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Matt, i watch your videos all the time. Subscribed. I learned early on when i was 17, now 69 years old, to ALWAYS include MOOD into your photos. I started out doing photos in the Everglades, in Florida,USA. Fog was my best friend. Like you,i got tired of all the weight, Nikon F2as, 4 lens, including a 300mm f2.8. What a toad. Now use a M10R, but mostly my M10 monochrome, with the Thambar 90mm,f 2.2. Love that lens. Also,picked up the LLL 50mm,f2,ll, on your recommendation, great old style results. And yes, i like this style of video, keep them coming.Great 2024,Sir.

Hi Matt! Great video full of tips and explanations!! As always, great job and useful information about Leica Ms! 👏

Excellent video Matt!

Great video, Matt! I def agree about the soft shutter release. It really made shooting my M6 so much more enjoyable.

Love the pictures. Good tips and place to visit.

I especially agree with your point about learning how to use the M camera much faster with the M10. I bought an M3 and M4 last year, and my results were less than stellar. Just added an M10 to my collection, and the immediate feedback, along with the almost identical look and feel to the film cameras has been a great help in relearning manual focus and proper exposure for the film cameras. Having an Automatic exposure setting on the M10 is nice too, because it allows me to concentrate on focus.

Amazing Video!

Welcome in M10 family Matt. You will love it as I do with my M10-R

Great video.. I really like this Street photo walkaround it give me a lot of inspiration for mine. Thanks for the 41 tips... and The toilet photo is really great ! 😊

Another wonderful and inspiring video Matt, although I was shivering thinking how cold it probably was with those winter shots🥶

Excellent video Matt, beautiful images. Like in prior comments I made on Gdansk videosI love that Gdansk area in the winter (read snow) Love the greyish look on the shots, it really emphasise the feeling of cold and winter. Well done and thanks for sharing

Snow! In Poland! Who would have thought it! Another great one, Matt! Minimalism comes in handy sometimes.

Thank you for a super video and I love the content and the super pictures.

Just bought the Wotancraft 18L from their flagship store in Taipei! Been using their 3.5L and now I have a setup like yours! Perfect for my M, and Yashica TLR! Thanks for the tips and great ideas!

Glad you visited my hometown

6:49 like that shot, and lots of others. Thanks a lot!

Wow Matt! What a great video with so many tips! I'm curious about the ISO settings of your great snowy street shots. Can you tell us how the dispensation is from your (lets say) 50 "keeper" photos? I love the look of those. Your black and white toning is already on point with the M10.

After over 30 years with Leica Ms and over 8 years with digital M, I confirm all your tips (just avoid going one way and then the other, ex. with the visoflex, no and then yes, which may be confusing for novices, the rest of us understand the ambivalence ;0); by the way the M10-P is worth the upgrade (if you find a used one when the difference with the M10 is minimal). Happy New Year Matt.

Thanks for the nice views Matt, can't wait to go there again :) Also I was afraid you were going to make too many vids tempting me towards the M10 haha hope it doesn't get out of hand 😅

6:27 Careful with minimum shutter speeds on the basic M10! It does not provide you the ability to handhold shots at 1/15th of a second as you will be able to do with an analog Leica that has the horizontally moving cloth shutter! My rule of thumb for vibration free shots on my M10 is 1/2n focal length for shutter speed, even for non-moving subjects. The M10P, M10D and other bodies have the dampened shutter that might allow you more freedom with less vibration.

So many good tips for photographers whether or not they shoot a Leica M! Thank you for this every enjoyable and interesting video. Your photos look excellent as always. I especially like your point about inclement weather being great for photography generally. It sounds like you are very much enjoying your M10 -- how would you compare that to your 240?

The Zeiss flektogon 35mm F2.4 with adapter is cheap and focuses down to 0,2 meters, and is a lovely vintage lens

Matt, check out the Shoten M42 or Nikon F to M adapter for 50mm lenses. The adapter itself has rangefinder coupling and can double as an extension tube if you use the Visoflex EVF or Liveview. I have the M42 version and I'm shootimg a Zeiss 50mm F1.4 Planar with it on my ME240. Excluding the camera, the whole setup costs no more than $600.

The calibration issue is relevant, when using e.g. the old Soviet lenses, like the fantastic Jupiter 8. I fixed it on the Jupiter 8 by opening up the lens (easy to do) and inserting a (thin) paper spacer between the two parts of the lens. Incredibly, it worked. Another lens I have, a tiny Leica 90mm 2.8, is more difficult. It is always unsharp at infinity and 2.8, and I consistently have to stop down to f8 or more to get sharp photos using the RF.

Matt, you made the finest photographs of trains and the railway world, showed on the You Tube channel ever. A very clear impression of perspective, composition of plains, linesand BW tonalities. Did you, like I did, study The Fountain Press booklet: How to photograph trains, published in London in 1962, price 5/6? The book gave information on cameras, like the Miniature 24x36 mm, the Folding 6x9 cm and the Press 4x5 inch models. Those were the days: a fast Ilford HPS emulsion, an orange filter for the contrast between the steam clouds and the blue sky, a short exposure time for a sharp image. Nobody had to worry on bokeh, aperture blades, soft focus, a wide f/ 1,1 aperture, DOF, zone system, graded ND filters, multi coating or push and pull processing. My last Ilford glass plates had been developed in the largest photo laboratory/ photo studio of the Netherlands in Rotterdam in 1967. Today everybody is thinking he is a photograper. I bet, one day somebody will have a huge problem with his 4x5 inch large format view camera, recently bought with a dozen of expired Ilford HPS glass plates: "How must I bend my exposed 4x5 glass plates to get them into the developing spiral of his Paterson Multi Unit tank?'

Tgese types of pragmatic videos are great.

Love your street/ landscape photography Matt. Please do more. Sorry but more interesting than all those poised models.

18:03 If you really care about close focusing lenses on a Leica M body, get non-M lenses of your choice (e.g., Leica R, Minolta MC/MC etc.) and adapt it to the M and use live view/external EVF with focus peaking.

Thank you again for these explaning video, nearly all points are correct. The only argument to disagree is the use of the Visoflex. I do use on my M11 nearly only the visoflex because I use it from the top to imitate waist level finder, the SL cannot do that!

5:27 Unless you use the live view, there is ONLY center weighted metering. And if you UNDERSTAND how center weighted metering works, you don't need any default exposure compensation to protect your highlights, because you would lock in the exposure by measuring either a middle grey exposure value in the scene by half pressing and recomposing (or dialing it manually on the top dials in the first place) or metering for what you want to be middle grey. The M10 works EXACTLY like the metered analog M6, M7 and MP bodies in that way. Most people who complain about the M10 blowing out highlights simply have never cared enough about learning how to use the center weighted metering.

Thanks for the video. There was an advertisement for the Pixii camera so I'm curious if you've had experience or an opinion about this new RF camera

Excellent everything. What’s the best soft shutter release for m10 people? Thanks

It is always great to see a new video from you on a rainy film scan/editing day, Matt! I wish it snows here more often, it is truly beautiful to photograph in the snow, maybe because it is rare here. I cannot agree more about having a digital M for any film M photographer. I got my M240 because I was inpatient when I send in my M3DS for CLA, and it was THE best photography decision I made in over a decade. The intuitiveness of the M is an open invitation to photograph the world around us. I had been taking photos since the 90's on film to now, and the M changes me so much as a photographer, even in 6 months time. I always worried so much about setting when I take a photo, shutter speed aperture, exposure, etc. Now when I go out for street photos, I set the M on auto ISO and shutter speed then just emerge myself purely in the photographic experience. Of course there is still a time and place for technical photography, but I now leave that for my commercial work.The latest thing I learn is setting minimum shutter speed on auto ISO on the M; it will still compensate for us when ISO is max out, which is brilliant. I do however need to remember to take that out of auto ISO when I do model photography work to have a little more control.

Great video! Poland in the snow is beautiful. If you have faster lenses - f/0.95 or f/1.2, say - I think you'll need an EVF so that you can focus accurately when shooting "wide open." I'd rather have an M camera with an EVF attached than a through-the-lens SL2 which doesn't need an EVF. Also, I know you were not shooting in the rain, but I don't believe Leica M lenses are waterproof. I'd be careful with water.

Yes I understand. The thing is I never use live view. (Instability issues, reflections,… never as good as ovf and evf except over crowds ;0)

Bad-weather photography is great, innit? My tip: carry a small paintbrush or a shaving brush to brush off the snow from cameras and lenses, and a microfiber towel to clean off water droplets.

I'm not sure if the M10 has this feature, but I think for the M9 and M240, you can keep it always on instead of turning it off and half press the release button to wake it up.

Another cracking video Matt, lovely shots. I'm just over a year into the Q2, I love the thing, however I'm always fighting the M urge haha, so I remind myself I love shooting in crap weather and the Q2 with it's weather sealing and that awesome flexible lens generally always gets shots I'm more than happy with. The fight goes on! Have a great '24 mate.

Wow - extensive video, great! I recognise that sensation when you’re travelling & everything is beautiful and you just enjoy shooting everything. It’s a wonderful phenomenon. Now what I find very interesting is that you mention the relatively slow f4 lens allows you to use the m10 as a real point and shoot camera, as almost everything will be in focus with distance set at 1.5m. Am I right to assume that this doesn’t apply to a faster lens stopped down to f4? As you can guess this question comes from a Q2 owner and i don’t think this would work when I stop down from f1.7 to f4. But then, the downside of a slow lens is you will run into difficulties when shooting with low light or even doing night photography, no? I mean, do you use shutter speeds of 1/250 at those occasions while still keeping iso low enough to prevent noise? (I find the Q2 quite noisy and the grain is less attractive than on my Leica SL.) it would be great to see the photos that you shot in more detail (perhaps they’re on Flickr?). Finally, regarding your remark of the crop advantage of m10r, yes that is definitely a pro, but from my experience with the q2 I can also tell this comes at a price, as the higher resolution will be unforgiving when there is any camera shake. I guess one can’t have everything! All best from Amsterdam, J

Great tips video! These always get me in the mood to shoot. I'm still quite new to the M10m, so this was definitely helpful for me.

Awesome video, question please.. How do you set up your preview to be BnW and the RAW is colour? thanks

Hi, I loved the idea of turning the M camera into a point and shoot w the Voigtlander Snapshot Skopar 25mm f4 but it appears it is not comptible with Leica M cameras. Would you please advise? I can't find an M mount version of this lens.

Love the behind the scenes work. Nice to hear about how you work with M cameras. Thanks!

Thanks for the useful tips. I enjoyed watching your 21-minute video while exercising on my stationary bike.

Oh man, please please try out the enlarger and let us know how it goes!!!

Great video Matt!

I try to avoid looking at the screen all the time. It saves a lot of battery, and I just keep the camera turned on all day and for days. But also for the reason of experiencing my photo excursion far more pleasantly and trust my settings, I avoid using the screen. I have one spare battery with me and rarely need it.

great video, i will watch this again and again

Am I right in saying that the different meter patterns on the M10 only apply in Live View ie if you select spot metering it only works in Live View? When using the range finder the meter only uses the centre weighted pattern. Think I read that in the manual!

Heavy Metal Leica M 10 Matt, did you tinker the iron rings plus strap to the Leica body yourself? Get you a nice scratchy look and sound.

Are those sneakers in polish winter snow ? You'll get cold wet feet... That aside - lovely shots ❤

Matt…. Are you shooting in b&w with your 25mm Skopar because of colour cast / purple fringing? I use my canon 25mm ltm a lot but it’s not the sharpest lens, but it works well on the m10

You said it in an earlier post, but it goes with saying again, cosmetic surface problems as on your M10 do not affect the performance but do reduce the cost. I got a pretty worn M9 that had the factory replaced sensor and circuit board at a better price because it looked worn. It performs like a champ. You are always a gold mine of info, tips and encouragement. Cheers.

Another great video. I am an M user but so far have not had snow on it. Thank you very much. RS. Canada

thanks Matt, enjoyed the shots, information and presentation 👍🏼

It makes no sens to buy M gear new, except if you're loads of money of course : Leica M owners are most of the time very careful with their gear, and some do want the new model as soon as it brings out. Hence, few days ago I bought a "mint" M10M 5000€ (instead of 8350 new). Likewise my 3 M lenses.

Quite timely and helpful with me just having recently purchased my first M (an M10).

Hi Matt, one tip when you are in Poland (I'm Polish btw) is not to shoot trains and train tracks becouse as of mid 2023 it's forbidden by law and the penalty is quite big so just have it in mind... I shoot leica m to so best regards from fellow leica shooter from Warsaw 😊

Thanks for this awesome video. M11 Comment Yes, it's more electronic, but the experience can be minimal to mimic a film camera, the shutter is super quiet, and the battery life is unbelievable. The design just looks so clean and the Fn buttons are ace. Some of the electronic benefits I feel are for the better: Light metering is more accurate - I have more photos I can use without any adjustments, which rarely happened with my other Ms. (As your comment about M film users needing to learn manual compensation) Fotos app and remote connection - the connection is reliable. I can turn on remote capture, pretend I am looking at my phone, but actually frame and take photos. I think this has helped to disguise and take more candid shots as my nerves are not at play! I can also review and delete photos in camera through the Fotos app before downloading the SD card, which saves some time in the post workflow.

Hi Matt, apart from Leica, where is the best place be to have the sensor on my Leica M8 cleaned, profesionally, if you don't want to do it yourself? Thank you, Matt

very useful tips. As I started with a Q3, resolution was the reason for me to get a M10-R. And I got it in silver, but put a black Alphag4urd-skin on it, to get a more stealthy appearance.

I have been shooting with the M10 and it's Mono cousin since their release and I still wrote down 11 of your tips. This led me to subscribe to you. I have a tip for you: When shooting in snowy conditions use a hood hat (search the term on B&H). Q?: is the model @ 9:39 Elena Koshka? Also, would you be willing to do a video devoted to helping visoflex-dependent M10 shooters wean off of it and become adept with the optical VF? Especially getting the exposure spot on? I miss decisive moments because live view requires a fraction of a second to close the shutter before activating it at your chosen speed. Thank you for the many helpful tips and for considering my video request. Highest regards, Joe Cunningham

How do you protect your cameras and lenses in bad weather ?

Did you get the 50 Cron again? I thought you sold it? Classic lens

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M camera aren’t weather proof, is it a good idea to be taking it out in the snow? Thanks

So happy your going to review the Thypoch Simera 35mm F1.4!!! Don't get me wrong, I adore my Zeiss 35mm F2.8 Biogon but sometimes I just need more speed for low light. I'm looking forward to your review!. 🙂

Thanks Matt ! I think any number of your tips apply to photograph in general ;) Guess I'm going to have to get a neck strap ! LOL

if your really want to have fun ... Slap on the BRIGHTIN STAR 28mm f2.8 ... ON my M11 , I can put the camera and lens in my back Jeans Pants pocket ..

M8!!!!!. Please...😀

Thanks for sharing these usefull Tipps. I bought a Leica ME together with a Voigtländer 35 1.5. Honestly my whole experience shooting with a Leica Rangefinder system was not satisfying due to focus system and no real advantage over shooting with my mirrorless Olympus EM1 system. Even in terms of image quality i could not see any significant advantage. Color Science was disappointing to me. There is no Leica Look. IMHO the color science of my Olympus EM1 paired with zuiko lenses are far better and then Leica. Comparing images gave me this result. I have realised that I have underestimate the proficient MFT system and how good the zuiko pro glases are. Regardless of my so so negative experience with Leica ME i am still interrested in the Leica M10 system pairred with Voigtländer 40 1.2. Maybe i need to give it a second try and more practice? Question: Have you ever experienced the digital EM1 MFT system? Still it color science and the small form factor of body and lenses make this system relevant even in 2024. Would like to see some new camera tests from your side. Big thanks from my side.

Hi I very happy for you, I would love to have a M10 black body and to travel like you, but I am just guy just getting by. Trying to get back into med school. Maybe one day I will be able to get one with Yahweh-God help. I believe I would like to travel more it look like more fun.

Love these wide shots! I'd agree that the M10 series is the best digital M, with the M10-D being my favorite camera ever. I never miss the screen, and have the app if I need live view. I may someday pick up an M11 Monochrom, but I don't love the modernization of the M cameras starting with the M11.

Bonus tip…. Buy some proper winter boots… haha. Great video Matt, love my M10R especially with smaller lenses such as Voigtlander 35mm Ultron II.

Why don’t you use half leather case for Leica M?

Nice video and great street shots! Looks so cold there in Poland!!

All your tips are helpful, but the statement that stands out for me the most is that the M10 makes you (me) want to carry it and take pictures with it. I have another digital system that I use as well as my M10r, and that system works very well with autofocus that allows me to get shots I would not be able to with my Leica - but I don't LIKE to use it as much as my Leica

Do you think we should quit film photography as film costs £18 a roll for Kodak Porta 400

I think you were smart to get the M10 instead of the M11. I don't think the M11 is fully stable yet. There's a guy on youtube called The F/Stops Here and he has gone through 6 M11's because of various issues with each of them and finally switched to the SL2.

Hi Matt, it’s good to see you making good use of your M10. I don’t see that the M11 is much more electronic than the M10. It can be used w/o a VisoFlex2 EVF and w/LiveView off (i.e., strictly in Rangefinder mode). The Leica APO-Summicron-M 35 mm f/2 ASPH is indeed pricey, but I was fortunate to find one of those terrific lenses recently. Leica’s Summilux-M 50 mm f/1.4 is also superb. Both focus well below 0.7 m.

Every time you talk it sounds like you have a never ending cold lol

Hi Matt. Thanks ! Adding to this, the current EVF2 have issues on the M10 due to outstanding software update for the EVF2. And if you have older lenses from the M film days, it would not be able to resolve the M11's 61mp sensor. It is for this reason that I have stuck to my M10 with my numerous Mandler era M film lenses. Anyway, I do not believe I need 61mp as 24mp is more than sufficient. Take care and love you channel .

Tip 42: Don't forget to clean the snow off the front of your lens....

Hello Si tu as le lien pour le viewfinder merci ❤

4:06 Unfortunately, that depends on some timing. I bought my Leica M10 used in good condition (some brassing, looks great) for around 4k USD about two years ago. I could not get that same amount when trading it back in against another purchase with camera stores, the M10 prices for the base model have dropped significantly lately. So buying one now is probably a great idea, selling not so much. That said, I do believe the basic M10 has the potential to become what the original M6 is now for analog film cameras - an evergreen classic. Everything about the original M10 is just perfect, it does not compromise or have weird quirks (e.g., software errors) like the M10R, M10P or M10 Monochrome.

Poland looks very sad....

If you need absolute silent shutter, get an M11. It doesn’t work well on moving objects but inside a train (or a church when doing weddings etc) the electronic shutter has no sound. Understandably, those who have had problems with their M11 complain loudly and it’s not really acceptable for a camera that costs this much to have problems. That said, many M11 users like myself have not had any problems so we don’t complain!

Tip no. 1 - Do not take pictures of public washrooms when other people are in there. Tip no. 2 - Do not clean you camera lens with snow