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Video Shooting Street Photography with the Fujifilm XT-1 and x100s in Saigon, Vietnam

Thank you to Fujifilm Vietnam and Gin Tran for putting together this feature of me shooting street photography in Saigon this summer. I hope the tips I share in this video can help you when it comes to traveling and shooting street photography. I also give some tips when it comes to shooting with the Fujifilm XT-1 with the 27mm f/2.8 lens (read my review here) and the Fujifilm x100s (read my review here). You can also read my new review of the Fujifilm x100T on the blog here.

If you are curious what it like shooting street photography in Vietnam, check out my “Saigon Diary” series below:

  • Saigon Diary #1: First day in Saigon
  • Saigon Diary #2: Learning Vietnamese, Seeing Common Threads, and Triangles
  • Saigon Diary #3: Motorbikes, Vietnamese Coffee, and Night Shooting
  • Saigon Diary #4: Leading Lines, Golden Triangle Composition, and Working the Scene
  • Saigon Diary #5: Travels to Bien Hoa, Learning Vietnamese, and Coffee Culture
  • Saigon Diary #6: Trip to Pulau Bidong, Switching to Black & White, Thoughts on Digital
  • Saigon Diary #7: Trip to Hanoi, Now in Seoul

 

Video Review of the Fujifilm X-T1 for Street Photography

When I was here in Dubai for Gulf Photo Plus, the guys from Fujifilm were generous enough to give me a new Fujifilm X-T1, the Fujifilm 23mm f/1.4 (35mm full-frame equivalent), as well as the Fujifilm 27mm f/2.8 Lens (~40mm full-frame equivalent). I shot with it everyday for around a week.

Overall I like the camera a lot and would highly recommend it (superb image quality, great form factor, and responsive). Some downsides are that the AF isn’t as accurate and quick as other cameras (like the Olympus OMD)– although it is a huge improvement from the X-Pro 1 and x100s. Hope this improves with future firmware updates.

I have a in-depth text-based review coming, but in the meanwhile– check out my video review above. I talk a bit more in-detail the near features of the cameras as well as more in-depth thoughts on how I like it in street photography!

Behind the Scenes: Dubai Street Photography Workshop GoPro POV with the Fujifilm X-T1

Above is another GoPro video I made on the streets of Dubai during my street photography workshop here at Gulf Photo Plus with the new Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujifilm 27mm f/2.8 Lens. Here I instruct Jillian and give her a little encouragement to overcome her fears of shooting street photography. Check it out!

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