Leica M8.2 (Leica M8) | Rainy day in the forest 

Thanks for the kind comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the nature. It does feel special when you’re wandering around these preserved places. I just wish we’d more unspoiled woodlands. This week coming I’ll hopefully publish a video from France with the m8 again. Just boarding the ferry home 🤣

Thanks Craig. I’m glad you liked this. More to come this week. Cheers ☘️

Hi Paul, your.videos in the New Zealand rural setting encouraged me to start posting some Irish content. Love your channel and hopefully I’ll learn a thing or two from your quality content. This was my first attempt. Not used to talking to the camera! Any advice welcome. Cheers mate. ☘️

@@colinosullivan Good luck with the journey mate, I have subbed

@@PaulCSmithPhotographer appreciate that mate. Any feedback you have over my next few videos would be great. Looking forward to your content mate. Loving seeing your local area. 👍 🇳🇿

Thanks mate. There will be plenty more rural Irish photography on the Ms if you subscribe. I’d appreciate the feedback. I’ve done plenty of the street photography here in France in Saint Martin and La Rochelle. But yea h use my M cameras for everything 👏

Thank you 🙏

Thanks ken for the comments and encouragement . Means a lot on my first ever video. What if I said I was in France with my 3 cameras and I’ve at least 4 videos worth of content! I’ll get to edit when back in ireland please let me know what you think of future content mate. Cheers

@@colinosullivan I look forward to seeing your photos of France. That sounds really good.

@@rolleicanon managed to shoot a little video to show the place. Tried to capture the real sounds of the place as well. Cheers

Ken. you might like the no ads and sounds in my latest video from Saint Gilles Croix de Vie although it is a tad longer!

Thanks mate. Appreciate the encouragement. The next video is in the works. It includes an amazing French chateau!

Thanks Paul. It was my first attempt so took some learning! New video from France coming this weekend so hopefully you can check back on it.

@@colinosullivan for a first up effort it's impressive mate. I look back at my first video vlog thing in horror it is absolute garbage, pure and putrid shyte. Part of me wants to take it down but then again I like to think there's a progression in my vids it's a learning curve, just with it wasn't so steep and I could actually learn but hey it keeps me trying. I'll take a nosey at your frenchie upload. cheers

Thanks Matt. appreciate the kind words. Flash backs to my Canon days when I used to shoot surf photography! New video on Saturday from France which I hope you enjoy.

Matt, you might like the vibe in my latest video from Saint Gilles Croix de Vie. I tried to record a lot of local sounds for this one. Let me know what you think mate.

Haha there is a reason why they call this the Emerald Isle! I’m in France 🇫🇷 at the moment but ireland getting a heatwave like the rest of Europe might not be so green when I return! Oz is my second home … 10 years Sydney ! Ozzie also. ❤️ 🇦🇺

Mark, given I recorded a lot of sound in my latest video from Saint Gilles Croix de Vie. I thought you might like this one. Have a great weekend mate. Cheers

Thanks Roger. A very special subscriber you are, the first commenter on my first ever video. 🙏 the comments mean a lot as it feels like proper feedback and it’s great. Please do comment on future videos coming and let me know what you think. I’ve a VG 35mm 1.2 v1 ( the one everyone hates but I love for film)! You’ll see it on my video where I shoot a roll of pan f 50 in France. How do you Find the 1.4? It’s a tidy little lens. Hopefully I get to Antwerp someday. How’s the heatwave treating you guys there ?

Dag Roger. Als je ook interesse zou hebben in de M10, M11 of SL en wat voor resultaten dat geeft, kom zeker eens kijken :-). Groeten uit Antwerpen ✌🏻

Hah I hope you don’t mind? My love affair with my m9.2 is twelve years a strong now. After years of sports and dslrs for surf photography I picked this up and haven’t put it down. The endless roll of Kodachrome ❤️

Thanks for subscribing Martin. I have a few more videos which are being edited right now. Where are you based? The m8 is a fab camera.

@@colinosullivan I split time between the Philippines, Spain and California. Right now I'm in the Philippines.

@@wanderingwongs7464 that’s great i have very Strong ties to the Philippines. Love it.

@@colinosullivan Really? How so?

@@wanderingwongs7464 in-laws and family. 🇵🇭 ❤️

Jan, thanks for commenting. Well I’ve had the 28mm 2.8 biogon and the 50mm f2 planar for twelve years. I’ve never had any build quality issues with them. Image wise I love the colours but then again I’ve not had the pleasure of shooting Leica glass so I can’t compare truly. It’s hard to imagine I’d want more from two lenses. The 28mm is great for environmental portraits and has surprisingly nice fall off for f2.8. For walk around street photos I’ve it stopped down to f8 or f11 and it’s super sharp. Lovely colours on both lenses. The 50 planar people say is overly clinical. I disagree to be honest. It’s a super sharp lens for sure but for portraits it has lovely out of focus areas. One lens i want to try is the 50mm 1.5 sonar as it looks like it’s tons of character with its know. Flaws. I may look for one on the used market sometime this year. Let me know what lens in particular you’re considering and I’d you’d like me to do a video on my zeiss lenses! Also I know paul c smith photographer uses the 28mm on his m8.

Hi John, thats for commenting. This sort of forest made up of native trees we do not have enough of due to over farming but this one due to its odd position and elevation means it has remained intact. It's a real gem. If it is a light mist I'll use the M8 no worries. in between shots I might tuck it under my armpit (sounds odd), or under ,y billngham to just stop excess on it. If it's a little heavier. I will leave my billngham bag top unlatched and take it out for the shot, wipe it quickly and return it to the bag. I leave lens caps off all the time so I'm ready. This particular forest has a massive canopy so would you believe basically 0 drops on the camera! I tend to find the M cameras are a LOTTTT tougher than marketed, I guess they don't want to risk loads of returns but I've always found them fine tbh. In all out rain, I don't nother risking it. In my next video (due out tonight) you'll see I use a Leica film camera and tbh it was soaked! I mean soaked. I would not do that to a digital M :) I hope you check back for my video on Vienna. Let me know what you think. Cheers,

@@colinosullivan Thanks Colin for the comprehensive reply! I will look out for that next video, I am also a film shooter. Cheers!

@@john_murch That's cool. I think you'll like this. I shot HP5 and FP4 in the snow in Vienna with 50mm exclusively! One lens and one 1952 camera!!

Hey mate, the m8.2 and m8 all had a not so effective infrared cut filter on the sensor. So as I was shooting greens 🌳 in this video I used an IR cut filter from Hoya just to let the greens appear more natural, without to some of them tend to go slightly yellow. Tbh I leave off the IR cut filter mostly and I just love the black and white conversions off this. I hope this answers your question. A few more videos on the way to subscribe if you enjoyed this one. Cheers

Hope you enjoyed the video. I used the zeiss 50 planar and the zeiss 28 biogon. This was mostly the 50mm 👍

Thank you. I have the Zeiss 28mm 2.8 biogon, Zeiss 50mm f2 planar and a boigtkander 35mm f1.2. Lenses I’d like to try are they Leica 35mm 1.4 fle. The 21mm super elmar and the voigtlander 35mm f2 ultron. A light 35mm is a must.

@@colinosullivan the FLE is superb!! It hurts only once...after that the 35mm question is answered

@@ansgarbook712 well put hahaha. It’s the one 35 to rule them all I would imagine.

Thanks for commenting. For years I didn’t actually. But I got a filter then for my 50mm to sort out black fabrics turning brown and foliage turning yellow. But I used to often shoot with the intention of black and white, in which case I found the conversions to look a lot nicer without the filter. Also plenty times I’d forget to put it on and I still love the results. I’d say it’s good to have the filters if you want perfectly accurate colours but I’d suggest trying it without for fun. Hope you stick around for more videos. Cheers

Thanks for the comment. The ccd is a gem, even in Ireland’s dark winters I manage to make it work most of the time. Paul C smith photographer I’ve been following for some time and I love his photos from New Zealand. His more rural settings inspired me to try something on Ireland. Always love his content. Let me know how you’re getting on with the m8. Where are you located?

@@colinosullivan Ah, so you (he) beat me to it! Still, hopefully others here who hadn’t come across him might do now. I watch his videos again and again as a way to relax! I’m in England and have mostly taken landscape, floral and architectural photographs mostly on film (35mm to 4”x5”) hence the interest in the M8. A decade ago I very nearly bought an R9 with DMR and always regretted not doing. Seeing the images Thorsten von Overgaard made with it (and the M9) was the key, coming from years with Kodachrome. BTW - do you find the UV filter necessary? So far I haven’t even bought one and haven’t found any issues.

@@kronkite1530 hey mate, it’s an IR cut filter to compensate for the m8 lack of IR cut layer. For a decade I shot without it and for black and white it was perfect. It’s when you’ve greens where it sort of gets a browny yellowy muddy look. Blacks appear sort of purple. That was easy to recover in Lightroom. Greens not so much. I’ve some of my favourite shots without it ! But for the photos in this video it’s on it hence I get the true to life colours. Here in France I’ve been shooting with the ir cut filter on even though with the heatwave and fires there ain’t much Irish greens! You’ll see for yourself when I publish these French videos. England has some lovely areas to photograph. I spend quite a bit of time in the york area and it’s stunning.

@@colinosullivan Yes, I know, a hurried post and for some reason UV was in my head - probably the colour of the filter! I’ve heard the extra IR sensitivity helps the bw images, adding tonality is the story. As said, I’ve not used an ir cut filter yet and haven’t seen any muddy greens compared to my CL or previous Canon and Sony models, or even purple tinged blacks . Though haven’t done much indoor / low light photography with it. I might get one and see if I can spot a difference.

@@kronkite1530 you’ll notice it just not in every photo. Definitely Irish forest greens. Also autumn photos without it can be cool. Yes the black and whites are unreal but nothing beats film haha