Great tips and beautiful pictures! We spent a few days in Alsace last week, and all of your tips would have applied. It's important to remember that when you're on a family trip, you're not on a dedicated photo trip. That means you won't be up at the crack of dawn and the light will be whatever it is going to be. Afterwards the pictures you'll come back to are going to be mostly portraits and a small number of compositions you're really happy with (at least in my experience). It pays to keep that in mind in the moment itself, and not stress about getting the perfect shot.
Very nice photos, also beautiful locations! About the tips that you give, I can only agree with all of them ... especially that it's great to reduce the gear so it doesn't weigh you down, both physically and mentally!
I love my M10M, 28 and 50 Summilux’s. So much that the “kit” grew to a M10r, 24 Elmar and 50 APO. Then added the 21 SEM and 90 APO. I can’t imagine the bulk and weight of a dslr with those primes. I only carry 2 or 3 at a time…
That quite an impressive kit you’ve assembled there 👀. A monochrome digital M is on my bucket list of cameras to experience. How do you like your M10M?
I am a complete noob to photography who got their first proper camera yesterday! I am at the bottom of the learning curve right now, and I really appreciate your takes on the "philosophy" of travel photography, that's something I hadn't thought much of! I think you will, for sure, help shape how I think about photography as I progress and travel, Keep up the good work man, thanks for this!
You're welcome and thanks for this feedback, highly appreciate it 🙏🏻. It's a large part of what I try to achieve with this channel, provide inspiration or a different perspective about photography based on my experiences. Enjoy your photographic journey! 💯
Great tips. One of my favorite things to do on vacation is to get up before my family does, take a walk outside of my hotel and go wander for about an hour, hour and a half and take photos. Grab a coffee and baked goods before heading back. What lens did you bring on this particular trip? Beautiful shots btw. Thanks for sharing!
Great tip. It’s hard to beat my toddler waking up early, but the time will come 😁. I took the 35 Summicron type IV most of the time and the 50 Lux. On the Mamiya it was the 80mm 1.9 ✌🏻
yes, Leica Ms are a great travel companion. I am now giving a try to another rangefinder system, the Contax IIa (postwar). First days yet, but I'm having a good time with it so far.
@@berndvandecruys I got the camera at an auction for €200 and it came with a Zeiss Sonnar collapsible, good rendering. I really enjoyed the focusing mechanism of the system. I had to send it to CLA, not many people do it, but there is a guy in Slovakia who does it with a good reputation, low price, and short waiting line. Meanwhile also found 35mm with a viewfinder for it along with an adapter for digital cameras as well. looks promising (I need to start making some short videos or blogging to share those things)
How do you like having these two focal range for travel? 50/35 is it too close together? Or just right? I just got my first Leica (body only) thinking of getting 50 lux. and from my research people usually get 28/50/90 or 21/35/70.
@@jack71483 it’s indeed quite close together. I use the 35 Summicron a lot because it’s so small and light on an M body. But the 50 Lux was my first lens, so it’s quite hard to let go of it 😊. A 28/50 is a very nice combo indeed and makes a lot more sense. A 35 Lux could be the only lens you need really. I recently made a video about the 28 Lux, a gorgeous lens as well ✌🏻
@berndvandecruys ah thanks for explaining! I'm deciding my first Leica lens between (35mm or 50mm lux) coming from a fuji APS-C sensor my favorite focal length was 35mm (53mm equivalent) so I think 50mm would be good starting point lots blogs is saying 35mm is the way to go for your typical Leica lens, so it's hard decision.
One reason for the 35 over the 50 is the fact it allows for a little more depth of field, which helps when starting out with rangefinder focusing. It’s a little more foregiving, resulting in fewer missed shots due to out of focus. Stopped down this is of course less of an issue, but wide open it helps.
