21mm Street Photography in Akihabara

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[Narsuitus]

Thanks for the video.

Over the years. I have used the following for street, photojournalism, and documentaries:
20mm f/3.5 Nikkor for Nikon SLRs
21mm f/2.8 Zeiss Biogon for Contax G1 rangefinders
21mm f/1.4 Leitz Summicron for Leica rangefinders

For me, these lenses were great members of 21/35/90mm and 20/35/85mm kits.

[victorlim]

The pipes against yellow building photos are fantastic. Highlight of this video for me.

[oetproductions]

I already struggle with 24 so it’s cool to see you handle that! Love the look of the images.

[basedhalcyon]

Nice! I can't wait to go to Akihabara again. 21mm is a nice, wide look. One of my go-to lenses along with a 40 and an 80-200.

[farisimadifik]

21mm is quite wide for me but then i love how challenging it was

[donaldmckinney]

Hey im pretty new at this photography sfuff. so im going to ask you a question about one of your photos in this video after you take the picture you show a preview of the photo and the part that show average metering -2.7EV what does this mean the average metering and what is that -2.7EV mean Would love to here your feed back on this thank you

[fisheyetherapy]

Great video, guys! Lovely shots with the 21mm. I have yet to do a night photography session in Akihabara, but it sits high on my list!

[anils.rkumar]

Thank you guys for the long Video-
love watching the whole video

[Insomnia_Central_]

Haven’t shot there yet but plan to I’m always in Ikebukuro

[daviddyephotography]

don't know about the lens, ut your images in these two videos are spectacular especially in the architecture shots, and even stronger in the second video inspiring

[williamself]

That's a superb shot at the end of the koban (the second koban shot).

[nancyk]

Great content! Is this a focal length you’ll use often compared to a 24mm ? Not sure of the price point, but looks like a nice third party lens How is this lens at f1.5? Thank you for providing a different option then $$$ only lenses.

[daviddyephotography]

I signed up to try portraitmode today, thanks

[-grey]

I always wonder about what qualifies as "in focus" on zone depth scales. My Fuji X70 is an 18mm and it seems to reckon (by the on-screen scale) that f6.4 is necessary to get me everything between 3m - 5m. I imagine old Fujifilm are just playing it safe, since people like to check photos at 100% punch in, but I'm also wondering if they're giving me the full frame scale at 28mm and not the 18mm aps-c scale or something. Idk it's weird. Especially since the distance markings aren't calibrated well at all — I think they're off by about 1m even, meaning you overshoot infinity when auto focusing without a deep zone.
I guess what I'm saying is: When is the flip screen GR coming? 😂

[paulm]

Quality post, commentary and pics, Lucas. Balanced use-case based coverage of the lens. Perhaps its just me, but there seems to be something different in the quality of this vid (seems sharper and crisper than prior vid). Fully manual lenses can be more work, but that’s all we had w/old analog cameras. Wall pipes and “Dutch tilt” photos my fav. Does LR have a profile for this lens?
This 21 mm is a nice “book-end” to the bazooka tele last time. What’s the widest lens you’ve used in a post (ever do fisheye)?
With all the mixed lighting at the venue, what white balance setting do you use? Clever thumbnail w/“viewer private joke” shop in background. Good “save” by calling the store interesting “VISUALLY”😁.
BTW, impressive IQ for that 1/5 sec handheld image.

[yong]

i saw u in one of jason video im literally got hooked on ur youtube channel and u inspired me to go out and shot more even thought im not in the mode../

[allen.]

I don't remember exactly why I bought my 24mm but this has motived me to take it out lol

[poiisondn]

Now I know I can definitely use my 20mm in Japan :) IT FITS.

[davidetarozzo]

i'll be there from 14 july, would be lovely to meet you for some street photography, if you aren't too busy of course, is not my first time there, so i am flexible to come follow you in any of your plan ( if you have any) ✌️great work! is a while i watch your video ! peace

[chengdong]

I've been looking for a more stealthy camera strap, but I don't think it will matter now that I've seen you with this monstrously big strap.