I recently sold my Canon R6 and all my canon glass and picked up an XM5 to replace it for the videos I make which are mainly for social media and an occasional YouTube video. I found myself taking my XE4 and 35mm F2 for photos every where and only using the R6 for some silly videos (mainly making coffee lol).
I’m looking to pair a few cheaper lenses with the XM5 and wanted to see if I am on the right track or if I havnt considered something I should.
For my talking head videos I mainly used a 28mm F1.8 and always wished it was a little wider, so I am thinking a Viltrox 15mm F1.7 would do the trick. I also used an 85mm F1.8 for the coffee content (as well as a 50mm 1.4) and figured my current 35mm F2 and adding a Viltrox 56mm F1.7 would cover that. I didn’t know if there was something else I should look at, or if this was the move. Appreciate you letting me bounce my ideas off of you.
Sounds like you have plenty of nice primes for a variety of focal lengths. For video specific, you might consider the 18-120mm F4.0. It is Fujifilms video specific lens that has a built in power zoom, with a rocker switch on the barrel that can not only perform smooth zoom, but also smooth focus pulls. Additionally the lens is par focal, meaning that you can lock focus on your subject and zoom in/out without having to refocus. Also the lens barrel does not extend when zoomed out, so can be mounted on a gimbal without fear of unbalancing it.