First, fantastic pictures Paul!!! Second, you just made me realize how much I miss new Zealand and its amazing people! Thanks Paul, im going to buy a Leica M8 soon cheers
Hey Paul, it’s 2024 and I’ve just bought an M8! Sold or selling my Lumix gear and I’m in photography heaven. Thanks for your vids and images✌️🇦🇺 #backtothefuture
Hi Paul. It has been some years since you’ve put up your UA-cam Vlogs . I keep coming back to them for the inherent quality of the content. The scenes, the camera, the aesthetics, the mood, the advice and guidance, viewpoints and most importantly , the quality of the final images. Amazing stuff. And I keep coming back, time and time again till today . Thanks again. Take care and god bless. Izzy
A Leica's magic is that it gives you the essentials and makes the photographer do the rest, which makes you hyper aware about exposure, focus and composition. Most of the features of today's "cameras" create separation between the photographer and the act of making an image.
Your videos and photos are pure inspiration to me. I immediately want to get outside and grab some photos. Thanks for sharing and keep up the wonderful work you do.
Thankyou I really am so happy that something that I have done has inspired someone else that's the highest compliment. I am grateful to others who have done the same for me, so to give back is awesome. Thanks for your comment!
Paul hi, the image at 9:02 is lovely! All the images with the M looked Sweet, nice and clear. The wave images with the Olympus also really great. Just keep on showing us New Zealand!
Your pictures continue to just blow me away. I've really enjoyed the beach stuff. I would like to see some more in land stuff. Street or landscape.also maybe do a series on all of your cameras. I think your channel has really grown. I like your personal touch that it's not scripted. Always keep that personal conversation with us. Paul thanks again for sharing your work it a inspiration.
Hi Wishdog, thanks for the feedback. I will try and get inland a bit more, NZ is very coastal but I have a few spots earmarked that are more inland. Take care talk soon!
Since I’ve followed you, Paul, you’ve got a thousand new followers already. In my humble opinion it is a delicate thing to ask your audience about what they want to see. It has two sides perhaps. You have produced content the way you felt it has been right, the way it has hopefully and seemingly been personal to you, and I really do believe that the best thing you can do is to stay true to yourself and keep doing what you love, regardless of what we think. My guess is that us who have followed you have loved your content due to you leading the way, for your honesty, passion and thoughts. However, the moment you realize you are producing content for an audience that has got expectations, while you might want to evolve and move on to a different direction, it might in the long term make you less content with what you are doing. So, really, you have been sharing what has made you inspired on a personal level, and I think that’s usually what creates the best quality results. The audience will (or at least should) follow. Don’t produce for us, even if part of you does it for us :). Just stay who you are, this is your life! I and all the rest of us probably are just grateful for your concern and your asking about our opinion. Hope you understand me the right way. Excellent work so far, and I for one will look forward to more of your creations. Thanks for everything!
Csaba you have just turned the light on for me, you are so right! I have been offering the same advice to others and ignoring it myself. Just a few days ago I told someone to shoot what you feel is right and if you like it others will also. Thankyou so much you nailed it!
I agree with both of you Paul. Watching your videos is like meditation. It's so peaceful and chill, for the length of it, I can forget about other things in life and just get lost in the beauty of your vlog, music and photos, all so elegantly produced. You really have your own special touch and that's why we're here. Keep it going mate!
Paul C Smith Photographer Music is a good example. I’ve always listened to music that you don’t hear on the radio. Some of those musicians over the years may have started producing for the masses, resulting in a deep-dive in the soul of their music. Therefore I, for one, stopped listening to music from those artists. You will always have an audience even if you change directions. What I don’t know so much about is the UA-cam perspective and if there is any pressure with getting new subscribers. Either way, you have got to have pleasure in making content, and you can be sure that there will be at least one more person in the world that likes it :).
I like your style, Paul. Not just the pictures, but your videos too. There is some zen-like quality about them that I like. Plus, you seem like a really nice bloke. I'm picking up my M8 tomorrow. I'm like a kid on the day before Christmas. Greetings from Belgium!
Thats a Leica M8 alright! A phenomenal camera. I never put the filter on. The BnW results I get are unparalleled. Shadow detail seems to go on forever. Great photos and review Paul!
I'm really loving these fallow along videos. They are really nice and entertaining. It's nice to get into the head of another photographer and watch them just enjoying the craft. Keep up the good work.
Paul your enthusiasm makes what you do intriguing for me no matter what and your humility comes through in waves. Thank you For your genuine approach in sharing New Zealand.
Hey Paul...keep on doing what you’re doing. Love to follow along on your trips to the coast. Using the Leica, or any camera for 35mm landscapes is inspiring. Especially with normal, prime lenses is great. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Awesome photos new to your channel.... Love your dog very beautiful animal. I just recently purchased 2 nikon off of ebay That are virtually like brand new F2 AND F3 so I just finished shooting some test photos to make sure everything is in good working order but yes I'm liking what I'm seeing on your channel keep up the great work 👍
Fantastic shots at Karioitahi. I'm in Chicago but my parents are in your neck of the woods in Waiuku, so very much appreciate seeing these images. Keep it up!
Absolutely love your photography and videos. I have an M5, and feel the same way you do about Leicas and film. The production of your videos is superb. I study them very closely,, and hI ave learned a great deal. You are a excellent teacher. I think your going to have a very successful UA-cam channel. Keep up the excellent work.
You are absolutely wright about the Leica M8. The M8 has something special and makes you feel you are a part of the camera and film process. I have same feeling while using my M3 but I mostly use my M8 for B&W pictures and I just luv-it !! Congratulation for your great work and keep posting videos!
Hi there! I watched the vlog again… once more … you are one of the reasons I bought a M8;-) I got me one last week, refurbished and modified by Leica from M8 to M8.2. I don’t know what it is, but this camera is already a “always in the bag”. So much joy to use. I bought her as a b/w camera in addition to my M240 and Nikon D3&Z7, as I like to use different cameras when using 35mm film , (with the Hasselblad you get different backs but still) … kind of weird maybe but it’s just me … always good light!👍🏼
Hi Paul - I’ve really been enjoying these videos. Watching your process and the results is very entertaining. Thanks for bringing us all along on your journeys.
Hi Paul, keep doing what you’re doing. I enjoy the mix of film and digital, your relaxed presentation style and seeing that beautiful NZ coastline. More Bay too! Cheers from the U.K.
Love your work. Is hoot the Leica R3 & Elmarit R Lenses with it for film but use Fuji X Pro 2 for digital. Tempting to pick up an M8 for sure. Thanks for your videos!
Looking forward to your experiments with colour films. Also I would be interested in how you go about scanning those. But hey... who cares what I want, I hope you just keep sharing whatever you’re interested in. Always enjoyable.👍
Just came over yr M8 video. I love it. I came over a limited M8.2 Safari, limited on 500 pcs worldwide. Am very thankful of it. I know who was the late pre-owner. Paul, I hope we will meet once in our lifetime. Got 2 of yr books. Love New Zeeland. Was there in 13/14 and 2016. Regards, Gerhard
Enjoying your journey Paul, Keep doing what your doing. your tempting me to grab my film gear out the bottom of the wardrobe. Also a look at how you approach developing film would be cool, many years since I loaded a developing tank. Cheers mate from Christchurch
Loved the video Paul! Your videos are inspiring and I really appreciate your honesty with your content. Keep up the good work and keep doing exactly what you’re doing. Cheers from Bend, Oregon, USA.
Watched a couple more of your vids. I think I know what I like... you're a rare exception (at least in the youtube sphere), someone using a Leica to shoot Landscapes, fantastic stuff!
Your channel is great! Your reason for choosing Leica, is why I love Tri-X. It was the film of choice by those I consider to be masters. Keep up the good work, I'm always looking forward to your next vid.
Hi Paul, love your videos, your style of presenting and especially your beautiful photos. I would love to hear more about the process you go through in your mind when you are framing a shot, your thoughts on composition etc. would love to hear the way you think through your shots. Keep up the great videos. Thank you!
'MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL WHEN I AM TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS' So true, You know it just works and you know it will take those beautiful images provided you did your part, that is composition and focusing etc. which naturally you will do and be so hyped about doing, leica makes that come out from you, thats the Leica philosophy - to bring the photographer in you, makes you connect with your subject more by being the mediator and not a distraction.
I can understand what you mean Paul about purchasing gear more for the expectation and perhaps notoriety. Always been intrigued by the Leica brand. Cheers.
really nice to see people use older digital cameras! it shows that it is not all about the camera! thanks for sharing with us, i also just got my first digital M :)
Love your channel and your photography. So open, honest and refreshing. Particularly the b&w film (some colour now and again is also good). I am an OM1 and MinoltaX700 user. Love the way these cameras feel in the hands and the shutter sounds :) Such a joy to use. The appeal of Leica is strong, no doubt they have that hard to define special quality about them.
I totally agree with what you said about being in a special zone and magical place with certain cameras, and the effect that can have on your photography. So true. I feel exactly the same about my Plaubel Makina 670 which I was lucky enough to buy a couple of months ago. Every time I use it I swear there is magic in the air and I feel my photos have something special - at least to me :-) Thanks for being open and honest about your Leicas. Sure, better gear doesn't automatically make you a better photographer, but if it makes you feel like you can be, and if it helps fuel your enthusiasm for something you enjoy passionately, then who's to say your pictures aren't better as a result. Great post. Keep it up :-)
The gear may help you feel good about taking images but you also need to have an eye for great composition and one that tells a storey and sucks the viewer in and you certainly have the talent Paul, great stuff. I have been a photographer for over 40 years and only now am I looking at a Leica for the simplistic controls and the engagement that it seems to provide. The challenge will be letting go of all the features a modern day camera brings for just the exposure triangle, but I am looking fwd to it. All the best from the UK.
Great great pictures! I traded my Olympus OM2 back in 1991 for a racing bicycle for triathlons. Wish I had it back. Am currently looking to buy a Leica M8 or M-D. Would love to have both. Thank you for such an inspiring video! Cheers from Georgia USA.
Great pics Paul and great to share your thoughts and philosophy. Yes I get GAS sometimes. If you run processing workshops please let me know. Also, if you want to stop by Auckland Photographic Society ever you're always welcome
Nice video and little gear talk. I can absolutely confirm a Lica is somehow special I guess is the craftsmanship wich goes into the built wich makes it special. Obviously is just a tool ,but a tool wich can bring happiness. I love my M2 & M8, what I also like is how portable they are compare to a DSLR . Beautiful pictures from you, pls continue to entertain and teach ! 👍🏼✌🏼
I've watched all of your previous episodes since discovering your channel. I like that your channel is personalized. Many so called photography channels are either about gear or lessons in basic photography which I don't need. Even your gear talk in this episode was personalized so it was worth watching rather than many other leica episodes i've seen in which the host drools over the leica without really expressing anything interesting. I appreciate the relaxed personalized content. I like the pictures. I like seeing what is in your immediate area there in NZ rather than the better known touristy areas. Watching your channel has not only encouraged me to move NZ up on my places to visit list it has also got me thinking about what kind of channel I can start. I also like that you tell us the names of places you go so I can look them up on a map. Keep up the great work and do *your* show. Don't let the peanut gallery influence your content too much.
Seth thanks for the very cool comment. Really glad you picked up on the things you mentioned. I've struggled with my decision to base most of my work local rather than travel to the "Postcard" spots, I thinks it's important to show "real" and be "real". Take care my friend and thanks for watching.
Great vlog! I would like to see you take on pushing and pulling film verse rating films differently. I just getting back into film and would like to see what you think on the subject. Keep up the great work.
Great photo’s Paul, thank you for sharing your work & sincerity. Very much appreciate it. There are plenty of Leica’s to choose from & some are a bit more personal than others. Clearly you chose the M8. What drove you to make that decision? Why not any other M? Hope to see more of your work, take care!
Glad I found you! Enjoyed the vid and will subscribe. My M8 had several issues and so it got returned. My fav is the M3 and the M7. Love the Vizsla (?) as well...
Hi Paul. I’m really interested in the analog/35mm film scanning thing. Can you possibly do a video on film scanning. Or, if you’ve already done one perhaps you might direct me to it. Thanks. God bless David.
Hi David, I have a couple of videos that touch on this but to be honest I'm not the best person to give advice on the process. Loads of stuff out there on UA-cam that explains it better than I ever could.
I am so happy whenever I see a new video from you is uploaded. I like to listen to your calm voice and humble views about photography. Your work from the other side of the world is very inspirational. You have asked for feedback: I wonder if you take pictures in the city too even your dog may not like it there. Have a great week and thanks. .
Hi Noa, exported to a jpeg at 300dpi , an image file from the M8 comes out at aprox 350 x 250 mm. you couldpush that a bit so if you want to try your luck you could get into an A3 size.
Ok. I was contemplating getting a secondhand M8 and then the first picture in this video showed up and it pretty much sealed the deal. But then I realized that even with an M8 I'll still be a crap photographer. :D
First, fantastic pictures Paul!!!
Second, you just made me realize how much I miss new Zealand and its amazing people!
Thanks Paul, im going to buy a Leica M8 soon
cheers
Hey Paul, it’s 2024 and I’ve just bought an M8! Sold or selling my Lumix gear and I’m in photography heaven. Thanks for your vids and images✌️🇦🇺 #backtothefuture
Good on ya Mark, enjoy the camera!
@@PaulCSmithPhotographer it’s Markie…👋
Hi Paul. It has been some years since you’ve put up your UA-cam Vlogs . I keep coming back to them for the inherent quality of the content. The scenes, the camera, the aesthetics, the mood, the advice and guidance, viewpoints and most importantly , the quality of the final images. Amazing stuff. And I keep coming back, time and time again till today . Thanks again. Take care and god bless. Izzy
A Leica's magic is that it gives you the essentials and makes the photographer do the rest, which makes you hyper aware about exposure, focus and composition. Most of the features of today's "cameras" create separation between the photographer and the act of making an image.
This content is spot on!! Gear. proces, love and end results presented in a really relaxed way. Complements 👍🏼✨
Absolutely awesome video. Excellent pictures and a honest approach to photography. Congrats.
Lovely pictures Paul :)
The M8 does seem to have a unique colour cast to it
I like it when you muse about your Leica's and what they mean to you.
Hi
Stunning sunsets and sand shots,my first time visiting your video
Thankyou
Your videos and photos are pure inspiration to me. I immediately want to get outside and grab some photos. Thanks for sharing and keep up the wonderful work you do.
Thankyou I really am so happy that something that I have done has inspired someone else that's the highest compliment. I am grateful to others who have done the same for me, so to give back is awesome. Thanks for your comment!
Paul hi, the image at 9:02 is lovely! All the images with the M looked Sweet, nice and clear. The wave images with the Olympus also really great. Just keep on showing us New Zealand!
Thanks Richard, put that one down to the West Coast sunsets, cameras just don't do them justice. Thankyou for watching.
your pictures blow me away everyday.
Thankyou
Your pictures continue to just blow me away. I've really enjoyed the beach stuff. I would like to see some more in land stuff. Street or landscape.also maybe do a series on all of your cameras. I think your channel has really grown. I like your personal touch that it's not scripted. Always keep that personal conversation with us. Paul thanks again for sharing your work it a inspiration.
Hi Wishdog, thanks for the feedback. I will try and get inland a bit more, NZ is very coastal but I have a few spots earmarked that are more inland. Take care talk soon!
Since I’ve followed you, Paul, you’ve got a thousand new followers already. In my humble opinion it is a delicate thing to ask your audience about what they want to see. It has two sides perhaps. You have produced content the way you felt it has been right, the way it has hopefully and seemingly been personal to you, and I really do believe that the best thing you can do is to stay true to yourself and keep doing what you love, regardless of what we think. My guess is that us who have followed you have loved your content due to you leading the way, for your honesty, passion and thoughts. However, the moment you realize you are producing content for an audience that has got expectations, while you might want to evolve and move on to a different direction, it might in the long term make you less content with what you are doing. So, really, you have been sharing what has made you inspired on a personal level, and I think that’s usually what creates the best quality results. The audience will (or at least should) follow. Don’t produce for us, even if part of you does it for us :). Just stay who you are, this is your life! I and all the rest of us probably are just grateful for your concern and your asking about our opinion. Hope you understand me the right way. Excellent work so far, and I for one will look forward to more of your creations. Thanks for everything!
Csaba you have just turned the light on for me, you are so right! I have been offering the same advice to others and ignoring it myself. Just a few days ago I told someone to shoot what you feel is right and if you like it others will also. Thankyou so much you nailed it!
I agree with both of you Paul. Watching your videos is like meditation. It's so peaceful and chill, for the length of it, I can forget about other things in life and just get lost in the beauty of your vlog, music and photos, all so elegantly produced. You really have your own special touch and that's why we're here. Keep it going mate!
Thankyou!
Paul C Smith Photographer Music is a good example. I’ve always listened to music that you don’t hear on the radio. Some of those musicians over the years may have started producing for the masses, resulting in a deep-dive in the soul of their music. Therefore I, for one, stopped listening to music from those artists. You will always have an audience even if you change directions. What I don’t know so much about is the UA-cam perspective and if there is any pressure with getting new subscribers. Either way, you have got to have pleasure in making content, and you can be sure that there will be at least one more person in the world that likes it :).
I very much agree Csaba 1st albums are always the best. Art is only art if there is no pre disposed expectation. Thanks again
Very cool episode and a couple of fantastic sets of images.
Thanks mate
Great presentation, interesting, inspirational content. I found it very relaxing Paul. Keep up the good work
Thanks Phil
Beautiful pictures!
This is poetry..... great pics. Lové this video...........
Thanks Sergio
Thanks again, is a pleasure to se your videos, great work and superb photos. Congratulations.
Thankyou
The passion you have for photography shines through & demonstrates that loving your camera does mean you’ll enjoy taking photographs. Love this video.
Thank You
I love this video!!! It's nice to finally see someone sharing with passion and honesty his vision. Thanks
Thanks Paolo
I like your style, Paul. Not just the pictures, but your videos too. There is some zen-like quality about them that I like. Plus, you seem like a really nice bloke.
I'm picking up my M8 tomorrow. I'm like a kid on the day before Christmas.
Greetings from Belgium!
Thanks so much for watching Kaat, and thankyou for the comment! Good luck with the M8
Thats a Leica M8 alright! A phenomenal camera. I never put the filter on. The BnW results I get are unparalleled. Shadow detail seems to go on forever. Great photos and review Paul!
Luke Corradine I never use the filter with mine either, love it!
I'm really loving these fallow along videos. They are really nice and entertaining. It's nice to get into the head of another photographer and watch them just enjoying the craft. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Clay appreciate your comment, take care!
Paul your enthusiasm makes what you do intriguing for me no matter what and your humility comes through in waves. Thank you
For your genuine approach in sharing New Zealand.
Thanks Rob glad you enjoyed.
Amazing work Paul!! Really inspiring and appreciate you sharing your knowledge of photography!
Thanks Eric, really appreciate your support!
Very inspiring, great video, very nicely produced. Beautiful images. Thank you
Refreshing honesty and incredible images, really enjoying your videos.
Thanks so much Jeremy
Hi Paul just want to say always look forward to your videos. Very insightful and your compositions are as always breathtaking!
Thanks Adrian
Really enjoyed this, some wonderful images. Loved the one at 11:29 Legend.
Thanks for watching Martin, glad you found it enjoyable
Hey Paul...keep on doing what you’re doing. Love to follow along on your trips to the coast. Using the Leica, or any camera for 35mm landscapes is inspiring. Especially with normal, prime lenses is great. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Thankyou Bill
Awesome photos new to your channel.... Love your dog very beautiful animal. I just recently purchased 2 nikon off of ebay
That are virtually like brand new
F2 AND F3 so I just finished shooting some test photos to make sure everything is in good working order but yes I'm liking what I'm seeing on your channel keep up the great work 👍
Fantastic shots at Karioitahi. I'm in Chicago but my parents are in your neck of the woods in Waiuku, so very much appreciate seeing these images. Keep it up!
Me too Mark I'm in Waiuku, thankyou
Good video Paul, and brilliant images and beautiful light.
Thankyou Mick
Great stuff man with such nice photos thanks for all this,
Absolutely love your photography and videos. I have an M5, and feel the same way you do about Leicas and film. The production of your videos is superb. I study them very closely,, and hI ave learned a great deal. You are a excellent teacher. I think your going to have a very successful UA-cam channel. Keep up the excellent work.
Thankyou David really appreciate that.
You are absolutely wright about the Leica M8. The M8 has something special and makes you feel you are a part of the camera and film process. I have same feeling while using my M3 but I mostly use my M8 for B&W pictures and I just luv-it !! Congratulation for your great work and keep posting videos!
Thanks a lot Patrice
Great video and some lovely pics too
Thanks Alan
I must say to you thanks and congratulations for those photographs. Tak to make us enter into your zone.
Thanks Cedrick
Great video and beautiful pictures.
Thankyou
Great video, gorgeous shots .. I'm really enjoying your channel.
Thanks a lot John, appreciate the comment
Love the M8 and M8.2 Paul.. what you have is .Love the style and your connection with the environment...job well done...hey now Bae...beautiful animal
Hi there! I watched the vlog again… once more … you are one of the reasons I bought a M8;-)
I got me one last week, refurbished and modified by Leica from M8 to M8.2. I don’t know what it is, but this camera is already a “always in the bag”. So much joy to use. I bought her as a b/w camera in addition to my M240 and Nikon D3&Z7, as I like to use different cameras when using 35mm film , (with the Hasselblad you get different backs but still) … kind of weird maybe but it’s just me … always good light!👍🏼
really like your Pictures and Videos. wonderful channel and a lovely dog.
Thankyou Jurgen
Love the chilled vibe of the video, great content.
Thanks Lenny, glad you enjoyed. Take care
Hi Paul - I’ve really been enjoying these videos. Watching your process and the results is very entertaining. Thanks for bringing us all along on your journeys.
Thankyou Matthew
WOW. Nice pictures you've taken. And excellent photoshop you've done. Good job!
Thanks Kevin
Hi Paul, keep doing what you’re doing. I enjoy the mix of film and digital, your relaxed presentation style and seeing that beautiful NZ coastline. More Bay too! Cheers from the U.K.
Thanks Craig
Great video, and great great shots.
Love your work. Is hoot the Leica R3 & Elmarit R Lenses with it for film but use Fuji X Pro 2 for digital. Tempting to pick up an M8 for sure. Thanks for your videos!
Great work, love the dog. Thank you for sharing.
Sir , It's your Vlog. It's just beautiful the way it is :) Nice narration & Great pictures :) Good Luck :)
Thanks Krish!
Looking forward to your experiments with colour films. Also I would be interested in how you go about scanning those. But hey... who cares what I want, I hope you just keep sharing whatever you’re interested in. Always enjoyable.👍
Thanks for the input. Colour film next I think
An enjoyable video thanks. Great images btw.
Thankyou
Wow! What fantastic images. On a side note, I just bought an OM2-N this week. You are really motivating to watch and listen to.
Thanks Andrew. Pleased to hear about your purchase, super nice camera. Enjoy the sweet sound of that shutter!
Paul... Love your style ..
Thanks Edwin, means a lot! Cheers
Really cool pics ✨👌🏼
Just came over yr M8 video. I love it. I came over a limited M8.2 Safari, limited on 500 pcs worldwide. Am very thankful of it. I know who was the late pre-owner. Paul, I hope we will meet once in our lifetime. Got 2 of yr books. Love New Zeeland. Was there in 13/14 and 2016. Regards, Gerhard
Thankyou and sorry for the late reply
Enjoying your journey Paul, Keep doing what your doing. your tempting me to grab my film gear out the bottom of the wardrobe. Also a look at how you approach developing film would be cool, many years since I loaded a developing tank. Cheers mate from Christchurch
Thankyou
Loved the video Paul! Your videos are inspiring and I really appreciate your honesty with your content. Keep up the good work and keep doing exactly what you’re doing. Cheers from Bend, Oregon, USA.
Thanks for your comment Landon, really appreciate it! Hope all is well in the US of A
beautiful really is pictures and some kind words. waiting on new video every time :))
Much respect. Your photos are great.
Thankyou
Just came across this video, really great video, I like your style. Subscribed and subscribed to your blog. Good stuff!
Thanks JR appreciate it
Watched a couple more of your vids. I think I know what I like... you're a rare exception (at least in the youtube sphere), someone using a Leica to shoot Landscapes, fantastic stuff!
Great video Paul.
Thanks Philippe
the second picture is so so beautiful!
Thanks Ellen
Would love to see your editing process. Keep up the awesome work! Inspiring!
Thanks Richard, yes thats something I will look at for the future. Take care!
Your channel is great! Your reason for choosing Leica, is why I love Tri-X. It was the film of choice by those I consider to be masters. Keep up the good work, I'm always looking forward to your next vid.
Thanks mate, glad you get it! appreciate the comment!
Hi Paul, love your videos, your style of presenting and especially your beautiful photos. I would love to hear more about the process you go through in your mind when you are framing a shot, your thoughts on composition etc. would love to hear the way you think through your shots. Keep up the great videos. Thank you!
Thankyou Attila, I will try to convey that. Appreciate your comment take care!
Love the wave ripples image, so simple but beautiful
'MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL WHEN I AM TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS' So true, You know it just works and you know it will take those beautiful images provided you did your part, that is composition and focusing etc. which naturally you will do and be so hyped about doing, leica makes that come out from you, thats the Leica philosophy - to bring the photographer in you, makes you connect with your subject more by being the mediator and not a distraction.
I love your honesty-it's true some cameras help me too get in the zone. I feel much different shooting my 1DS III than my Mamiya 7
Thanks Josh, that Mamiya is a nice camera, I have to get me a medium format camera. Thanks for watching!
I can understand what you mean Paul about purchasing gear more for the expectation and perhaps notoriety. Always been intrigued by the Leica brand. Cheers.
Thanks Diego
really nice to see people use older digital cameras!
it shows that it is not all about the camera!
thanks for sharing with us, i also just got my first digital M :)
Thanks, what did you get?
Love your channel and your photography. So open, honest and refreshing. Particularly the b&w film (some colour now and again is also good). I am an OM1 and MinoltaX700 user. Love the way these cameras feel in the hands and the shutter sounds :) Such a joy to use. The appeal of Leica is strong, no doubt they have that hard to define special quality about them.
Thankyou Graham
I totally agree with what you said about being in a special zone and magical place with certain cameras, and the effect that can have on your photography. So true. I feel exactly the same about my Plaubel Makina 670 which I was lucky enough to buy a couple of months ago. Every time I use it I swear there is magic in the air and I feel my photos have something special - at least to me :-) Thanks for being open and honest about your Leicas. Sure, better gear doesn't automatically make you a better photographer, but if it makes you feel like you can be, and if it helps fuel your enthusiasm for something you enjoy passionately, then who's to say your pictures aren't better as a result. Great post. Keep it up :-)
Thanks again Matt
I feel the same way with my RZ67, I look into that gigantic viewfinder and the outside world dissolves.
The gear may help you feel good about taking images but you also need to have an eye for great composition and one that tells a storey and sucks the viewer in and you certainly have the talent Paul, great stuff. I have been a photographer for over 40 years and only now am I looking at a Leica for the simplistic controls and the engagement that it seems to provide. The challenge will be letting go of all the features a modern day camera brings for just the exposure triangle, but I am looking fwd to it. All the best from the UK.
Thanks Ian really appreciate it
Great great pictures! I traded my Olympus OM2 back in 1991 for a racing bicycle for triathlons. Wish I had it back. Am currently looking to buy a Leica M8 or M-D. Would love to have both. Thank you for such an inspiring video! Cheers from Georgia USA.
Good thing is they have devalued a bit since 1991, still a great camera maybe my favorite.
Great pics Paul and great to share your thoughts and philosophy. Yes I get GAS sometimes. If you run processing workshops please let me know. Also, if you want to stop by Auckland Photographic Society ever you're always welcome
Thanks Tony, and thanks for the invite, really appreciate that.
Wow! camera looks immaculate. $1300 NZ is such a good price. They are definitely going up in price. I'm currently on the hunt for one. Great photos!
Thanks Travis, I think they are becoming more desirable. Thanks for watching!
I loved these pictures - digital and film. You’re making me think seriously about the M8 now! Thanks
Lovely video
Nice video and little gear talk. I can absolutely confirm a Lica is somehow special I guess is the craftsmanship wich goes into the built wich makes it special. Obviously is just a tool ,but a tool wich can bring happiness. I love my M2 & M8, what I also like is how portable they are compare to a DSLR . Beautiful pictures from you, pls continue to entertain and teach ! 👍🏼✌🏼
Thankyou!
I have a M8 too and it is remaining my best digital M next to Monochrome. By the way lovely work and great landscapes through your Leica !
Thanks again Cyril
I've watched all of your previous episodes since discovering your channel. I like that your channel is personalized. Many so called photography channels are either about gear or lessons in basic photography which I don't need. Even your gear talk in this episode was personalized so it was worth watching rather than many other leica episodes i've seen in which the host drools over the leica without really expressing anything interesting. I appreciate the relaxed personalized content. I like the pictures. I like seeing what is in your immediate area there in NZ rather than the better known touristy areas. Watching your channel has not only encouraged me to move NZ up on my places to visit list it has also got me thinking about what kind of channel I can start. I also like that you tell us the names of places you go so I can look them up on a map. Keep up the great work and do *your* show. Don't let the peanut gallery influence your content too much.
Seth thanks for the very cool comment. Really glad you picked up on the things you mentioned. I've struggled with my decision to base most of my work local rather than travel to the "Postcard" spots, I thinks it's important to show "real" and be "real". Take care my friend and thanks for watching.
I don't have any suggestions for how you could improve your channel because it's on point as it is.
Keep up the nice work
Thankyou Richard
Great vlog! I would like to see you take on pushing and pulling film verse rating films differently. I just getting back into film and would like to see what you think on the subject. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Donald, yes I did a video on pushing film a few weeks back, take care!
Great photo’s Paul, thank you for sharing your work & sincerity. Very much appreciate it.
There are plenty of Leica’s to choose from & some are a bit more personal than others. Clearly you chose the M8.
What drove you to make that decision?
Why not any other M?
Hope to see more of your work, take care!
Glad I found you! Enjoyed the vid and will subscribe. My M8 had several issues and so it got returned. My fav is the M3 and the M7. Love the Vizsla (?) as well...
Thanks Bob
Hi Paul. I’m really interested in the analog/35mm film scanning thing. Can you possibly do a video on film scanning. Or, if you’ve already done one perhaps you might direct me to it. Thanks.
God bless
David.
Hi David, I have a couple of videos that touch on this but to be honest I'm not the best person to give advice on the process. Loads of stuff out there on UA-cam that explains it better than I ever could.
@@PaulCSmithPhotographer thanks a million Paul. I think your videos are really good. I could never do that. Keep at it. 🙏
love your content, amazing images, would really like to hear about your processing on the M8 images in future videos
Thanks Richard, I will keep that in mind.
beautiful images! do you use hyperfocal or zone focusing?
Well done. Simplicity is key.
This was such a fantastic video! Looking at your images was like having soup for by soul. I'll have to look you up on iG.
Thanks Angel
I am so happy whenever I see a new video from you is uploaded. I like to listen to your calm voice and humble views about photography. Your work from the other side of the world is very inspirational. You have asked for feedback: I wonder if you take pictures in the city too even your dog may not like it there. Have a great week and thanks. .
Thankyou very much for the input. I will try and include some urban photography into the vlog. Thanks for watching
Great vlog thanks for sharing 👍
Your welcome
what a couple Bae and Paul good to see ya...Brother
Grazi thankyou
Dear Paul congratulation for your videos and shot...and..your dog, its fantastic!!! :))
Thanks Ninni, I will tell Bae
I always watch this video when I need some motivation to go out and shoot with my Leica m8. Thanks a lot mate
Very cool thanks for that
Hi... nice work... just curious... how big do you print the files from the m8? I am contemplating an old digital leica...
Hi Noa, exported to a jpeg at 300dpi , an image file from the M8 comes out at aprox 350 x 250 mm. you couldpush that a bit so if you want to try your luck you could get into an A3 size.
@@PaulCSmithPhotographer Thanks for the quick reply... 35cm by 25cm seems like a good size... not everything needs to be printed huge...
Ok. I was contemplating getting a secondhand M8 and then the first picture in this video showed up and it pretty much sealed the deal.
But then I realized that even with an M8 I'll still be a crap photographer. :D