For me, the use of old-school cameras and old-school MF lenses seems more like a novelty that a photographic advantage, especially with subjects like street. (Reminder, I came from the "age of MF cameras.")
There is a kind of romance, I suppose, about using old "classic" lenses and shooting sort of like HCB shot. One of my sons collect such gear, and he even ended up with some of my classic film gear — and I get a nice, nostalgic feeling when I pick it up. But for me that approach doesn't translate into better photographs nor does it improve my ability to photograph the subjects that I'm after.
Honestly, the little Fujifilm primes are really fine lenses and the image quality they produce stands up just fine, even to the best of the old-school lenses — and better in quite a few cases. Plus they work well with the automatic features that often improve our ability to work in quickly changing situations.
Dan
Feb 07, 2020 at 12:55 PM
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