Wow. At some point in the video, may be half way, I realized what an outstanding job you did. I totally loved how you used this high quality lens in creative B&W photography and presented it to us. It was really inspiring. I like the results you got with this lens. It was great! Thank you!😊
Thank you Rafael! Yeah, I love exploring places like that, totally fascinating! Don’t worry I always stay safe. I have lots of experience with urban exploring in my hometown and it tends to be fairly obvious when it’s time to leave. Thanks again!
Thank you Mark! Luckily video editing makes time travel possible so we have the worst of it behind us already. For a couple of weeks I was going a bit crazy with it though. They drove me out of the house to take pictures 😅 And there is a lot of music related stuff coming! I’m working on a whole bunch of videos at the same time which is why it’s taking a little longer. There is a new album coming too with accompanying videos and I’m really looking forward to those!
Been awhile but it's great to see you back!!! I had to laugh when you mentioned about the construction noise! I think you must be haunted by construction workers!!😝😝😝 Everywhere you go they seem to follow you around!! Great piccies, BTW! I do the same as you when I get about, anything I see that looks interesting I take pics of. I do like all that graffiti, though! I haven't been out in awhile now, just haven't found the motivation in me so I've been doing other things. Oh, I went and bought myself a couple of 3D printers!! Both Creality printers...an Ender 3D v2 and a Halot One Plus resin printer!! Oh, and a cure and wash machine as well. Modded the Ender a bit as well...added another motor and screw rod, plus a levelling sensor for the print head. Now, I'm adjusting the tension on the x-axis belt and the wheels to try and stop them from binding to the frame of the printer and it's a bit frustrating!! But, I'll get there eventually!!
Thank you Carl! At this point I believe the construction noise is some cruel cosmic joke! I mean, it’s utterly ridiculous now. Sounds like you’re having fun with your 3D printers. I still need to finish my most recent mods on mine, i kinda lost my motivation for it halfway through and now I have all this stuff still sitting on my desk. Maybe that’s something to sort out next after I finally finished this video!
Yaayyy!!! Another great Video from Lilly! 🥳👏👏 Very good review and pictures! Love also the very organic and moody music in this one... Hope the constructionmess and noises find an end soon... All the best, keep shooting and creative!! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀
Aww, thank you Saartekk! I’m glad you liked it! The music is from my upcoming album hypnagogia, so I’m glad it resonates with you (pun totally intended). Luckily through the time travel magic of video editing we’re already through the worst of the construction mess, phew! What a nightmare that was. Thank you for watching 🙏✨
Thanks, Lilly! Great video and lovely pictures. Would love to learn more about your Leica gear (as I am also planning to get one) but also on your digitalization routine. Keep up the great work👍
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Most of the time I don’t talk much about my gear, but there are quite a few Leica POV videos I made before, so watching those could give you an impression already. I also haven’t spoken about digitisation yet. At the moment I scan 35mm with a pakon scanner, which I bought for a good price ten years ago. Without it I would be a tad lost to be honest because scanning tends to be very time consuming. Short of buying a pakon for crazy money I would recommend looking into DSLR scanning. There is a video I made about dust spotting which you might find interesting too: m.th-cam.com/video/oNkNHel2I0w/w-d-xo.html
@@LillySchwartz Thanks, Lilly! As I did my last analogue photos almost 30 years ago, when I was 14, many things are completely new to me. How do you scan medium format? After receiving my first scans back from the lab, I was rather disappointed to have some dust and fluff on my b&w scans. Not sure if it is possible to avoid those artifacts completely or which extent is normal here.
Dust is rather unavoidable I’m afraid, especially with flat bed scanners because the scan gets sandwiched between several glass plates and the all can have dust on them on top of the dust on the negative itself. Many labs have more sophisticated scanners like the pakon or drum scanners which reduce dust to an extent. It can’t be avoided completely though and I always have to dust spot my negatives even when I’m very careful and brush all the surfaces off multiple times. I scan medium format with an Epson Perfection v700 which I had for 10 years too. Reliable piece of kit and although the lamp needs warming it produces just as good results as the newer versions of the same scanner. The entire process from start to finish can be quite time consuming, but it’s also meditative and you get time to listen to podcasts and audiobooks while scanning and dust spotting which is also quite nice. If you want to see the process in detail for a really bad example - a deteriorated 70 year old picture, the video I linked is probably informative. At the end I show one of my own pictures for comparison which is fairly representative for how much dust I usually encounter while scanning it myself with a lab scanner. Medium format tends to have more, but it’s also less obtrusive because it appears smaller due to the bigger negative size.
Your music fits video and voice very good, nice job! Construction work sound is also ok (also laso you can make some samples of it, works good with ambient).
Thank you! I’m glad you think the music fits well. I always try to go for something moderately calming. I’ve tried to use the construction noises in samples before many times, but I guess being obsessed with Einstürzende Neubauten doesn’t help in this case. Never thought it quite worked with my kind of music. Maybe I’ll try again with these recordings, they’re reasonably clear this time and I have a better grasp of Noise by now. Thanks for the suggestion! 😀
Yes, exactly, this was Magic Lantern raw. The footage really turned out great, I was really blown away by the results I was getting with Gyroflow and the GoPro on top. And I didn’t even have the settings dialled in properly, this was just standard HD 14 bit. I can probably improve the image quality even further by using one of the crop modes. I’m still testing different builds and settings to find the right compromise between image quality and crop.
Nice! Voigtlander makes some great lenses! Also from what I seen the leica 50mm 0.95 isn't that sharp wide open anyway! Looking forward to seeing your photos as you explore more of your surroundings!
I’m really impressed with my two Noktons. The 50 for daylight swirl, the 35 for a really clean creamy look at night. Not everyone likes swirls, so the 50 is probably less universally attractive, but definitely a capable lens. You’re right, none of the Noctiluxes are very sharp wide open, at least from what I’ve seen online. Couldn’t possibly afford to try one of those out for myself 😳 I mean, lovely lenses, but 11K lovely? I don’t think so. I’m happy with this for character. I’ve found some really cool stuff around here already and I’m only just getting started! Definitely a good decision that we moved here 😀 (although I certainly could do with our house reno adventures 😅)
I can just about imagine that! I have two Sigma lenses, the Sigma Superwide II 24mm f/2.8 and the Sigma mini-wide 28mm f/2.8. The 24mm is great and I used it to film the talking head portion of this video. Always my go to for that type of shot. The 28mm is a bit too … characterful for most things? Still haven’t taken any photos with it because the results I got from video were not very convincing I guess.
Nice! I only read good stuff about that one! For me the lack of 40mm frame lines on my M6 makes it a tad problematic though. Do you find the framing difficult?
@maxwellwellmax878 hah, me neither. I was at some point saving up for a Summicron and my Zeiss 35mm was only supposed to be temporary, but then the Zeiss was so good, I decided I didn’t need that Cron 🤷♀️
I have essentially the same camera and lens (M6 with 50mm f1 Nokton) and I really like the look of it. It’s frustrating to compose a shot when the lens covers nearly 1/4 of the viewfinder so it’s a bit of a mixed bag. But I agree, Zeiss and Voigtlander lenses are great alternatives to Leica. Your video inspires me and now I need to go out and take some pictures.
That’s so nice to hear, I’m glad that I inspired you to shoot! And I hear ya on the viewfinder blockage. I always take a moment to double check that there isn’t something ugly hiding in that blind spot 😅 I’m used to it by now though. My 35mm Nokton is also like this, very big and blocking the viewfinder. Do you find that the f/1 is also soft white open?
It was Delta 100! Don't worry, maybe I spoke a bit fast when I said it 😸 Easy to miss since I didn't explicitly show a closeup of it - I didn't have another roll of Detla left to show 😅
Oh, no doubt, they definitely improved a lot on the design, so objectively speaking the 1.2 is a lot better, *but* sometimes better isn't what I want. I've considered upgrading perhaps, but then the images from the 1.2 I saw didn't really ... do it for me for some weird reason. I just thought it lacked character. I actually like the flaws of the design in the f/1.1 version. I love swirly bokeh and getting that feel without lugging around my Speed Graphic with a projection lens is a definite plus. It means I can walk around with my f/1.1 to find places where I want to set up the Speed Graphic and the pictures will fall in the same visual style. I will have to talk about that in another video perhaps! Hamish also thinks that the f/1.2 is perhaps a little too perfect, just that he prefers the Sonnar: www.35mmc.com/23/09/2019/voigtlander-50mm-1-2-review/
You blinked 134 times with your eyes within the first 60 seconds you were in picture. To be clear, not the first 60 seconds of the overall video because there is footage without you involded, i counted the first 60 seconds you were on screen wich took me to the 1:31 minute mark of the video. Sometimes you blinked so fast i had to play the video on 0.25x speed to count. So, yes, if you needed that statistics, there you go. I found it fascinating, i've never seen a person blinkin that much and fast. I hope everything is alright with your eyes. best wishes.
You clearly have way too much time on your hands, wtf? 🤣 Also, video lights are bright and I'm not the kind of person who can record herself with sunglasses indoors unironically 🙄
@@LillySchwartz I actually DO have too much time at my hands, so i appreciate you made it possible for me to kill some of that with my little blinkin study 😄 Take care.
Wow. At some point in the video, may be half way, I realized what an outstanding job you did. I totally loved how you used this high quality lens in creative B&W photography and presented it to us. It was really inspiring. I like the results you got with this lens. It was great! Thank you!😊
Those places you dont need a reason to be there are the best. Great pics, and be safe on the explorations Lilly.
Thank you Rafael! Yeah, I love exploring places like that, totally fascinating! Don’t worry I always stay safe. I have lots of experience with urban exploring in my hometown and it tends to be fairly obvious when it’s time to leave. Thanks again!
Nice to see you back. I hope the builders don't cause too much disruption. I am definitely looking forward to more music videos please.
Thank you Mark! Luckily video editing makes time travel possible so we have the worst of it behind us already. For a couple of weeks I was going a bit crazy with it though. They drove me out of the house to take pictures 😅 And there is a lot of music related stuff coming! I’m working on a whole bunch of videos at the same time which is why it’s taking a little longer. There is a new album coming too with accompanying videos and I’m really looking forward to those!
Ooh, a new album... Definitely interested in that... 😁
The music you heard in this video is from the new one! I’m hoping to get the videos and promotion stuff done by December, so it’s coming real soon 😀
Another great video, Lilly! A LOT of work went into this one.
Thank you so much! Yes, indeed, these POV videos always take quite a long time to edit. There tends to be a lot of footage with these!
You’re back! ❤ 🎉
Aww! 🥳 finally managed to find a bit of peace and quiet late at night to edit. What a crazy few months!
Been awhile but it's great to see you back!!! I had to laugh when you mentioned about the construction noise! I think you must be haunted by construction workers!!😝😝😝 Everywhere you go they seem to follow you around!! Great piccies, BTW! I do the same as you when I get about, anything I see that looks interesting I take pics of. I do like all that graffiti, though! I haven't been out in awhile now, just haven't found the motivation in me so I've been doing other things. Oh, I went and bought myself a couple of 3D printers!! Both Creality printers...an Ender 3D v2 and a Halot One Plus resin printer!! Oh, and a cure and wash machine as well. Modded the Ender a bit as well...added another motor and screw rod, plus a levelling sensor for the print head. Now, I'm adjusting the tension on the x-axis belt and the wheels to try and stop them from binding to the frame of the printer and it's a bit frustrating!! But, I'll get there eventually!!
Thank you Carl! At this point I believe the construction noise is some cruel cosmic joke! I mean, it’s utterly ridiculous now.
Sounds like you’re having fun with your 3D printers. I still need to finish my most recent mods on mine, i kinda lost my motivation for it halfway through and now I have all this stuff still sitting on my desk. Maybe that’s something to sort out next after I finally finished this video!
Yaayyy!!! Another great Video from Lilly! 🥳👏👏 Very good review and pictures! Love also the very organic and moody music in this one... Hope the constructionmess and noises find an end soon... All the best, keep shooting and creative!! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀
Aww, thank you Saartekk! I’m glad you liked it! The music is from my upcoming album hypnagogia, so I’m glad it resonates with you (pun totally intended). Luckily through the time travel magic of video editing we’re already through the worst of the construction mess, phew! What a nightmare that was. Thank you for watching 🙏✨
The music made it for me!
Aww, thank you! That means a lot! It's actually music from my upcoming album hypnagogia 😄
Thanks, Lilly! Great video and lovely pictures. Would love to learn more about your Leica gear (as I am also planning to get one) but also on your digitalization routine.
Keep up the great work👍
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Most of the time I don’t talk much about my gear, but there are quite a few Leica POV videos I made before, so watching those could give you an impression already. I also haven’t spoken about digitisation yet. At the moment I scan 35mm with a pakon scanner, which I bought for a good price ten years ago. Without it I would be a tad lost to be honest because scanning tends to be very time consuming. Short of buying a pakon for crazy money I would recommend looking into DSLR scanning. There is a video I made about dust spotting which you might find interesting too: m.th-cam.com/video/oNkNHel2I0w/w-d-xo.html
@@LillySchwartz Thanks, Lilly!
As I did my last analogue photos almost 30 years ago, when I was 14, many things are completely new to me.
How do you scan medium format? After receiving my first scans back from the lab, I was rather disappointed to have some dust and fluff on my b&w scans. Not sure if it is possible to avoid those artifacts completely or which extent is normal here.
Dust is rather unavoidable I’m afraid, especially with flat bed scanners because the scan gets sandwiched between several glass plates and the all can have dust on them on top of the dust on the negative itself. Many labs have more sophisticated scanners like the pakon or drum scanners which reduce dust to an extent. It can’t be avoided completely though and I always have to dust spot my negatives even when I’m very careful and brush all the surfaces off multiple times. I scan medium format with an Epson Perfection v700 which I had for 10 years too. Reliable piece of kit and although the lamp needs warming it produces just as good results as the newer versions of the same scanner. The entire process from start to finish can be quite time consuming, but it’s also meditative and you get time to listen to podcasts and audiobooks while scanning and dust spotting which is also quite nice. If you want to see the process in detail for a really bad example - a deteriorated 70 year old picture, the video I linked is probably informative. At the end I show one of my own pictures for comparison which is fairly representative for how much dust I usually encounter while scanning it myself with a lab scanner. Medium format tends to have more, but it’s also less obtrusive because it appears smaller due to the bigger negative size.
Your music fits video and voice very good, nice job! Construction work sound is also ok (also laso you can make some samples of it, works good with ambient).
Thank you! I’m glad you think the music fits well. I always try to go for something moderately calming. I’ve tried to use the construction noises in samples before many times, but I guess being obsessed with Einstürzende Neubauten doesn’t help in this case. Never thought it quite worked with my kind of music. Maybe I’ll try again with these recordings, they’re reasonably clear this time and I have a better grasp of Noise by now. Thanks for the suggestion! 😀
Thanks for the new vid! Love the pics, love the music!
Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The music is from my upcoming album, so there will be more coming soon. Thank you for watching!
The video footage with the EOS M looks lovely! Do you use the Magic Lantern patch for shooting raw video?
Yes, exactly, this was Magic Lantern raw. The footage really turned out great, I was really blown away by the results I was getting with Gyroflow and the GoPro on top. And I didn’t even have the settings dialled in properly, this was just standard HD 14 bit. I can probably improve the image quality even further by using one of the crop modes. I’m still testing different builds and settings to find the right compromise between image quality and crop.
A really great presentation!! Well presented and very informative. Love it!!
Yay! Thank you! Glad you liked it 😃
Nice!
Voigtlander makes some great lenses!
Also from what I seen the leica 50mm 0.95 isn't that sharp wide open anyway!
Looking forward to seeing your photos as you explore more of your surroundings!
I’m really impressed with my two Noktons. The 50 for daylight swirl, the 35 for a really clean creamy look at night. Not everyone likes swirls, so the 50 is probably less universally attractive, but definitely a capable lens. You’re right, none of the Noctiluxes are very sharp wide open, at least from what I’ve seen online. Couldn’t possibly afford to try one of those out for myself 😳 I mean, lovely lenses, but 11K lovely? I don’t think so. I’m happy with this for character.
I’ve found some really cool stuff around here already and I’m only just getting started! Definitely a good decision that we moved here 😀 (although I certainly could do with our house reno adventures 😅)
sigma 50 1.4 here, probably the best lens i've owned
I can just about imagine that! I have two Sigma lenses, the Sigma Superwide II 24mm f/2.8 and the Sigma mini-wide 28mm f/2.8. The 24mm is great and I used it to film the talking head portion of this video. Always my go to for that type of shot. The 28mm is a bit too … characterful for most things? Still haven’t taken any photos with it because the results I got from video were not very convincing I guess.
Thanks for the Video Bayonetta!!!, I have an M7 and also went Voightlander for the glass, but mine is a 40mm f/1.2.
Nice! I only read good stuff about that one! For me the lack of 40mm frame lines on my M6 makes it a tad problematic though. Do you find the framing difficult?
@@LillySchwartz so far im trying to get everything in the frame but cant say its accurate lol. still i got a good deal on it and it was brand new.
Well, when it’s a good deal then one can make the effort to get used to it 😅
@@LillySchwartz yeah I cant afford a Sumilux lol.
@maxwellwellmax878 hah, me neither. I was at some point saving up for a Summicron and my Zeiss 35mm was only supposed to be temporary, but then the Zeiss was so good, I decided I didn’t need that Cron 🤷♀️
I have essentially the same camera and lens (M6 with 50mm f1 Nokton) and I really like the look of it. It’s frustrating to compose a shot when the lens covers nearly 1/4 of the viewfinder so it’s a bit of a mixed bag. But I agree, Zeiss and Voigtlander lenses are great alternatives to Leica. Your video inspires me and now I need to go out and take some pictures.
That’s so nice to hear, I’m glad that I inspired you to shoot! And I hear ya on the viewfinder blockage. I always take a moment to double check that there isn’t something ugly hiding in that blind spot 😅 I’m used to it by now though. My 35mm Nokton is also like this, very big and blocking the viewfinder. Do you find that the f/1 is also soft white open?
Thank you.
You’re welcome! 😀
M6 ❤ nice toy!!
Kitten approved for sure! 😻
@@LillySchwartz I look after only one fat cat 😜
@CHARLIEtheCATofficial 😂
Strange places, Twin Peaks? Quiet, contemplative photography.
Oh, I like that association. I’m definitely a big fan of Twin Peaks!
Очень красиво, Молодец!
Спасибо большое! 🙏
what film are u shooting? sorry if u said.. lol
It was Delta 100! Don't worry, maybe I spoke a bit fast when I said it 😸 Easy to miss since I didn't explicitly show a closeup of it - I didn't have another roll of Detla left to show 😅
@@LillySchwartz thanks 👍 great video and pictures btw. been loving ur videos for a while now! 🧙♂️
Aww, thanks, I’m glad you enjoy the videos! More coming soon!
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The 1.2 Vm is so much better.
Oh, no doubt, they definitely improved a lot on the design, so objectively speaking the 1.2 is a lot better, *but* sometimes better isn't what I want. I've considered upgrading perhaps, but then the images from the 1.2 I saw didn't really ... do it for me for some weird reason. I just thought it lacked character. I actually like the flaws of the design in the f/1.1 version. I love swirly bokeh and getting that feel without lugging around my Speed Graphic with a projection lens is a definite plus. It means I can walk around with my f/1.1 to find places where I want to set up the Speed Graphic and the pictures will fall in the same visual style. I will have to talk about that in another video perhaps!
Hamish also thinks that the f/1.2 is perhaps a little too perfect, just that he prefers the Sonnar: www.35mmc.com/23/09/2019/voigtlander-50mm-1-2-review/
You blinked 134 times with your eyes within the first 60 seconds you were in picture. To be clear, not the first 60 seconds of the overall video because there is footage without you involded, i counted the first 60 seconds you were on screen wich took me to the 1:31 minute mark of the video. Sometimes you blinked so fast i had to play the video on 0.25x speed to count. So, yes, if you needed that statistics, there you go. I found it fascinating, i've never seen a person blinkin that much and fast. I hope everything is alright with your eyes. best wishes.
You clearly have way too much time on your hands, wtf? 🤣 Also, video lights are bright and I'm not the kind of person who can record herself with sunglasses indoors unironically 🙄
@@LillySchwartz I actually DO have too much time at my hands, so i appreciate you made it possible for me to kill some of that with my little blinkin study 😄 Take care.
@schnubbel76 well, if you have too much time, then how does this video compare to my other videos? I’m curious 🤣
@@LillySchwartz In terms of amount of blinking? Puh thats a lot of work to do for full statistics, i am not sure i should do that for free.
🤣 I thought you were looking for a way to kill time.