Hello, hello.
So I took my Fujifilm X-Pro 2 to London a couple of months ago.
It was actually back in October.
It wasn’t a photography trip per se, I was in London to support my brother-in-law who was running the London Marathon.
It was a day of zipping back and forth between London locations,
trying to catch a glimpse of the great man during his 26.2 gruelling miles.
In between the shouts of ‘COME ON MARTYN’
I did catch some images,
which, some of them I kinda like, some of them are okay,
uhhhh have a look.
I was using the Fuji 23mm f/2, which is a fantastic lens, I get on really well with it.
However I kept feeling like I wanted to use something a bit longer.
So I was looking at Fuji's lenses and I was looking at either the 50 or the 90 mil.
Or somewhere in that range, and, I just couldn't justify shelling out on a new lens right now.
So I had a little idea.
This is the Canon FD 50mm f/1.4.
It a really lovely lens that I got with my Canon AE-1 program.
This is the Urth FD to Fuji X convertor, which enables one to use FD lenses on an X-Series Fuji system.
And this is the first time I’ll be using this combination.
So I actually headed back to London, because I had to go to an embassy,
I want to talk about this later in the video, because this relates to the YouTube channel and how I'm going to be making videos going forward.
So that was the reason for my London trip,
but I did manage to, really have a good go with this combination, and, I really loved it..
Let's get into it.
We started off the day with a delicious breakfast in Bankside before heading towards the Tate Modern for a bit of a warm up.
So at this point I’m like wow, this lens is really doing the business.
Bear in mind, everything is manual on the lens of course.
Including the aperture which sounds..
fairly satisfying
to set.
But the thing I most enjoyed about this lens is, in combination with the X-Pro 2
it's super easy to focus.
This is because the X-Pro 2 has a feature called focus peaking.
So where you see the blue pixels, on the screen here, is where the lens is focusing.
Super helpful, especially with street photography.
Although it’s still pretty difficult to capture those fast-moving moments with manual focus.
But there we go.
Anyway.. back to London.
I feel warmed up now, time to get the ball rolling.
No, no it's not. It's not really what I wanted.
So I’m really enjoying the longer focal length,
although it should be noted that due to the X-Pro2 having an APS-C sensor,
the focal length is effectively 75mm, with the X-Pro 2 having a crop factor of x1.3.
Maybe you need to crop it because this is wide.. you can see everything.
Just come a bit closer.
Just mute the TV.
So yeah we had a nice day in London,
aaand we were just, kinda just walking around
Basically just, had a photo walk through Central London.
Which is what we like to usually do.
The plan now, is to go and get some food
and then, have a couple of drinks maybe
and go to a bar.
But, in between all of that I want to do some night photography
In and around Central London, so like
Leicester square, Trafalgar square, Piccadilly Circus area.
So we're gonna see, what we can get at night now.
And that, is our plan.
I've only taken like, 2 night photos
we ended up in an Irish Pub.
It's just gotta be done!
I'm slightly drunk
I dunno how these are gonna come out..
haha.
It's not great, but it's.. alright.
All in all, I think this was a successful test of this lens on the X-Pro2.
It’s already proved to be a very worthy addition to my fuji set up,
and I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll ever need to purchase a new lens again.
[I definitely will]
I am excited to see what this lens can really do though, once I’ve got a few more hours with it under my belt.
You can see all this sh*t
hahahaha.
We're back.
Hellooo
I'm in bed, because I'm knakered,
I'm tired.
We didn't really get to do any night photography,
I don't really know. I'm going to have a look now.
I'm not really sure..
If we got anything.
But I'll tell you the plan that we've got, and the plan that we've got..
So if you made it this far into the video, thank you very much for watching.
Thank you to all the new subscribers.
And if you're not already subscribed please consider doing so,
it really helps the channel.
This is the part of the video where I'm going to give you some information on how the channel is going to be moving forward,
in the next month and into the new year.
So what's next? Well, if you've been following the channel you'll know that I have been living in my hometown of Newport,
for the last, sort of, 2 years.
I was living in China before this.
The next chapter really is to do some travelling.
I'm going to Kazakhstan with Zhibek,
Who some of you may know from previous videos.
We are going to be spending several months over there
and it's a very exciting time.
We're going to be,
living in Kazakhstan, essentially, for some time.
We're gonna see our family over there.
I think this is a really good opportunity to take the channel to the next level,
or to try and take the channel to the next level.
It's been really difficult for me to do that because I've been working full time,
on non-photography stuff, while I've been in the UK.
So, I've got an opportunity now, I've got time
and I've got something interesting, which is travelling to a new country, Kazakhstan.
New subject material,
new video opportunities,
and I think I'm possibly going to do some non-photography related videos.
about life in Kazakhstan and what it's like to live over there.
If you're interested in that sort of thing then let me know.
I'm conscious that I want to keep the channel on target, on point, on the right track.
But y'know, I do, I don't want to limit myself. I don't want to limit my creativity.
So I'd really appreciate your input, if you have anything,
that you'd like to see on the channel, or if you have any ideas that I could implement
let me know. I do really appreciate anyone who comments,
If you look, y'know, I do try to comment back to everyone when I can.
And that's what I want this channel to be, I want this channel to be a conversation,
as such, about photography and, like I say, perhaps non-photography related things while I do some travelling.
Thank you very much for watching again. I hope you are as excited as me for the new start!
I'm going to try and be more regular with these uploads [lol]
I know it's been quite.. sporadic
but um, I'm really going to nail it down this time!!
Please join me for this new journey
and thank you for watching again
all the best to you, subscribe if you're not already,
give the video a like if you did like it, and err, let me know, thank you.
Goodbye.
See you next time.