Overgaard Posted December 4, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've updated my Leica M9 page with a new interview and portfolio: leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera - Page 6 - "Shooting style of a Leica M9 Photographer: Fine Art Wedding Photographer Riccis Valladares of Miami, Florida Enjoy! And feel free to comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 Hi Overgaard, Take a look here overgaard Leica M9 page updated with new Leica M9 user interview. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
elopezso Posted December 4, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 4, 2009 Another great and refreshing interview about what makes shooting with the Leica M's liberating. Keep up the great work. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice9 Posted December 4, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 4, 2009 Your pop up advertisements are annoying and its a shame you are advertising your website here when it obviously has commercial elements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted December 4, 2009 Your pop up advertisements are annoying and its a shame you are advertising your website here when it obviously has commercial elements. I'll see what I can do about that. The pop-up is one that runs throughout all sites as a matter of site coding thing. The plan is to remedy it so it's only on a few select pages. So have a little patience and it will clear up I know exactly what you mean. Annoys me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spersky Posted December 4, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 4, 2009 Nice interview really appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted December 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 4, 2009 I've updated my Leica M9 page with a new interview and portfolio:Enjoy! And feel free to comment. Thorsten, Thank you for link. I see that Ricccis continues working with the film with his MP and M3 :a good and judicious choice especially in black white I do not know if it is easy not to work in "Automatic" on M9 or M8 ? I agree with him about the Summilux lens Kind regards Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted December 4, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I do not know if it is easy not to work in "Automatic" on M9 or M8 ? In a pretty stable lightning envionment and if you don't mind some blown highlights now and then, then it is surely workable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted December 4, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 4, 2009 I do not know if it is easy not to work in "Automatic" on M9 or M8 ? Huh? It is far easier in my opinion (to work in manual mode). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted December 4, 2009 Share #9 Posted December 4, 2009 Huh? It is far easier in my opinion (to work in manual mode). It depends on what you shoot and how important speed is to you. Sometimes automatic helps a lot, sometimes it works against you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcg Posted December 4, 2009 Share #10 Posted December 4, 2009 Your pop up advertisements are annoying and its a shame you are advertising your website here when it obviously has commercial elements. I don't think that this is at all a problem. Many of the people on this site are pro-photogs and they carry links to their pro-sites in their sigs. Why not. I am quite sure that one of the benefits of being a part of this community is to get a little extra exposure for one's professional activities as a photographer. And why not. I think that the thing to do before raising these kinds of concerns is to calculate whether or not the forum member is a net contributor to this forum community. This forum, I suppose, is wholly or partially funded by its click-thru ads and some revenue generated by getting extra album facility. It needs forum members to generate that income. Forum members come here precisely because there are some good discussions and a lot to be learned. The pro-photogs here help generate value for this site by their contributions and make it more worthwhile for the rest of us to visit this forum. I'm not aware that their activities compete with this forum or that they poach forum members and I don't see a problem with them referring to their own sites in context even if they do make some commercial gain. Maybe if they didn't do this, they would have to spend less time on this forum in order to earn money elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted December 4, 2009 Share #11 Posted December 4, 2009 I don't think that this is at all a problem.Many of the people on this site are pro-photogs and they carry links to their pro-sites in their sigs. Why not. I am quite sure that one of the benefits of being a part of this community is to get a little extra exposure for one's professional activities as a photographer. And why not. I think that the thing to do before raising these kinds of concerns is to calculate whether or not the forum member is a net contributor to this forum community. This forum, I suppose, is wholly or partially funded by its click-thru ads and some revenue generated by getting extra album facility. It needs forum members to generate that income. Forum members come here precisely because there are some good discussions and a lot to be learned. The pro-photogs here help generate value for this site by their contributions and make it more worthwhile for the rest of us to visit this forum. I'm not aware that their activities compete with this forum or that they poach forum members and I don't see a problem with them referring to their own sites in context evem if they do make some commercial gain. Maybe if they didn't do this, they would have spend less time on this forum in order to earn money elsewhere. Spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted December 4, 2009 Thorsten,Thank you for link. I see that Ricccis continues working with the film with his MP and M3 :a good and judicious choice especially in black white I do not know if it is easy not to work in "Automatic" on M9 or M8 ? I agree with him about the Summilux lens Kind regards Henry He's by the way using Tri-X mostly - I was just told and need to put in thre When I shot only film with Leicaflex, M4 and R8, I would take light readings in sun and shadow and go from there for 20 minutes or more. And that was slide film which are quite touchy. Then again, I like "dirty shots" with blown highlights, etc. With the M9 you have the preview why I often use Auto to see the exposure and then go manual from there. Or I point the center of the M9 viewfinder towards a desired "daylight" scenery in the frame, lock the exposure and then re-compose and shoot. I use the external lightmeter less with he M9, and when I do I still adjust according to the preview also. Pure auto is a problem whenever there's highlight and shadow involved. I know I should study the M9 manual very very carefully and then test the M9 to learn how it's lightmeter works and where in the frame it reads, but ... It's such a nice and simple camera. Can't get over how easy it is to shoot and finalize things. A camera is a camera, but my confidence in things is just much higher with the M9. It lies on the table, ready for morning shoot, I throw it back when home, finalize the pictures. With the dSLR gear I have bags, rollers, battery checks, bag checks, throwing stuff in and out of cars and always aware I should have backup cameras nearby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted December 4, 2009 I don't think that this is at all a problem.Many of the people on this site are pro-photogs and they carry links to their pro-sites in their sigs. Why not. I am quite sure that one of the benefits of being a part of this community is to get a little extra exposure for one's professional activities as a photographer. And why not. I think that the thing to do before raising these kinds of concerns is to calculate whether or not the forum member is a net contributor to this forum community. This forum, I suppose, is wholly or partially funded by its click-thru ads and some revenue generated by getting extra album facility. It needs forum members to generate that income. Forum members come here precisely because there are some good discussions and a lot to be learned. The pro-photogs here help generate value for this site by their contributions and make it more worthwhile for the rest of us to visit this forum. I'm not aware that their activities compete with this forum or that they poach forum members and I don't see a problem with them referring to their own sites in context even if they do make some commercial gain. Maybe if they didn't do this, they would have to spend less time on this forum in order to earn money elsewhere. I think we're mainly talking about the genius little code on my page that make a small popup text appear about photo seminars. It's can be annoying and I'm working on that. But I think there's a general understanding that when one visit the forum or a private company's website, one is entering a commercial place and might be exposed to commercialism I think even old marxists are aware of that (because I shot a portrait of one of them two days ago - and he paid for it ). Anyways, I have above one million page views a year on my page and that is because the content is interesting and relevant. I believe content is king on the internet, whereas I don't believe in doing websites here people are sent here and there to be exposed to ads while reading hot air in exchange (you might have noticed all those stories on newspaper websites with "10 highest mountains" or "10 longest lasting marriages in Hollywood" and such where you have to scroll through 10 pages of ads - and I just hate that). So in that sense I'm glad to hear all inputs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted December 4, 2009 Share #14 Posted December 4, 2009 When I shot only film with Leicaflex, M4 and R8, I would take light readings in sun and shadow and go from there for 20 minutes or more. And that was slide film which are quite touchy. Then again, I like "dirty shots" with blown highlights, etc. With the M9 you have the preview why I often use Auto to see the exposure and then go manual from there. Or I point the center of the M9 viewfinder towards a desired "daylight" scenery in the frame, lock the exposure and then re-compose and shoot. I use the external lightmeter less with he M9, and when I do I still adjust according to the preview also. . Intersting, I have the same experience with film. I frequently used a pavement or grass as a 50% "gray" reference for setting the shutter & aperture (or blind guesswork with the M2 ). With my M8 (sorry no M9 yet) I tried setting a manual exposure but somehow the arrows and dot in the viewfinder inevitably tell me I should make adjustments. I guess the strategy is to ignore everything the camera is telling me. Is that the way you work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.M Posted December 4, 2009 Share #15 Posted December 4, 2009 Some gorgeous pictures . It's also nice seeing someone more concerned about the captured image than the technical perfection. Etienne Michiels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share #16 Posted December 4, 2009 Intersting, I have the same experience with film. I frequently used a pavement or grass as a 50% "gray" reference for setting the shutter & aperture (or blind guesswork with the M2 ). With my M8 (sorry no M9 yet) I tried setting a manual exposure but somehow the arrows and dot in the viewfinder inevitably tell me I should make adjustments. I guess the strategy is to ignore everything the camera is telling me. Is that the way you work? Yes, I ignore it unless I've decided the lighting conditions are of such a simple character that that the cameras light meter, combined with the possibilities of adjusting in Lightroom, is good enought. But built-int light meters are so unintelligent and part of the trend "the camera will take pictures for you" which does not work. So the green grass is the way to go, and then adjust exposure according to the vision you have (for example the big church picture inside by Riccis Valladares would have been much brighter if the light meter had decided the settings.) Then again: I never use the arrows (too slow), so if I use the built-in lightmeter, I use auto when pointing to something that represents the contrast, or point and lock at something that does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted December 4, 2009 Share #17 Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks! I already was a confirmed fan of Riccis. Now I am a confirmed big fan. Plus kudos to you for your website. Clean, informative and cheerful! The occasional adds do not bother me a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 4, 2009 Share #18 Posted December 4, 2009 Yes, I ignore it unless I've decided the lighting conditions are of such a simple character that that the cameras light meter, combined with the possibilities of adjusting in Lightroom, is good enought. But built-int light meters are so unintelligent and part of the trend "the camera will take pictures for you" which does not work. So the green grass is the way to go, and then adjust exposure according to the vision you have (for example the big church picture inside by Riccis Valladares would have been much brighter if the light meter had decided the settings.) Then again: I never use the arrows (too slow), so if I use the built-in lightmeter, I use auto when pointing to something that represents the contrast, or point and lock at something that does. I do think the M9 is better than the M8, as it has more of a spot meter character. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted December 4, 2009 Share #19 Posted December 4, 2009 .. But I think there's a general understanding that when one visit the forum or a private company's website, one is entering a commercial place and might be exposed to commercialism ... Thorsten, that´s not a problem at all, and you´re certainly not alone. The "problem" is the pop-up thing, where one has to stop and find a tiny x to click before reading further. Look, for example, at Michael Johnston´s blog, where there are paid ads along both edges of the page; quite visible, but not that intrusive. That said, it is a minor problem indeed, and the contents of your pages are, as usual, first class. Your site has been a major resource for me during my Digilux 2 years (which I hope will continue), and it will be a major resource when my M9 finally arrives. Thanks a LOT! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokkacream Posted December 4, 2009 Share #20 Posted December 4, 2009 "But the one lens that I feel can never live without is the 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/2.0. Every time I look at images from it –film or digital – I have to catch my breath!" I assume, you or Riccis meant 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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