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Nice video with a lot of useful information. Thanks

Verry well explained, thank you, Morten! One question: do you sometimes use a handheld exposure meter to check the light contitions on the subject? As a convinced M9 user I'm always interested in your videos and explanations. Best wishes from Germany!

No one will know what images we missed by not using a zoom lens.

Recently downsizing my kit to two Q3's and it was great to hear your perspectives. You inspire me and I did just subscribe and like. I also remember when I first started 50+ years ago and had only two lenses. 50 and 35! I look forward to hearing more from you. Thank you.

I totally agree that it's a great advantage to know your gear - it's the sinking feeling i get every time i'm moved to reach for my Fisheye. What i don't agree with is the hackneyed disparagement of zooms. There's a caricature that gets set up - a strawman argument - and the tired old phrase 'zoom with your feet' gets trotted out. Street is one genre of photography i don't do much of... but if everyone who does it is shooting wide or standard, why do i want to take their photos? I want to take something different - The Orthodoxy is the enemy of creativity - maybe a tele will give a different but worthy insight into alienation, and much of the rest that makes up the human condition too? I shoot concerts - i use a mix of primes and zooms, and i move around so much that i'm dripping sweat after ten minutes. Zooms have an advantage at times in that they permit you to get a framing that would be impossible in a crowded space with a prime... and that framing can be a great image (which is kind of what we're there for). They're also great when you want to get, efficiently, an intimate profile of each of the musicians across the width of a twenty metre stage - nobody is carrying enough primes to get those shots, even when there is time. I also shoot a lot of landscape, coastal and rainforest - and the old 'zoom with your feet' is asinine in these contexts... it's often clearly dangerous or physically impossible (or am i just being 'lazy'?). But yes... get to know your gear intimately. I do have a favourite lens - one that i'd like to use for every image. It's a big and heavy 150mm f/2 and it's results are gorgeous. Unfortunately, the world and the photographic opportunities it presents don't care about my personal predilections - the result is that i have to have and use the right tool for the specific job, even if it is that bloody Fisheye. Loved your images, btw. Cheers.

Thanks!

I love your black and whites so much!

Thanks!

Very good shot. 📷🇮🇹

I realize that as a rangefinder user for “street photography”, a 50mm is too intimate for me. However, I wouldn’t neglect it completely as it is convenient to have for a specific need. I find that a 35mm is well-balanced, and if I’m really in a pinch, I manually zoom in on my subject (if possible) with my feet

Good video about an important topic in photography 👍.

I recently picked up a beautiful M9-P and it's my most used camera.

Rigtigt godt. Er sikker på at det giver god mening for mange. Det kunne være fedt hvis du kunne vise forskellige 50mm linser og deres karekter. Her tænker jeg Voigtlânder vs 7Artisans og org. Leica.

Excellent advice

Thank you so much for the advices! I planned to concentrate on Montmartre, but will now go for the Latin Quarter. But French Guy Theo told Montmartre is good on Mondays, if you watched his video? We'll land in Paris next summer, spend a couple of days there, then take the high speed train to Bordeaux and spend 3 weeks in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, before we go back to Paris. Then we go to the fantastic island of Senja, to photograph down this island in the aurora light, as a spectacular good bye to to Norway, before we settle in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. I'll just bring my new Sigma 50 mm f2.0 on our trip.

Do you follow Mitchell Kanashkevich and his current series on street photography in India? There are really strong and interesting characters!

The human eye sees from 15 to 150 mm, but in average we have a prime area of 43 mm. That mean some people see in 35 mm and some in 65 mm as their standard angle of view, 43 mm is just the average for all humans.

Are churches public buildings?

I love my M9, too. And I'm conviced like you that it is still a valid great camera after more than 15 years. The colour and b/w JPEGs straight out of the camera are just beautiful due to the CCD sensor. Thank you for your video.

What a 50mm equivalent for a APC camera?

A side note for those who are new.When Mr. Morten explains how the camera sets frame lines inside range finder, 6:55 into the video, by reading 6-bit coding from the lens, that's actually not the case. The frame lines are mechanically set, so every lens with its focal length has a slightly different mount in part where it comes into contact with frame lines selector which is where the lever on the side is. It sets this lever mechanism to the position so it shows correct frame lines. So having a lens without 6-bit coding will still give you the correct frame lines. 6-bit coding is used for setting the correct lens for software image corrections and exif, so when you load your photo in some of photo the editing programs there will be embedded information inside the file which lens was used. That's what 6-bit encoding is for, documenting info about the lens used to photograph, because you might want to use presets for distortion or colour aberration correction. Of course, you can set this manually inside menu.

I use the 50mm mostly! I dislike 35mm due to distortions.. I use 35 mm, more and more, as need to be close, with way too many folks everywhere.. Great Video.

Nice images! Thanks for this video. FYI your voice is only on the left channel, while your music is on both. You might want to pan your voice to both channels for future videos.

Wow, I love 50mm too ❤

My favorite lens for landscape & Street Zeiss Loxia 35 & Sony 35GM 1.4 Zeiss Loxia 50 & Sony 50GM 1.2

Ahh I am first ; and I love 50mm lens I have the Canon 50mm in 0.95 / 1.2 / 1.4 / and Voightlander Cosina brass and Chrome 1.5 Nokton / and LLL 50mm 1.2 " 1966 " # 615 black painted brass ... Yeah , I am so fond of this focal length. ❤

Many thanks for this great tribute to a modern classic. Sad about the sensor corrosion issue but apart from that an incredible piece of equipment. Magic.

So true.

You and another Dane are quite fond of the M9. I have one, too, Leica replacement sensor and circuit board. I have some other nice cameras but the M9 has its charm. The colors are just a little too Kodachrome rather than Agfachrome. But most of the time it is wonderful.

wow I don't know much about the Leica world, but this digital camera from the way you describe has the same functions as film cameras, such as focus alignment, and not the modern focus peaking, makes it really special and nostalgic Anyway i'm reading your course and it's awesome. Thank you

Thanks for this. I have an M8 and M9 and love them booth. Best.

Nice video! Every time I think about selling my M9 I take it for a walk and fall in love again. There is something about the CCD sensor and the handling of this M camera that is much more satisfying to use than my other gear.

I began in photography in the mid-70s with an Argus C3, using the 50 mm f/3.5 Cintar lens that came standard on it. Although very few of my early images are extant, I appreciate those that are and am planning on putting your advice into practice with my Canon cameras.

Hi Morton thanks for your great advice, I use a 40ml exclusively. It's very easy to give advice when you use a very very expensive Leica m6 camera with a very expensive 50 ml lense that most people can only dream about. You are a professional and need the equipment that suits you best . Your advice is wonderful, but it amazes me when pro's give advice when holding a £7,000 rangefinder, and a lense worth a few thousand more.

My left ear loved this video

Hi sir. Can I ask you something? Where did you get your shoulder strap of your camera?

Thank you, Morten❗️nice content👍🏻

I shoot square. But I tend to shoot vertical with 5x7 and horizontal with 135

I am 66 and only use 40 mm/50. I have 7 l enses but those are for the shelf.

Morten : Good day Sir. Another pleasing journey into photography always gives me so much peace. Thank you Sir. Christopher ~ ☺

I often post my images on Instagram but create a square background slightly larger than the largest dimension of the image (i.e. for portrait, the height is the largest etc). It means I'm not constricted by instagram's square format. Having said that, I used to use a TLR square format camera and often crop to square when shooting monochrome. Very interesting video. Thanks.

Thank you for your informative channel. I am surprised at the low number of subscribers. You certainly deserve many more. Your sample images are superb.

Danke dir. Grüße aus Norre Vorupör. Jens

Great advice Morton! I have tried it and can say it has my photography. I enjoy using prime lenses in particular the 50mm. It’s amazing how versatile it is. Thank you

Your photos are better than orgasm!