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LEICA 0 Review, hardest camera I've ever used 

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I used the Leica 0 rangefinder for street photography and it was the toughest camera I've ever shot with. The Leica 0 is a re-issue of the first Leica cameras from the 1920s and doesn't work exactly like a modern camera, no meter, no shutter speeds, not even a viewfinder, this film camera is hard to work... but it sure is fun!!
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Rob Skeoch is a career photographer, working for five newspapers and wire services before joining the team at Major League Baseball for 17 seasons and the NFL for 14 seasons. Then he was a national manager for the camera group at Sony North America before going back to shooting.
Now he shoots for gallery shows around the world, mostly street work and portraits made with a Rollei twin lens. For 35mm shooting he uses a Nikon F3 and a couple M-mount Leica cameras and shoots mostly Ilford film.
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@garymc8956
@garymc8956 Месяц назад
In the 80s an old timer who bought a new “modern” camera sold me his entire Leica kit, including three bodies (don’t remember which models), multiple lenses, close focus extensions, filters and all sorts of attachments. I used and explored all of this for several years and then sold (before the days of eBay). Do I wish I still had this equipment - yes. Is it better that I had the experience and moved it on to others to share? Yes.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Some cameras are fun to play with for a while, then move them to the next person.
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Месяц назад
Thank you for putting the time into sharing your experience.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
My pleasure!
@winedemonium
@winedemonium Месяц назад
So interesting to see how you got on with the "0" (I've also heard this articulated as "null"). I bought one of these reissues years ago, and loved how it looked and felt, a finely finished little mechanical wonder. But once I'd worked out what would be involved using it... I went back to my M6. It felt a bridge too far to go out and use the 0, so I sold it (lost nothing). So I really enjoyed hearing your process (and pitfalls) with it. You got some nice photos with it. Interesting too to hear your perspective on the 0 in the long line of camera improvements through to today. It's easy for us to forget that this movie film stock camera was itself an improvement - a "miniature" camera (almost the opposite to its other virtue as we see it today - "full frame"), compared to the big cameras of the day. That desire for a small but capable camera remains with us (though for most its become the phone, right?) I look forward to your next video, and thank you for this one.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it. If you had unlimited money, and space, it would have been a fun camera to hold onto .... as a photographer, I'm always balancing between what I have currently and what I would like to try. It was fun, I hope the person that bought it, is using it.
@richardsimms251
@richardsimms251 Месяц назад
Excellent video. Very educational. Thank you. RS. Canada
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad it was helpful!
@dlyon9673
@dlyon9673 Месяц назад
Thank you for this very interesting video. I believe focal plane shutters still work the same way -- relying on the size of the gap between the two curtains -- to set the shutter speed, although the cameras merely indicate a shutter speed rather than the gap size that those shutter speeds represent. I'm also a big fan of the Nikon rangefinder cameras (among many other vintage cameras) which I think are beautiful cameras, and to my mind very pleasant to use. To my understanding, the Nikon rangefinders are largely. based upon the Contax rangefinder -- e.g., the II and the IIa.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
I learned an interesting thing about the Contax rangefinders the other day, I'm not sure if it's true but the modern equivalent cost of those early Contax cameras was about $6000. I'm surprised it was so high.
@monochromebluess
@monochromebluess Месяц назад
Thanks for presenting this camera model. How many Leica’s do you have Rob ? Very interesting thoughts. It show the skills of the photographers from 100 years back. Love that umbrella street scene picture and also the character of the gentleman wearing that military “napoleon hat”. For someone who says he is not a street photographer the series of photographs shown belie that.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad you found it interesting. I currently have four Leica's, MP, M7 (58 viewfinder), 6MTTL (85 viewfinder), classic M6 (this is my fifth M6 over the years, two of them were main cameras when I worked at the paper, then those two were stolen and replaced, then I sold those two off to buy a 400mm f2.8 lens to shoot sports, then bought my final M6 about 15 years ago) Four is too many, three is perfect.
@monochromebluess
@monochromebluess Месяц назад
So which camera model should you let go to get down to that mystical three ? And will you !
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Not likely that I will, but could get by with two black MP or M6TTL, one with a 58 and one with a 85. A third body as back-up, which might not really be needed. Right now I have one body that I just use for IR film, seems a bit excessive to have one body that I only shoot a few rolls a year with.
@liamrjf
@liamrjf Месяц назад
I absolutely love my Leica 0, it’s on par with my M4 & M10 for the fun factor :) glad to see a review pop up on RU-vid, I feel like it’s a hidden gem in the world of Leica film cameras!
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
WOW, fantastic, have you shot much with it??? How are you finding it??? Was my review even close to your experiences?
@liamrjf
@liamrjf 9 дней назад
@@stillshootinginblackandwhitepardon me for the late reply but yes!! It is one of the hardest cameras to use but is so rewarding when you do get a great photo from this gem of a camera! Mind you I’m only 22 so my experience in photography is nowhere near yours, but I agree with your point when you said that you got the camera to test your photography ability/skill before before becoming a professor, I quite literally got the 0 for the same reason, besides the beauty of the camera & lens :) this camera truly tests one’s ability to “eyeball” the shot if that makes sense! Can’t wait until the paint starts to wear off, then it’ll truly look and feel like a time capsule as I’ve said to anyone interested in the camera from my end!
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite 3 дня назад
Have fun with it.
@Larpy1933
@Larpy1933 Месяц назад
I went through that “old camera experience” with a Lubitel-2. As you noted, difficult to use. And I learned a lot - mostly that Soviet consumer goods were(are) relatively horrible. Thanks again Rob. I’m in Victoria, BC.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad you liked it. I've always been interested in those Former Soviet Union rangefinders. I'm sure they're tough to use.
@Larpy1933
@Larpy1933 Месяц назад
The Lubitel-2 is a 6x6 TLR. Made from late 50s to early 80s. 75mm f/4.5 taking lens. Bakelite body. Shutter speeds: B - 1/10 - 1/300 s. Triotar lens (Cooke triplet). Coated - sort of. Some (1?) surfaces anyway. The VF is super weird: a big square lens with a small ground glass circle in the middle. It’s very tough to focus unless there’s some big, contrasty feature on the subject. And framing is whimsical at best. Plus, the lens vignettes strongly at f/8 and wider. f/11 is ok. The film loading and advance are Über rudimentary and work like a charm. (Red window to see frame numbers.) As a snapshot camera of things beyond 20-30 metres in bright light, it’s ok if using the sports VF and scale focusing. Taking and viewing lenses are geared together. Turn one to focus both. Generally, it gives the impression that both lenses could fall off at any moment. I think there were 2+ million made!!! Very compact and light. There are a lot of cool design ideas that could be incorporated into a modern quasi-replica with improvements here & there. The moulded resin body could use modern materials too. I was keen to see if the Cooke triplet gave the photos are positive quality. But I didn’t persist long enough to determine that. Early Rolleicords had Cooke Triplets too (“Triotar”). And my 1978 Rollei 35B compact camera had a 40 mm Triotar. It worked well. C ya, Rob.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Sounds like a bit of fun.
@CalumetVideo
@CalumetVideo Месяц назад
I had a mint Leica IIIf with a mint Elmar 50mm lens that I had cleaned. While it was a compact camera. I didn’t like having to trim the leader of the film loading the spool. I had missed many shots because it was improperly loaded and had some shots that were off center because I didn’t get the film over the sprockets. I sold it and the guy loved the camera. For me it was an experience to see what it was like to photograph in the 1950’s.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
They're fun to use!!
@c.augustin
@c.augustin Месяц назад
When done a few times, film loading with the take-up-spool gets halfway fast (one minute or so). Unusual, but for the time it was okay. It was about having a closed back, so they kept it this way. Edit: There were add-on rangefinders (and viewfinders) of various types for the first models without built-in coupled rangefinders - much less obvious in use than a tape measure … 😁
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
I think you're right.
@melcu1990
@melcu1990 Месяц назад
great video
@melcu1990
@melcu1990 Месяц назад
crazy that leica was making the leica O and the leica R9 at the same time! about as high and low tech you could get in 35mm photography - what a model lineup haha!
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
That's a good point!
@richardvallonjr.6716
@richardvallonjr.6716 Месяц назад
wow the Leica 0 would drive a beginner crazy.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
It's fun to use once you get the hang of it but it helps if you have a basic understanding of exposure and focus, otherwise you might be really lost.
@pgmisha
@pgmisha Месяц назад
cool story ...I like the picture of the woman in the snowstorm ....than you!
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad you found it interesting.
@Beakphoto
@Beakphoto Месяц назад
Yikes! Ok, if I see one of those in a shop it is "don't make eye contact, just back away."
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Don't make eye contact... good advice.
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Месяц назад
Did any of them actually bite you?
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Don't even temp them, I say.
@antonzoghi6835
@antonzoghi6835 Месяц назад
Nice to listen to a real photographer! Thank you!
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Месяц назад
One who actually uses the camera.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
They were made to be used. Even if they get a few scratches on them and the value drops to collectors.... use em I say.
@ignacioalcantara513
@ignacioalcantara513 Месяц назад
well i don't know what you are talking about, if you don't say this pictures took you some effort to achieve i wouldn't have notice and that's the mystery of photography. this pictures look great , fast and spontaneous but again by the time this camera was made maybe the idea was that the photographer was in charge of all things not so much the camera
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
yes, you might be right about that.
@richardvallonjr.6716
@richardvallonjr.6716 Месяц назад
Compared to using this camera a pinhole camera is a breeze.
@stillshootinginblackandwhite
@stillshootinginblackandwhite Месяц назад
yes, that's true
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