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Maybe you got a bad copy. Sharpness is excellent. Color rendition is stunning. The “art” mode is lots of fun.

came here for the digicams, stayed for the gran turismo 5 music

Needed some validation for buying the best Leica I can afford. Got it here.

incredible stuff Matt as always

Love it! 😍

You are very very wrong about all the negative things you said about digicams my friend. Sure, they are horrible for professional work (depending on the job) but outside of that they are great and they always have been. I guarantee that a professional will take better pictures with a digicam than anyone with a professional camera. The problem is that people are starting to realize this and prices are skyrocketing because of it lol.

Fire. Gonna need a part ii, where I give you a digicam that uses less vaseline on the sensor and lens to review

on eBay now looking at waterproof digicams

Love this! Had very similar feelings around gear myself. Especially recently, after picking up a micro 4/3 camera, I can appreciate how important it can be to work with kit that serves me as a photographer. Having something compact that is totally reasonable to carry around in a pocket or a bag most days has meant I've been shooting more than ever and that's what is making my photos better - not bigger sensors or faster lenses.

Nah honey my photography is serving cu

Love this post. I'm going through a similar journey. I have put a LOT of shots through my 35mm f1.4 and was really sticking to my guns on that. And then a week or so ago, I got the 55-200mm f3.5, and I had the most fun I've had in months. The part I liked most in your post was the fact that other people don't really know which lens you're using anyway.

The whole point of the zoom lens is convenience - as you say it replaces the need for carrying several lenses and/or bodies. As far as special needs go (like ultra thin depth of field) well, then it is a case of choosing the specialist lens that best suits. We all suffer from GAS to a greater or lesser degree but hey, that's just half the fun as long as it doesn't get in the way of making images! As for your photos shown in the video - I'd like to see more of your work, it is good (very good). Last comment (I promise), don't ever apologise for your work either in the video commentary or the accompanying notes. You do good stuff and we are all here to see it, so ditch that nagging little insecurity and put your best foot forward - after a while your confidence will grow and be well deserved too. Nicely done, cheers!

Love this video! I love my zoom lens so much - super convenient and versatile

This shows that a good photographer and a good model can make great photos with practically any functioning camera. Great effort.

ewwww zooms

Glad you are enjoying the lens 🥰

great vid Matty b, I'm serving gyatt

Send it for a CLA 😮 I dropped my M6 for the M5 which is a far better camera. I find the flashing lights in the M6 display too distracting. The Leica M5 is the best Leica of all my Leica’s even better than the M2/ M A.

I worked professionally in photo labs for 15 years. And I think you got excellent with all the cameras you used. Including the cellphone. Keep it up.

This may have convinced me to get the M5. Was choosing between this and the M4-2!

I'm throwing out the Pentax 67 and buying that Nokia 😂 Great work man!

Hell yeah man, you crushed it! These shots are all really great!

Gret vid and photos matt as always, personally love the shot at 3:46 where your model is looking of the to the right of frame, just fantastic!

theres no fucking way you have less than 200 subscribers jesus the mic and camera in the intro alone deserves a few thousand like why is the production so good 😭

Making me wanna buy a small digital camera now! fantastic stuff 👍

I really liked the HOLGA, might buy it.

Welcome to the world of TH-cam Great video ❤

When I read the title and started watching I thought, "yeah but what about a 2mp nokia camera" and you did it! Great stuff Mr Berry

You were right, ripper video 💪

The M5 is the best M. I use it more than my M3 or Barnacks. Very intuitive and the viewfinder rocks. I have the 2 lug version and the way it sits on the strap it's always ready to rock. Simply the best camera ever IMO.

Great photos and documentry

Really enjoyed your video thanks for sharing it. I'm going alone on the Overland in January and like you will have my Fujifilm X-Pro 2 plus plus. Your itinerary is my intended itinerary so it was great to see a video which shows many of things I've stressed over and answers many questions. Loved your approach to the photography. Regards Colin

Some say it's the ugly duckling. I see M3s, M4s, M6s on my town pretty often. M5? Kinda rare sight.

I love your humor :D keep posting more

Gove it a cla and some new trim. The M5 deserves some tlc

Amazing build quality

ok, stopped totally randomly just for a comment from my actual situation of being poor, if you wanna really spend low money on a leica you get a screw mount leica LEL, ok jk aside back to the video

i have the m2 but the m5 its my dream camera

Excellent photographs come from the mind/vision of the photographer, the lens and the film. Camera bodies mean very little. An expensive Leica lens mounted on a cheap and cheerful Zorki will produce exactly the same results as if mounted on an M6. Even the inexpensive Russian lenses (e.g. Industar and Jupiter) will produce lovely photographs. Don't get bogged down with G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome).....

You might say that you leica dis camera? I'm so sorry.

I really like your argument on how the price of film is a great determinant on how you should invest in your gear. I've read somewhere that "date the camera bodies, but marry the lens system", which is just another way of saying to better spend in glass over bodies, and the Leica M5 allows you to follow this principle. I own one, bought at a lower-than-market price from a friend who's saving to buy a car, and I've been using it with my LTM glass (specifically the 45mm f2.8 and 50mm f2 Super Rokkors, and the "Japanese Summilux" Canon 50mm f1.4, alongside the Industar-61 L/D 55mm f2.8) fitted with an LTM-M mount adapter. And honestly, this setup has served me well and has taught me the beauty of the M system - without giving in to the fad of the M system. Additionally, the M5 is not a camera that you choose to use, the M5 is a camera that chooses you to use it, and to those it chooses, it blesses them with a unique M shooting experience that's never replicated anymore: easy shutter wheel access, a center-the-needle exposure indicator, well-balanced size (allows for use of heavier lenses without upsetting the camera's center of gravity), and lower-then-usual price due to low demand. Howver should you buy or use one, know that it is the hardest M camera to be maintained: its parts are rare candies and only a few repair facilities accept to repair the body. Nonetheless, being the last camera built using the adjust-and-fit method of construction, the M5 is a sturdy body that demands to be used and loved for years to come.

ultramax 400 hate for the win!

Bring it on!! So keen

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:3 hello. m5 is the cheepest leica with lightmeter actually right? :3 So it is good for me. I own m4 but i consider to switch.

The Leica M5 is absolutely the best camera ever made. I must ask of one favor. Stop promoting this camera. As a loyal fan, I've always felt assured that there would be a hefty supply of M5s at a more reasonable price due to it's unpopularity. We have nothing but to lose with this sort of hype. I guess I'll jump on ebay and panic-shop for my fourth M5. Thanks.

Honestly, the M5 is the best M mount camera I’ve ever used, I love the weird vertical strap lugs and the utterly glorious light meter, and it’s just so much more ergonomically pleasing to me than an M4, or any others. Yeah sure, it’s a little heftier and a little bit awkward looking at times, but it’s worth every tradeoff honestly

The M5 has a great light meter. You know instantly if you're going in the right direction. That shutter speed dial is more practical that the regular one.

yes. u convinced me. I’m going for the M5🎉

I love the M6, it is a fantastic camera. But the M5 has always been more pleasing for me. I cant really explain it. An underdog in whatever category for me has always been more interesting.