BH Photo Explora – Mikaton Zhongyi Lenses Bring on the Speed and then Some
Today I would like to share a rather massive lens roundup.
It will include:
It’s a lot of stuff ;).
Third Party / Adapted Lenses
February was an extremely busy month.
With 108 articles published in 29 days, you might have missed some here and there, so here are the top articles shared in February.
On the 11th position, but worth the mention here, is the Fujifilm X Summit live stream article.
I hope you had a good time in February.
And I have the feeling that March could be exciting, too, because we might have to talk about some important decisions Fujifilm is making.
Interested?
Then make sure to follow FujiRumors, as it’s the only place, where you will read about it.
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Back in mid January, I wrote this article, where I told you that my best friend asked me to photograph his wedding.
Well, actually not his entire wedding.
There is an official photographer, but he will stay only until dinner. He will then leave, and my friend asked me if I can cover it from dinner onwards.
So I asked you…
… in order to be ready for the shoot, any tips and tricks, also from a gear point of view?
The article received a massive response with over 230 comments.
I did read them all, but was not able to reply to all of them, as then all the mega buzz started for the X100V announcement and the Fujifilm X-T4 rumors. Not to talk that January is always extremely busy also at school, and now in February I started a video project, which takes lots of time, too.
So I thought I post one big response article now, that touches three main points: the gear, how I should relate with the official photographer and something that came unexpected for me: the risk to destroy my friendship.
Let’s go in order:
Hey folks,
This morning I woke up, with a message from one of my best friends, who marries in June.
The message said:
Hey Pat. Would you mind take your camera gear at the wedding? We do have an official photographer, but it would be nice if you can take some images, too. Also, the photographer will stay only until dinner. So if you could grab images of the late night dance party…
And you bet, I accepted, because isn’t there a better excuse to buy new gear, than to help to photograph the wedding of your best friend? :D
Now, I want to do things right for one of the most important days in the life of my friend.
So here are a couple of things I need to do:
Never be in the way of the photographer. I don’t want to be one of those annoying guest jumping into his frame to get an image. We pay those guys, so that we can enjoy the moment, and later have some cool shots to remember forever.
But the photographer can’t be everywhere at all time, so I will try to be there, where he is not, and maybe I’ll get some nice shots ;).
But overall my philosphoy:
Whatever the official Photographer does, he will do it much better than me. So stay out of his way. My focus is on the night shots, when he is gone.
I am a man on a mission: convert people to Fujifilm. So you can bet I’ll grab the photographer in one of his rare moments of rest, and try to convert him to the Fuji side of life!
And now comes the gear part. And for that, I will make shameless use of FujiRumors for private reasons, and ask all of you guys, what you recommend me to do.
Maybe I could go along with what I own already, but I believe I need a gear upgrade.
Here is what I am considering to do.
I could need a low light autofocus boost over my X-E3, hence I am either considering the Fujifilm X-T3, Fujifilm X-Pro3 or even the Fujifilm X-T4.
At the moment I am tending towards getting the Fujifilm X-T4.
My current fastest lens options with autofocus are the Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 and XF 35mm f/1.4. But I believe I need more.
I am considering to get two more lenses: the Fujinon XF16mm f/1.4 for some wide shots on the dancing floor, and the XF56mmf/1.2.
These four fast primes should cover my needs properly.
What do you think, am I good to go, or do I need something else? Maybe one of those nice f/2.8 zooms?
Once I have the new gear, I will go out and practice to shoot in similar low light dancing scenarios. I need to see what works and what not, as I am not very familiar with those kinds of shots, as you can see from my instagram.
But I know many of you are so much more experienced than me, so if somebody of you can give me tips on settings, feel free to drop them down below in the comments.
To get all this new goodness, something probably has go.
Hence I could soon put my X-T1 on sale, the camera that took my favorite image, and which story I told you here (I got it after I destroyed my X-E2).
As far as lenses go, I think I’ll have to let go the Fujinon XF 18-55 and XF 55-200, and stay with my XF 18-135 only. Letting those lenses go isn’t easy. Selling that gear will help to mitigate internal discussions with my wife when I get the new one ;).
And if you want, and have the possibility, you are always free to make a micro-donation on Patreon. Even just $1 or $2 a month can help a lot, if many do it. Mostly it will allow me to cover the costs of the site… but if the support is big, well, then maybe also to get new gear ;).
Down below are a couple of surveys, where you can offer your camera and lens suggestions also in form of a vote.
Also, I will try to get permission from my friend to share some images on my instagram, so that I can share the results .´
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Oscar Wilde once said:
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it
But today we will prove him wrong.
We will display a series of stunning X-T3, X-T2 and X-T20 images, and show to Oscar that we don’t need a Fujifilm X-T4 to create stunning imagery.
Because no specs on the world can replace your feeling… and it’s a known fact, that feeling is the origin of your creativity and intuition.
In the spirit of this post, do you want to hear the story behind my all time favorite image?
If you have 30 seconds… here it is:
I was in Cambodia (for my fair trade Fuji X T-shirts project), walking through an abandoned Casino in Bokor, with one of my very best friends.
I borrowed her my Fujifilm X-T1 camera, and she took a couple of snapshots.
At some point I saw some kids playing hide and seek in the building.
One of them hide behind a wall, waiting for his little friends to come up the stairs.
I noticed all this, and told to my friend “give me the X-T1, and I’ll grab the killer shot“.
She gave it to me, I placed myself in the right position… and waited.
And then it happened: the hiding kid leaned out beyond the wall, then suddenly watched down the stairs to see where his friends are. In that moment, I was ready and took the image.
I came home, printed it, and now I have it big on my wall.
And it was taken with a Fujifilm X-T1.
Call it luck, call it intuition. Whatever it was. It was nothing you can read on any specs paper.
So yes, let’s be happy about the Fujifilm X-T4, but also not forget, that what we own now, is plenty of good enough.
In the spirit of this post, enjoy the X-T image roundup below.
We recently posted this story, about a Canon shooter, who tried Fujifilm for the first time, and there was so much she loved about it (starting from the fun using Fuji and the inspiration that comes with it), but one thing she missed: the bokeh she had with her Canon f/1.2 lenses.
So I thought to dedicate an own article to the “bokeh-discussion”, starting from two youtube videos below, that I have summed up for you.
And to give it all are more light and fun touch, I’ll share also the recent Camera Conspiracies video :).
I just remind you, that for the ultimate bokeh Fujifilm is going to release the Fujinon XF 50mm f/1.0.
DISCLAIMER: don’t get mad at me. I just report what reviewers say. And I believe it makes sense to report it all
Are you ready? Let’s go!
As you know, I am a teacher, and usually it’s me, who has to judge and give votes to others.
But not today, as it’s time for our yearly 2019 rumors check, and to see if I did my homework well or not.
Also, there will be an accuracy rating of those rumors, that still could not be verified.
Keep in mind, there could be further rumors before the end of the year, in which case I will update this list!
Ready? Cool, so let’s start,
But be warned: I will be incredible severe to myself, as I will include in the wrong rumor section, rumors that were actually correct at the time of sharing, but just turned out wrong because Fujifilm changed plans.
It’s the case for example of the new lens roadmaps. In fact, just a few days after our rumor, top Fujifilm manager confirmed here, that indeed there would have been new roadmaps in 2019, but 2019 is now ending, and nothing came. So I was wrong, but so was the top Fujifilm manager.
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Another Fujifilm year is ending.
With 4 cameras and 4 lenses released in 2019, Fujifilm has a little bit slowed down, if we compare it to the Fujifilm year 2018 (7 new cameras and 6 lenses) and to the Fuji year 2017 (4 cameras and 8 lenses).
But it was definitely quality over quantity.
And then there were these lenses:
Now it’s your time to vote what you consider the overall top Fujifilm gear launched in 2019. Vote down below.
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