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XH2 and 33mm 1.4 for all around shooting?

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Denver100 Regular Member • Posts: 246
Re: XH2 and 33mm 1.4 for all around shooting?
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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?

I recently bought the 33 1.2.  It is an amazing lens. Quiet, great bokeh, very sharp, great contrast and very, very fast and accurate autofocus. I'm not a portrait expert but for general use I love it. I also have the 35mm f/2 that I had for my ultralight jacket pocketable "walk around kit" when I had an E-3. The 1.2 is noticeably superior to the f/2 on the borders and corners. Nothing wrong with that lens when size/convenience are the primary concern, but for overall quality the 1.2 is very strong. It is twice the size of the f/2 if you are concerned with an "intrusive" street kit.

PS -- I do a lot of landscapes and some street and have found that a great number of my best photos are in the 30ish to 55 mm range so this plus the 50mm f/2 with the 10-24 give me great wide to mid-range coverage without a lot of weight and the primes are strong in low light.

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Fujifilm XF 16mm F2.8 Fujifilm X-T4 Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS Fujifilm XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS +7 more
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