment like you say. I thought a mid-range zoom would be a nice solution to leave on my camera for grab and go. Debated both the 16-55 and the 16-80, while the sharpness isn't as good at the edges, the extra reach, size, price and OIS made me pick the 16-80. Pretty happy with it so far!
Both are great, the 16 has the zoom and weather proof, but the 15 clearly has way better autofocus when zooming in and out. The 16 has a hard time holding focus. Love them both. Wish I was able to try every lens 😂
Street kit: XPro3 with 18mmf2, 23mmf2, 35mmf1.4 and 50mmf2 but on any given day I have just one of those lenses with me, not all four. I pick one from the bag based on, oh, I dunno, my mood. Landscape kit: 16-55mmf2.8 and 55-200mmf3.5-4.5 and Rokinor12mm. I almost never shoot wider than 16mm and rarely longer than 150mm Studio/portrait kit: 35mmf1.4, 56mmf1.2, Super Takumar 50mmf1.4. The 50mm Super Takumar gets more use lately than the 56mm, what a dreamy lens.
I love the footage of you enjoying the beautiful Scottish weather. Ha ha ha. As always, another great video. I always learn something from your stuff. Keep up the good work!
Having searched the internet especially youtibe channels, your advice is byfar suits my needs and wants. Already pre-purchased my body camera and that is X-T4. Now I think I am 99% to purchase exactly what you have suggested (16-80mm and 35mm) for a starting photographer like me. Thanks for these recommendation. I think you are most capable person to ask with your years of experience using your xt4, can I ask what are some "essential accessories" needed for my first camera and lenses. :) So far I have this list: which I love if you have any brand preference based on your personal experience. - Strap (both neck and wrist) - 1 extra battery (figured it out already) - cleaning kit - hood for both lenses - that "thing" screwed on the clicker - tripod - bag (of course) :) - The reason I wanted to buy these stuff one time big time is due to freight/shipping fee and its delivery period. Right now I am outside U.S. and I will probably buying all these stuff thru amazon and let my wife ship it overseas. Thank you very much in advance and keep safe bro. Stay strong!
Sounds good, the only suggesting I might make is the following..... Do you REALLY need a tripod? will you be doing a lot of locked video (filming yourself) or will you be doing long exposures like trails etc?if so, yes.... if not don't bother. Also rather than a camera bag, look at a camera cube instead to put inside your current bag. I personally use F-Stop cubes and for your kit the small shallow one is really good
@@snapsbyfoxIn that case looks like i might need one. Anyways, been watching most of your videos after I the message you till now. Found your gears on snapsbyfox but I didnt see the small brush i saw in one of those videos. Do you have a link of it? Thanks again.
Watched a bunch of your videos this weekend. Great content, man! I’ll be getting in the Fuji ecosystem soon and you just gained yourself a subscriber. ✌🏼
Hello !! This video of yours actually save me 100Euros.😄 Let me tell you how.. actually i bought a XT3 in January and had completely forgotten about claiming the cashback. So , now I have been watching your videos to decide which should be my first prime lens. Anyway, in the end of this video you mention about cashbacks and suddenly my bad brain remembers there was something i had to claim as well. So here I am in front of my camera boxes now claiming the money. and you know the best part. Today is the last day to claim it 😳 (I know, destiny!!) . So thank you for existing !! Loving all your videos and you are the Best !!
Have a look at the xf 55-200. This is a solid compact tele and I have no worries using it for landscapes. Covers more ground in your kit...using it for 2.5 years.
this video was simply amazing. i'm looking to get my first fuji camera, the x-e4. i'm planning to get one lens and do street & portrait photography and some videos with it. before, i was considering the 27mm f2.8 wr but this video changed my mind. i gonna wait for sales and get the camera with the 35mm f2. thank you.
Bro, i just bought my xt4 and your videos are really helpful. Im from Mexico and i enjoy your chanel and aprecciate your recommendations. Thanks for all
This was very helpful. Particularly the 16-80 mention. I’m about to buy my 1st Fujifilm camera and wasn’t sure if I should get that lens with it or go for the cheaper option kit. I’m from London too by the way!
Very interesting video, and I found out I ended up with a kit quite similar : - The old but still great 10-24mm (only drawback no WR) - the 60mm macro for the longer shot, the autofocus is slower but the newer body compensate a little and I get the macro for a small size. - the 35mm f2 - the 27mm mark2 And the 27mm is almost glued on the body, With the 60mm for details. I was hesitant so far for the telezoom due to the overall size Vs body. I will give it a look before our next travel. Stéphane
First lens i bought was a Pentacon 50mm 1.8, bought an adapter from aliexpress and absolutely love the thing to death. After that I bought a Fuji 35mm 1.4 and I can say that for the fuji system, I got the holy grail with those two. The older one might not be the best vintage nifty 50 but its magical non the less. And the 35? What a beauty, absolute magical lens. Only missing a decent sub 20mm lens to cover pretty much every focal length I like to shoot with, the original XC 16mm kit just doesn't cut it for me. It's definitely missing that je ne sais quoi.
I have all the same lenses except the 16-55, mainly because I tried it a few times, but the copies I tried were flawed optically (due to copy variation). I gave up and settled for the 16-80, which is stellar (as sharp as the 16-55, 23 or 35) between 20mm and 50mm. Optically, it suffers at the extreme wide and long ends, so I would suggest complementing it with a 14, 16, or 90 prime, or the 10-24 and 55-200 or 50-140 zooms. For street, yes agree, the 35/2 by itself or the 23/50 combo is the way to go.
The 16-55 is a phenomenal lens with lovely bokeh. It's a heavy beast but the sharpness at f4 compared to the 16-80 must be worth it! I think the next lens for me will be the 23 or 35 f2...
@@snapsbyfox btw, any idea why the chapters don’t work in this video? Usually it checks it automatically and then adds this little breaks in the timeline of the video player
My experience with Fuji so far is that, is that you can easily go for the safe trio of the 23mm f2.0(/1.4,in my opinion if you can afford this lens over the 2.0 there is no downside other than the fact that the 2.0 fits in pockets easily).Same logic applies on the 35mm even though some people will stick with the f2.0 for reasons I don't quite get.Finally the expensive lens of the three is the zoom lens of 50-130 f2.8 which even though I never used zoom lenses before i love. With the kit mentioned above you will have a safe bet that you will not end up selling any gear anytime soon and that you will understand quite fast if there is something you miss like a longer focal length lens or a fish eye lens,i am pretty confident suggesting these three lenses even to people that are not into street photography or that haven't been familliar with wide angle lenses on the past.
Excellent trio of primes also own the small 16mm f2,8 & the 18mm f2,0 much improved with firmware and especially newer bodies One on body and two lenses in in two jacket pockets great street walk about city kit ! Zoom kit the XF 10-24mm f4 & XF 18-135mm both OIS job done always shop around for good used gear :) And please use a lens hood all the time !
Excellent, thank you for this video. That was basically my thinking as well during my journey from Nikon into Fuji. I went for the f4 10-24 & 16-80 zooms along with the f2 23, 35 & 50 Fujicron primes and the 2.8/27 pancake. Two bodies X-E3 and X-H1. Except for X-E3 with the 10-24 everything else is from the used market. I never had any problems with buying used Fuji gear, I have got two f2/35 and noted a small in sharpness.
on the same journey, but i won't drop nikon dslrs, their viewfinders are still better and flash work is easier/cheaper to do in darker spaces (dansing parties). fuji is getting street/travel system though. i started with 10-24, 35f1.4 and 55-200, later added 27f2.8 (which i use *a lot* now), and once i found a used 23f2 for 250e, i've picked it up, just in case, it's nice, but i'd have hard time deciding which one to keep, 23 or pancake 27... 50mm - nope, 35f1.8 nikkor dx or 50mm f1.8 nikkor fx can do the same job as i don't need fast af for that lenght...
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The best way I've found to choose lenses is to start with one lens. Then you may notice that there are things you wished that lens did. Then choose the next lens to meet that wish
That’s so true! It’s like anything in life. Try something and it will lead you to what you want/like. We always think of the outcome, but we don’t know what we don’t know. So it’s the journey that gets us there! :)
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Or just get the 16-80 and be done with it 😎
@@MrVirgilVox haha my 16-55 is workhorse for paid shoots. A zoom is easier.
Or watch a video... Amd buy only one
I agree! The 35mm f2 doesn't come off my camera when I go out for street photography. I love keeping things simple and minimal on the street.
I just converted from Sony to Fuji for everything but wildlife. I bought the 2 lenses you recommended - 35mm (f/1.4 instead of f/2) and 16-80mm f/4. Learned the basics of the Fuji camera, went to my daughter’s graduation, and took the best portraits and landscapes I’ve ever made, along with having the most fun shooting. Fuji is amazing, but you here already knew that.
I just did exactly the same, but the graduation portraits… awesome… what lense comes next?
Man - I can’t tell you what a massive help you’ve been. My wife and I are getting started in photography. We bought an X-T4 and the 23mm f2. Totally love it. Your X-T4 guide and all your videos have been massive for us.
Thanks for what you do.
I can’t believe that you’ve covered all my questions in one video! Thank you very much!
Second to that. Great content. Thanks much.
Love your no-nonsense, frank and pragmatic delivery. Great info and just the right amount of humor - mating elephants!
Cheers!
I love the fact that the fujicron is so small and perfect for street photography.
35 f2 is the one that always stays on my camera. But for my starting kit, 55-200 is a must. Also I do have a 16 f1.4 but I find myself hardly using it.
Thanks! Just upgraded to an XT4 with the 16-80 and now looking to expand my new collection!
That’s a lens I find tempting to buy.
Me too
Fantastic! Great interview without hearing a question. Really enjoyable.
As a novice just entering into the Fuji ecosystem, it took me hundreds of fuji lens reviews to answer to my questions. You just did it in less than 10 minutes. 🙏🙏 Subbed!
Just bought an X-T3 and 35mm f2 so this video is super helpful for me!
@@snapsbyfox I picked up a Fringer adapter as well to use my Canon glass and it works shockingly well.
Thank you, I am used to my kit lens, i do a lot of street photography so i will start using my 35 mm more. SUBSCRIBED
Roman, truly, this is one of a kind video talking about lenses (no matter which brand you are using) 👏🏻 great overview, quite practical and a honest opinion of yours! Loved that !!!
As has been said, just get your gear and go for taking photos anywhere & anytime. That's what really makes the difference: enjoying and having fun!!!
See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸
Dude is so straightforward.Love it
Very useful. Sold my X-100V because there are times I ”need” a different lens. But I will stay in the Fuji family. I subscribed 👍
Dude!!! Great video!! I like your honest and blunt way of talking!! Great job bro! Keep it up!!
I used to have 35mm f1.4. Id say you can never go wrong with it. Compact, image quality was 👌 but it was just too narrow for me. Sold it and went for 23mm f1.4 and never looked back. Only got settled with 2 lenses, the 23mm f1.4 and 18-55 f2.8-f4
That's what I currently use. The kit lens does not disappoint imo.
I have both the 35mm and the 23mm and I simply don't like the 23mm (I own two different 23mm).
Have thought about 27mm and 30mm's but I don't think they have the quality of the 35mm 1.4, I wish fuji did a 27-30mm focusing on quality.
In the meantime the 35mm is just fine for me; I don't mind the focal length as much as I dislike the 23mm's distortion.
I was hoping you were going to say mating elephants at least 3 more times! Nikon shooter here. I purchased an X-T2 and the new Fringer adapter to adapt Nikkor lenses to Fuji. I am in love! A Fuji with a 200-500 is fantastic!
Roman,
Honest and to the point what anyone would need to know. Well done and thank you.
Solid recommendations, as usual. Thank you.
two years down the line Roman but found that very useful thanks buddy I have a 23mm and in the process of getting the 35mm with an XT3 love your work.......
after years of 6d,6dm2,a7iii now xe2s and 27 f2.8 rocks !!!!! thank you fuji
I'm considering to switch to Fuji and this was so informative and well done. Thank you!
Also, the photos are great and the color grading in the video is dope.
if you are mighty wildlife photographer, picture of elephants and i died 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for your recommendations. I know this is an old video but I really find these useful in 2022!
I have the 16-80 and have to agree it's an amazing lens. I almost didn't buy any other lens is that good but fancied some primes.
Thanks Roman, really appreciate this video!
I've got the XT-4 with the 18-55 "kit" lens, 35 f/2 and a third-party lens I don't use. Pretty much rocking the 35 the whole time, but I might be getting into real-estate photography so I have been eyeing the 8-16, which as you said on the discount you got, is about how much they go for second-hand so I'm not opposed to the price.
Thanks. This has been part of my pre-checking before I move to Fuji (xt4). Very useful.
Outstanding pics and review. Thank you for posting.
Own the 16-55mm, 16mm 1.4, 50-140mm, and 56mm 1.2.
I used to own the 16mm 2.8, 23mm f2, 35mm f2, 55-200mm, 50-230mm ii, and the awful (please be gentle lol) 16-80mm. I will never look back at the f2 versions. Although they were nice and compact, I cant go back to them. Something about the 1.4s, even as old as they are, wants me to keep shooting with them. The f2s are a great starting point but optically the 1.4s (and 56 1.2) are in a different league.
why did you hate 16-80?
@@오오-c2t4i I'm not sure if I had a bad copy, but it was disastrous. The distortion was out of control (even with camera corrections) and the color fringing was unbearable. Mine didnt appear soft (aside from corners) but it didnt do very well against flare. I may have been unlucky with my copy unlike others but I have never looked back unfortunately. I have used zooms before like the 16-55, 15-45, and 18-55...by far the 16-80 was worst for me. The only thing going for it was the ois and wr.
@@towncaptain7 thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m having hard time choosing between 16-55 and 16-80 with T4. +1 for 1655 then!
recently got the 50-140 for cheap and it is AAMAZING! fast focus and the OIS is really good in it as well for video!
I had the same problem with deciding which lenses to buy with the X-Pro3 back in December 2019. I ended up with the 16-55 f/2.8 for flexibility. It’s quite decent.
Eventually I got the 35 f/1.4 for portraits. Considering a telephoto lens in the next year or so.
This video is quite relevant, thank you for creating it.
thanks for the effort and the sharing. i have the x-t1 and the 35/f2. both bought used. both just lovely. stay well. thumbs up.
Thanks for the video man. Just got myself a 35f2 after 2 years using the kitlens. Still trying it out..
Man, your review gave a great understanding of what lens to buy for my xt4. Keep it up Roman.Awesome😊
Oh yes liked it. I am jumping into the Fuji world. I have owned DSLR’s and learned to shoot with 1 prime lens...a 50mm 3.5 Macro. Used it for 12 years and developed all my black and white stuff. Then moved to Fujifilm color transparencies ( slides) which allowed me to shoot and share more. No Flickr or Facebook in the 70’s..haha. In 2017 started to shoot with an amazing little pocket camera with a 28-70mm (35mm) with. 1” sensor. Man it was liberating. Talk about becoming invisible for portrait or street photography, pretty amazing. So my goal with Fuji is to stay small. The more mid range zooms are still a bit of a stretch but the wide angle zooms up to 24 might work in lieu of two primes. Thanks ...love the 500 by the way. Too bad you did not have more time.
I got the 35 F2 and 16-80 F4 - fantastic lenses. 🎉
Roman, for street photography, have you considered the Fuji X100V camera? One 23mm fixed lens, but has a digital teleconverter that allows you to shoot 50mm and 70mm. Fuji uses their interpolation software to enable shooting in 50mm and 70mm. I’ve blown up test images 100% and 200%, and can’t see a difference. When using the teleconverter you can only shoot in jpeg, but I don’t find that a disadvantage for street photography. I used to carry around by X-T2 with the 3 primes you mentioned, but now have replaced that set up with an X100V. As you may know, the X100V uses a leaf shutter, allowing flash sync up to 1/4000 of a second. Also has a 4 stop built in ND filter, and an EVF and OVF viewfinder. Amazing camera.
This was extraordinarily helpful. Thank you!
This is very good advice/suggestion, especially for people just getting started in photography, but not for me because I have more Fuji XF lenses than I know what to do with. I found while doing my own non scientific testing (really non scientific hahaha) that my primes 16 f/2.8, 35 f/2 and 50 f/2 are sharper than my zooms at the same angle of view, I’m comparing them to the 16-80 and the 55-200, but I admit that I can only see the difference when pixel peeping the same photo side by side and zoomed in 100%. Stay safe Roman.
ppl who're just getting started dont need these $500 pro primes, one can start with much cheaper zooms, even xc 16-50 (i've started with it and still keep it for the day when i'll get xe3 for less than $400)) is more than enough for startes. ppl who start in photo will spend thier 1st year just learning how to frame correctly and learning what they need glass with f4 or plus most of the time, you'll do that painful expensive trip to f1.4-f2 thinking that your darn need it, and later you'll understand - nope, any decent glass at f4-f5.6 is ok for non portait work (travel, street etc) :-P and extra bonus - using dirt cheap 16-50 in the beginning will allow you to know for sure what prime you'd really need the most. e.g. it allowed me to see right away that i don't need 16, i'd need 14 (or less) or 23/35 first, and i'd need *more* than 50 (rather 70+)
16-55 mm & 80 m macro are my go to
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Came here for the advices, and stayed for the amazing photographs!! Wow!
Love the Style of your photos
super helpful video, ive been contemplating switching from my Canon over to the Fuji. One thing i can say though is my Sigma 18-35 is by far my favorite lens. Keep up the amazing content!
such a great video bro, love your honesty
There is an updated one coming later today :)
Great video, love the keep it simple approach, it’s the honest and rational one. I personaly somehow ended up with the 18-55 kit lens, a superb 80 f2.8 macro, a 16 1.4 and 56 1.2, all great lenses if a bit on the expensive side, for everyday use anyway. Cheers!
Hi, fairly new here and really like your videos. Just my opinion, but for travel, the kit lens is fantastic! (18-55) It can still take great street shots. So many benefits. My 35 f/2 stays on the camera otherwise for street. I bought the 70-300mm and it's fabulous too, but really use my DSLR for wildlife. The 18mm f/2 is the only Fuji lens I do not like. Perhaps I'm missing something but on my x-t3 and my x-t20 the photos are terrible.
Most people don't like 18 f2, its slow to focus, loud and misses focus a lot
Hey Roman another great tips video for our Fuji community. As it happens, I purchased most of those lenses with my original X-T2 all those years ago and that cheers me because I have sometimes flirted with the idea of selling the primes, simply because they don’t get used that much. You changed my mind on that for sure. I really am always pleasantly surprised at the results when I do occasionally use them and it prompts me to try and leave the 18-55 at home and be forced to use them. They really do shrink down the kit size and weight and the balance on the smaller bodied X-T2 is great. But I think the issue that makes me take my go-to 18-55 is its sheer versatility and sheer superb performance. Whenever I shoot with, say the 16mm, it just feels like I’m not getting in close enough a lot of the time…but hey, I’m a shy street photographer and admit, the occasions I got over my nervousness and moved in closer to subjects are definitely the times I got the best out of that prime. Fully agree on the WR choice too though it is a way to shave off cost for those who know they’ll only do fair weather photography. Aperture rings forever - lets hope anyway ;)
We all have our faves but now that I've started to use the IBIS fuji XS10 I've rediscovered the joy of my old 60mmf2,8 macro. Sure it's slow at focusing but it's light and does great Street and flowers
The photos on your 50mm are insanely beautiful 👌
Ive seen a Fujifilm 56mm f 1.2 lens in the catalog, when I lived in Alaska it was dark for most of the winter, fast lenses was where it was at.
Ive just bought a x-t4! So this is so helpful :)
if you need two lenses with the best image quality and no issue paying the extra price, go for 16mm f1.4 and the 56mm f1.2. one for landscape and another for portrait. sure it may not be zoom lenses, but you can always compensate by just moving around.
Zooming and walking are not the same, because you change perspective by changing your distance to your subject.
@@DerJohnnyWalker a 50mm prime is somewhat similar (barring distortion) to 50mm on a 24-70mm zoom lens. but i guess youre referring to the compression on a diff focal length ie 200mm on a 70-200mm, then yes. but honestly in a normal situation, would you rather carry a heavy 70-200mm to a relatively smaller prime?
Great advice thank you
Great information and video sir!
very informative and you covered all the points! thank you so much sir. 🙏
Great video! Thank you!!!
Absolutely wonderful presentation! Thank you so very much :)
Nothing beats the 16-80mm in a one lens trip kind of scenario. I came here because I needed a prime besides that, this video couldn't have been any more spot on.
Very informative thanks
After shooting with Canon the past 6 years, I’ve switched to Fuji. Thanks for the video, trying to figure the best lenses to get.
Informative video. I really like your compositions. And great to see that you use "standard" 35mm. Also my favourite lens
I stuck with 23mm for a long time, later added a 50-140 for event work, but then started to miss the longer reach while out on short trips or where you don't know the environment like you say. I thought a mid-range zoom would be a nice solution to leave on my camera for grab and go. Debated both the 16-55 and the 16-80, while the sharpness isn't as good at the edges, the extra reach, size, price and OIS made me pick the 16-80. Pretty happy with it so far!
Both are great, the 16 has the zoom and weather proof, but the 15 clearly has way better autofocus when zooming in and out. The 16 has a hard time holding focus. Love them both. Wish I was able to try every lens 😂
Street kit: XPro3 with 18mmf2, 23mmf2, 35mmf1.4 and 50mmf2 but on any given day I have just one of those lenses with me, not all four. I pick one from the bag based on, oh, I dunno, my mood.
Landscape kit: 16-55mmf2.8 and 55-200mmf3.5-4.5 and Rokinor12mm. I almost never shoot wider than 16mm and rarely longer than 150mm
Studio/portrait kit: 35mmf1.4, 56mmf1.2, Super Takumar 50mmf1.4. The 50mm Super Takumar gets more use lately than the 56mm, what a dreamy lens.
I love the footage of you enjoying the beautiful Scottish weather. Ha ha ha. As always, another great video. I always learn something from your stuff. Keep up the good work!
Having searched the internet especially youtibe channels, your advice is byfar suits my needs and wants. Already pre-purchased my body camera and that is X-T4. Now I think I am 99% to purchase exactly what you have suggested (16-80mm and 35mm) for a starting photographer like me. Thanks for these recommendation.
I think you are most capable person to ask with your years of experience using your xt4, can I ask what are some "essential accessories" needed for my first camera and lenses. :)
So far I have this list: which I love if you have any brand preference based on your personal experience.
- Strap (both neck and wrist)
- 1 extra battery (figured it out already)
- cleaning kit
- hood for both lenses
- that "thing" screwed on the clicker
- tripod
- bag (of course) :)
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The reason I wanted to buy these stuff one time big time is due to freight/shipping fee and its delivery period. Right now I am outside U.S. and I will probably buying all these stuff thru amazon and let my wife ship it overseas.
Thank you very much in advance and keep safe bro. Stay strong!
Sounds good, the only suggesting I might make is the following.....
Do you REALLY need a tripod? will you be doing a lot of locked video (filming yourself) or will you be doing long exposures like trails etc?if so, yes.... if not don't bother. Also rather than a camera bag, look at a camera cube instead to put inside your current bag. I personally use F-Stop cubes and for your kit the small shallow one is really good
@@snapsbyfoxIn that case looks like i might need one. Anyways, been watching most of your videos after I the message you till now. Found your gears on snapsbyfox but I didnt see the small brush i saw in one of those videos. Do you have a link of it? Thanks again.
Watched a bunch of your videos this weekend. Great content, man! I’ll be getting in the Fuji ecosystem soon and you just gained yourself a subscriber. ✌🏼
Hello !! This video of yours actually save me 100Euros.😄 Let me tell you how.. actually i bought a XT3 in January and had completely forgotten about claiming the cashback. So , now I have been watching your videos to decide which should be my first prime lens. Anyway, in the end of this video you mention about cashbacks and suddenly my bad brain remembers there was something i had to claim as well. So here I am in front of my camera boxes now claiming the money. and you know the best part. Today is the last day to claim it 😳 (I know, destiny!!) . So thank you for existing !! Loving all your videos and you are the Best !!
Excellent review 👌 , I like the xf 23mm (f1.4 or f2) lenses for indoor and outdoor use. Thanks alot
Moved to Fuji earlier this year and started with XT4, 16-80 and 35 f2 for exactly reasons you suggested 😀👍. Next on list is 10-24 I think 🤔
Have a look at the xf 55-200. This is a solid compact tele and I have no worries using it for landscapes. Covers more ground in your kit...using it for 2.5 years.
well explained, straight to the point and uses images as examples! wow
This is my go to. 27mm f2.8 II is always glued on my camera, 16mm f1.4 for my wide angle and close up needs, 56mm f1.2 for my bokeh portraits.
I recently switched from the Canon system to the Fujifilm system and love the 35 F2 and 16-80 F4 lenses so far.
It took me a while but I finally found my ideal travel/ street lens set. The 18mm f1.4 and 50mm f2 for a XT4.
Found this a nice overview and would recommend this for those starting out or moving up to the next level.
That’s very useful info for me.
this video was simply amazing. i'm looking to get my first fuji camera, the x-e4. i'm planning to get one lens and do street & portrait photography and some videos with it. before, i was considering the 27mm f2.8 wr but this video changed my mind. i gonna wait for sales and get the camera with the 35mm f2. thank you.
thank you so much for this video.. it really helped
Excellent and useful. Cheers.
Bro, i just bought my xt4 and your videos are really helpful. Im from Mexico and i enjoy your chanel and aprecciate your recommendations. Thanks for all
This was very helpful. Particularly the 16-80 mention. I’m about to buy my 1st Fujifilm camera and wasn’t sure if I should get that lens with it or go for the cheaper option kit.
I’m from London too by the way!
I love the „Fujicron“ series, too. Good Job, man.
Brilliant video
Very interesting video, and I found out I ended up with a kit quite similar :
- The old but still great 10-24mm (only drawback no WR)
- the 60mm macro for the longer shot, the autofocus is slower but the newer body compensate a little and I get the macro for a small size.
- the 35mm f2
- the 27mm mark2
And the 27mm is almost glued on the body, With the 60mm for details.
I was hesitant so far for the telezoom due to the overall size Vs body. I will give it a look before our next travel.
Stéphane
The 60mm macro is a great portrait lens as well, that hardly anyone seems to know about.
Awesome video mate, I personally love my XC-35. I also use a vintage Pentax M 50mm f2
First lens i bought was a Pentacon 50mm 1.8, bought an adapter from aliexpress and absolutely love the thing to death. After that I bought a Fuji 35mm 1.4 and I can say that for the fuji system, I got the holy grail with those two. The older one might not be the best vintage nifty 50 but its magical non the less. And the 35? What a beauty, absolute magical lens. Only missing a decent sub 20mm lens to cover pretty much every focal length I like to shoot with, the original XC 16mm kit just doesn't cut it for me. It's definitely missing that je ne sais quoi.
I have all the same lenses except the 16-55, mainly because I tried it a few times, but the copies I tried were flawed optically (due to copy variation). I gave up and settled for the 16-80, which is stellar (as sharp as the 16-55, 23 or 35) between 20mm and 50mm. Optically, it suffers at the extreme wide and long ends, so I would suggest complementing it with a 14, 16, or 90 prime, or the 10-24 and 55-200 or 50-140 zooms. For street, yes agree, the 35/2 by itself or the 23/50 combo is the way to go.
The 16-55 is a phenomenal lens with lovely bokeh. It's a heavy beast but the sharpness at f4 compared to the 16-80 must be worth it! I think the next lens for me will be the 23 or 35 f2...
yeah. lives on my xt3.
Im not sure if i should spend 900CAD more for the 16-55 vs 16-80 bundled with the xt4. Can’t try em out :(
Great info. Thanks
Thanks! Really helpful!
Cheers
@@snapsbyfox btw, any idea why the chapters don’t work in this video? Usually it checks it automatically and then adds this little breaks in the timeline of the video player
Thanks mate good video
Helpful video Bro 👍
My experience with Fuji so far is that, is that you can easily go for the safe trio of the 23mm f2.0(/1.4,in my opinion if you can afford this lens over the 2.0 there is no downside other than the fact that the 2.0 fits in pockets easily).Same logic applies on the 35mm even though some people will stick with the f2.0 for reasons I don't quite get.Finally the expensive lens of the three is the zoom lens of 50-130 f2.8 which even though I never used zoom lenses before i love.
With the kit mentioned above you will have a safe bet that you will not end up selling any gear anytime soon and that you will understand quite fast if there is something you miss like a longer focal length lens or a fish eye lens,i am pretty confident suggesting these three lenses even to people that are not into street photography or that haven't been familliar with wide angle lenses on the past.
Nice one Roman, Thanks for the info.
Excellent trio of primes also own the small 16mm f2,8 & the 18mm f2,0 much improved with firmware and especially newer bodies One on body and two lenses in in two jacket pockets great street walk about city kit !
Zoom kit the XF 10-24mm f4 & XF 18-135mm both OIS job done always shop around for good used gear :)
And please use a lens hood all the time !
I wish fuji made a 28 f2 so i could pair with a 16-80 and my 18. I have never gotten on with the 35mm (50mm equiv) focal length 😕
Excellent, thank you for this video. That was basically my thinking as well during my journey from Nikon into Fuji. I went for the f4 10-24 & 16-80 zooms along with the f2 23, 35 & 50 Fujicron primes and the 2.8/27 pancake. Two bodies X-E3 and X-H1. Except for X-E3 with the 10-24 everything else is from the used market. I never had any problems with buying used Fuji gear, I have got two f2/35 and noted a small in sharpness.
on the same journey, but i won't drop nikon dslrs, their viewfinders are still better and flash work is easier/cheaper to do in darker spaces (dansing parties). fuji is getting street/travel system though. i started with 10-24, 35f1.4 and 55-200, later added 27f2.8 (which i use *a lot* now), and once i found a used 23f2 for 250e, i've picked it up, just in case, it's nice, but i'd have hard time deciding which one to keep, 23 or pancake 27... 50mm - nope, 35f1.8 nikkor dx or 50mm f1.8 nikkor fx can do the same job as i don't need fast af for that lenght...