35mm Street Photography Never Looked So Good

[@GeorgeHolden]

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[@davidcooper8241]

sounds interesting - do you look into the workaround possibilities for zone focusing / hyperfocal focus with this camera in your guide?

[@elijahmodnar1]

if you turn off all the in-camera correction settings you can get 220 shots on one battery ;) (fine-jpg)LCD-monitor at minus2

[@GeorgeHolden]

I go by time rather than shots when it comes to battery life, who's counting shots 😂

[@elijahmodnar1]

220 is about hour for me, 270-is the quoted shot spec for 1battery so im guessing battery age/wear is a factor

[@alertbri]

A Sony RX2 with latest electronics and fast AF would be a winner. Loved my RX1 but it needs an update.

[@GeorgeHolden]

True! Have you ever tried the later versions? I'm dying to try one out

[@sdnalednas]

I love shooting with my RX1 mkii - Battery life is flippin' awful, especially in colder temps. A saving grace is that you can run the RX1 mkii on buss power. I've been shooting tethered to an Anker battery pack - works quite well even if a tad cumbersome. I've been on photo-walks for some hours in the cold and I didn't have to concern myself with swapping batteries.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Surely just carrying more batteries is easier? 😂

[@mikafoxx2717]

My opinion? Just get a cheaper used camera and a good small lens.. a 6d and 40mm 2.8 is a great combo for very little money. Battery lasts for ages and you can wifi transfer photos to a phone. Or if it needs to be mirrorless, like an a7c + 40mm 2.5. pitiful size difference isn't worth it, you still need to consciously bring it and choose to take photos.

[@rickbiessman6084]

Which is probably why no RX1R III exists. Which I still think is sad, but understandable.

[@alandargie9358]

That was quite nostalgic, I used to live in MCR a hundred years ago!!! Great city. Thanks for the nice video.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CaliKC2]

Just bought this camera last month prior to a Japan trip and I'm truly in love with it. It's not perfect, but it's in a class all it's own. Thanks for your vids on it and looking forward to years of fun with mine.

[@GeorgeHolden]

We feel the same way, I thought at first I may not keep it but I’m in love with it too - maybe someday I’ll upgrade to the RII

[@bburchellphotos]

I left Manchester in 2019 after living there for 6 years. Seeing the old streets I used to try and photograph is a delight. Still shocked the town hall is still be refurbished! Thought that would have finished by now! 😅

[@GeorgeHolden]

Yep it started after I left in 2017, then when I came back in 2022 I haven't seen it behind the scaffolding!

[@Connor-kv5cm]

Great video George. Love the photos and descriptions below super handy!

[@GeorgeHolden]

Glad you liked it!

[@Caboos26]

I love these type of videos mate. Really solid and some great shots 😮

[@GeorgeHolden]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@furqanriaz8224]

Beautiful shot's mate ❤

[@GeorgeHolden]

Thank you!

[@oohyeah1]

I've shot with a RX1, RX1R & RX1R ll for several years. I love the quality, size and they feel solid. I recently switched over to Leica Q3 43 for street photography.

[@GeorgeHolden]

How would you compare the RX1R II with the original RX1?

[@ernstfrohlich897]

I hope you get a Sony camera again soon.

[@ernstfrohlich897]

@@GeorgeHolden The RX1R II has a much better autofocus, better dynamic range (better in low light, it uses the same sensor than the Sony Alpha 7R II) and Sonys best full frame sensor with 42 Mio. Pixel

[@ernstfrohlich897]

@@GeorgeHolden ... the RX1R II has a very good Flip-Screen and a Viewfinder

[@derrenleepoole]

Winter light at the minute here in Lancashire is fantastic. Some good captures there mate. And a bit Khraungbin too…. Nice.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Cheers mate! Yeah the light makes winter here much more bearable 😂

[@colingerard7863]

Hi George. I feel for ya mate. This week I was on the Millennium Bridge facing St Pauls with the sun behind me waiting for someone to shield their eyes. I thought "this will be a doddle" and I'd pop off for a cuppa in a few minutes...you can guess the rest. The next day I decided to go out for the entire time on shutter priority set at 1/10 and 400 ISO using a D700 a with a nifty fifty. I was laughing to myself, and sometimes out loud, at this perceived folly. However, the day took shape after a short while and I had a wonderful time out and about. Sometimes you just have to say B******ks to it and not give a toss. In this video the guy on the edge of frame in the santa hat and the other people in red and white as well...gorgeous. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Cheers Colin, I've been in the same situation on that bridge many times! And cheers, santa hat guy nearly avoided me but we got him!

[@AlexanderSuppermann]

I love my 35 mm lens for portraits. Anyway focal range from 22 to 28 would be better for street photography

[@GeorgeHolden]

22mm is surely too wide

[@AlexanderSuppermann]

@GeorgeHolden Probably 😅

[@RogierYou]

It’s sad that Sony doesn’t bring out an updated version.

[@GeorgeHolden]

True, maybe we can pressure them into doing it 😅

[@ChrisBrogan]

1:43 is the kind of pic, I would frame, and people would ask me if I'm related to them, and I'd have to say, "What? NO!" The town hall is funny. 3 years and counting, eh? Top stuff, George. Fun to see you take a walkabout and make some good images.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Hahaha! Thanks mate, was a different approach for this one - want to find the right balance of photos and chat to be most useful. As a regular viewer, it'd be great to hear your thoughts 😊

[@ChrisBrogan]

@GeorgeHolden has a regular user, one thing I really liked was that it wasn't the same I bought this off eBay for 200 quid and it's not so bad. I'm not picking on you when I say that. That's just one particular style. But I liked that it was kind of walking to the brain of what you want to cover and why. And I like that you called out that Manchester isn't exactly London in what you can get for subject matter. Because I live in a very small town.

[@GeorgeHolden]

@@ChrisBrogancheers Chris!

[@ChrisBrogan]

@@GeorgeHolden - I mean, both are fun. I just love that you're open to trying more things. I'll stay a fan regardless. :)

[@GeorgeHolden]

Thanks! Last year I think I did more variety for sure, this year has felt a bit stale so I want to try incorporate some more variety again 😊

[@alansmith3885]

Could you decribe any shutter lag these 'street' cameras have, because it affects the moment I press the shutter button. An example of this was when I owned the Sony Nex 5N and paired it with an old Canon 35-70mm manual lens and adaptor. I like to shoot people walking so their legs are at the half past eight position and using the Sony I had to press the shutter button when their legs were at the half past six position to get what I wanted. There will be other cases where knowing about a cameras' shutter lag is important to get the decisive moment.

[@GeorgeHolden]

In my experience the RX1 has no shutter lag, of course the autofocus has a lag off it's own but when in manual focus the response is instant

[@chrisbrown6432]

You took some great photographs.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Cheers Chris!

[@stew_redman]

I regularly carry an R5, with the RF 28-70 f2 on it all day. As good as a gym workout.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Maybe I'd be more buff if I opted for the R5... RX1 means I'll stay weak 😂

[@GerritADHS]

It Is a great camera and I could live with its quirks like the laggy af or the missing feature to set a minimum shutter speed for Auto ISO, but not for the price. For that money I could get a Ricoh GRIIIx or a Fuji X100F, which are the better option to me.

[@GeorgeHolden]

They're all the same camera at the end of the day, just depends which works best for you

[@marcoteng6345]

this is a great camera

[@GeorgeHolden]

It really is!

[@Soundwave857]

Would love if you compared the RX1 to the a7cII + 40 2.5

[@GeorgeHolden]

That could be possible, at the moment I don't have the right prime to do a direct comparison - not sure how much it really matters, as it becomes more about the lens at that point

[@AprilReid-z6j]

@@Soundwave857 The RX1 is significantly smaller

[@crappfoto]

Its a great camera, but the af is awful.

[@GeorgeHolden]

It's definitely usable!

[@AprilReid-z6j]

Not just that but it’s missing basic features like a minimum shutter speed for the auto iso.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Fair point, I typically lock my shutter to what I want for street photography

[@AprilReid-z6j]

@@GeorgeHolden not able to track moving subjects though which is a pain

[@AprilReid-z6j]

@@GeorgeHolden on my 4 year older Nikon D700 I can tell the camera to keep the shutter to a minimum of say 1/60 and that way it’ll keep the ISO as low as needed to maintain that dynamically. It’s very handy. Other Sony cameras support this but the RX1 never got a firmware update. There’s also features mentioned in the manual missing from the camera.

[@Summoning28]

Hi George, i have some nice JPEG recipes for the RX1, if you wanna trie it out this way mail me in. Regards Alex

[@GeorgeHolden]

Feel free to share here so everyone can try!

[@Summoning28]

@@GeorgeHolden Oki doki, All profile names are personal, so feel free to change. All of this are starting points, change for your liking. Sharpness ist always on zero, cause I don't like artifacts and the sharpness of the RX1 is superior on default sharpening for my taste., Note, this are all JPEG changes for nice OOC pictures, they doesn't apply to RAW files. If you get purple fringing on the corners of a picture, turn off the in camera lens distortion correction. This causes the problems, like in many Sony cameras. STREET Film, like the name indicates, I love it for street fotographie. WB: Daylight WB-Shift: B2 G2 Creative Mode: Night Contrast: -2 Saturation: +2 Exp. Comp: -0.3/+0.3 DRO: LV1 FUJI Magenta, Nice filmic look with a good amount of magenta tint. WB: Cloudy WB-Shift: B2 M2 Creative Mode: Neutral Contrast: 0 Saturation: -1 Exp. Comp: 0/-0.3 DRO: LV2 AUTUMN feel, warm filmic look. WB: Shadows WB-Shift: B2 M1 Creative Mode: Portrait Contrast: +1 Saturation: +1 Exp. Comp: -0.3/+0.3 DRO: LV1 CROSSING, very nice for architecture and darker feel portraits: WB: AWB WB-Shift: B2 G1 Creative Mode: Portrait Contrast: +1 or +2 Saturation: +1 Exp. Comp: -0.3 DRO: LV1 or LV2 Have fun. Like to know your favorites 🙂 Keep shooting.

[@GeorgeHolden]

Thanks I'll give these a go!

[@baobo67]

Five batteries and worried. No V finder leaves 35mm and compactness its only features.

[@GeorgeHolden]

My friend, just take photos - don't worry about it

[@AprilReid-z6j]

@@baobo67 nah. The sonnar lens in the rx1 series is unique to that camera and very special. I have owned one for 12 years or so and I’ve got away with one or two batteries for long days of shooting with no worries whatsoever. If you’re worried about the lack of viewfinder there’s one you can attach on the hot shoe. I own it and never use it, there’s no point as the screen is decent and doesn’t draw attention. When you have owned it for long enough you can frame up shots in your mind without even looking at the camera display. The only issue is the wonky contrast detection AF.

[@baobo67]

@@AprilReid-z6j Fair enough. Based that on Georges 5 battery comment and I have used a view finder since ever, His pics show the lens is good as Soni's usually are. Love 35mm for Street. Have fun. Cheers from Australia where we crave for clouds to photograph.

[@AprilReid-z6j]

@@baobo67good morning fellow Aussie 😊😊

[@baobo67]

@@AprilReid-z6j Where abouts in the wide brown land to you hail from?

[@donkey3081]

I like the 🍆shadow gyahahaha

[@GeorgeHolden]

I wasn’t gonna say, maybe it works with the 🌭 😳

[@aspenknight7237]

5 batteries..?!..Hell no...a hard pass on this camera 📷

[@GeorgeHolden]

More for me 🤓