Fact: there is no magic or skill in capturing every moment as a photographer. If that's the case, we might as well replace the photographer with a camera and an AI computer. Cameras these days are ridiculous.
Everyone wants a full-frame camera. They offer a ton of excellent image quality, and they're often the best buys for the price point. But no one should underestimate what APS-C cameras are capable of either.
Lots of photographers wonder about what the best camera for street photography is. And indeed, some are better than others for it. If you want really good autofocus, it's tough to beat what Sony does.
There are new findings that have been added to our Leica SL2s review. Specifically, these aren't new firmware updates. Our review on this camera has been fully updated on our findings with those for photographers for a while now.
Street photography: it's the act of documenting the world around you as it happens in a public setting. These days, some of the best street photography is done when displaying the current state of humanity or sometimes by simply looking at people as fixtures of urban geometry.
The cool thing about the Leica CL, Leitz Minolta CL, the Minolta CLE is that they were mostly designed around the idea of using a dwarfish 40mm lens. And indeed, that 40mm f2 lens is one of the sharpest vintage optics around.
The Leica M11 Monochrom is as lovely as the first cherry blossom of the emerging spring. When you look at the camera, it's got an all-matte black aesthetic designed to appeal to the stealth look. And when you click the shutter, you'll barely hear it, but you'll indeed feel it.
Street photography is the "thing" you think about often when you consider Leica lenses. They've been used on the streets for years before many of us were born. And they've been creating and capturing stunning photos the world over.
If you're considering using a rangefinder camera, then we're pretty sure that you're using it all wrong. The reason for this is simple: modern cameras and lenses encourage you to shoot with them wide open.
The 28mm lens is a classic focal length for many photographers. It's true that the 35mm and 50mm lenses tend to see more spotlight and are romanticized more often. But the 28mm lens embodies the truth that if your photos aren't good enough, then you're not close enough.
Physics is a bigger factor in street photography than most consider. And wide-angle lenses are some of the best solutions. It's one of the reasons why street photographers always use them. Well, there are several reasons involving ethics too! But if you're serious about street photography, wide angles are the way to go.
Surely, modern autofocus is fantastic. But there's nothing like the pride of getting a shot because you zone-focused the lens beforehand. Have you ever shot a photo that you were happy with just the way it was? It probably didn't need any post-production.
For years, photographers have taken to the streets with their Leica in hand. With elegance and respect for their subjects, they've documented daily life. There's something romantic about capturing the moment as it happens around you.
"You have to find a balance of taking photos; not too many, not too few," says Thorsten Overgaard in his street photography masterclass. And honestly, this course is evidence of that. If you're all about reality, then Thorsten Overgaard shoves a ton of it into his Street Photography Masterclass.
Pick it up, and the Sony a7c will trigger a feeling. It's bound to feel like a Mamiya 6 or Mamiya 7 rangefinder camera. You'll be pleasantly surprised if you're a rangefinder-style camera lover the way I am.
Street Photographers love to talk about zone focusing as their primary way of shooting. While some still go for autofocus, zone focusing is by far one of the best ways to shoot. Arguably, it's faster than autofocus methods.
If you're into landscape photography, one of the techniques you might have heard about is using hyperfocal distance to take full control of the depth of field. This technique is popular among landscape photographers because it allows you to keep as much of the scene in focus.
If you were to consider one lens for street photography and urban geometry, then there isn't a fantastic reason why the Zeiss 28mm f2. 8 ZM lens shouldn't be on your list. The lens is designed for the Leica M mount, which means that it has a whole lot of versatility when it comes to mounting it to something else.
Some of the biggest problems with mirrorless cameras for photojournalists, street photographers, wedding photographers and others has to be the performance. Sometimes it's just too slow when they need to capture a moment super quickly lest they completely miss it.
Perhaps one of the more exciting lenses to come from Leica in years isn't a fast 50, but instead the Leica 28mm f5. 6. Now, why is such a slow lens so fascinating? Well for starters, it all has to do with street photography and documentary photography.
Lots of photographers often wonder about what the best travel photography lens is; but when you look at many lists they often talk about zooms despite prime lenses like the Tokina 20mm f2 FiRIN being fantastic offerings.
Years ago, I owned a Leica CL when I was getting into photography. Trying to balance an understanding of both film and digital, I toted this around with my old school Olympus E-510 DSLR. They were perfect together for a college student.
I'm wrapping up the tail end of a Sony Press media excursion, and while here I've been playing with the new Tokina 20mm f2 FiRIN a whole lot. After getting some initial thoughts after Photokina, I was really excited to play with the lens.
Fact: If you think you know how to use a rangefinder, you're probably using a rangefinder camera completely wrong--or at least inefficiently. Lots of photographers think that they can't at all be faster than autofocus lenses on cameras but the truth is that in the hands of a photographer that knows what they're doing, they can actually be faster.
When you're shooting landscapes and architecture, you really want the best you can get. With manual focus lenses, sometimes the best thing to do is to use zone focusing.
One of the best tricks that street photographers up their sleeves for getting sharply focused snaps is the zone focusing system. If you've heard of the term hyperfocal focusing, it's essentially the same thing.