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make the video!!!!

Nice photos!!

3:17 and 3:54 i would love a print of those on my wall... The cat not so much, as its "personal" (probably your cat) but the sky with those clouds... thats an insane photo

LET'S GOOOO IM HAPPY YOU GOT TO KEEP THE M2

Good call on not selling that Leica, you can always save up to buy what you need but finding a working Leica for an accessible price is more difficult.

Hey I really don’t think you need AF to scan film. You do need a copy stand and then once you set focus with focus peaking you really don’t need to change it. I don’t know your setup but I built a super cheap copy stand with some pipe and a piece of wood. Worth looking into. I’m scanning with a S1R and an old Nikon 105 with good results.

Why shoot film if you don't want the color shift, hue cast, softness and grain? What is the definition of professional grade film? Digital photography is the answer to all you are running away from when it comes to film and that's the reason most of us back in the days left film for digital but now looking back at some images I had in the 90s, 2000s I have come to see why digital is sterile and clinical and what we loved about photography then.. the color cast and the film interpretation of the scene rather than the documentary capabilities of digital which reproduces exactly what the color and scene was.. BTW the term professional grade film only applied back when there wasn't digital and most of them weren't the Portra I see yall rave about these days.. they were mostly slide film from the revered Kodachrome to Velvia, Sensia, Provia, Ektarchrome, Agfachrome CT-X etc... TLDR; In summary, my favorite film these days are the cheapest ones - no. 1 this Fujifilm 400, superior X-tra400/200/800, Orwo 500, ProImage100 and the no longer available pro400h ..

Many Leica lenses also have a 1m close focus. Get a 50mm Canon lens and a handheld lightmeter, it will solve your problems. The P is a great camera.

So you are saying that those gorgeous colors under the bridge weren't at all made with 85B Filter? 500T giving such vibrant colors in daylight? I might try it then, I was only getting 250 D until now, because I was scared of the Tungsten balance. Any recommendations on how to avoid the blue ast or it can be easily balanced in Post?

I prefer the canon vi-L , for a lower price and it have three magnifications. But ngl the canon P look so cleannnnn

I have the 2 GFX budget busters: Fuji GF 50mm 🧁 and the 35-70. It’s an amazing little lens. Only reason I keep the 50 around is because it’s a little faster in low light. Add the Mitakon 65mm and you’ve got a mean trio.

I just bought an F3 and I'm so excited to use my first roll of film today 😊thanks for this video!

Hi, do you need to use crop mode on the gfx or the lens cover the whole sensor without any dark corner? Thx

I have a box of E-6 chemicals and a few rolls of E100 in my fridge but I have not yet delved into this world. I also have 200 slide mounts but I do not own a slide projector so that is (for now) pointless but I COULD mount real slides 🤣

Hi Michael! I actually shot my first 400 stock at 250 iso accidentally but now that im seeing this mistake was actually a GOOD thing, before I get my film developed would you say to ask the lab to pull -1? Or just leave as is & dev normally as if it was shot at 400? 👀

I have the same 8sinn clamp as you, but for the life of me I cant seem to find the right USB-C cable to fit.All the right angle ones i buy just dont go in :(

Nice one Michael, you did a good job there 👍

I mean, fuji 400 is cheaper than ultramax 400 in where i live so that works for me

Have you tried pushing one stop ? I want more grain and contrast. Im afraid pushing it will ruin it but im not sure.

You have a very similar setup to mine! do you mind making a video of the colour editing process for your GFX to make them look like your M2 images? love the tonality and depth of what you have in this video.

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Did you use a warming filter in daylight or did nothing and just edited in post?

I don’t know why Leica M2/3 fans continue to make the false claim that Leicas are built better than the Canon P when the Canon P has a metal shutter curtain that will outlast Leica’s fabric shutter curtain every day of the week and twice on Sundays. And that’s not some touchy-feely opinion; it’s an objective fact that makes the P’s build quality objectively superior. To be clear, I’m not hating on Leicas. I think they’re fine. But any person who hasn’t bought into the marketing or fan-boy hype and looks at both camera’s objectively can see that the Canon P (and probably other camera a well) are built just as well or better than Leicas. As far as design goes, I think one can say that the side-mounted strap lugs on the Leica is functionally better than the Canon P, and the focusing patch is ostensibly easier to use as well. However, the P has the larger 1x viewfinder, and it also has what any reasonable person would admit is a far superior designed film-loading system verses the Leica’s archaic and anachronistic bottom-loading system. So where design is concerned, what one considers “better” (in a utilitarian sense) will depend on the importance one places on any of those items mentioned. And because preference is subjective, one cannot dispute the preference of others. However, where something like quality of build is concerned, a camera whose cloth shutter-curtain is subject to deterioration and/or pinholes and will eventually require replacement cannot seriously be said to be built better than one with a metal shutter-curtain. To suggest otherwise simply sounds like fancy-boy hyperbole.

Bro, this is so weird but that Pentax 67 that belonged to you that I ended up with, I actually traded it for an M2 recently! 😂

i have a 50sii and the camera is amazing ... the files are amazing ... and the GF55f1.7 is amazing

Your photos are beautiful!

Go for the 645 Pentax lenses, not much more expensive and they cover the entire GFX sensor since 645 is even larger

imo i focus wayyyy faster with a rangefinder vs my nikon f or f2. i think that reason alone is worth keeping the leica.

Provia and Velvia are sharper than Ektachrome, but has less dynamic range. Velvia shifts towards magenta. Ektachrome has a impressive dynamic range. I can underexpose 2 stops and still get reasonable scans. Ektachrome shifts a little bit towards blue. It could be purchased cheaper by buying the Kodak Vision 3 5294

Hey man, cool video great photos .. I have the same camera and I have same film in the fridge any tips on settings ? As I was told this film is great for shooting at night ! Keep on shooting on ! Peace ✌️ Tommy

just subscribed to your channel! The Mamiya 7 is my dream camera and hope to buy one someday. I currently have the RB67 and a 35mm. Where do you develop your film at? I'm looking for a new lab, I live in Atlanta, GA and my lab has been very hit or miss with scanning lately.

You just sold me on getting one of these. Thanks for that!

You have a favorite shutter speed? 😂

Great video

Still selling that lens? I'd be interested...

Amazing work! Thanks for this video! :)

what happen if you spin far on NiSi JetMag Pro True Color CPL ? is be loose? cuz the line is short.

If you love this camera like you said in the video, don't sell it. You will regret it. 2000 dollars isn't that much money to invest in a photography career. So the investment in gear that you love and can use for 20+ years is so much more valuable in the end.

Don’t sell it! You will regret it. Speaking from experience.

Love to see your insight on this topic. I feel like lot of people nowdays are just so used to seeing Leicas and other expensive gear that it became practically an standart to have one while only a fraction of us have the money for it, as you mentioned you had to sell quite a lot of stuff to buy the M2. Leicas are great, but you can definetly as you said take same photo with the F3 or just any other camera, all that matters at the end is the stock and the lens.

I recently bought a Leica m3 for a good price and told myself I was going to flip it. However, I can’t seem to let it go😂 but freeing up money is definitely a legitimate reason. Interested to see what you do with that $2000

I shot with the F in the mid-late 70's, then F3 & FM2N in the 80's and onward until I got lost in the migration to digital and cast about for a while until settling on D850's and a Zed 7 among others. However, the F3 remains the pinnacle of Nikon 35mm film cameras and the pinnacle among all others. I'm dusting off the F3 now for a shoot early next year!

I completely understand what youre trying to say, The exact same thing has been on my mine about my relationship with my M4 as well

by the way, if you ever get rid of this converted G lens, hit me up :)

reasonable comments and I totally agree with the decision. My end goal for 35mm is also a silver M-P but that's far in the future. Now I'm another one settled with a Canon P and a good 50mm. Now the next step is a good 35mm lens. Later comes the M-P - way later. Good video and good photos

Wonderful work and also narration. May I ask how you prepare your photos for your videos? It's nice with the white frame and the text which camera and film you use. And also which resolution (since I own a GFX 50s 2, too). I am starting in doing videos for youtube and struggling with hat.