My medium-format camera of choice is the TLR. Currently my collection of working cameras are a Yashica D and a Yashica-Mat. Fixed normal lenses of 3 and 4 elements respectively, but stop down to f/8 and they make great 6x6 negatives.
One advantage I found of 35 mm based rangefinder camera and lens is in constrained spaces. I used a M or LTM lens several times to shoot through a fence where any kind of (D)SLR or medium-format lens would have never fitted through. Big advantage of small lenses. You can use 35 mm film inside a medium format film camera to get panoramic 35 mm shots (with exposed sprockets). Another simple reason what is "better" to use is where you get film from for cheap (maybe even expired film in good condition). I shoot also with Hasselblad 500 C/M and Mamiya RZ67 Pro (I personally prefer the Hasselblad).
Thanks Martin, that is quite a niche concept i've never considered! :) I guess I don't shoot through fences enough. Yes great point on 35mm in MF cameras, I do it so I should have mentioned though I will show it in a future related video. Yes I use my Hasselblads more too.. Many thanks!
I use 6x6 Rolleicord iii and folding cameras like Franka Bonafix and Voigtländer rollfix which are 6x9 cameras or Voigtländer perkeo 6x6. I found that 6x6 has the advantage to cover exactly the lens...my 6x9 are little soft in the corners for that reason i think. Folders can be very cheap.
I too am fond of my 645 camera (Mamiya), versus the 67 (Mamiya RZ) that I have, also for the reasons you mentioned. On the 645, it is beneficial to have a greater range of shutter speeds and data imprinting on the side of the film. Believe it or not, I find that it is preferable to have only 16 frames to use up when taking portraits of tempermental children. I am also partial to the 645 for sentimental reasons as it was a gift. Cheers from Canada. Thank you for your excellent videos and webpage content.
Great presentation!! My problem is: I am absolutely addicted to the SQUARE! If the picture isn't square, I feel there's something wrong and out of balance with the image. The square format of the Hasselblad has something so artistic, pleasing, balanced, well-tempered, and sublime about it. As good as the Leica images are, they feel squished when viewed horizontally and claustrophobic when held vertically. The square is just perfectly symmetric.
Haha thanks! Sqaures do look good much of the time.. I use 6x6 backs on my RZ :) I will try to do a best 6x6 cameras compared.. I have quite a few and each have strengths :) Maybe in the future digital Leica will offer a sqaure crop format option like some lesser cameras do!
For me the same. I like your content. And I thing your are the best one to decide which content to show us. I found you because I was looking for my first Leica camera, and I already shoot medium format film(mamiya c220). But know the experience and opinion of professional fotografers is always interesting.
Thanks Abel! I appreciate your thoughts. I get very passionate about the latest camera or lens I try so I have to think if others will find it useful or not haha :) Lots more to come!
I began my photographic journey shooting medium format. Over the decades, I shot 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, and 6x12cm medium format on 120 film. I have never tried 645 medium format. I did not shoot 35mm small format until I started shooting professionally for a newspaper. I now shoot 35mm film, medium format film, and large format film. I have produced 24x68mm and 24x90mm panoramic images by loading 35mm small format film into 6x7 and 6x9cm medium format cameras. I have not yet tried shooting 24x127mm images by loading 35mm film into a 4x5 inch large format sheet film holder. I also shoot full-size digital, APS-C size digital, and micro 4/3 digital. I have been considering buying a medium format digital camera, but I keep talking myself out of it.
Thanks - an inspiring video! Your enthusiasm is catchy! I kind of want to try more on medium format after this. For me film photography is a hobby. I try to restrain myself a little bit :-) The medium formats I own are a bit slow and maybe quirky too. One is a Zenza Bronica S2a. Wonderful camera around 1,8 kg but easy and a joy to use -rather slow though. The other one is a Welta Weltax 6x6 folding camera (East German post war with Carl Zeiss Jena lens) with zone focusing. It is small as the Voigtländer in the video. When I ride my bike and want lightweight I take one Leica M and the folding camera. In Denmark outside Copenhagen 120 film has to be sent for development and scanning is nearly impossible to get done, but as you point out it is easily done at home. I use a Epson V800 as well. Keep hitting us with interesting and enjoyable reviews and topical videos like this one.
Thank you John! Thanks for the comment and feedback. Good to hear you cycle with your cameras too and use an V800 scanner. Great scanners I think. I've no need for anything else.
Hey Matt thanks for this comparison. I have a Mamiya 7 which i think has good optics and is a fast MF relatively light camera but just not enamoured with only having 10 frames per roll. Maybe I might look for a 645 as a better compromise. My best current half way house is the Xpan which I love and suits my more instinctive anamorphic style (video) framing. I find 67 too square but it’s all just practise and familiarity with different aspect ratios. All Fun though and can sure can burn through money quickly if you’re not self disciplined with this addiction!
Thanks Malcolm, I will try to share a Mamiya 7 video soon and then follow that up with various 645 options you may appreciate. I have 4 or 5 645 specific cameras I think + others that shoot 645 too. I'm a big 645 fan! Xpan is also excellent but my models shooting style doesn't suit the pano framing. I love it otherwise. That video also to come! :)
When I shoot MF I shoot differently, more plainly, more straight on it's like I'm weighted down and everything is lovely but sort of prosaic. Even with the Mamiya 7II. There's something about a 35mm rangefinder that makes you feel more experimental and willing to take a chance and my results are always more interesting. Which supersedes in importance the resolution or tonality MF provides. Which I think for some is a bit of a crutch.
Thanks! Yes I certainly shoot less if MF film. I sold the Mamiya 7 but I still have Hassys, RZ, Rollei and others. That said I find I shoot 95% 35mm in recent years. I just love the size, speed, ease and the cameras.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom That's interesting to know, I print in a colour darkroom sometimes and its a great way to meet people. Im usually the only guy on 35mm and the MF prints are tonally so beautiful but when I talk to them about it they always feel 35 is liberating and quintessential. Makes me feel better, but looking at getting a hassy, 501 maybe. Anyway, love your videos, been watching for ages. So genuine and personable and informative. If you ever want to do a video on colour darkroom printing look up Photofusion in Brixton, London. Be lovely to chat one day.
I always enjoy your analysis Matt, it puts me in-touch with current times: availabity of film while travelling... Excellent, well considered as always. Former user of the Leica M6 and big Leica, Mamiya 7, now Voitlander convert.
Matt, at 3:20 you are saying "cameras are only a tool". Yo are a 100 % right. Please, publish your thoughts. Some Dutch photoshop assistent will not be pleased hearing your opinion on cameras being just a tool. I was looking for an analog camera with the M-mount. It took a lot of effort to convince the assistent that I wanted to buy a "tool" my granddaughter is going to shoot her pictures with.. He told me the Leica was to expensive for me and was not willing to sell me the camra, because this special edition item must be put in a glasscase at home ........ I do not know yet what to will do. To pay him a vist in his Leica Photostore and ask him if his grandfather happenned to be Henrie Cartier-Bresson. Probably going to Wetzlarwill be more satisfying. At Leica I will suggest to finish the authorized Leica dealership of Foto Henny Hoogeveen, because of his rudeness, lack of know how and arrogance.
First let me say that I enjoy your content... very straightforward and informative👌🏼. I shoot SLR's(Olympus, Minolta...) and russian rangefinders ( fed2, zorki..) and itching to try leica hopefully soon bit still not sure if I want to invest that money on a 35mm as I mainly shoot Medium format.. i have the fuji gs645s, fuji gw690ii and the one that I love the most will be the Mamiya c3.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom mmm..I did look at the leicaiii series but i don't think the split viewfinder/rangefinder is practical for me. I think I'm gonna go with the m3. I wanted to ask you if you've ever tried the m5 and what's your take on it?
I agree with you, but I came from the opposite direction. I was a long time canon DSLR digital photographer, and so I bought analog Canon EOS Cameras with AF, E-TTL etc. to use my fast Canon Lenses, and shoot on film again. I also had one of the last analog pro models from canon (EOS 3) that everyone called so fantastic. But I was never happy with the quality because most of my pictures with fast Lenses (f/1.2 and f/1.4) were out of focus. The AF was older and could not handle these lenses well. I so I switched to my Mamiya RZ67 Pro II with the 110. After buying a new focus screen and a focusing loupe, I was able to nail the focus, and the quality in 6x7 was amazing. I also tried 6x6 a TLR (Yashica 124G), but I was never happy with it. 6x6 is not my cup of tea, and the waist-level viewfinder drove me crazy. 6x7 is almost the ideal format in my eyes, and I really love it. So I almost gave up on 35mm. But the RZ67 is so huge and heavy that I only used it on location or in a studio. But then I bought a Leica M4-2 in excellent condition to give it a try. I thought focusing is a big issue on a range finder camera, because I was new to it, but I missed focus on only very few frames with the rangefinder. Much less than with the autofocus. And the quality of the images with the super expensive Leica lenses was amazing. The camera is super small and much easier to carry around on a trip. I was infected with the Leica virus. But I agree with you. Scanning 35mm film on a flatbed scanner is horrific. But I was lucky, and I've found a cheap Kodak Pakon F135 Plus to scan my films. The resolution is not very high, but the colours and the speed are superb. And the 6 Megapixel resolution is not only digital artefacts like on the Epson V800 which I own too. I do print my images from time to time, and even with a little 35mm negative, I can do DIN-A3+ prints in good quality! So I went back to 35mm, and I love it! And for the internet 6 Megapixel is more than enough.
Thanks, great journey! I did a little bit similar overall, Nikon DSLR to SLR to Voigtlander RF to Leica M9 to Leica film! :) lots of Voigtlander stuff to come! :)
Medium format is actually what got me back into film. This was at a time when digital had clearly overtaken most 35mm film on resolution/quality, but good medium format film could actually still beat digital in those areas.
Thanks Derek, good to hear! Medium format helped me move away from my DSLR that I wasn't enjoying and finally resulted in me discovering Leica rangefinder cameras. I've never looked back!
yes! please do more medium format reviews! when i shoot films, i tend to use my xpan and 67 cameras more often than leica. However, most of my investment is in leica. Please convince me that i'm stupid.......
Is the lens on your Perkeo a Color akopar 3.5? It would be very interesting if you can compare images of a folding 6x6 like this with a bigger one like hasselblad.
Thanks Michel, I have 2 of them, yes one has the better Color Skopar lens on. Yes nice idea. I can't promise but I will try to do this.. remind me going forward if i've still not done it! (As I have quite a few videos planned for the near future first).
One big advantage of Medium format fotography (i use hasselblad 500) is that i must be in a good physical shape to carry arround 10 kilos of camera, lenses and tripod. So it is neccessary to make regularly sport. For the time I like to have it easier i use Leica digital.
Thanks Fernando! I like them! I have 2 - see my Rolleicord III video. I've not had chance to use them much but I will be sure to share more on them going forward once i've used them on some model shoots.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom just saw the video! Im very interested to see how the 35mm adapter works on the 6x6 camera! Will the image be shot thru the sprocket holes?
Fernando Salazar yes.. I’ve not done a video for this yet but if you want to see the effect go to Www.MrLeica.Com and type in Mamiya 7 35mm in the wear h box. You will see how it works and the look it gives.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom yes I picked it up 10years ago because of the look the ccd sensor gives I would like a Leica m8 or a epson rd1 but they seem so expensive now compared to two years ago
I respectfully disagree on two points if we are not talking about Leica but comparing film formats in general; 1- Shallow depth of field is not really an advantage of medium format. Fastest normal lens on RZ67 is 110mm f/2.8. If you do the math, this lens has exact same DOF as 55mm f/1.4 lens on 35mm format.~50mm lenses with f/1.4 max aperture are pretty easy to find on all brands, plus there are faster lenses for 35mm format; even M42 screw mount has a f/1.2 lens with shallower depth of field. 2- Speed is an advantage of 35mm format to be fair; comparing it with M6 to a medium format camera with electric film advance is not fair since M6 is not a fast camera to begin with. Compare M6 with a Super Ikonta and M6 will end up faster. Compare ANY medium format camera with a 35mm Leningrad rangefinder, Leningrad will still end up faster despite being fully mechanical. Also another advantage of 35mm format is much higher top shutter speeds. For high-end 35mm cameras, 1/1000 is the norm since 30s, 1/2000 since ~70s, 1/4000 or 1/8000 in 1980s, up to 1/12000 on a Minolta camera.
Thanks Batuhan and yes great point on max S/S, sorry if I missed that. (Many medium format bodies have better flash sync speeds vs 35mm because of the leaf shutters which I like). As we know Leica M are terrible for flash! 1/50 :)
From my testing yes. Not the same 3D look as MF but use pro film like TMax 400, an APO 50mm and any body (vs 645 film and perhaps older 6x6 bodies). Hasselblad images are sharp (500 series).. I did an old blog post on MrLeica.Com M6 vs Hassy
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom I’m currently a Nikon ZF hobbyist; I think my planned future next step is to shoot with film, specifically dipping my toes into MF. I have the Mamiya 7ii in mind.
Hey Matt, could you please help me out? I have the Mamiya 6 non MF, but I want to shoot 35mm pano shots with it. Could I get away with just the dumb adapter nubs and nothing else? I keep getting conflicting info online about whether my frames will be blurry in places or not. Thanks, love the videos!
Hey Jacob, I think yes. I have that camera and I’ve shot 35mm in quite a few MF cameras for fun. I only use 3D printed adapter. See my Mamiya 7 blog post on MrLeica.Com ..search Mamiya 7 35mm and the same should apply to the 6. Do a test roll with cheap film first.
@@godscola Good luck! I will do a video including this stuff soonish but this is the post I was on about.. might give you some pointers - mrleica.com/?s=mamiya+7+35mm
Hey Matt, great Video as always. Thinking about upgrading to Medium Format, but I am a bit concerned about scanning. Are you still using a flatbad for scanning 120 film? I have the Coolscan 5000 for 35mm and would love to buy an addition to my coolscan for 120 film. So does a flatbad resolve similar to the coolscan in 120 ? Thank you!
Hi Bene, thanks. Yes still happy with my v800. I don't know much about Coolscan but I think Epson are regarded as better. See MrLeica.com blog for full res sample images (search any MF camera from the long list).
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Alright nice! Thank you! And one more question: Want to buy a hasselblad 501c also for low light (subway) photography. Are you able to hold 1/15 or 1/30 of a sec withour a tri-or monopod?
Matt Osborne Great info on the 21mm Color Skopar, but other than price why haven’t you tested it against the (Leica) Super Angular 21mm (f/4 or f/3.5) Lens?
@@rogerwalker3201 Thanks, mainly because I test (1) what I own (99%) and (2) what I use. As a mostly portrait photographer I use mostly 50mm lenses and have many. I picked up these small 21mm lenses as they do all I need for when looking for the smallest possible setup when travelling. If I go towards shooting say landscape or architecture in the future then it will make good sense for me to test the Leica 21mm. If I test it I will be sure to share.
@@rogerwalker3201 ..I did test the Leica Summilux 21mm as that is much more useful for me. Fast wide lenses can be fun at weddings. It was only a short "outside the shop" test so I don't have much to share other than the fact that it is excellent. :)
Matt Osborne Sorry, but I was not referring to the Summilux 21mm, but a Lens that was actually made by Schneider with the Leica brand name: the Super Angular 21mm f/4; originally made in the early ‘60s, and they later brought out a f3.5 model.
And 8X10 view camera images blow away every single other option. It’s quite instructive to see side by side 8X10 vs latest Leica M10 with the most expensive Leica lens. The 8X10 exposes all the nonsense, hype. It’s certainly impractical. But if you want an image on your wall forever...
Thank you Laurence, I have no doubt! I have 3 4x5s but nothing larger as yet. When I do LF more frequently then maybe one day I’ll step up! Thanks for sharing!
I do not get !? Why on earth use analog film and then scan the film just to loose a lot of details, it is much better to make an old fashion analog copy in an old fashion darkroom with an enlarger and the best enlarger lenses you can get fx Rodenstock, get an enlarger that have a diffuser head, condenser heads gives a lot of vignetting ( and therefore after work ), fx for 6x6 a Durst 605 color or alike is super. Yellowgreen light in the darkroom are better to work in !
Thanks JC, when I have the time I will setup a darkroom but I don't take photos to print.. it would just fill my already full room. Time is the key factor that I don't have and scanning works perfectly for me as people I photo don't live on my street so being able to share the photos of them elevtronically means they can see from Europe etc.
Matt, it was great fun in the eighties.
Ilford HP5 135 -72 film >>> 72 exp to develop on a Kindermann stainless steel reel
I was alive but too young to know how to use a camera knowingly
My medium-format camera of choice is the TLR. Currently my collection of working cameras are a Yashica D and a Yashica-Mat. Fixed normal lenses of 3 and 4 elements respectively, but stop down to f/8 and they make great 6x6 negatives.
Thanks Chris! Nice. I need to use my 2 TLR more, I tend to use other cameras more.
One advantage I found of 35 mm based rangefinder camera and lens is in constrained spaces. I used a M or LTM lens several times to shoot through a fence where any kind of (D)SLR or medium-format lens would have never fitted through. Big advantage of small lenses. You can use 35 mm film inside a medium format film camera to get panoramic 35 mm shots (with exposed sprockets). Another simple reason what is "better" to use is where you get film from for cheap (maybe even expired film in good condition). I shoot also with Hasselblad 500 C/M and Mamiya RZ67 Pro (I personally prefer the Hasselblad).
Thanks Martin, that is quite a niche concept i've never considered! :) I guess I don't shoot through fences enough. Yes great point on 35mm in MF cameras, I do it so I should have mentioned though I will show it in a future related video. Yes I use my Hasselblads more too.. Many thanks!
I use 6x6 Rolleicord iii and folding cameras like Franka Bonafix and Voigtländer rollfix which are 6x9 cameras or Voigtländer perkeo 6x6. I found that 6x6 has the advantage to cover exactly the lens...my 6x9 are little soft in the corners for that reason i think. Folders can be very cheap.
Thanks Michael, interesting about the 6x9s and great to hear you have a Perkeo. Fantastic little camera! I will review those sooner for sure.
I too am fond of my 645 camera (Mamiya), versus the 67 (Mamiya RZ) that I have, also for the reasons you mentioned. On the 645, it is beneficial to have a greater range of shutter speeds and data imprinting on the side of the film. Believe it or not, I find that it is preferable to have only 16 frames to use up when taking portraits of tempermental children. I am also partial to the 645 for sentimental reasons as it was a gift. Cheers from Canada. Thank you for your excellent videos and webpage content.
Thank you Weston! I have the M645 Super and an older one. I will try to review when I get chance!
Great presentation!! My problem is: I am absolutely addicted to the SQUARE! If the picture isn't square, I feel there's something wrong and out of balance with the image. The square format of the Hasselblad has something so artistic, pleasing, balanced, well-tempered, and sublime about it. As good as the Leica images are, they feel squished when viewed horizontally and claustrophobic when held vertically. The square is just perfectly symmetric.
Haha thanks! Sqaures do look good much of the time.. I use 6x6 backs on my RZ :) I will try to do a best 6x6 cameras compared.. I have quite a few and each have strengths :) Maybe in the future digital Leica will offer a sqaure crop format option like some lesser cameras do!
For me the same. I like your content. And I thing your are the best one to decide which content to show us. I found you because I was looking for my first Leica camera, and I already shoot medium format film(mamiya c220). But know the experience and opinion of professional fotografers is always interesting.
Thanks Abel! I appreciate your thoughts. I get very passionate about the latest camera or lens I try so I have to think if others will find it useful or not haha :) Lots more to come!
One of each is a great option. I liked the mythbusters too.
Thanks John!
I began my photographic journey shooting medium format. Over the decades, I shot 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, and 6x12cm medium format on 120 film. I have never tried 645 medium format.
I did not shoot 35mm small format until I started shooting professionally for a newspaper.
I now shoot 35mm film, medium format film, and large format film.
I have produced 24x68mm and 24x90mm panoramic images by loading 35mm small format film into 6x7 and 6x9cm medium format cameras. I have not yet tried shooting 24x127mm images by loading 35mm film into a 4x5 inch large format sheet film holder.
I also shoot full-size digital, APS-C size digital, and micro 4/3 digital. I have been considering buying a medium format digital camera, but I keep talking myself out of it.
Great. Yes I love film too!
Once again, well thought out, well researched, well presented and done without bias. Thank you.
Thanks Zoltan!
Nice work Matt.
I use both. Leica M3, M6 and Hasselblad 500 c/m, 503cx. I also have the Mamiya 67pros, but that doesn't get used much these days.
Thanks Richard, Good to hear..o think many Leica shooters would appreciate Hasselblad 👍🏻
I subscribed yesterday and watched a bunch of videos. I think this is one of my fav channels.
Thank you Ted, I’m trying hard to make the newer videos less bad than the earlier ones. It’s a steep learning curve but the passion is there!
Thanks - an inspiring video! Your enthusiasm is catchy! I kind of want to try more on medium format after this. For me film photography is a hobby. I try to restrain myself a little bit :-) The medium formats I own are a bit slow and maybe quirky too. One is a Zenza Bronica S2a. Wonderful camera around 1,8 kg but easy and a joy to use -rather slow though. The other one is a Welta Weltax 6x6 folding camera (East German post war with Carl Zeiss Jena lens) with zone focusing. It is small as the Voigtländer in the video. When I ride my bike and want lightweight I take one Leica M and the folding camera. In Denmark outside Copenhagen 120 film has to be sent for development and scanning is nearly impossible to get done, but as you point out it is easily done at home. I use a Epson V800 as well. Keep hitting us with interesting and enjoyable reviews and topical videos like this one.
Thank you John! Thanks for the comment and feedback. Good to hear you cycle with your cameras too and use an V800 scanner. Great scanners I think. I've no need for anything else.
Hey Matt thanks for this comparison. I have a Mamiya 7 which i think has good optics and is a fast MF relatively light camera but just not enamoured with only having 10 frames per roll. Maybe I might look for a 645 as a better compromise. My best current half way house is the Xpan which I love and suits my more instinctive anamorphic style (video) framing. I find 67 too square but it’s all just practise and familiarity with different aspect ratios. All Fun though and can sure can burn through money quickly if you’re not self disciplined with this addiction!
Thanks Malcolm, I will try to share a Mamiya 7 video soon and then follow that up with various 645 options you may appreciate. I have 4 or 5 645 specific cameras I think + others that shoot 645 too. I'm a big 645 fan! Xpan is also excellent but my models shooting style doesn't suit the pano framing. I love it otherwise. That video also to come! :)
When I shoot MF I shoot differently, more plainly, more straight on it's like I'm weighted down and everything is lovely but sort of prosaic. Even with the Mamiya 7II. There's something about a 35mm rangefinder that makes you feel more experimental and willing to take a chance and my results are always more interesting. Which supersedes in importance the resolution or tonality MF provides. Which I think for some is a bit of a crutch.
Thanks! Yes I certainly shoot less if MF film. I sold the Mamiya 7 but I still have Hassys, RZ, Rollei and others. That said I find I shoot 95% 35mm in recent years. I just love the size, speed, ease and the cameras.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom That's interesting to know, I print in a colour darkroom sometimes and its a great way to meet people. Im usually the only guy on 35mm and the MF prints are tonally so beautiful but when I talk to them about it they always feel 35 is liberating and quintessential. Makes me feel better, but looking at getting a hassy, 501 maybe.
Anyway, love your videos, been watching for ages. So genuine and personable and informative. If you ever want to do a video on colour darkroom printing look up Photofusion in Brixton, London. Be lovely to chat one day.
@@rossawilson01 thanks for writing and the kind invite. Keep in touch and maybe we can make it happen in the new year. (Hassy negs are amazing btw!)
I always enjoy your analysis Matt, it puts me in-touch with current times: availabity of film while travelling... Excellent, well considered as always. Former user of the Leica M6 and big Leica, Mamiya 7, now Voitlander convert.
Thanks Philip!
excellent video on medium-format Vs. 35mm .... thanks my man !
Thanks Chirag!
Matt, at 3:20 you are saying "cameras are only a tool".
Yo are a 100 % right. Please, publish your thoughts.
Some Dutch photoshop assistent will not be pleased
hearing your opinion on cameras being just a tool.
I was looking for an analog camera with the M-mount.
It took a lot of effort to convince the assistent that I
wanted to buy a "tool" my granddaughter is going
to shoot her pictures with..
He told me the Leica was to expensive for me and was
not willing to sell me the camra, because this special
edition item must be put in a glasscase at home ........
I do not know yet what to will do. To pay him a vist in
his Leica Photostore and ask him if his grandfather
happenned to be Henrie Cartier-Bresson.
Probably going to Wetzlarwill be more satisfying. At
Leica I will suggest to finish the authorized Leica
dealership of Foto Henny Hoogeveen, because of his
rudeness, lack of know how and arrogance.
Sorry to hear he was not helpful Jaco! I guess they are nice objects too but I buy them to use.
First let me say that I enjoy your content... very straightforward and informative👌🏼. I shoot SLR's(Olympus, Minolta...) and russian rangefinders ( fed2, zorki..) and itching to try leica hopefully soon bit still not sure if I want to invest that money on a 35mm as I mainly shoot Medium format.. i have the fuji gs645s, fuji gw690ii and the one that I love the most will be the Mamiya c3.
Thanks Toni! Great cameras! Maybe try a Leica iii - much better value than M
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom mmm..I did look at the leicaiii series but i don't think the split viewfinder/rangefinder is practical for me.
I think I'm gonna go with the m3. I wanted to ask you if you've ever tried the m5 and what's your take on it?
I agree with you, but I came from the opposite direction. I was a long time canon DSLR digital photographer, and so I bought analog Canon EOS Cameras with AF, E-TTL etc. to use my fast Canon Lenses, and shoot on film again. I also had one of the last analog pro models from canon (EOS 3) that everyone called so fantastic. But I was never happy with the quality because most of my pictures with fast Lenses (f/1.2 and f/1.4) were out of focus. The AF was older and could not handle these lenses well. I so I switched to my Mamiya RZ67 Pro II with the 110. After buying a new focus screen and a focusing loupe, I was able to nail the focus, and the quality in 6x7 was amazing. I also tried 6x6 a TLR (Yashica 124G), but I was never happy with it. 6x6 is not my cup of tea, and the waist-level viewfinder drove me crazy. 6x7 is almost the ideal format in my eyes, and I really love it. So I almost gave up on 35mm. But the RZ67 is so huge and heavy that I only used it on location or in a studio. But then I bought a Leica M4-2 in excellent condition to give it a try. I thought focusing is a big issue on a range finder camera, because I was new to it, but I missed focus on only very few frames with the rangefinder. Much less than with the autofocus. And the quality of the images with the super expensive Leica lenses was amazing. The camera is super small and much easier to carry around on a trip. I was infected with the Leica virus.
But I agree with you. Scanning 35mm film on a flatbed scanner is horrific. But I was lucky, and I've found a cheap Kodak Pakon F135 Plus to scan my films. The resolution is not very high, but the colours and the speed are superb. And the 6 Megapixel resolution is not only digital artefacts like on the Epson V800 which I own too.
I do print my images from time to time, and even with a little 35mm negative, I can do DIN-A3+ prints in good quality! So I went back to 35mm, and I love it! And for the internet 6 Megapixel is more than enough.
Thanks, great journey! I did a little bit similar overall, Nikon DSLR to SLR to Voigtlander RF to Leica M9 to Leica film! :) lots of Voigtlander stuff to come! :)
Medium format is actually what got me back into film. This was at a time when digital had clearly overtaken most 35mm film on resolution/quality, but good medium format film could actually still beat digital in those areas.
Thanks Derek, good to hear! Medium format helped me move away from my DSLR that I wasn't enjoying and finally resulted in me discovering Leica rangefinder cameras. I've never looked back!
There is a lot to be said for twin lens reflex 6x6 format.
Thanks Stephen, thanks yes good point! I have 2 I forgot to mention..see Rolleicord video
yes! please do more medium format reviews! when i shoot films, i tend to use my xpan and 67 cameras more often than leica. However, most of my investment is in leica. Please convince me that i'm stupid.......
Haha Yi, I cant promise that ha but yes I will do more videos and Xpan for sure soonish
Is the lens on your Perkeo a Color akopar 3.5? It would be very interesting if you can compare images of a folding 6x6 like this with a bigger one like hasselblad.
Thanks Michel, I have 2 of them, yes one has the better Color Skopar lens on. Yes nice idea. I can't promise but I will try to do this.. remind me going forward if i've still not done it! (As I have quite a few videos planned for the near future first).
One big advantage of Medium format fotography (i use hasselblad 500) is that i must be in a good physical shape to carry arround 10 kilos of camera, lenses and tripod. So it is neccessary to make regularly sport. For the time I like to have it easier i use Leica digital.
Thanks Marcus. That’s a nice way to look at it. (And when you want to lift move move to 4x5!) New vids coming soon!
good content! I hit the like at the end of the video! whats your take on TLR cameras? i find them funky in the medium format world but love using them
Thanks Fernando! I like them! I have 2 - see my Rolleicord III video. I've not had chance to use them much but I will be sure to share more on them going forward once i've used them on some model shoots.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom just saw the video! Im very interested to see how the 35mm adapter works on the 6x6 camera! Will the image be shot thru the sprocket holes?
Fernando Salazar yes.. I’ve not done a video for this yet but if you want to see the effect go to Www.MrLeica.Com and type in Mamiya 7 35mm in the wear h box. You will see how it works and the look it gives.
My go to medium format camera is my hasselblad h1 with the p25 back
H1 nice! I use a H2 currently and had the H3D-31 before that shooting film and digital.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom yes I picked it up 10years ago because of the look the ccd sensor gives I would like a Leica m8 or a epson rd1 but they seem so expensive now compared to two years ago
@@davejenx Yes all the prices seem to have gone crazy for most stuff.
love this. Im also into MF cameras. Makina mamiya7ii and fujigf670
Thanks Timothy, GF670, now we're talking!! :) I'll do a review on the Mamiya 7 and Fuji I have when I get chance.
I respectfully disagree on two points if we are not talking about Leica but comparing film formats in general; 1- Shallow depth of field is not really an advantage of medium format. Fastest normal lens on RZ67 is 110mm f/2.8. If you do the math, this lens has exact same DOF as 55mm f/1.4 lens on 35mm format.~50mm lenses with f/1.4 max aperture are pretty easy to find on all brands, plus there are faster lenses for 35mm format; even M42 screw mount has a f/1.2 lens with shallower depth of field.
2- Speed is an advantage of 35mm format to be fair; comparing it with M6 to a medium format camera with electric film advance is not fair since M6 is not a fast camera to begin with. Compare M6 with a Super Ikonta and M6 will end up faster. Compare ANY medium format camera with a 35mm Leningrad rangefinder, Leningrad will still end up faster despite being fully mechanical.
Also another advantage of 35mm format is much higher top shutter speeds. For high-end 35mm cameras, 1/1000 is the norm since 30s, 1/2000 since ~70s, 1/4000 or 1/8000 in 1980s, up to 1/12000 on a Minolta camera.
Thanks Batuhan and yes great point on max S/S, sorry if I missed that. (Many medium format bodies have better flash sync speeds vs 35mm because of the leaf shutters which I like). As we know Leica M are terrible for flash! 1/50 :)
Is there any Leica 35mm camera/lens/film setup that would get me a resolution comparable to what a good medium format could do?
From my testing yes. Not the same 3D look as MF but use pro film like TMax 400, an APO 50mm and any body (vs 645 film and perhaps older 6x6 bodies). Hasselblad images are sharp (500 series).. I did an old blog post on MrLeica.Com M6 vs Hassy
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom I’m currently a Nikon ZF hobbyist; I think my planned future next step is to shoot with film, specifically dipping my toes into MF. I have the Mamiya 7ii in mind.
My go-to is the XPan.
Great choice! I will review it soon :)
Hey Matt, could you please help me out? I have the Mamiya 6 non MF, but I want to shoot 35mm pano shots with it. Could I get away with just the dumb adapter nubs and nothing else? I keep getting conflicting info online about whether my frames will be blurry in places or not. Thanks, love the videos!
Hey Jacob, I think yes. I have that camera and I’ve shot 35mm in quite a few MF cameras for fun. I only use 3D printed adapter. See my Mamiya 7 blog post on MrLeica.Com ..search Mamiya 7 35mm and the same should apply to the 6. Do a test roll with cheap film first.
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Thank you! Ordered some dumb adapters on Etsy, can't wait to try it out!
@@godscola Good luck! I will do a video including this stuff soonish but this is the post I was on about.. might give you some pointers - mrleica.com/?s=mamiya+7+35mm
Hey Matt, great Video as always. Thinking about upgrading to Medium Format, but I am a bit concerned about scanning. Are you still using a flatbad for scanning 120 film? I have the Coolscan 5000 for 35mm and would love to buy an addition to my coolscan for 120 film. So does a flatbad resolve similar to the coolscan in 120 ? Thank you!
Hi Bene, thanks. Yes still happy with my v800. I don't know much about Coolscan but I think Epson are regarded as better. See MrLeica.com blog for full res sample images (search any MF camera from the long list).
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom Alright nice! Thank you! And one more question: Want to buy a hasselblad 501c also for low light (subway) photography. Are you able to hold 1/15 or 1/30 of a sec withour a tri-or monopod?
Rolleicord v for medium format
Nice! Yes TLR are a lot of fun
Leica or not, I love your contents and I think they have great information!
Thanks Seokin, I appreciate the feedback :)
Matt Osborne Great info on the 21mm Color Skopar, but other than price why haven’t you tested it against the (Leica) Super Angular 21mm (f/4 or f/3.5) Lens?
@@rogerwalker3201 Thanks, mainly because I test (1) what I own (99%) and (2) what I use. As a mostly portrait photographer I use mostly 50mm lenses and have many. I picked up these small 21mm lenses as they do all I need for when looking for the smallest possible setup when travelling. If I go towards shooting say landscape or architecture in the future then it will make good sense for me to test the Leica 21mm. If I test it I will be sure to share.
@@rogerwalker3201 ..I did test the Leica Summilux 21mm as that is much more useful for me. Fast wide lenses can be fun at weddings. It was only a short "outside the shop" test so I don't have much to share other than the fact that it is excellent. :)
Matt Osborne Sorry, but I was not referring to the Summilux 21mm, but a Lens that was actually made by Schneider with the Leica brand name: the Super Angular 21mm f/4; originally made in the early ‘60s, and they later brought out a f3.5 model.
This was very interesting. Thank you.
Thanks Jesse! :)
This is gold... love it!
Thanks Michael!
Very helpful detail 👍
Thank you Daniel!
Did ppl missed the title ..( advantage) its Midformat vs not Midformat ?!
Hate to read some comments 🙄
May God help you.
Thanks محمد السلمي
i have $1000. CDN. Medium format67 or Voigtlander R2?
Medium format for sure! + then get a cheap 35mm Nikon if want 35mm too.. or Minolta (I use both)
@@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom but what medium format? i was looking for a mamiya RB67PROSD, but they are beyond my budget with a wide angle lens.
@@alzathoth so many MF options, see some of my many MF videos. TLR, SLR, RF ..
Review Perkeo please!!
Thanks Jose.. it's on my list! :) ...I have 2 so will show both versions :)
And 8X10 view camera images blow away every single other option. It’s quite instructive to see side by side 8X10 vs latest Leica M10 with the most expensive Leica lens. The 8X10 exposes all the nonsense, hype. It’s certainly impractical. But if you want an image on your wall forever...
Thank you Laurence, I have no doubt! I have 3 4x5s but nothing larger as yet. When I do LF more frequently then maybe one day I’ll step up! Thanks for sharing!
That’s kind of the impossible video as you can always find a camera as a counter argument to your points 😃
Thanks Nico, you can see how I persuade myself to buy a camera then haha..and why I now have a lot! Good point :)
Firstly is not a word.
Thanks! I Googled it and it says “first and firstly are used interchangeably but to avoid criticism use first”. Thanks for help 🙏🏻
I do not get !? Why on earth use analog film and then scan the film just to loose a lot of details, it is much better to make an old fashion analog copy in an old fashion darkroom with an enlarger and the best enlarger lenses you can get fx Rodenstock, get an enlarger that have a diffuser head, condenser heads gives a lot of vignetting ( and therefore after work ), fx for 6x6 a Durst 605 color or alike is super. Yellowgreen light in the darkroom are better to work in !
Thanks JC, when I have the time I will setup a darkroom but I don't take photos to print.. it would just fill my already full room. Time is the key factor that I don't have and scanning works perfectly for me as people I photo don't live on my street so being able to share the photos of them elevtronically means they can see from Europe etc.