Snow in Vienna | Leica iiif Camera | Film street photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2023
- Come with me as I explore the beautiful city of Vienna in the snow with my Leica iiif barnack camera. Just magical.
Special thanks to Leica store Vienna who looked after us on our visit to the store. Check them out if you visit.
Camera:
Leica iiif barnack
Film stocks:
ilford hp5 plus pushed one stop to 800
ilford fp4 plus 125
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One of my favorite cities, and so wonderful for photography. The people are friendly, the food delicious, the architecture sublime, and the beer…oh, the beer!
A walk down the Westbanhof road is a must - so many wonderful camera stores! Stopping in at Jo Geier is like being a child in a candy shop. I purchased a war time Leica IIIc in Vienna, and it is a souvenir that I shall treasure.
Wow a Leica iiic would be incredible. I had my eye out for one for years but unfortunately nothing that was in ok condition and not expensive. I felt lucky to get this on mint condition work box and papers etc. it’s special. But I use it. It’s not going to sit in the glass cabinet. Vienna was lovely and the people are very friendly for sure. The vibe in winter is lovely. I will go back for the Christmas markets. Cheers mate
Nice to see a lovely Barnack Leica put to good use. That iiif is so small, paired with the collapsible 50/3.5 Elmar. Great shots, I love shooting in snow!
John. The snow is pure magic. Absolutely fabulous. The barnack is a massively underrated option for somebody who wants a real high quality 35mm film experience. I love it.
Nice camera. And anyone who hasn’t seen it in person. It really is amazing how small it is. You can see why Bresson was so in love with it when it came out that he could just use something so small. I think the M10 kept that same idea.
Mate it is something else isn't it. I love it. I always a roll through it every month to keep it moving. Like anything old the more use it or lose it. :) I'm enjoying figuring out the M10-R which is fairly high tech compared to what I'm used it!
This video was both entertaining and relaxing at the same time - loved the soundtrack you picked too!
I thought Mozart and Strauss were appropriate given it was Vienna 🤣
Beautiful photographs and a classy channel!Glad I stumbled upon it.
Thanks Yvonne for the kind words! Well I’m trying to make this about getting outside and photographing stories. If it encourages somebody to head out and bring their camera, then it has worked. I’ll take ‘classy’. 😀 thank you 🙏 plenty more to come, so I hope you subscribe. A nice video from the special Burren National park on the West of Ireland.
Colin - What fun watching your tour of Vienna in the snow. I thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Keep them coming!
I appreciate the support my friend 🙏 it was so much fun to just shoot the one camera and one lens! Your content is very inspiring.
Great video of my hometown, u captured the culture und history i love👍
Hi Gregor, Well that is a real complement for me to hear you say that. Thanks my friend. To be honest I love Vienna and so fp4 and Vienna are a match made in heaven. cheers mate
Ahh Vienna! Such a great city (so says a Third Man super fan!) and you were lucky to get snow! Some great shots and the snow had such texture with the Ilford. I loved the revolving door shot and the snow covered bicycles, but man you did well there. I must get back - last time I was there I went to The Magic Fllute at the opera house... And... Just... Wow. Well worth the walk over to the brilliant little Third Man Museum (true, I'm biased) - many of the original film cameras and many many many stills. Great old bars around there too. Who doesn't like a zither?
It really is fantastic. Can't wait to get back there.
Nice frame at @3:43 : man on the horse looking at the cranes :))) . Even saved the frame
Oh yes, this was one of my favs also. I'm glad you liked it :)
I've bought my first Leica III 1935 today, I simply love it
They are a truly gorgeous camera and honestly the fact you can collapse it makes it really great. The film advance process I prefer than an advance level! What can I say, I think you’ll have a mighty time. What film stocks do you tend to use? My fav these days is fp4 when I get the light!
@@colinosullivan Im a big fan of T-Max 400 pushed to 1600 in ID-11 developer 1:1 but I have HP5+ in my fridge
Colin, well done! I think the snowfall and snow just added to your wonderful presentation.
Thanks mate. I’m glad you came by. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Cheers
So good... amazing vibe of those photos!
Glad you liked them. Appreciate the comment 🙏 got very lucky with the snow, and I think ilford fp4 is for me the ideal snow film stock. I literally had to do no work on those scans. fp4 🙏.
Leica cameras are famous for their sharp lenses & reliability. The IIIF is a well known and popular model, using the LTM39 thread mount lens. Leica gives you incredible results--what film did you use and did you use a light meter? Nice
Thanks for commenting. Oh the IIIf is a lovely camera. I recently did a shoot for the next very short video with it. So I hope you check back. I was using mostly ilford FP4+ my favourite. I took a reading from an app on my phone on leaving the hotel. I did not take another reading as due to the overcast snow conditions I just figured it had not changed much and shot to my hearts content :) I hope you had a great week?
Nice to see you getting such great results from the III f, Colin. Thanks for the video -quite inspiring!
Glad you enjoyed it Mark. I was using the iiif as my only option at the time actually. As the m8.2 shutter had just failed after 13 years and going to wetzlar! Also my m4 was in for cla!! So that left me one option! Turned out i enjoyed the simplicity and no electronics to worry about and also just the 50mm elmar! I have to say it was really refreshing! Also the ilford fp4 again showing why I love that film. Thanks for dropping by and commenting mate 🙏
Very nice! Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. 🙏 I appreciate it. Hope you come back as Lots more to come
Thank you Colin. Really enjoyed that video. I think I will put a visit to Vienna on my to do list. 📸
Vincent I really like Vienna as a chill and go with the flow city. Yes the iiif is truly a gem. Collapsed it’s in my coat pocket with ease. Same can’t be said for even the smaller M lens. I was enjoying the m10r today along the west coast of Ireland. Video out next week on the Burren area of the West of Ireland. It’s a real fantastic place 👍
lovely. enjoyed it very much, thank you
Thanks Geoff. Appreciate it 🙏
Lovely photos, thanks for sharing. That Elmar 5cm is incredible, even after 70+ years. Looking forward to using mine :-)
Thanks for tuning in. New video on the way. I really think that elmar is a remarkable lens considering it’s size and age. It was flawless in Vienna! I’ll be bringing it back there next Xmas.
Nice, I've watched it 5(?) times now. Firstly because I have the same camera, but moreso because of your composition skills. Thank you.
I’m so glad you enjoy the video. What a wonderful camera, it’s a joy to use end I feel very lucky to have one tbh. Your words on my composition are very kind and put a smile on my face tonight 🙏 new video about to get uploaded. I hope you check back. Cheers
Nice video,nice photos!
Thanks for watching. Glad you liked these.
Subscriber #501! Great video, beautiful city.
Thanks David. I appreciate that mate. It’s a beautiful city and it looked spectacular as the snow got heavier. Magic. Really enjoyed the film camera for this one. Thanks for the sub 👍🙏
That was wonderful! Love the photographs. Vienna is beautiful. I was wondering, though…saw that you were looking thru your view finder and focusing. I’m curious was that just for the sake of video, because I focus thru one window and compose thru the viewfinder.
You know it’s lovely to hear of somebody enjoying any one of the video. Vienna is special and we’re heading back at the end of the year. If you have a look at the rest of my videos you’ll notice I’ve no help with a camera person, here I did so one or two shots was me doing it for the camera person. But just so you know how I usually focus, I’d usually focus inl the focusing window on the iiif and then I always move to the coke shoe mounted viewfinder. The only time I focus when not looking through the focus patch is if somebody walks across and I want to pull focus. I was mostly shooting f4 and f5.6 so focusing was not that critical. Glad you liked it mate. It was so much fun. I used my last rolls recently. Time to get some more film.
I really enjoyed the shutter noise and music in back ground..this camera reminds me of German tanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Another one coming this weekend! Shot in May and long overdue!
It looks like it was a great trip with some very nice images. I love my IIIf with a 50mm Summitar, so nice and compact, a pleasure to use.
Hey mate, I’ve never used the summitar but I had been looking for one before. How’s that lens? The elmar is a nice little compact lens. It was an amazing short trip and getting snow was a real bonus as meant for some keepers for sure. I’m printing a few of these which resonate with me. 🙏
@@colinosullivan @colinosullivan I like my Summitar, it is very sharp stopped down, and wide open it gives an almost Petzval-ish swirl to backgrounds on portraits. I have a short video on my channel of using it on my Sony a7RII, and still need to make videos of the IIIf and my recently acquired M9. (Hard to get rolling on this TH-cam thing!)
Very nice photos and great camera... I also have a IIIf Numeri Rossi with its Elmar 50 mm, they are from 1954 and my father left it to me, I use it every now and then
Mines a 1954 from Köln Germany 🙏
@@colinosullivan ❤️
Great video by somebody who knows how to use his 111F and make great pictures!!
Thanks Francis. I’m glad you liked some of the photos. That’s a big compliment 🙏 it’s a real honour to use the iiif you know! I really love the tactile experience of using it. The shutter and advance really is superb. I’ve a roll of fp4 in it currently, so might need to shoot another video. I hope you check out some of the other videos. Cheers
Nice video. I own a Leica 3F as well and are equally fond of my copy. Happy shooting. ❤❤❤
Thanks Michael. Appreciate you taking the time to even watch it :) Back to Vienna this December for part 2 of this. that's very cool you've a 3f. I mean honestly what a camera! when I look at the box and original receipt from the original owner I sort of realise I'm using something special and it does feel like a bit of an honour to get a chance to be one of it's minders for now :)
Great movie! I want to visit Vienna someday.
Actually I also have Leica IIIf but it needs to be repaired. Will bring to repair shop next week!
Thanks for stopping by and watching. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It’s a beautiful place and we’ll be back there soon again for a little longer this time. Just putting an order of film in. Definitely get the iiif serviced. What a wonderful camera. Hope you enjoyed the snow at the end of the video. Where are you located? Cheers
HP5 ME FAVORITE. Vienna sausages are the best
It’s a superb film. Pushed a couple of stops and it’s 🙏❤️
Vienna is a strikingly beautiful city at the best of times, but in the snow it looks absolutely wonderful! Really appreciated the simple narration and soundtrack accompanying your photographs. What a superb set of images you have made here! Enjoyed watching this video - thanks for making it! Now, where’s that subs button!
Thanks for subscribing! That comment put a smile on my face. I’m glad you enjoyed some of the images. Yea I thought Mozart and Strauss were musts on a Vienna video. What a wonderful city. Well we loved it so much we’re back for the sequel this winter ;) so stay tuned. The fp4 and hp5 are on order. I cannot wait. I love knowing where others are from let me know. Cheers
@@colinosullivanI’m not at all envious of your return! I went with my now wife years ago but after the arrival of our pet human travel was curtailed. We always said we’d take him to Prater and the gardens at Schonnbrun for his first holiday abroad which I’m hoping will be next year or so. I’m from greater Manchester.
Looking forward to going through your vids when I can and seeing your upcoming stuff!
Cheers!!
It is a great spot for the family and it is something to look forward to. :) Oh I just posted my first video in months!! I had a hectic few months and so it stopped me posting but I'm back in action! Hopefully you find it entertaining, it's something a little different! very different to Vienna but I hope you like it.
Mate your video production is only getting better & better. The photo at 00:47, just lovely symmetry. Nicely done 👍
Hey mate, it’s funny you say that about the photo. For me that’s maybe the one too, when I saw the first person turn the corner I didn’t have time to check my shutter speed or exposures, just snapped. Worked out. Thanks for the encouragement, I’d like to do more cinematic stuff but “time” is always the challenge 🤣 your videos are class.
Hey, I loved this photo as well, could you share the location with me so I could visit there?@@colinosullivan
Aloha Colin! Sorry for slacking on watching your videos, but I am catching up! Awesome black and white photos that brought me back to my photojournalism days. I actually owned one of the older screw mount Leica III, but with a 50mm Summitar lens. If I remember correctly, the camera had a shutter issue, so I mostly used the lens with a more modern Leica M with an adapter. I may of asked you this in a past video, but can you share your "post" shooting process with the rolls of film you shot. The photos look very good, which can be hard to do even with the best scanning, although I am guessing the light was fairly even (flat?) with the snowy weather? (What would I know about snowy weather in Hawaii!?) Mahalo, Thomas
Hi Thomas, welcome back and good timing, I just up my first video in months tonight! I tried so hard to get a clean summitar lens as I love the character but I didn’t have much luck as it turns out. So for Vienna I’d 5 rolls I shot over 3 days. 3 rolls of hp5 and 2 rolls of fp4. I love how the fp4 turned out and those were all in snow. Yes flat lighting but snow has a way of seeming like their is a glare so when I metered i overexposed a stop. I developed the fp4 in rodinal. And I scanned these on my Plustek optifilm 8200ai. No real editing as such. I’ll have to check my development notes but I was super happy with the fp4 photos. To me they’ve real character. Let me know what you think of the latest video. How have you been in Hawaii?
@@colinosullivan Aloha Colin! I guess I wasn't too much behind in watching your videos then! Thanks for the detailed reply and including your film "post-processing." Yes, I would think at least one stop of compensation would be necessary, unless you are taking an incident reading and i would guess snow would also act as a reflector of sorts, so very even lighting? The mention of Rodinal brought me back to a method I tried after reading an article in a photo magazine. Basically it would mean over-exposing (metering the shadows) and using a very dilute Rodinal with very little agitation. Since Rodinal is not a fine grain developer, this technique worked best with slower films such as Agfa APX 25 which I used in a Pentax 6X7. I also shot some 35mm too. Good to see that the scanner you mentioned does an excellent job. I am guessing the software (SilverFast?) makes a difference too? Wow, it's been a few decades since I scanned film, but I have tons of negatives that is just sitting here. Some may be in bad condition too! Not sure if I am up to the task! Enjoy, Thomas
If the people were dressed differently, I would have thought those pictures were taken in the 1960’s or 70’s. I had the chance to try a Leica iiif. I liked it, but ended up buying my friends Leica M2. My favorite camera of my lot, followed by my Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, then my Kodak Brownie.
The leica m2 has always interesting me with its rewind of the m3 yet the 35mm frame lines! Always seemed like the ideal combo to me! The iiif is a lovely camera and tbh over the Christmas I’m finding myself using it time and time again, even putting the m10-r aside for it on walk abouts!!! I’ve my late grandmother’s box brownie from her time in London when she was a young woman, very special. alway curious where viewers are from? Thanks for watching. I’ve a video from Spain and two from Austria 🇦🇹 coming shortly.
@@colinosullivan I’m looking forward to your next videos, I’ll subscribe so I don’t miss them. This one was very well done. Austria is my favorite country, and the waltz you played fit very well. The Kodak brownie I have gives me pictures that you would think you were in the 1940’s. I guess that’s why I love it so much. The Pentax is pure 1960’s/70’s. A happy viewer from Eureka California.
@@gabrielsandoval4994 I’ve always wanted to try a Pentax 67!! Someday! Yes a few of the upcoming videos are from trips but honestly my favourite place to shoot is home in Ireland, probably s as I’ve a few projects long term I can gradually add to. Ah California, a place we might be in 2024. The brownie is 🙏. Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate that.
Just discovered this video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The exposure in your shots seems spot on. How do go about metering when using this camera or do you guess the exposure?
Hi Paul, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Plenty more on the way and I’ll be back in Vienna next Christmas for more. Subscribe and a few more from ireland coming this summer. Being honest somehow I always seem to expose well on fp4+ from ilford. It’s without doubt my favourite film stock. Hp5 a close second. What I did hear was metered using mobile phone app during the day off a grey wall of a church or building and then went from that. If in doubt I went one stop over. I believe most of these where f5.6 at 1/100 or 1/200 on the iiif. Love this camera. I’ve another video from the west of Ireland in the queue where i shoot some old ruins with fp4. Hope you subscribe and hope my answer helps. Meter once or twice a session and guess in between. 🙏
Dude...
The sound snowflakes make when they impact Vienna is so unnerving!
Could you please alter the laws of the universe when you make your next video?
Ha, I'll do my best. 😀... Vienna is a special place. thanks for subscribing mate. I hope you enjoy some of the Irish videos on here.
I'm sure I will. You have a nice manner with your filming and presentation. My daughter lives in Vienna, so it was very nice to see your film.@@colinosullivan
Great video, and really great photos! You shooted the FP4 at native ISO?
Thank you so much!
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
Greetings from Vienna 😉curently shooting on Fuji, but i'll geht my frist ever Leica soon.
Thanks for commenting. Shoot what you have and enjoy every opportunity to get out and enjoy the beautiful place. I’ve never had the opportunity to shoot Fuji cameras but I’ve always been curious in the medium format cameras. I hope you stick around for future videos
@@colinosullivan I’ll definitely stick around, really nice b/w photos. Vienna has its own vibe. A beautiful mix of classic and also modern architecture
@@touchlp8930 it’s truly amazing there. We will be back maybe end of the year. Are you based there ? I’m sure it’ll be lovely there heading into summer.
@@colinosullivan yes I‘m based here and I live here since 14 years
@@touchlp8930 that’s great. Next time I’m over, maybe a photo walk. Cheers 🍻
Great photos - shutter noise got very annoying - hearing it once was enough.
Thanks mate. You’ll notice later videos I lessened the loud shutter. 👍
Don't understand the scene at 4:41. Adjusting the lens focus while looking through the external viewfinder?!? I'm baffled as how that would work...
Sometimes time switching between the focus patch which is small on these and the external finder the photos gone. So when you see me do this it means I know the elmar very well and I’m at f8 or f11 and I just guess the position of the distance scale. I sometimes have to remind myself which lens I’m using and you’ll see me readjust. Btw I love the external finder. Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed it. 🙏
Amazing what that old elmar can do. What developer do you use?
Thanks John for commenting. Yes I’m always blown away by the Max Berek lens. You usually only hear the Barnack name but what a lens. Also on a day like that I was able to collapse it and put it in the pocket of my coat. I sometimes use HC 110 developer but this time it was my old friend Rodinal, which I think on fp4 is amazing. I am starting to think all my favourites now are that combination. Can I ask what country your in? I’m always interested to know where people tune in from. Cheers
Love the video can I ask did you meter off the snow Colin
Hi Robin, I actually metered at the beginning of a walk off the sort of grey building walls and then overexposed another stop. If I meter off the snow the meter would be considering my white snow as middle grey so I’d need to overexposure usually by two stops. Generally fp4 seems really flexible. I don’t think I’ve any fo4 photos i would see we’re not exposed well. Even I was surprised 😮 🤣 where are your shooting these days ?
Hello Colin. Another great video! I’m considering returning to film for some situations and wondering about scanners. Can you tell me what type of film scanner you use?
Richard, I’m currently using a Plustek which only lets you scan 35mm which is really all I shoot so it works well for me. I use Silverfast scanning sofrware and it’s works reasonably well. I know Nikon had some better scanners than did both 35mm and 120 medium format sizes. Let me know if you’d like me to do a short video on it. 👍
Thank you. I've been wondering about that one. Seeing the quality of your images is certainly a strong endorsement. I would love to see a short video on your experience with it.
@@richardcirillo I’ll definitely put together something on the scanner. Yes I’d say I’m getting better scans now than i used to.
How did you meter each scene?
Apologies, I wrote a huge reply two weeks ago and it didn’t save! Here goes. So for film on snow what I tend to do is meter off a grey wall of a building if I can. Given there was no sun at all but thick low snow clouds the light didn’t change much. I use a phone all at the beginning of my walk called “lightmetervm” and it is a sort of light meter wheel. I find it easy and accurate tbh. I think my shutter speeds on fp4 at f5.6 was around 1/100 or 1/200 on the Leica iiif. Oddly all my fp4 photos always seem to be exactly as I imagined them. Actually I’m doing a couple of large prints from this Vienna trip for my house and I’m exited to see them up. Can I ask where you are from and what do you photograph? Cheers
Hi! I like your video and pitures very much, but I could not watch it to the end because the clicking noise becomes sooo nervy... Sorry, but without that I would like your channel a lot more. Thanx and all the best!
Thanks Stephen for the feedback. I’m currently editing my next video, from the Burren National park, yes the shutter from the iiif barnack was possibly a tad too loud. On my next video let me know if the toned down shutter is an improvement. I’ll be uploading it Friday. Cheers
@@colinosullivan I think, after showing 3 pictures with the shutter sound, the wow-effect weakens and the audience would prefer the rest of the pictures shuttersoundless ;-) at least I would highly do so... I will watch the next video and see, how I like it. Best regards, Stephan
@@stephanpaier9887 having listened to it again the winding on sound of the barnack is quite loud! I’ll definitely have a much quieter shutter for the next video which is still in edit!
Hey mate, I did quieten down and sometimes left off the shutter sound in videos after this. Curious if it was any better for you?