I’m so glad you tried this lens for street. I absolve it on the Z9, especially that aperture ring. Can’t go back to using tha camera dial for aperture now.

What an amazing lens, especially considering the costs. Thanks for sharing it with us! And lovely photos!

this lens looks so nice and tutti frutti

I notice you're shooting less and less through the view finder now

I just picked up this lens and can't wait to try it out! Love the photos!

Beautiful shots, so many good spots in Shibuya. I tired that spot witht he yellow neon as well but didnt get any shots. theres a bit just up from that which has nice reflections.

Very enjoyable - some fine images.

1:23 Just normal to find two girls with cat ears and black and white each in Tokyo I guess LOL

I have this lens and use it on my ZF and LOVE IT.

are they insta spots?

Loved returning to these spots!

9:02 Lukasz: "I'm just looking around..." Me: "Behind you! Pigeon! PIGEON!"

what a cool lens for the price, looking forward to more GR content

Will this work on the Nikon F100?

As usual my main comment is in Patreon and this is here for the algorithm.

My always go-to guides, can’t thank you enough! I just got my Zf and relied on this video, although the menu seems to be a tiny bit different. Do you recommend I use the center-weighted AVG metering together with Matrix metering? Or do you use spot metering with it? Also there’s no Subject tracking for Fn button, what would you use it for instead?

Does the STM in that 35mm 1.4 make a noticeable noise when focusing ?

I have great fun shooting street shots with a nikon 40mm f2 and an SLR Magic Anamorphic adapter which gives me pretty good autofocus and the anamorphic goodies

The effective aperture on the Viltrox is really 1.8 though, not in terms of light gathering but in DoF. It's still a nice lens though, although I'm not ready to give up that much resolution tbh

Zastanawiam sie czemu zawsze chodzisz z dodatkowa bateria wmontowana w body. Zupelnoe wystarcza ci zwykla bateria do tych filmow napewno. 😅

just waiting my Z6ii to be delivered after shooting with the D750 for 10 years

For whatever reason, my Nikon D780 has the same sensor and features as the Z6 but the 3D Tracking *only* works with the viewfinder. Once I got a full frame DSLR with proper live view, I sort of stopped using the viewfinder altogether. I really don't know why they don't have 3D through the live view display. Whatever, the AF-S + Auto-Area AF is pretty good at catching faces/eyes. Sometimes AF-C is a bit spazzy and just puts people's torso's in focus. I'm not really a street photo expert but if you don't have 3D, AF-S + Auto-Area AF is solid.

Please what was the Nikon lense you were using to take the photos it’s fantastic ❤

Thanks for this, found it so useful compared to other videos. Recently got a GRiiix HdF and your set up makes perfect sense to me.

Thnaks a lot

I really can’t wait to book my workshop with you for this coming January 🎉

That carousel revolving door behind you at 8:27 is so distracting. I wanna know how that thing works

I am begging you to make these videos more regularly 🤣they're so awesome

Oh my, I love the character of this lens. I used to take similar shots on my Leica M10 + Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.4! That lens has a very similar character to this one but is a manual lens and has a bit of too soft looking rendering to me. Later switched to Sony with a 35mm f1.4 GM which I love but it lacks a bit of that vintage / nostalgic character this lens seems to offer. Whoa, maybe I should just pull the trigger on a Nikon Zf and that lens.

Street photographer 101 tip of the day. The holy grail of tips is that when you want to get candid shots and look inconspicuous I would advise against a z9. Of course unless your shooting from a distance or if your 6 foot 5. 😂

Great comparison actually, I feel that the viltrox is sharper while sacrificing 3d pop! The nikon 35mm's bokeh look more vintage to my eyes

WOW, I have same experience and philosophy on 40 vs 35, did you notice better 3D pop micro contrast with Viltrox ? I found it "blah" stopped down after F1.2 ?

Would you consider the Sony 1.4 35mm or Sigma 35 contemporary f/2 using a megadap adapter? I just like that they are small and have an aperture ring and can still af well but I don’t like that the adapter isn’t weather sealed.

Out of the camera brand the Nikon F1.4 are the best value, Canon are 3X more expensive.

40mm is a real nice focal length, how come you traded it in?? Also why aren’t you using a full frame Viltrox like their 40mm lens for Z mount?

Thanks!

I just stepped in the nikon system with the z9 as my main body. Thx for t,he tips

Cheers for the video, stellar camerawork by Axel and some shots that had quite a bit of atmosphere. It's kind of nice to look at a shot you took and think about(within the confines of what the video shows us) how I would've framed the same shot, for instance, going portrait mode on the liquor store and just focusing on the samurai, the bike and the crates. Gives at least 5-10% of the experience, which means a lot to me.

池袋西口のみずき通り近辺にチャイニーズマフィアがいるから、デカいカメラ持ってアチコチ目立って写真撮るのは気を付けた方が良いよ それにシャッタースピードか速い スナップ撮るならIBIS使って、SS1/125で充分 いずれにしても、池袋東口は安全だけど、池袋西口は危険度が増すから注意が必要

Urban paradise. Great scenes everywhere.

You're correct about the eye see's scenario, people always say it's X mm but the thing is and the way i read it is that that is for a single eye perspective and if i remember correctly 43mm is the equivalent to 1 of our eyes field of view. But you can probably calculate it from this, each individual eye has a horizontal FOV of about 135 degrees and a vertical FOV of just over 180 degrees.

Nice shots!

another fantastic video!

Appreciate that you’ve traded yours in, but it does seem a bit odd that I can’t find a dedicated comparison of the 40mm 2.0 and the 35mm 1.4. Most reviewers compare it with the 35mm 1.8S lens - not a lens I have, while a lot of Zf owners will have the 40.

28:30 this moment is so good ahah made me laugh just two photo dudes being photo dudes.

Great stuff as always fellas. What do you folks look for when considering a spot to add to the map? Like what qualifies a spot to get added and what might be a factor that doesn't quite cut it? I'm curious about the general elements or ideas that kind of trigger you to start working a scene in your style. ✌️

Flourescent lights wont be around forever. Its all LEDs soon. SO may as well catch the odd lighting in photos while you can.

Esoteric theme, w/a few gems. Eye field of view can, IMO, differ from preferred field of attention - something to consider in choosing f/l. Cool chef pics. Helpful focus tip. Host chases after guy in “locker room” for special pic😂. Nice. Image comparisons would have been more effective, IMO, as side by side instead of consecutive photos. Go here. No, wait, go there; no, go .....😊 Cheers!

Quick comment to help the algorithm. Left my full comment on Patreon.

Excellent comparison and analysis. I have the 35mm f/1.8 S which is quite excellent, but would also like something faster. The Viltrox looks very good, but at just over 41mm it's too close to my 50mm f/1.2 S for me to justify getting it. My wallet is glad Nikon haven't done a 35mm f/1.2 S...