So, here are the photos from my brand new video that I filmed in Veracruz Mexico at night. It was my first time using the Fuji XE-4 for street photography. I’ve had a play with it before but that was rather for a session of more casual shooting. I was very curious to see how I would cope with using the Voigtländer 35/1.2 because it not just only is a new lens to me but on top of that it’s a focal length that I usually don’t prefer for street photography. You probably know that I much rather shoot a wider lens and most preferably a 28mm on film or a full frame camera like the Leica Q/Q2 Monochrom.

Despite the fact of the “wrong” focal length I had a great time shooting the episode. The combo of Fuji XE-4 and Voigtländer 35/1.2 is very lightweight and is very well balanced in the hands, especially with the optional grip and thumbs-up installed. One benefit this lens has over adapted manual focus vintage glass is thanks to the native X-Mount you’ll have access to all the manual focus helping options the camera offers. In my case, I was only using focus peaking but that helped me out greatly to acquire spot on focus, at least most of the time. Yes, there is also the option to have the camera to punch in the image by only turning the focus ring ever so slightly but I find that feature rather distracting because I can’t see my composition anymore. I’d love if Fuji would offer a picture in picture option like Panasonic does.

While filming the episode I mostly relied on using the viewfinder on the camera but when I wanted to use the screen I encountered a rather odd problem. The camera would turn the image upside down when I pulled out the screen which is mega distracting. I showed the issue in the video and even now I have no idea why this is happening. The problem occasionally also appears when wearing a black t-shirt and even when pulling out the screen and then flipping it. For me this is almost a deal breaker since it could happen at any time and it might make me miss out on great shots.

For editing the RAW files I used my Color Profiles/Presets for Lightroom. Check them out if you like what you see. You can find them in my store.