frogfish Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share #21 Posted December 30, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi bybrett, some really nice, classic, wedding shots you got with your M. (Your loading time for the relatively small images are awfully long on my screen - Safari browser. You might want to fix that...) cheers, heiko 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bybrett Posted December 30, 2015 Share #22 Posted December 30, 2015 Hi bybrett, some really nice, classic, wedding shots you got with your M. (Your loading time for the relatively small images are awfully long on my screen - Safari browser. You might want to fix that...) cheers, heiko Thanks Heiko, really appreciate your comments. That was a 'temporary' website arranged in a hurry... and has been there ever since! I'm almost finished on the new one which will be far more user friendly. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 31, 2015 Share #23 Posted December 31, 2015 Another tip for fast and accurate focusing: Use a tabbed lens, like the Summilux 50 asph. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwe M. Posted December 31, 2015 Share #24 Posted December 31, 2015 Another tip for fast and accurate focusing: Use a tabbed lens, like the Summilux 50 asph. yes, or buy this: TAAB Lens Focus Tab for non tabbed-lenses.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 31, 2015 Share #25 Posted December 31, 2015 Another tip for fast and accurate focusing: Use a tabbed lens, like the Summilux 50 asph. Or add a tab, maybe two! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted January 1, 2016 Share #26 Posted January 1, 2016 your wedding stuff's great but there's no reason why you can't & do combine both cameras in response to the ebb & flow of the day. since you've a strong photojournalistic style, add to your list : pre-zone focusing, high iso 1600/2500 & f4-8 in continuous mode with live view & preview switched off. as you get better at it you can work gradually wider, if you prefer that & not every shot needs dreamy bokeh. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted January 1, 2016 Share #27 Posted January 1, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Or add a tab, maybe two! Two?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted January 1, 2016 Share #28 Posted January 1, 2016 There is nothing better than practice, practice, practice to acquire kinesthetic memory. I worked with a National Geographic photographer who used used Leica Ms exclusively. He would start focusing while the camera was by his side or on the strap and in the next moment it would be to his eye, very often already properly focused or close enough to nudge it right-on. I never got that good. . + I think it also helps if you use a few lenses intensively. Know your lenses... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePioneer Posted January 1, 2016 Share #29 Posted January 1, 2016 It is quite possible to build a mortice and tenon joint with a hatchet and chisel. If you insist on using a hatchet and chisel be ready to put in some serious practice and accept occasional failures. There are certainly better tools. Sometimes though it is just more satisfying to use the more challenging ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey You Posted January 2, 2016 Share #30 Posted January 2, 2016 Perhaps the best way to learn fast and accurate focus is to have a young child in the family . . . 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted January 2, 2016 Share #31 Posted January 2, 2016 flies and mosquitoes are cheaper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiver Posted January 2, 2016 Share #32 Posted January 2, 2016 This may be heresy, but Live View with focus peaking can be a valid option. As much as I like rangefinder focusing, sometimes using the option of Live View can speed things up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted January 2, 2016 Share #33 Posted January 2, 2016 What a lot of "fluff & puff" (1) understand the mechanics of photography (2) know your lenses (3) know your camera (4) practice ... Focusing RF is different from SLR - AF brings in another consideration.. Hyper focal is a somewhat forgotten with AF" -- Here's to 2016 & more keepers..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carta Posted January 2, 2016 Share #34 Posted January 2, 2016 Sorry, wrote wrongly in your text but cannot copy and paste here... I don't know - if you are actually missing shots with your Leica, then it's not awesome by any means. It's simply a job poorly done. I understand the artistic inspiration and excitement, but that is given that you can actually get the job done. I'm sure I will be more excited at work if I can wear headphones all day and drink booze, but I won't get my job done. Perhaps you should stick with your AF setup, which seems to produce great results, and look for inspiration elsewhere, like other great photographers' work. Again apologies if I come out harsh, but under the given situation where you need to deliver good photos and there isn't ample time to focus everything manually, I really think the Leica is the go-to camera. As much as I love the Leica (which is why I'm posting here anyway) it's not the most versatile camera in the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted January 2, 2016 Share #35 Posted January 2, 2016 I don't know - if you are actually missing shots with your Leica, then it's not awesome by any means. It's simply a job poorly done. I understand the artistic inspiration and excitement, but that is given that you can actually get the job done. Wedding photography priority number one: Understand why your client wants. Number two: Deliver them. Sorry but artistic interpretation is valid only if it achieves these two. If you want to use a Leica then practice, practice, practice until you can't get it wrong. Possible - yes. Difficult - yes. Would I do it - no. There are much easier ways to achieve the same results as far as your clients will be concerned. Much as I too like using my Leicas I have only used them at weddings for the odd shot whilst using AF dSLRs as the main cameras and that is how I will (if I am badgered into doing another wedding) continue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornnb Posted January 2, 2016 Share #36 Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) With a wedding there will be plenty of opportunities for the type of shots that suit both systems. You can go for the dual set up of a 35mm or 50mm Leica with a 70-200mm DSLR. Edited January 2, 2016 by Mornnb Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted January 2, 2016 Share #37 Posted January 2, 2016 I've photographed weddings and other events with the M system many times. I don't think think it is difficult to focus and the RF is great for capturing precise moments. A great tool. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted January 2, 2016 Share #38 Posted January 2, 2016 This may be heresy, but Live View with focus peaking can be a valid option. As much as I like rangefinder focusing, sometimes using the option of Live View can speed things up. Why?? I really don't understand how it can speed things up. You still have to turn your manual lens. IMHO the looking isn't the problem, the fast turnig is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share #39 Posted January 2, 2016 Here is a wedding I photographed about a year ago. Shot with a M9 with 35/1.4 Voigtländer and a Sony A7 with Nikon 50/1.2 AIS, free-lensing. Was quite dark inside, about 1/60 sec at 1.4 and ISO 1600. http://hamburg-hochzeitsfotografen.de/leica/ heiko Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas fry Posted January 2, 2016 Share #40 Posted January 2, 2016 I am very happy shooting on Leica M's at weddings, yes I will miss the occasional shot but gain others that would have missed on the 1DX's. The shooting experience is much better than when on Canon, lighter more discreet cameras, small precise and fast lenses. Its much easier too focussing in dark venues on a rangefinder, where the 1DX would hunt seemingly for ever.Shooting up to 40 weddings per year, for the last 20 years I can focus fast and confidently, its by no means perfect but its the best camera for me. I also use Sony A7ii for longer lens shots btw where the M240 certainly doesn't shine. Getting shots in focus at a wedding is as much about prediction as anything else, second guessing what a bride or guest will do next helps enormously with my success rate, again does it work every time? noThe M240 for me has been the best camera I have used in years both commercially and for weddings. As an aside I may replace the Sony with an SL this year. Sony is great but hasn't got that air of weapons grade indestructibility that the SL has. The M240 has this too. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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