XH2 and 33mm 1.4 for all around shooting?

RvEL wrote:

Merry Christmas everyone!

I am currently using a X100V, however, while the camera is amazing for street and landscape, it does lack when it comes to Portraits. Apart from missing out on background compression, I also have to stand around 20-30 cm away from an object to get a nice booked blue (for portrait).

Therefore, I am currently considering upgrading to either the XH2 with 33mm 1.4 WR, or the XH2 with 56mm 1.2 WR. I am aware that the 56mm is superior for portraits, however am afraid it will have it limits for street photography (due to the zoom and not being able to walk backwards very fast on most occasions). Nevertheless, please correct me when I am wrong.

Can anyone share their experience with the 33mm 1.4 as an all around lens for street and portrait?

Re the X100V, I think you can set it internally to 50mm (crop in camera) and maybe use it for portraits.

Now, re the 33/f1.4, I have the Tokina version and also had the Fuji 35/1.4. The Tokina focuses a bit faster, but the Fuji has 2mm more to isolate your subject. The 33/f1.4 focal range and aperture combination is ok for portraits but using also the 56/f1.2 (ver. 1), I would say it's far superior for portraits and maybe one of the best portrait lenses. Some were saying that it focuses slow and it does focuses slower than the more modern lenses, but you can still get great results and when you get they fantastic!