The best street photography gear (Camera & lenses)

For my Street Photography videos on Youtube, I use:

My primary Camera:
The FujiFilm X-T3 I use this camera for all my photos and videos.

My three secondary cameras
The beautiful Fuji X100f & the small Ricoh GR II –
I actually also just got a film camera I love; The Canon AE-1

I edit all my photos in Capture One with this gigantic present package.

The camera lenses I use:

My favorite lens for street photography is the Fujinon 35mm 1.4 lens.
For portrait photography, I use the 56mm 1.2 lens aka the bokeh monster!
My to-go lens for video and vlogging is the Fujinon 18-55mm. with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS).

My Camera Rig

I use Smallrig‘s cage for my rig. It’s super solid. This is key in do the videos I do. I also have this cage for my Atomos Ninja V.

Flash
I use the new speedlight V1 from Godox. It’s pretty lightweight and I can use on-camera and off-camera. Neat! Watch the V1 Flash in Action.

Microphones
Shotgun mic: Rode VideoMic Pro Plus.
Wireless Audio system: Røde Wireless Go

Camera accessories
For my point of view-videos I use:
GoPro Hero 7 Black with this hot-shoe mount.

For rainy days
I made a complete list of my gear for taking pictures in the rain.

Camera bag
Everyday Peak Design bag.

This is how I make my videos

The equipment I use in my studio

External Recorder
Atomos Ninja V

Light
The 120D Mark II from Aputure

Storage: SD Cards & External Harddisk
SD Cards: Lexar Professional UHS-II/U3 Card (Up to 150MB/s read)
I use Lacie Rugged External Harddisks.

The other two cameras I use for street photography

Before I bought my X-T3, the majority of my street photography, like 80% of my photos, were shot with the Fujifilm X100F.

I wrote a short and share my favorite photos shot with the X100f from Fuji. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite cameras.

You can get the Fujifilm x100f on Amazon.

Btw. If you are looking for a camera bag, check out my opinion of the Everyday Camera bag from Peak Design.

Ricoh GR II
My secondary camera is the Ricoh GR II. It’s really small, fits in my pocket and it’s a great starter camera. I also wrote a short review of the Ricoh GR II here. You can get the Ricoh GR II on Amazon.

Photography books

In terms of books, I can highly recommend these photography books.

And it’s important to underline, that cameras and gear will only take you so far.

If you want to become a great street photographer, it’s, of course, important to have a camera that is good enough. And when you have that, you need to study and practice.

Here are my favorite cameras in each category of photography:

I don’t think there is any perfect camera. It depends on what you use it for. Press Photographers needs other gear than street photographers.

I’m Frederik Trovatten!
Peace!