Follow along as I walk through my regular street photography route in Chinatown with @JulianFok with the brand new Fujifilm X-T5 and XF30mm f/2.8 R LM WR Macro. Wait? A macro lens for street photography? With a 45mm equivalent field-of-view, I think it’s perfect as an everyday lens and a street photography lens. I grew up shooting with my father’s Minolta XG-1 with the 45mm MD-Rokkor, and I love the M-Rokkor 40mm on my Leica M-mount cameras. Watch me as I walk through the streets of Chinatown Vancouver as I test the new X-T5 and XF30mm lens. Wait for my full review soon, and check out my separate articles on Fujilove on both the X-T5 and XF30mm:
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17 Comments
I'll be keeping my M3
Cool
A few years ago I kept a 40mm on my Canon SL2 which was my second, video, walk around camera.
the hot sauce wall is crazy haha never seen that many in the fat mao noodle place.
X-t5, x-h2 & X-h2s. Fuji did a great job. Offering a very nice product range. (ok maybe they should have given the X-t5 the same 5 million dot viewfinder 😂).
I felt your pain with the ladies with the red jackets…haha!
Also I like the 50mm f2 and the look of the 30 doesn’t bother me at all.
I really need to visit your Chinatown. Great video!
My general purpose Fuji APSC lens is the 27mm f2.8. It's a much smaller lens. I think the 30mm is probably good for a macro lens. 27mm is better for street.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, Take. I love the look of Chinatown in Vancouver. Seems to be a REAL area that is used by Chinese people and not simply a tourist attraction like the one we have here in London, England.
Great street vid…really enjoyed your style. You make an excellent point about getting known around the area which takes away the feeling of sticking out as a photographer. You can relax and work with most of the people just accepting you. I got the 30mm with the X-T5 and it is an excellent all round lens. Agree with your views about the macro but as an occasional macro (especially for inaninmate subjects) it is nice to have
I agree with the ugly lens assessment – when I unboxed mine I thought “oh dear…” But once I started using it I was blown away. It’s marketed as a Macro but I think that’s wrong, it’s more of a tack sharp highly versatile general purpose lens with closeup / macro capabilities. It’s replaced my XF 27 WR and I’m liking it so much my X100V is getting dusty – and that’s saying something.
Great video! Have a great holiday season!
Macro lenses cannot, by design, be very fast. F/2.8 is pretty good for non-macro use.
Ugly lens but I absolutely love it. Extremely versatile. It might be my new favorite.
thats just crazy to see a full zoom H recorder on the camera haha 0:13 – nice video on Julian
the lens looks really appealing as well, a lot of nice photos shown in the video
forgot to ask for the xt5 and the 40mp, is it a bad thing to set a lower mp in the settings or thats not possible?
its such a hard decision cause before seeing the possible idea of a 30mm macro, i thought the 85mm would be a nice hybrid macro and portrait lens. then this 30mm gives a different style of macro and nice hybrid for general photography as well while also being cheaper too.
Hi Take, Cool backpack; what’s the brand? Thx.
Fun video. Gotta disagree with the comment about screens, though…SOME stills photographers, like you, prefer tilt screens … BUT other stills photographers prefer fully articulating screens. Better yet, would love if Fuji put out cameras that do both…kind of lime the screen on the Sony a7R-V (a7R5).
Currently, I prefer the XT4 and feel no need to get the XT5 (tilt-only screen was a deal killer for me).
That 30mm macro was sweet as a combo walk-around and macro lens… that kind of retro-ish design is kind of cute…
Great video as always! How do you feel the 30mm f/2.8 compares to the pancake 27mm f/2.8? The 27 is definitely a smaller package. I find f/2.8 works best outdoors for me and life is easier for me with faster glass indoors.
I'm craving Fat Mao!