Hi, my name is Felix and I'm a computer science student from Germany. I work as a software developer next to university but my heart has always been in photography. I now try my best at making entertaining videos about photography for you :)
Your sd cards didn't work because while you had the right size you forgot the time period it was made. The speed is too fast you needed a much slower card a class 3 or 4 instead of 10.
I've read reports online of people getting new and fast cards to work in the M9, but I didn't have any luck unfortunately. It's not a huge problem, just a bit weird having to trust these super old cards haha.
the m series are such nice cameras. very different but also very cool. i want one but the prices are... nuts. guess my only leica will be the x1 for the forseeable future.
X Pro3 and Fujifilm x100vi user here: almost bought an m240, but the rare reasonable side of my brain pumped the breaks like wtf, man?? It is too expensive for a fun camera and I got four kids, one being a baby. Manual focus with one hand is a bitch, so this will have to wait. It would be my leasure camera, my solo camera, my non family camera and for that it is too expensive eventhough m240 Leicas are surprisingly cheap...for a ten year old camera lmao.
Yeah if my goal was photographing kids, pets, or other unpredictably moving creatures I would definitely pick a camera with autofocus haha, the X100VI is really good for that.
This was such a great video! I just adore your pictures🥰 Luckily for me I have already secured myself a sensor replaced M9 copy and I definitely believe the thing about the m9 colour magic dust thing:) However I can report other Sd cards worked fine for me so I wouldn‘t be put of from buying one if I was you… Although I love my M9 colours I might still need to check out your presets. Man, some of the pictures just transformed to a whole new level…😍
I forgot to mention one important thing in the video: The M9 I use in the video had the sensor replaced. The original M9 sensor had issues where the sensor glass would cause the sensor to corrode. If you're looking to buy an M9, make sure you check if the replacement has been done.
I once bought 40 expired disposable cameras. I paid for them, if I remember correctly 10eur. Took the film canisters out of them, they where 400iso 12 exposures C41. I use them as iso 100-200, and develop in diy B&W developer. It doesn't get any cheaper than this.
I’m still using the original Sony A7 and I have been debating on getting the A7Rii. Thank you so much for this video great info and I definitely need to upgrade my setup.
The cool thing about old pro cameras is that the quality of post-production in say Lightroom makes many major limitations seem less problematic. As long as the camera is working within its useable range of operation the files it writes should be fine in post. You’ve inspired me to revisit old equipment.
What about iso? Im guessing the iso in the disposable cam was probably 400 as that was pretty much the standard back then for cheao film (iirc) but interested to hear what others are doing
You can set the iso manually of course, but I just used auto ISO for simplicity :) modern cameras have such good noise performance that it doesn't really make a difference for the images and I added grain in lightroom afterwards anyways so the iso doesn't really matter. Setting it to auto just makes sure you're getting a proper exposure 😊
Hey man, I did the exact same terrible financial descision. I got myself a Red epic Mysterium X 5K which is litterally the same camera you use. I loved the video but there is something I cant figure out. I tried plugging in an external display on the HDMI port with no luck, I never got the HDMI out working. Did you had to do something in the settings to enable it?
You can change the output priority, so if you have an original red monitor or EVF plugged in at the same time, with a higher priority set for it, there won't be any output over the HDMI I believe, but if you plugged in the HDMI monitor as the only display and booted the camera you should get a signal. Unfortunately, I've heard that the HDMI connectors on these cameras can be prone to failure, and I'm praying that it doesn't break on mine haha
@futc.photography I tried the priority thing by putting hdmi in first. Unfortunately it does not work even after disconnecting the efv and booting with just hdmi. The thing is, when I unplug the hdmi, the screen detects that I removed it. So it knows something is plugged but cannot get any signal. I think I'm going to try to find a cheap sdi monitor
Thanks for the review. As this is the non WR version with no covers near the mount, just wanted to know if you had to deal with dust problems on the sensor due to the prolonged usage. Also, how confident are you with using this in a hot, humid and dusty environment like mine in South East Asia?
I have several cameras and some that are years newer, but I probably use the D2Xs I have more than any other camera. One nice advantage of the D2x and D2Xs is that you can use the Nikon TC-16a teleconverter with it without modification and it gives you the last bit of autofocus for good prime lenses from the 70's and 80's. My favorite is using it with the Nikkor 400mm f/3.5
Sorry we were not privileged! To know how to use one of those apparatuses on film where you didn't had a screen, but you had to use your eye, you had to have a sense of prediction to be able to capture the moment. Ugh, and you could not adjust the light so easily. I'm a sniper, whoop whoop.
