24mm/35mm/50mm - The Difference! (Tokyo POV)

[@JanneRanta]

These POV videos tell so much more than what you could tell by word about how you find your shots. 10/10.

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Glad to hear it was interesting to you! Yes, it's a very cool way of showing the process :)

[@alejandrodpf]

@@SamuelStreetlife These videos are amazing! Please do more videos like this! Thank you for all your work!

[@shashimullur]

You say your English is “not so good.” I love your clean, clear, honest delivery. Your English, by the way, is very good!

[@neglectedloves]

you do have an accent, but hey what counts more is what is being told and that is just interesting... I just like your laid-back narrative style!

[@Ktheodoss]

Throughout the years I’ve bought (and still own) 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, and 85mm primes , as well as a 24mm - 120mm zoom, and I definitely know which I used the most and which I use the least. If I could only own one lens it would be the 35mm - but I wouldn’t be very happy. But if I could only own two it would be the 28mm and the 50mm. Those two as a team really can handle a lot of situations.

[@jmtphotographymedia]

Can't agree with you more. I like variety but ultimately I try to only pair 2 lenses at a time.

[@fritz9880]

My favorite focal length is 28mm - I think that it's your favorite focal length too since you grabbed a Ricoh GR at the end. 28 mm takes in enough of the background to put your subject in it context, making for a better "story". 50 mm tends to isolate the subject, making your photo look like a page out of a field guide.

[@Narsuitus]

Thanks for the video. Over the decades, I have tried 21, 24, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, and 55mm for one lens/one full-frame body street photography. All worked well. The 24, 35, and 50mm lenses work well alone or with others. Here are three three-lens kits that I like to use for street photography: 24/50/105 24/35/85 24/35/90

[@Sc3ptor]

I love the "through the evf" point of view!! It's so much fun watching you catch the shot!

[@streetphotographywithnickt1648]

Thanks for the shout out Samuel 🙏🏻

[@boris.dupont]

In my Canon days 50 & 85mm were my main tools and 35 was only accessory. It all changed with the X100 and 35mm became my favorite focal lens. Now I wanna try 24mm. Things change and your videos help so thank you Samuel!

[@AB-lx8cf]

i shot leica for years loved the 50mm and the 28mm. the 35 was kinda this strange focal length that was either too wide or too tele if that makes sense. the 28 is amazing for close up street work and the 50 just seemed so natural and cinematic to me. 35 to me was the red headed step child in my family.

[@joeymatsumoto9177]

I’d like to point out how happy that family makes me feel at 4:28

[@AlexZafer]

Perfect ending. I laughed out loud. nice one.

[@demazy]

You should do more of those POVs. It really help us to understand your and potentially our awareness and what you and us would go for.

[@MIikel17]

this video is 18 minutes long and it felt like 5 lol great video Samuel!

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Relieved to hear that! Was worried it was too long... Thanks Miguel!

[@getjcn]

@@SamuelStreetlife Couldn't agree with this more! such a fantastic job keep keeping things interesting throughout as always! Fantastic editing also! :)

[@alpha512]

28mm MASTER FOCAL LENGTH! I personally like 28mm too.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Despite your concern, the difference in field of view and framing was VERY clearly shown in this video. The switching made it fresh. Lots of great images too!

[@enghantan]

Thanks for showing the use of different lens real time, it is very educational for me by understanding how you use each lens. Please do more of this.

[@hurleygreen927]

Revisted this video for a second time..also loving the jazzy music! We Appreciate you!

[@RustyBrakes]

I am so glad to have come across this video! I recently bought a 35mm XC lens, and fell into that mistake of thinking it gave a 35mm focal length. However I actually really like the idea of finding better isolation in subjects with my 50mm focal length, and your examples of how to approach a scene really help

[@walkingmanvideo9455]

Brilliant video, clearly showing a real-time example of each focal length.

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Man super happy to hear that! Thanks for watching :)

[@TENGUJAPON]

Robocop liked your choice. Nice Fujicoh GR!

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Haha thanks tengu! :D

[@helloimalexander]

The shot at 4:54…perfect timing!

[@LtDeadeye]

There's something about B&W that makes everything more dramatic.

[@joshneill7695]

Your videos always make me happy! I found with the Ricoh that 9/10 times I would crop the image in post to around 35mm equivalent, so I use a 50mm and a 35mm for virtually all my work now.. I love how close Gilden would get to his subjects, but I like just a little more space incase I have to step out the way of in-coming fists! 😉

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Thanks Tony! Good comment on the fist thing haha. And I think Bruce Gilden got a few fists thrown at him in his lifetime :D

[@aquajetz1]

That GR sticker on the fujifilm body dhooo dayum

[@matrixate]

Those pictures at the end were very artistically done. Excellent photos!

[@springrollwang4441]

do you shoot with viewfinder or screen in this video? it looks like you didn't disturb the scene much when you shoot.

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Both! The camera was attached to an external recorder which makes it a little uncomfortable to use with the viewfinder so I was mostly using the LCD screen.

[@therealsergio]

So, 28mm (GR3). I like it too. Seems to be the best of 24 and 35 in a single lens.

[@AlvaroSalvador1995]

Este es el mejor canal de youtube de street photography, gracias por tanto genio!!

[@benjaminradley8566]

That ending was brilliant haha 👍🏼

[@Jgheiler]

When that famous photographer poped to say "Pathetic", i laughed so hard, lol! Nice touch

[@TMM6900]

Love this pov style from the evf!

[@cwee23]

You did well! Good enough to show how to get those shots in your eyes! Thank you for the inspirations ! Love your styles of shooting ! I love candid shots too! I am still learning .

[@ShizFizz]

This was such a unique video, love the 'in-camera' pov

[@JJ_Photo]

As you noticed, the 16mm f/2.8 is much wider than the 18mm. But that is also because the 16mm f/2.8 actually is not 16mm, but closer to 15mm. I don't know why. But if you compare it with af full frame 24mm or even the Fujinon 16mm f/1.4, you can see it is wider. A bit strange. But this gives it a little more distortion.

[@dailydriverph8381]

Watching this during covid-19 and it feels odd seeing crowds on the street

[@nickfanzo]

Nah

[@freyahEVE]

Indeed

[@adrianmontesinos1741]

Good video , but why you put GR brand un your Fujifilm ?? 🤔🤔

[@danijellosic1065]

for fun

[@slimnics]

that aquarium in the street is sick. What great idea !

[@andrewasher2201]

That ending worth the wait!

[@Zoreizu]

Love the POV! Based on how wide I'm shooting, my shooting style completely changes.

[@_H_2023]

So the answer is 18.3 / 28mm Great video I've enjoyed them all, many thanks Samuel and keep making them.

[@TheCadocas]

Do you think it's overkill to have the 3? I already have the 16mm and 35mm, and the 23mm is always on my mind.

[@garyisaacs6526]

I always felt that it was overly simplistic, but that said when Robert Capa said "if your pictures aren't good enough your not close enough" I don't think he would have suggested that one use a longer focal length . . . .

[@paul8914]

Were you back button focusing? You seemed to focus so fast. It still takes time to click the back button focus and then the shutter so I was surprised at how fast you focused. Also your exposure compensation seemed to change on It's own?!. How did you do that? Or are you just that fast at turning the exposure compensation wheel?

[@Floydsframes]

Great ending. Ricoh FTW!

[@gutenbird]

You did a great job on this video. It really is informative.

[@zatoichiable]

24mm is i think very versatile... nice for astro, architecture, landscape, street, and extreme portrait...

[@nurlanbaytok8551]

Great video, enjoyed it! Bought myself 35mmf2 but didn’t know it is really 50mm. Going to 23mm next

[@mikeborzage9985]

Nurlan Baytok 35f2 is my favorite lens out of the whole lineup. Hope you are enjoying it!

[@4nareff]

LIKE especially for the final scene

[@leandercunha3206]

What is the camera model?

[@dwinzgaprak]

You actually took very good photos and the colour of the images are beautiful. 👌🏼

[@GajanBalan]

Phenomenal work. Raising the bar here. Loved this video and really showing how and why these lenses differ. Great work brother!

[@juancatalan3095]

It is worth to mention that even that you have a crop factor on apsc, that makes you look like if you are using a longer focal, you still have the distortion of the glasses that the lens is built. So even that it seem like a 24 mm lens, the distortion still from a 16mm lens... that it is not something that many tell...

[@maspriyayi]

Rather than comparing angles of view from different images, you made it live. 23mm (normal) is versatile for traveling, but to take picture of building across the street/temples, 16mm (wide) is necessary. OK Samuel, 16mm for next Tokyo trip. Nice vid!

[@stefanpelz6328]

Den Hund mit der Löwenmähne (7:27) hab ich vor zwei Jahren schon in Ginza gesehen. Scheint wohl öfter da zu sein :D Sehr cooles Video mit interessanter Übersicht über die verschiedenen Brennweiten.

[@ggn1]

I'm loving my 40mm. What are your thoughts on 85mm for street photography?

[@bwc1976]

This makes me want all three! (or a zoom with click-stops in between, if there was such a thing) But I can definitely see how 35 seems the most natural to me out of these, and why 40 was popular on old film rangefinders like the Canonet.

[@jaynjacksonfan]

Love the ending expression haha!

[@MyMuschilover]

28/40/55-60 are my favourites! Plus 28mm fx is a 40mm on dx- very nice.

[@steefen]

mir fällt's auch immer schwer gescheite Sätze und Texte in Englisch zu verfassen, deshalb kommentier ich hier auch lieber auf deutsch (gerade wenn es besonders an dich gerichtet ist). Also war mal wieder ein sexy Video. Die Idee mit dem PO(Camera)V ist schon ziemlich schnieke und ermöglicht einen echt krassen Einblick in dein Verhalten beim Fotografieren. Ich weiß nicht wie einfach es für dich es das aufzunehmen, aber falls es einfach ist könntest du ja spontan die Aufnahme starten und daraus ein "POV-short" machen. Also ungefähr ne Minute wie du durch die Gegend läufst und fotografierst. (und auch die Shots wie hier einblendest)(meinetwegen auch uncut). Vielleicht taugt es dir ja ;D Das hier ist echt einer der wenigen Kanäle der mich nicht enttäuschen kann. Dafür bist du 2skilled xd

[@Arzenteart]

Thank u for the informative and the humorous discussion on street lens...j

[@RLRPhotography]

Looking forward to using my 35mm focal length f2 lens in Tokyo in April and May. Thanks for this!

[@jamesjin8839]

maybe try some portrait mode(flip camera 90 degree next time.) that really makes you appreciate the 50m more.

[@hyunohkim]

Samuel, I wanted to say, your videos are classic! 😉

[@cronufc]

Such a good video. Just stumbled upon your channel after stumbling upon Ulysses channel. Gold!

[@StrangelyIronic]

TBH, I pretty much live and die by 40mm and 70mm primes using either a KP for my APS-C body or a K1 for my Full Frame. I use a similar setup with a 20mm and 42.5mm Panasonic lens (40mm and 85mm equivalents) on my GX85 for my lightweight mirrorless kit. I'm on the edge of selling off some of my gear to pick up a Sony a7c to get a rangefinder style full frame. The Sony 40mm and 85mm are reasonably priced with pretty good results from what I've seen.

[@schmitzoide]

I really enjoyed the screen being recorded here. Nice alternative, but more work I guess on the edit and all the gear that you need to walk with. Well done!

[@GarethDanks]

Interesting.. I much prefer 35/50 full frame. Tried with the 16 once. Felt I was running round loads to get closer to the shots I wanted. 👍🏻😊

[@bobsykes]

This is really helpful! And, your English is just fine.

[@Canarygraph]

I love the pic of the girls with the lion-dog. Great video!

[@nickward2922]

Another great video and loving the in camera POV. My key take away is how lens choice relates to both the look that you are going for and the techniques used ie cutoff and fishing.

[@silvestersze9968]

This’s one of my favorite videos. Thank you. So, what is your favorite focal length in wide angle lenses? 🎉

[@ericcoen8894]

your camera?

[@peregrinacarlos]

I like your tones in post.

[@amosk24]

Thanks for the video RoboCop. Please keep them coming. I enjoyed the Nick Turpin style FPS

[@BobbyBooShay88]

Great video! Just wondering how are shooting and recording like this TTL? 😳🤔😳

[@jasons4045]

im curious too

[@danjunipero5713]

That ending was hella funny! I knew it!

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Hehe

[@kabeer2290]

Hey, this gave a lot of info i was just thinking if you could make same video with actual 50mm lens...

[@gravity_dog]

The worst english I heard from you was "because i'm not so good with words, especially with english." This was also a very helpful and entertaining watch. Can't wait for more!

[@ThePapabull]

Thanks for the Vid Samuel, really enjoyed. Liked the last few cheeky seconds where you grabbed the Ricoh GR. Does this mean your fave focal length is 28mm?

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Yes :)

[@OceansVideo]

Love this format

[@YuqingGuo]

Great video. BTW , how to make camera screen capture? I am interested in capturing such great screen capture

[@alexpintado]

Great video!! I really liked it. I think I preffer the 50mm, but the 28mm seems interesting. I have a 50mm f1.8 that I like to use. Your video helped me see the differences in the focal lenghts. The thruth is, Ill probably buy the 28mm and the 35mm. ;-) Could you tell me the technic that you used to film your video. Ive only been into the DSLR world for a year now, but I do know that street phtogrphy is for me. But I do like taking photographs of e v e r y t h i n g !! I think the technic you used would help me with my photography. I like video primeraly, but photography is a passion as well. Thank you for sharing...and by the way; your english is fine!

[@philipsutton2316]

Why does your X-H1 have the logo taped over and GR on there?

[@kbmats]

Lol that ending was priceless Nice video as always!

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Thanks Kubmats! :D

[@hurleygreen927]

GREAT VIDEO! I'm using a 12-24mm DX lens and a classic 50mm and BOTH are helpful in the street! :) Thanks!

[@sevdarasdaras]

35mm in fullframe terms?

[@davo249727]

What camera are you using on this video Samuel?

[@tuhindey5022]

What camera are you using here?

[@perrrrrrrrrrrtrrrr]

Fujinon 16mm 1.4 all day long. But it will depend of what you wanna show. 16mm is perfect for my perception of street photo as it makes you work on the background, light, lines

[@EvidentlySomething]

Very much enjoying your style - it's hard work to make a video this long fly by this quickly!

[@JoeLopez]

I love the POV! I need to learn how to do this. Great video, I love the content and you pulled some nice snaps. Well done.

[@kostyafedot551]

GW was using Canon LTM 28 3.5, then 28 2.8 and later on Elmarit-M 28 2.8. He liked 21mm FOV, but it was too much of distortions on the final image.

[@daveatlarge5030]

Sam, what do you think of using a zoom? I'm trying a Nikon a1000 for a few days. I'd like to work as lite as possible with being flexible. I look forward to hearing from you.... I hope.

[@BLEEJazz]

I use RF 50mm F1.2 as main lens this year. Whenever I want to buy 35mm lens, I just see the pictures from Henri Cartier Bresson and Elliott Erwitt.

[@Regzillaaa]

The most epic climax at the end

[@planetvenus5512]

What 35mm lens were you shooting on this video? :)

[@Zelanias]

what camera did you use?

[@brun0avila]

What about the 75mm? I'm a fan from Brazil. Your channel has inspired me to photograph in the street. I'm still a little shy. I have a 35mm (Fuji 23mm F2) and I get a little bit messy at times. Would you recommend me? Fuji 50mm (75mm equiv) or Fuji 35mm (50mm equiv)? Thanks. Success for you!

[@galaxystars6409]

Do u have a video of how you are doing this so subtly/ how do u do ur street photography

[@AshokVermaYoutube]

Hi ..loved the video ... can you please share for how you shot this POV video as i would love to understand this technique on my videos too .