LEICA MP: What You Need To Know 

In response to your ridiculous video… 1. Black MPs are exclusively for poseurs, silver MPs are for photographers. 2. Lenny Kravitz is a tw@t. 3. What on God’s green earth is a “Sony Alpha Professional”? 4. Why have you stuck a red Skittle to your shutter release? 5. Your camera (serial number #563****) will almost certainly scratch your film (see multiple threads online). Quality camera, eh? 6. “The way the aperture turns on Leica lenses”… erm, you don’t have a Leica lens, you have a Light Lens Lab thing. Don’t buy a quality camera, if you are unable to support it with quality lenses (would you put remoulds on a Ferrari?). Actually, I suspect that you probably would. 7. All proper Leica cameras have a shutter speed dial which turns in the correct direction. (Admitting that you have used an M6 TTL is quite embarrassing.) 8. “Some 3rd party manufacturers sell bottom plates that ‘has’ the tripod plates built into it…” erm, Leica has always sold a grip with a central tripod socket… not that any real Leica photographer has ever used a tripod (see point 10 below). 9. “Focusing fast lenses can also be an issue, but then that’s a general caveat of focusing vintage cameras…” this is most certainly, definitely, categorically not a vintage camera. Good grief. 10. “Focus, focus,focus, and then the moment just passes you, you’re never going to get it back, you just move on…” you really are not understanding the capability of a rangefinder, or how to use one, or why they are used, or how to use one, or how one is used, or how one should be used, or how one might be used, or how to use one, bless you. 11. “The 0.85 is better suited for ‘longer’ lenses such as the 35, such as the 50” what on earth are you talking about? These are not longer lenses. 12. In conclusion, I hope that no one looks to you for advice on the Leica MP, as you clearly have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I am getting increasingly frustrated by hipsters such as yourself, with more money than sense, spouting complete and utter nonsense about Leica rangefinders, decrying their subjective foibles, with total and utter ineptitude. Maybe for your next video you should review a milkshake, you can’t go far wrong with that.

I was only curious about the MP and watching videos on YT of course, but yours is one of the ones I now considering buying one, although I have an M6 classic already :D Great video mate! Keep up the great work!

Thanks for your first impression, just 2 remarks (as a owner...): the direction of the shutter-dial makes absolute sense. The whole system of these cameras works with long and short fingers. While focussing the long finger is for long distance and in the case of choosing the shutter-speed it's the same thing. Long finger is for long exposure, short finger for short exposure. Quite simple I think. Concerning the magnifications of the rangefinder: the current version comes "just" with 0,72x magnification. For me not a problem at all, cause I use from 40mm upwards the 1,25 magnifier and I'm fine with it.

Your reflection on the Leica MP was one of the most detailed and thorough I've come across. I appreciate your clarity in discussing the various aspects of the camera. I started my Leica film journey with the M3, but have always had my eye on the MP. I was later gifted the M6, which I am still working on developing a bond with. While the M6 is a great camera, the craftsmanship doesn't quite match that of the M3. Personally, I prefer the minimal design of cameras without logos and red dots, making the MP very appealing to me. It reminds me of a more refined version of the M3 with the added bonus of a light meter. I may consider trading in my M6 for the MP in the future. Using the M6 has made me appreciate the M3 even more. Your channel is excellent, and I can't wait to see more content from you. Congratulations, and I'm sure the MP will provide you with many enjoyable experiences!

I owned the MP, the MA, the M6 and the M7 in the past. Beautiful cameras but there is no way I will go back to film. I love my M Monochrom and my Hasselblad 907x. Great video anyway !

A few errors that I’ve been told in this video. 1. You still can’t use the 21mm on the 0.58x viewfinder 2. It’s no longer possible to get the 0.58x and 0.85x viewfinder versions new from leica. Thank you for bringing that to my attention

The arrows is right for aperture I think it’s makes sense.

After using Leica every other camera would feel like a toy 😁

MA is slightly better haha, but MP is fantastic of course

With glasses, 0.58x offers better visuability.. Less Germans wear glasses, compared to Asians.. They should bring back the A la carte program... I have a 0.58x and 0.72x, but always prefer the 0.58x viewfinder.

Turned off the second you mention light lens lab: but thats for another day. Also they didnt cram all the best things from M3 to M7 in a MP. They just took the design from M3 and M6 TTL. M7 for instance is an electronic design with aperture mode. You wouldnt find that in your MP. In fact later models of M7 took the flare resistant view finder from MP in reverse. 😂

haha the halation / grain on your pov footage of the camera in your hands looks super fake