Overgaard Posted November 6, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 6, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've updated my Leica M9 article with a new page: leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera - Page 4 : Seven pairs of socks and one Leica M9 The title is "One week in London with seven pairs of socks, five t-shirts and one Leica M9" and goes over if one need any other camera than the Leica M9, as well as the new and old lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 Hi Overgaard, Take a look here The Overgaard Leica M9 page updated. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
M_Driscoll Posted November 6, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks for the heads up. I enjoy your very entertaining, and informative, blog. Great photos. Still waiting for my M9; so, I'll enjoy yours vicariously. Cheers. Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted November 6, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 6, 2009 A good read, Thorsten! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indecisive Posted November 6, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 6, 2009 I must say some of the subjects you use in your sample photos are particularly cool! ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted November 6, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 6, 2009 Great shots with also informative narrative I see you got a little bloom in one of your shots (that thing going into the building). Nice to know the M9 can handle around 12 stops of overexposure before blooming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted November 6, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 6, 2009 Thorsten - thanks. Informative. I couldn't agree more about the 35 cron mk IV. This is the only 35 lens I own and I don't see myself shifting to either cron asph or lux. However, I also noted that an awful lot of the images on the piece were with the 75 cron ash. This sort of runs against your comment that you only used the 35 and 50.... For the kinds of street and event work you seemed to be doing, I can strongly agree on the benefits of the 35 / 50 combination (though I tend to go for 28 / 35). But (and the evidence from your work here would seem to support this) a third, longer lens, also makes a lot of sense. I like the 90 cron - you've gone for the 75. But isn't it the case that to get the most out of an M system, there's a need for a "balance of potentials" which is so well catered for by a three lens kit... But thanks again for the piece - lovely to see the M9 being used well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddale Posted November 6, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 6, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thorsten - That was a fantastic read. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted November 6, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 6, 2009 Great read, congratulations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted November 6, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 6, 2009 Another great addition to arguably one of the best Leica sites on the net, makes me want to go out and buy an M9! Just need to find a way of financing it!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted November 6, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 6, 2009 Great article again and thx for sharing your experience ! Best GEORG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookchang Posted November 6, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 6, 2009 Thorsten, your site is one of my favorite for visit. Your 'London' page is really wonderful. I can't agree with you more. "M9 is really wonderful." I sorely miss my steel grey M9, which was returned for CCD column defects. I am still waiting for a replacement unit after four weeks. I was planning a trip to Kyoto, Japan with my M9, and today I have to cancel a flight reservation since neither my dealer nor Leica could tell me when I will receive a replacement. Upon reading 'London' page, it huts me more. Many thanks again for 'beautiful' reading. With utmost respect Wook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokkacream Posted November 6, 2009 Share #12 Posted November 6, 2009 I've already enjoyed reading your Leica M9 story so far. This actual page 4 is different to the others in terms of writing style, emotion and objectivity. I get the feeling, that you totally fell in love with the Leica M9 and that - through using this camera - there was something reborn within yourself. You might not be sure yourself and there might be still some doubt, and you also keep backing up with well known and reliable, but much heavier and bulkier equipment, you have been working with for a long time. But you are already devining, that you are about to abandon all this "luggage" in order to free up your shoulders and your mind. It seems, that you have gone through a whole new evolution of capturing moments. You got wings, but lost impartiality. Love to see, how much you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest finofoto Posted November 6, 2009 Share #13 Posted November 6, 2009 "look at that picture above how the sun bursts directly into the lens, and yet it maintains the details in the shadow without any fringing or "milky" light blowing out the shadow part of the image. I mean, that's almost unreal!" Yes - i made the same (surprising) experience.. also or especially compared to many other (older) wide angels from NiCaMi(so) i tried years ago: a ceratin "glow" around the high lights, but no washing out in the shadow parts.. unfortunately with film;-), so i cannot post examples here.. cheers, Thomas I've updated my Leica M9 article with a new page:leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera - Page 4 : Seven pairs of socks and one Leica M9 The title is "One week in London with seven pairs of socks, five t-shirts and one Leica M9" and goes over if one need any other camera than the Leica M9, as well as the new and old lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted November 6, 2009 Share #14 Posted November 6, 2009 Great read Thorsten, certainly made me think. Very entertaining and enlightening with some superb photography. Thanks a million for posting the link. _________________________ Regards, Tom Photography by Tom Lane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted November 6, 2009 Share #15 Posted November 6, 2009 Wonderful post, Thorsten. I couldn't agree more with your recommendation to concentrate on using a single lens. And, indeed, the "classic" Leica lenses of yore certainly seem to marry up well with the M9! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted November 6, 2009 Share #16 Posted November 6, 2009 Thorsten - great piece and, as important, terrific images. Tell us about how you got the "cover photo" for your piece -- the one with the young man on his mobile phone with sunlight directly behind him. I am assuming it is f/2 at 1/4000ths. You mention that you did a lot of work in Lightroom to get the contrast right. How about the focus? Did you pre-focus and have him walk into the focal plane? Obviously it's a really great shot. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share #17 Posted November 7, 2009 Thorsten - thanks. Informative. I couldn't agree more about the 35 cron mk IV. This is the only 35 lens I own and I don't see myself shifting to either cron asph or lux. However, I also noted that an awful lot of the images on the piece were with the 75 cron ash. This sort of runs against your comment that you only used the 35 and 50.... For the kinds of street and event work you seemed to be doing, I can strongly agree on the benefits of the 35 / 50 combination (though I tend to go for 28 / 35). But (and the evidence from your work here would seem to support this) a third, longer lens, also makes a lot of sense. I like the 90 cron - you've gone for the 75. But isn't it the case that to get the most out of an M system, there's a need for a "balance of potentials" which is so well catered for by a three lens kit... But thanks again for the piece - lovely to see the M9 being used well... Yes, that could be a bit confusing. I brought 21, 35, 50, 90 to UK but only carried 50 and 35 with me on shootings. But then lended the Noctilux and 75mm of one of my students, John, as we were shooting for a day in London the whole group. By the way, I will warn against that because using lenses you don't have may make you want them ... one of the others, Tom, who also lended the 75mm ended up buying one the day after. I think the kit I will be going with is new 24/1.4, 50/1.4 and 75/2 but then keeping 21/3.4, 50/2 and 35/2. Might even get a new 35/2 ASPH as well though I think I'll be using the 50/1.4 the most. Ah, it's very confusing to try to know in advance. The right step might be one at the time, starting with one lens, the 24/1.4 ... or the 21/1.4 ... which is exactly where I'm at ...21 or 24. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share #18 Posted November 7, 2009 Thorsten - great piece and, as important, terrific images. Tell us about how you got the "cover photo" for your piece -- the one with the young man on his mobile phone with sunlight directly behind him. I am assuming it is f/2 at 1/4000ths. You mention that you did a lot of work in Lightroom to get the contrast right. How about the focus? Did you pre-focus and have him walk into the focal plane? Obviously it's a really great shot. JB Good idea, will update the page a bit later with the story and show the file. It's actually only1/180, f/2.0 at 200 ISO because it's late in the day and the sun is about to go away and were standing outside the Underground station. So he's not moving why I simply focus on him, recompose and shoot. I need to check if it's manual or if I locked exposure on his face before recomposing. But there's something magic about the flow from the light in the background and him looking out of the frame in the same direction as if he is pushed forward by the sun. What really get me going is the bokeh and the sparkling light ... at which point you know by yourself you've had it and you must obey the lens designers at Leica and get more of this magic glass Repeat after me: Leica is great. Funny actually, while I was walking around and had doubts back and forth on the handling of light in the Leica glass, odd reflexes, milky looks and what else I saw, Felix on the picture, who's a new Getty photographer shooting Nikon D700 was drooling over the Leica glass. I guess it's a luxury problem wondering if the 35/2 version I or III is looking better, compared to the problems you encounter trying to get magic looks from a modern Nikon lens. You just can't get it, which must be very frustrating (I should get some of his files because we actually compared scenarios where he tried to get the same look but simply couldn't) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thawley Posted November 7, 2009 Share #19 Posted November 7, 2009 Thorsten.... nice. I must say, though... I was particularly taken back by the "table decoration" black and white set. Good lord... maybe I'm a bit naive... but those images have Leica DNA all over them. Wonderful. I also like the selective focus you're accomplishing with this camera. It feels as though something is shifting in your point of view. Not sure what.... but these images seem less structured (in a good way) than your SLR R body work. As you know, I'm a huge fan and always enjoy your work... but your M images seem to have more "life" to them. Your R images were always frighteningly "accurate".... and while both sets of work are outstanding... by comparison, I like what I'm seeing from YOU when you use the M. Maybe it's a nother audiophile-like comparison. Over the years I've enjoyed local stereo salons bringing equipment to my home and leaving it a few weeks for me to audition. I remember after finally reaching a level of sound that was near what they surely play in heaven, each time I would audition a new component I would love the sound. But then, that piece would be removed and my equipment put back in its place... and I would LOVE the sound. The point is, it finally occurred to me.... one is not better than the other... they're just different. You can have two great wines... and they can be different. You can have to lovers (provided they don't know each other)... and they can be equally wonderful... yet different. At this stage... your M9 seems to feel more personal. I'm still not convinced the color balance is as exquisite as you've accomplished in the past. Yet I have no doubt, you'll find the secret sauce... but those black and whites... they just feel timeless. Great stuff... you're not helping the situation. God, I wish I could make a living with that camera. LOL Keep up the good work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_K Posted November 7, 2009 Share #20 Posted November 7, 2009 Thank you for the update, Thorsten, nice article indeed and love your b/w "table decoration" shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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