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XH2 and 33mm 1.4 for all around shooting?

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astonehouse
astonehouse Contributing Member • Posts: 518
Re: 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?

I’ve got both the 33 and 56 and they will both obviously give you more compression and shallower DoF than the x100v for portraits. However both options with an xh2 are considerably heavier and more awkward to carry on the street than the x100v. Plus you’ll get noticed easier if that matters to you. It might be worth considering the 35 and 50 f2 as well. I find both work for portraits and street but using the 56 you need to be looking for compositions further away.

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