My First Few Months with a Leica M6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2021
- Earlier this year, I decided to challenge myself by learning how to shoot film. In this video I discuss my experience using the Leica M6 and how my first few rolls of film turned out!
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Instagram: @innayas.com
Website: www.innayas.com
Film Gear Featured:
Leica M6
Leica 35mm 1.4mm pre-asph lens
Film Developed at:
Canadian Film Lab: canadianfilmlab.com/
Gear Used:
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SMALLHD Monitor: bhpho.to/3y4VVQl
Tascam DR 10L: amzn.to/3tF7JFv
Mefoto Globetrotter Tripod: amzn.to/33FRmxO
Savage Backdrops: amzn.to/2QbJPDS
The photo of the sky & birds at 6:21 is beautiful!
Those cityscape shots are my favourites in this! 🤩 🌆
Thanks so much! :)
This is a very common "issue" all lenses have a "sweet spot". The point where the lens is the sharpest. I usually google the sweet spot setting for every lens I use.
the city shots are just awesome! keep shooting. oh! I think that looked you got back has to do indeed with the lens. Some older lenses bring that effect. There are people that love that and use it as chosen style. Sometimes it can be a nice thing in the sleeve, but I'm not sure it is the case every time
Thank you! Yes, after doing a bit more research it seems this is a quirk of the lens! I'll have to keep playing with it and see if I find a shooting situation that I like the look :)
Solid images, great work!
happy that my comment was of some help . using the hyperfocal setting is another way to set the near focus area to infinity . there is a down loadable chart that you can google , and sometimes i will put these distances for the various f stops on the bottom of my camera .
also , using f stops 8 , 11 , or 16 , just guessing the distance will work most of the time . when i was using film and had a darkroom , i really enjoyed using a rangefinder leica . leicas were affordable back in the film days , now they are out of my range , but i was lucky enough to find reasonably priced leica m8 . now i am back enjoying rangefinder photography again . if you google my name , my flicker account will come up .
Great video. Thanks. RS
Loving the sunset photos!!
Hey thanks! :)
Amazing photos wow!
Good work!
Hi Inna,
great setup you have there. I had exactly the same, and the reason for going for the pre-asph summilux 35mm was, at least for me due to its compactness. The only thing is that, in order to protect the (expensive) lens front element, I had to use its lenshood, which is fairly big. Anyways, I loved this setup and the lens when stopped down to 5.6 it reaches the same sharpness as the summicron (2.0) of the same era.I would go for 1.4 only when absolutely required, such as in the dark, otherwise I' d stick to 2.8 at least. Also take into account lens flare, when shooting straight into the sun. All that said, great set of images too, I like the first image of the second set a very lot.
Hey thanks so much for your insight! I found the native lens hood that came with it wasn't doing much blocking out sun flares due to the shape of the holes, so I just bought a rectangular one on ebay that should do a better job. Haven't tried it out yet but hopefully soon! And agreed, I'm loving the sharpness of the lens at 5.6 or higher. I think I generally prefer shooting at a higher aperture for my style to begin with.
It is great to see someone new to film. I love the Leica M series film cameras (I have an M3) but I think you should consider trying a classic manual focus SLR as well, not as a replacement but a supplement to your analogue creativity which you clearly have in abundance. This would give you a different and some would say easier focussing experience. There are many classic manual focus/manual exposure SLR's available. Might I suggest you try something like an Olympus OM1n, the same era as your M6 and costing a twentieth of the price!
I find that unless I'm shooting portraits or in low light I usually never go below f5.6. If you're constantly shooting it wide open you're going to get that bokeh "blur" you're talking about and focusing is super hard on a rangefinder. If you want everything in focus use a higher aperture.
Looking forward :)
It looks like you are using the 35mm Summilux Pre ASPH. That lens wide open is super soft and has that "dreamy look" which can be an acquired taste.
You have a great setup there and enjoy it.
Hey! Yes I am. Yes, it seems to definitely have it's quirks at 1.4. Hopefully it grows on me! :)
Welcome to the M club.
something to consider when using a rangefinder leica is to zone focus using
the f stop and markings on the lens to set what will be in focus .
Thank you for the insight! I just watched a great video about zone focusing and tried it out over the weekend. Definitely will take some practice but hopefully it will make me a little faster at shooting subjects!
Zone Focus is of course possible with every kind of camera, the lens should have a depth of view scala for dedicated f-stops. But every classic lens got this, this is not exclusively true for Leica, with Linhofs Panorama cameras this is the only way to operate.
Photos look very nice! Did you go for the Classic of the TTL version?
Non-TTL
What kind of film were you using?
How and why did you go straight for a Leica M6 when you've never shot film before? You would have been way better off with a slr style I'm guessing. Especially considering the fact that you don't even understand how aperture works and you're not familiar with manual focusing....🤔
Wow. Aren’t you a ray of sunshine? You are the typical snob photographer.
@@cggg490 well I suppose the same could be said about you reaching for a Leica M6 for your first ever film camera when you don't understand the basics lol
@@akyerit here’s a thought: people can do whatever the fuck they want (except be a snob on TH-cam). 💁🏽♀️
@@cggg490 people can also have their own opinions too can't they? (Not sure if you erased my last response or not but it was very well written lol) And some would say you're being a snob on TH-cam needing a Leica for your first film camera without knowing the basics. Or for being so sensitive and defensive about my question and suggestion. Or for erasing my last reply for that matter
I received a government grant during COVID so I bought 3 film cameras (Leica m6, Mamiya 6, and Beaulieu 4008). Something I wouldn’t be able to afford otherwise :)
Thanks for watching!
Surprised to hear a photographer calling bokeh a “gaussian blur” . Jeez . Improve your creativity that’s the reason you choose m6 omg. I don’t know if it’s this millennial generation but something with those videos about people discovering film like discovering fire is obnoxious . Slow down your photography.... bla-bla-bla. No need to do a video to brag about your new M6 by the way you could have bought a canonet rangefinder for 60 bucks to fist see how you feel with film first ( amazing camera definitely underrated ) . Anyway love the shot of the sky with birds .
Wait a second. So you are a wedding photographer and you tried a Leica Summilux, set it to f/1.4 and you wonder why not everything is sharp? :D Have you aver heard about depth of field? Don't you know how razor thin dof is on 1.4 aperture? Alright, let's slow down. Portra is a pretty "fast" film. Even though it's 400, it's recommendet to overexpose it some, like 1 stop for example. Especially if it's already expired film. So, you can set ISO on the back of M6 to 200 or memorize it while exposing in the viewfinder. If you are not photographing moving subjects, you can slow down the shutter, to 1/60 for example and then close down the aperture -> greater depth of field. Old Summilux, not asph is not a great performer wide open in today's standards. If you want sharpness you should stop it down. I mean, basically every lens stopped down gains sharpness, especially the "fast" lenses.
ikr....
I think that's pretty obvious lol why are you explaining the most basic photography techniques like you have some secret tips? She's referring to the specific effect the Pre-ASPH Summilux-m has at 1.4 where highlights tend to glow and distort, some love this effect some don't. You have to shoot with it to understand what she means.
Thanks for the arrogance, snob.
@@aristodeable I disagree. BRW came in hot and showed his own ignorance in the process. Look at her work, she's not some novice that needs DOF explained to her like she's an idiot.
@@aristodeable obviously she's new to rangefinder techniques, thats not even what I'm saying do you have reading comprehension issues?