Leica M focusing and "street photography"

[MikeMyers]

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1960's, Mossport in Canada, several tracks all over the midwest, also Daytona (once), and lots and lots of off-road"scramble racing - I still have those negatives.  I turned my Honda 305 into a road racer, and did it myself in the Seattle area, but I decided it was too easy to get seriously hurt.

Aperture and shutter speed and so on were learned in the 1950's, with a Contax II with 50mm Sonnar.  Then I bought a Nikon SP and took candid photos on the subway trains, with the camera in my lap, and me looking at reflections in the windows.  Then I bought an M2 with 50mm Summicron, paying for it with the money I earned working at Olden Camera in NYC.  Great camera, but it was stolen while I was in college.

Learning how to get the most out of an M10 is a never-ending learning experience.  ETTR was a whole new thing for me.  I completely agree with you that to get the most out of the M10 I need to shoot it constantly, and learn from experience.

Back when, I just needed to learn how to dodge and burn.  The new Leica cameras are FAR more adjustable, and I'm constantly finding things I didn't/don't understand.

I love the technical discussions here, which I'm getting better at understanding.  I've probably learned more about the Leica Cameras than from all the Leica Books that I bought.  @jaapv and others talk about stuff I never heard of, and then I need to try it on my own.....     The biggest thing I learned about photography in art school was "art", including timing and composition.  That, and how to make good B&W prints.

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[cboy]

Matt stuart uses tab placement btw. X100v also has focus limiter. Ricoh gr uses snap focus. Tab is the best imo

 

 

[trickness]

6 hours ago, MikeMyers said:

1960's, Mossport in Canada, several tracks all over the midwest, also Daytona (once), and lots and lots of off-road"scramble racing - I still have those negatives.  I turned my Honda 305 into a road racer, and did it myself in the Seattle area, but I decided it was too easy to get seriously hurt.

Aperture and shutter speed and so on were learned in the 1950's, with a Contax II with 50mm Sonnar.  Then I bought a Nikon SP and took candid photos on the subway trains, with the camera in my lap, and me looking at reflections in the windows.  Then I bought an M2 with 50mm Summicron, paying for it with the money I earned working at Olden Camera in NYC.  Great camera, but it was stolen while I was in college.

Learning how to get the most out of an M10 is a never-ending learning experience.  ETTR was a whole new thing for me.  I completely agree with you that to get the most out of the M10 I need to shoot it constantly, and learn from experience.

Back when, I just needed to learn how to dodge and burn.  The new Leica cameras are FAR more adjustable, and I'm constantly finding things I didn't/don't understand.

I love the technical discussions here, which I'm getting better at understanding.  I've probably learned more about the Leica Cameras than from all the Leica Books that I bought.  @jaapv and others talk about stuff I never heard of, and then I need to try it on my own.....     The biggest thing I learned about photography in art school was "art", including timing and composition.  That, and how to make good B&W prints.

Ahh, Daytona, been there to cover AMA. But my main work was in WSBK for a couple of years.

Some pix here: https://instagram.com/decreasingradius

Edited August 11, 2021 by trickness

[MikeMyers]

I especially love your photo of the Vincent Black Lightning.....    I've owned several collectable motorcycles, but unfortunately I sold all of them.  The Vincent Black Lightning was always something I dreamed of owning, but I never found one.  Now I'm too old to ride it (in Miami), and I could never afford it anyway.  Between a BSA Gold Star, a Honda factory racer, and a Honda CBX, I wish I somehow could have kept them all......      Nice photos!