This is a photo series with the Fuji X-T1 and the Voigtlander 15mm Heliar III lens. They were taken all over Downtown Los Angeles near the Walt Disney Concert Hall—my favorite place to shoot city architecture.
Shot With The Voigtlander 15mm III
This lens feels unlike any lens I’ve had so far. It has this unexplainable quality and magic with only a few flaws. It gives great results with the Fuji X-T1 and some VSCO or RNI film looks.
The film stocks I’ve been in love with lately are the Kodak Gold or Max. They work well with city architecture, and I like the look. The combination of the camera, lens, and film stock creates this synergy, giving the photos a classic feel but with pristine quality.
I also shot RAW for these. I usually don’t do this, but I needed the dynamic range because of the time of day. I also like to shoot RAW when testing new lenses to see the unaltered qualities.
I’m using the Fuji Leica M mount adapter, which is great because it automatically loads your manual lens settings. This allows you to preprogram any vignetting or distortion corrections, and the camera will remember them every time you load the lens and embed them into your RAW files.
The only problem is that it doesn’t record your f-stop. So, you must remember what you were shooting at when publishing photos. Most of these are shot at f8 to f11.
