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John, that's a good question, it's not true for my M8.2 at least. Leica do service a failed shutters and will take it in. I believe they don't have replacement sensors and most likely electronic parts like circuit boards and chipsets etc. it will cost about 700/800 euro in Wetzlar, so it is very expensive unfortunately. Given the Q is a totally different camera, electronic viewfinder and not a range finder it's hard to compare the two cameras. My guess is the leaf shutter closed inside the Q is less likely to have issues given the less exposure to the elements and yeah most likely will cause less trouble in the short to medium term, however if the Q has an issue I'm not sure how easy that is to get fixed. I think the best deal out there right now are the many M240 cameras for sale, the are seem to have come down a bit and you can get some in lovely condition, they even if a proper black paint MP version of it which would be my pick!

Thank you for getting back to me, I do like the m8, I had a m240 but unfortunately it was stolen.i do want to also ask you about the zeiss 28 Biogon lens how do you like it, that was the lens I was going to put on my m240 before it was stolen , it actually came in a week after my camera was taken

Thanks Richard, I really appreciate that. It's a beautiful part of the world, mind you it's winter now and we've a red alert storm coming our way this weekend so might be one to hide out for! :)

Steve, I've to dig through my old notebook and see what I wrote down at the time. I will reply on this thread ok. Have a great weekend.

To focus a Leica Barnack camera which has two viewing windows, first set the desired distance on the lens by estimating or measuring the distance to your subject. Then, look through the rangefinder window, adjusting the focus ring until the double images align for sharp focus. then once focused you can move back to the viewing frame lines window and check your composition. Notice I tend to you a cold shoe external view finder and it is a lovely addition, makes it lovely to use! Unlike single-patch M focusing, which uses a central patch for precise alignment, zone focusing at around f/8 offers a quick alternative for street photography by setting a fixed distance, keeping most scenes in focus without refocusing. I hope this helps :)

Hi Steve, congrats on the new M8.2. if you use it a lot you will get really good at it fast. I'm glad you prefer this style of video! Of course it would be easier and more time sensible to do more talking head videos. I felt My Leica M8 Q&A was a video that made sense to do it in my office but really I'm more about the relaxation that photography can bring and just enjoying a more long term project with my camera. If I can bring one of two folks with me, why not. I always do feel the video never does the real thing justice but look, I can only try. As you can see I'm not a full time content creator so I don't need to abide by the must post twice a week thing, I post these walk around videos when I feel maybe somebody might enjoy or benefit from 5 mins out and walk with me :) I sometimes use the IR cut filter. For black and white intentional work I leave it off 100% of the time, for green foliage for more realistic colours I think it's worth getting the IR cut for sure. I hope this helps.

Hi Colin…. Thanks for taking time to reply…. Will follow your channel…. Look forward to seeing what you come up with… currently shooting with the TT Artisans 50mm and looking at getting a voightlander 35mm Ultron and my lens choices….. probably selling down my Fuji gear….

I have a nice video coming up next from the cost, sort of sleepy foggy day there at the end of summer. Again one of those sort of relaxed type videos. I have not used the TT lenses but hear good things, I have a 35mm VG 1.2 and it's a beast of a lens. They know how to make a lens, I never nearly got that ultron you have recently. I held off, I think I'll get a 35mm coming into 2025 as honestly as a walk around lens it's a happy medium. the 1.2 is a version 1 so weighs a ton.

I enjoy it ;)

HI mate, ok look don't judge me haha but I have some 3rd party batteries I use on this. Same spec and shape and they are actually superb. I have 5 batteries for this camera, 2 legit original batteries which still hold ok charge and 3 third parties. Also my charger failed maybe 4 years ago and I could not for the life of my find a legit replacement. When I went to look for one it came with these 3rd party batteries. Do so at your own risk of course, but I have had ZERO issues with them.... hang on I'm looking to see if I can find them still.... ok so for about 22 GBP you can get a battery like what I have and the charger is not much more! I would say don't that stop you. The biggest issue REALLY on this camera is of course when my shuitter went it has to go to Leica and you're looking at 4 month wait and 700 euro! ouch! yes 700! hope this helps.

Thanks Nick, I have another Vienna video coming out next month, sort of a part 2 from this one so hopefully you sub and come back. I'm glad you liked the photos, I am printing a few for the house here as I do love a couple of these. FP4 rules!

Yeah the wait times are a bit nuts with Leica tbh. I mean it is what it is! My wait was so long for my M8.2 shutter replacement that I basically picked up the M10-R to see me through the year. I was lucky enough to be in the position to do that at the time but for most it's probably not really sensible. The M8 is great, I would get an M8.2 if you can find a clean one! it's worth the extra $.

The 1/1000 certainly does limit you if you want to use fast glass in good light. Very nearly picked up an m6 titanium many years ago. Wish I had now!! Yes I bulk but my film now twice a year, it has become very expensive but I can’t not shoot it 😬. Thanks for stopping by and converting mate. Cheers

Thanks mate

Hi mate, thanks for checking in on the channel. I hope you sub as I've a few interesting videos in the works finally! I hope this helps so lets five this a go. The M8 uses a metal-blade shutter and has a shutter speed up to 1/8000 and so it is quite loud, which btw I sort of love to! The 8.2 has a quieter, rubberised shutter and max is 1/4000 which is normal for the current versions. the M8.2 has a sapphire crystal display making it more scratch resistant. The framelines were adjusted by Leica for the M8.2 to be accurate at 1 meter which is more realistic for how we shoot really! I have heard rumours that the image processing was improved on the M8.2 regarding noise and I think I get slightly less banding on images on the higher ISOs than a friend and his M8 but again I have not done a scientific test! I think most noticeably the M8.2 comes with a really nice black paint on brace finish! Mine over the years I've had it has braced naturally as It's been everywhere, literally, and tbh I thnk it's gorgeous. it's similar to the finish on the film MP would be my guess and is pretty rare these days for digital cameras unfortunately. I hope this helps you :)

haha. ah yes that lad was all business!!! Hah! I had to take it!!! Yeah DC was actually a fun trip, its not very often I find myself over there really so I'm glad I had a couple of days to myself to take it in. The Museums were so good. I really enjoyed the night scene there too. Picked up some locally produced photo books as well which sit on my book shelf here. I look forward to getting back there in the new few years hopefully. New video NEARLY done, been busy but it's on the way! Cheers mate.

I agree with you 100%. The M8 is a super camera to have and tbh even at night I took some of my favourite photos with it. Of course you have to really know what your doing shooting at low ISO and at night and your lens comes into play but I have a 1.2 35mm from voigtlander for night and tbh I have lovely photos from my time in Asia at night street markets. some of my absolute favourites. hope you check back soon.

It really is. I love the natural light port that allows the focusing patch to appear. It’s present on the m9 as well and of course all the older film cameras. Love that look, now replaced with electronic version of course so it’s not on the newer m cameras. Hope your lasts you mate. Cheers

Just realised I was just watching your Portugal video. Really enjoyed it mate. Thanks for coming over to the channel.

🤣 the wool jacket helped. The hands were gone alright hahaha

Thanks Richard. Glad you enjoyed it. It’s a beautiful city. In the snow it was perfect.

Thanks mate. Oh it’s absolutely worth the trip and if you can stay out there for a night or two it’s well worth it. Cheers

Good morning Anders, Thanks for watching firstly and I hope you sub. for the last 13 years I've used the same lenses. My two main lenses and what you saw in this video are my two Zeiss lenses. A Zeiss zm Planar T* 50mm f2. Basically Zeiss' answer to the 50 cron! And a Zeiss ZM Biogon 28mm f2.8. Which is Zeiss answer to the Elmarit 28mm. Except the Zeiss can focus down to 0.5m if needed. Both are amazing lenses. for years I have looked at some other lenses. I'm in the market for a solid 35mm. A cron, summilux (but it's a bit pricey) or Voightlander ultron f2 or the LLL 8 element 35mm. I do have a Voigtlander version 1 of their 35mm 1.2 which to me makes stunning images due to it's not perfect rendering. I sort of think I'm more into character lenses now as I age ;) I hope this helps. Can I ask you waht you shoot now?

@@colinosullivan not Leica M owner yet but probably buying a M10-R (mint) or M11

@@andersphansson M11 would be amazing but as a user of the M10-R I would say it's more camera than most need! Pretty amazing and very reliable as it was at the end of the M10 run.

Thanks for the kind comment. Appreciate it. :) some more videos on the way I promise, just been very busy. Life! I always shoot DNG + JPG. I almost never use the JPGs and I process my DNGs in Lightroom classic. I do very little editing on the M8.2 files. Maybe some exposure adjustmetns half a stop either way but the look is sort of baked in! On the M10-R which by design gives you a flatter profile for editing I sort of do more on those. The Fuji cameras look very nice but never had a chance to use one here. Some day.

Thanks for watching. Good feedback, I’ll have to rewatch this one. Possibly because this trip came at a time when chilling and relaxing was the priority. Hope you check out some of the other videos. Cheers

Cheers mate. Hehe. I’m usually easy to spot 🤣. DC is a nice place to have an excuse to visit. No doubt I’ll be back soon. Next few trips are all European 🇪🇺 with s as few Asian trips in the near future. Hood you enjoy some of the other videos mate. Cheers 🙏

The ME is a sweet camera. Enjoy it mate. Another M8 with come up for you. ;)

If there was just a single type of camera for everyone wouldn’t it a boring world! It was my first experience of a rangefinder and I loved it. It made no sense technically as my Sony camera had more dynamic range and way more features and it took me a long time to understand why it got selected over my Sony nearly every time :) This camera requires a lot of patience. Main thing is you are enjoying whatever you use. I usually say at the end of each of my videos it doesn’t matter what you shoot. And I mean that genuinely. I hope you enjoy some of my walk around videos If this video wasn’t to your taste. Out of curiosity what camera does it for you? Cheers

@@colinosullivan i have a big camera collection, but if we talk rangefinder I kept epson r-d1 and M9 and Id say I will never sell the epson, its less resolution then M8 but its good at AWB, better in low light, no filters, no color shift and the fact that you need to crank it just makes it soo cool

@@Moonrakerd never had the pleasure of trying the Epson and unfortunately never seen one in the wild! Ah yea the M9, used it back in the day when it was released but never owned one. Yeah right now I’m shooting my barnack a lot. Not everyone’s cup of tea :) haha are you US based ?

@@colinosullivan nah UK, I also have a broken m240 that I almost got working, but no one is brave enough to even attempt to fix a drowned leica, so still looking for someone to fix that as it would replace m9 without any regrets :)

@@Moonrakerd I very nearly ended up with a 240. Hope you find somebody to do the soldering ;) you’re only over the pond for me. ;) haha

Glad you like this one mate. I really enjoyed that morning, sort of stood out to me. Didnt' see a soul in a couple of hours up in the mountains. Pretty sweet. I may head back up there in the coming weeks and revisit some of these spots.

感谢您的观看，希望您订阅。 M8确实是一款特殊的相机。对我来说，它无处不在，所以我对这个工具充满了感情。只要我还在，我的就会一直陪伴着我。我可以问一下你在哪里吗？我希望您喜欢使用相机。小心。

你的节目很棒，我已经订阅有几个月了。我在中国，在中国有很多徕卡的用户。使用胶片或者数码 。我也会一直持有M8 并且用它拍摄很多照片，这机器是我认为可以替代黑白胶片的徕卡数码相机。

@@colinosullivan 加油! 多拍摄多分享，持续关注

很高兴你喜欢这个频道，我将在这个周末稍晚些时候发布一个短视频，希望你能回来查看。我相信现在在中国一定有很多徕卡用户。我希望有一天能到那里去，花一些时间好好看看。那里看起来是个非常有趣的地方。希望有一天我能实现这个愿望！是的，M8的输出确实像胶片相机一样。我非常喜欢用我的徕卡M4拍摄胶片，我真的需要更多地使用它！我希望能更频繁地发布视频，请多多评论，我期待与你交流。干杯！

@@colinosullivan 好的，欢迎您来中国旅行和摄影，中国是有悠久历史的文明古国和好客的中国人民，如果有机会一定要来旅行摄影。人文摄影 ，风景摄影，街拍等很多摄影题材。另外美食也很多，相信会给你带来不同的摄影体验和创作灵感。M4是一台优秀的徕卡旁轴胶片相机，尤其喜欢黑色。胶片能让摄影慢下来，可以半天很快的把一卷菲林拍完，也可以一卷拍一个月，没有遇到好的机会 我就不按快门。当然我很喜欢思考后按快门的感觉。思考更多出片率高一些。我胶片使用M3,我很喜欢它大而明亮的取景器，镜头是50 2DR 50 3.5 和35 2.8眼镜版，这些镜头都可以和M8使用。

Thanks mate. Was lovely to be in no rush there in France and just shoot the b roll and scenes I wanted to. We’ll be back there. Gorgeous town.

The shutter failure I had was after 36203 exposures. Not sure how others got on with shutter counts. Hope this helps.

Thanks for watching the video mate. Oh I'll be back there for sure. Very soon! M8 wold be perfect for it with those colours!

It’s a gem tbh! Underrated big time!! I love this lens. Collapsible. It’ll be travelling across with me to Europe again this summer.

Thanks mate 🙏

Glad you enjoyed this one mate. Yes, if I'm intending to shoot colour I will sometimes add the IR Cut filter. Sometimes I like the colours of the M8 so I'll use a standard UV filter, and I always leave the IR Cut off to black and white. The IR Cut filters I use are the B+W F-Pro 486 UV IR Cut MRC. I have always used B+W and they are still mint condition after ten years of use. Hard use. haha

Oh really? I’ve never really looked back from kinsale actually. Funny as was there last weekend. Thanks for tuning in mate.

You may be exactly right actually. On this day I think I metered at the beginning of my stroll and that was it. :) Makes me wanna go shoot hp5 again. Cheers mate

Sorry, it’s on description, I only saw after. thank you

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed this one. FP4 is my favourite film stock and I always shoot it at box speed or 125 native. And Rodinal is my favourite developer for it. If you try it let me know what you think. Cheers

Sometimes It’s the Sony a7s but I’m this case it’s the iPhone pro! I think audio is more important than the video and so I have a zoom h1n with a wired mic and a wind cover and I sync those later with the iPhone footage!!

Thanks mate. Appreciate that 🙏

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Glad you liked this one. Some days are special.

I am also using the same lens as you, and the Zeiss 35f2 and 50f2 lenses are both excellent lenses

I love hearing this. That’s such an amazing gift. It’s great it’s been all over the world with you. Aside from the occasional service I’m sure you’ll have that with you for a long time to come.

…. Ah yes I did think the one take shoot that night would have a mistake or two haha. Your correct. Mine at least has no marks and ya no screen complaints for me. I would love to try nearly all of those cameras you mentioned. I very nearly opted for an m9 monochrome instead of the m10R but Given how we travel I figured I’d need colour for those family photos too! What are your shooting mate ?

Ich freue mich, dass Sie dieses spezielle Video gefunden haben, da es eines meiner Lieblingsvideos war. Der m8.2 hat auf den Fotos sicherlich ein einzigartiges Aussehen. Ich hoffe, dass Sie sich anmelden, da ich vorhabe, mehr davon zu machen. Darf ich fragen, wo Sie ansässig sind? Ich bin immer neugierig. Prost

I’m glad you liked this one. It’s a lovely spot that very few actually know about as it’s up a few back Lanes and really just woodland but I love it. Yes the m8 is perfect for streets isn’t it. Hope you’d a great weekend mate

Fp4 really is the good stuff. I nearly missed this one s as it came down. They’d it down within about 10 days! The rest I’ll do in a more planned approach and archive them. I’m sure Newcastle and London have changed a lot. Glad I got this on film. About a week after when it was nearly fully down j was walking past to the food market with my m10-r and snapped a few more. Hopefully a nice weekend for the camera again this weekend as the weather moves on through. Any plans mate ?

Oh wow I’d love to see that iiia. Very very nice. I was originally looking at a iiia. Appreciate the kind words, where in France mate? Cheers

Thanks mate. You’re the man who sourced it for me so I have to shoot it right ? Hehe