A morning mountain walk with my Leica M8.2 ( Leica M8)
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- If you have a few minutes come walk with me in the Boggeragh mountains in Ireland as I take a few photos with my Leica M8.2 (Leica M8).
Sure it is not the latest and greatest Leica M11 but this old reliable friend has been with me to every continent and we've plenty adventures to come.
I love the interactions in the comments section, so please do let me know where you've been with your camera this week. Happy new year and lets make this a good one.
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Cheers,
Colin
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I love your video
Oh aye, you're right - just like Northumberland! In fact those looked like two of my sheep at 2.15! Reet hell on if they get in the Sitka (fleeces get caught up on the branches). Well, I thought that fence photo was very good - I have a bit of a thing for a fence (and drystone wall) pic! The low winter light often works in B&W. A hint of warmth in the morning/evening brings out the colour in the decaying grasses, bog and moss and that can work in either or BW (just enough tonal variety). But not a lot you can do when the sun won't climb into a plantation! Blaaack!
I though you might like this one ;)
oooh i want the m8 so badly ; ) maybe for xmas. enjoyed the video. thanks.
Cheers mate. Indeed I love this camera. Given the age of them you make be advised to talk to Leica classic stores in wetzlar or Vienna as they often service and add a 12 month warranty on items which gives you some protection. Also I’d it works for the first 12: months it’ll likely stay going. Hope you come back for my new videos on the way. Cheers
Thanks Colin, HNY!
Thanks mark 🙏
Beautiful images👏🇦🇺✌️
Thanks Markie. I'm glad youu enjoyed it. I really like that area and mostly I have it to myself! :) What country are you based? I'm always curious.
Thanks Markie. I'm glad youu enjoyed it. I really like that area and mostly I have it to myself! :) What country are you based? I'm always curious.
Great photos and great music selection, one of my favorites from Bach.
Love it Colin... love Ireland too! I'm considering purchasing an M8 and it's how I found you :)
Hi Luke, firstly thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed this one. I love this quiet remote spot and I might head back up there again now autumn has come around. Well the M8 is a wonderful camera , I’m using the M8.2 here. Same just black paint and slightly quieter shutter. Given the age of the M8 I’d suggest getting this from a reputable wherever you are based, usa? Keh camera, in Europe the Leica classic stores offer a cla and short warranty. Let me know if you do it. I absolutely love my m8.2 and even though I’ve the m10r as well the m8.2 has a special place in my heart given my trips around the world with it.
@@colinosullivan I found a beautiful M8 (I'm in Sweden) and am really enjoying getting to know this lovely camera! Now I'm just waiting for a 40mm f1.4 Voigtländer lens which should really make it shine :)
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Cheers
Nicely done!
Appreciate that mate. Cheers
Great Music. great Video, great Camera! If I use mine for BnW Shoot, I use only UV Filter (to protect my frontlens) but not use a UV IR Filter. It increases the BnW photos in my opinion.
Have fun to shoot with the great m8.2!
I totally agree with the filter mate. 👍 uv only and it sings. I love throwing on my imperfect 35mm 1.2 and just shooting black and white! It’s truly magic. So cool you have one! Mine had a shutter issue so in for repair. Using a m10r in recent videos but I can’t wait until o get it back later in the year. I’ve a fun video on the way roaming the back country lanes appreciation of our hawthorn trees. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but come back and check it out. 🙏
@@colinosullivan your shuttersound in this Video sounds perfect to me. Hope you’ll get the m8.2 back as soon as possible. Mine does actually not sound so smooth by turning the shutter back in position. It sounds a Little bit slower as it used to in earlier days. After a few pictures the sound is better. That are some issues belonging to the age of the m8.2 I think. The m8/m8.2 has some great abilities; Infrared, BnW and CCD Color like an old Kodak Film. Great Camera until now.
Greetings from Alabama USA. Enjoyed your video. Beautiful Ireland. 🇮🇪
Thanks Jack. Plenty more to come if you wanna subscribe. Just back from Vienna where I shot Black and white film for the weekend in the snow. ❄️ it was lovely. Video out this weekend. Cheers mate
Gorgeous! great camera great pics great day out. Good for the soul!
Whenever anyone feels it, then it makes me smile. Thanks 🙏 for the kindness. You may like the Aran islands video I’ll be uploading tomorrow night. Cheers
Lovely views and the atmosphere you created. Thanks
Anthony, I really enjoyed that day tbh. I had nothing on, nowhere to go, just me and the hills. It felt a little special. I loved it tbh. Amazing light and to be honest it was MUCH more spectacular as the weather changed. Cheers
This is nice. Short and to the point. Also, heck yes with a classic camera. Would like to see more of these videos.
Thanks mate. Appreciate this. If you like the classic camera you may enjoy my Vienna video where I’m shooting black and white film on my Leica iiif 1952 barnack. Cheers
Although the fence line photo looked great in B&W, I liked it much better in color because of the grass colors. Worth the walk for sure. Nice vid.
Thomas, I agree with you actually. Honestly when your up in the mountains on your own it’s magical. The more I spend time here the more j realise how many greens there are or yellows, oranges and browns and tbh the m8 does a wonderful job picking up some of these. Cheers for commenting mate. I’ll be releasing a video this coming weekend from the Burren National park in county Clare If you pop back. Cheers
Beautiful country and images. Your commentary was a delight to listen to, well done :)
Ireland sure is scenic, I mean it's been stormy for the last 6 weeks straight but I guess that's why they call it the "wild" Atlantic. :) What country are you from? I'm glad you like the commentary, it takes some getting used to but as I did my commentary while I was shooting there it made it a lot easier to add it in as, well I was just chatting as I shot! I think it's the ideal way to do it when you can! I'm editing the next video which is long overdue now. Curious, did the shutter sounds annoy you at all, as I had feedback on my Vienna video it was too loud?
Beautiful hike with a lot of photo opportunities indeed. And like you stated, it's not about having the latest M, it's about being inspired to get out and do some photography!
Thanks Bernd. It’s true isn’t it. Main thing is to find some time to shoot regardless how busy we get. Really enjoyed your last video mate. Unfortunately today after 13 years, 6 continent’s, two volcanoes, 2 deserts and 600+ flights and a bunch of photo trips later this camera shutter finally failed! Looks like it’ll be taking a holiday to wetzlar! Looks like I’ll have to wait to use this camera again. M10 perhaps!?!? Any recommendations mate ?
Great video and nice shots. I just got a M 240. Hope it lasts as long as your 8.
Hi Colin ! Lovely images ! The M8 is still a great camera ! I appreciate your detailed description of your equipment used during your walk at the start of the video. Greatings, take care, Roger.
Thanks Roger. It surely is. I think actually people at the time obsessed with a true full frame maybe looked past some of its abilities. It demands a little patience but it's a wonderful camera. it somehow managed to still feel very mechanical (for a digital). I am 95% done on a video of Vienna in the snow which will probably go live tonight. It took a while to cut as I had to develop 5 rolls of film, scan etc. I think it was worth it. hope you enjoy it. Cheers, C
Colin, thoroughly enjoyed your video this weekend. As others have said, a nice calming combination of your morning in the country and well picked musical backing. Thanks for this. A pleasure. Cheers!
Mark
Vancouver Island
walkacrossitall Leica blog
Thanks Mark. Appreciate that. It was a nice hike mate. Hope you’d a great weekend
Colin - I enjoyed this video. Love the music and time lapses. Some nice shots help round it out. The M8.2 is hanging in there.
You will not believe this Kirk. I just had a catastrophic shutter fail just ten mins ago 😢😭 will do a post on it there so you’ll see it !!! Ouch !!!
what a beautiful nature you've walked around!!!
Thanks Nick. I hope you enjoyed this one.
Excellent shots !
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed them Eljin.
Wonderful shots mate, thanks for the video
You’re welcome. Glad you liked it. I’ll be doing more like this around ireland.
That is the perfect form factor for a camera as far as I am concerned. There are a few imitators out there, but unfortunately (for me at any rate) they don't compare closely enough. Lovely setting and you are sure to get the elusive image in your head next time or the one after that. It will probably be even better than you have been hoping for. In the meantime, it looks a great place to visit when the mood takes you.
Thanks Michael. It is a lovely spot and even when you don’t get the photo it’s fun. Cheers mate
Another great video and stunning location you took us along. Always enjoying your content, especially couse I'm shooting a Leica M8 too.
Thanks Geunter. How are you enjoying it ? It’s fun isn’t it 👏. Glad your enjoying the content, I’m only still adjusting to shooting so getting more comfortable with each video. Cheers mate
@@colinosullivan yes, it's great fun. Much more than shooting my other (more capable) camera.
Nice video and the insight into your processes adds to the knowledge bank. Do more kid, it’s good stuff.
Thanks Geoff. As I get used to talking on camera I’m a bit l more comfortable discussing my thoughts. Also recording audio as you do it helps as it’s more natural and I did that this time. Glad you liked it mate. Cheers
Lovely countryside-nothing wrong with the camera nice relaxing view not the first time & it won’t be the last 👍
Cheers Robin. Appreciate that. Just uploaded a video from a crazy stormy day down in the Ring of Kerry. Something a bit different as it was nearly impossible to record video in that weather.
Colin, your videos remind me what a beautiful countryside you have. I started my own journey up the Western coastline of Eire a few years ago, starting along the Ring of Kerry. Lovely to see in a previous video of yours the area around Ballinskelligs that I visited a number of years ago. I am about to visit Donegal in the next few weeks, in January would you believe. Keep the lovely videos coming.
Thanks for subscribing Michael. My plan that day was to get to Valentia Island but with the weather it really wasn't wise. Winds were gusting to the point of blowing my car about! Donegal is special. It's been a long time since I've been p there as it's at the other end from where I'm located but the plan is sometime in the coming year to make it. Some great plans for 2023 so hopefully you stick around. Let me know how you get on in Donegal. Cheers
That M8 still going strong. The first shot is beautiful :)
Thanks mate. It’s my favourite too ☝️🍻
Nicely done mate
Cheers mate. Appreciate that.
Nice one Col. Snoop says she's ready for her photo shoot ;)
Cheers Ferg. I will be over when we get that thing, sun ;) Looking forward to it.
@@colinosullivan on your way out to Mushera!
@@fergusmalone4925 I’d say snoop would love to have come with me on this one for New Year’s Day walk. Wasn’t any sheep either 🤣
Amazing video! Love your photos... I am doing street and art photography for ten years, but I love to watch your landscape and nature photography! Inspiration for me!
Thanks mate. Appreciate the kind comments. Actually I was considering doing a video next week discussing some street photography I did in France! What do you think??
@@colinosullivan Amazing idea!
I really enjoyed your video! You've got a great eye for compositions and the look of the M8 makes your images look almost like film. I fell in love with the M8 recently again after letting it sit on the shelf for quite a while. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos like this one :)
Thanks mate. Appreciate your kind comments. Glad you liked it and subscribed. I’ve had a shutter failure since and while ya it is in Germany for a good CLA I’ll be shooting some film and posting a few videos on it, so I hope you enjoy those. Cheers
Hi Colin What a beautiful place. All photographs are fantastic as usual. I especially liked the colour shot at 3:16 The colour rendering from this older camera is very nice indeed.
Thanks mate. It is a lovely quiet spot I didn’t meet a single person in two hours of hiking!! The colours off the ccd need no work basically. Lovely
Thanks for the wonderful video Colin, great photographs. Just wondering what lens you had on? I'm using a carl zeiss 50mm sonnar 1.5 zm on my leica m typ 240 at the moment..
Alan. I’m various curious about the m240 for the slightly lower light improvements, also tjsy sonnar looks amazing for portrait’s. This was shot on the zeiss zm biogon 28 f2.8. Small and sharp. I quite like it. Of course on the m 8 it’s a a 35mm equivalent so for you on the m240 it’s a true 28mm. I’d like to try some Leica glass when I get the chance. A 21mm super elmar 🙏
I noted the hot mirror filter on your Zeiss lens, which is perfect for color, but have you experimented with B&W without the filter? The additional spectral response to red and near-IR can give some special results in B&W.
Yea for about 8 years I never used the IR cut and I often did black and white conversions. On fairness it was always great. I always thought it made my shots off the DSLR that had cmos sensor and antialiasing filter look like dirt. I have standard uv filters for protection instead of these ir cut filters when I know I’m gonna shoot black and white.
Likely with your 8 years using the M8 you’ve also tried using an IR-pass filter to take near-IR pictures. I bought a couple of the vintage Leica IR filters to experiment with that thread and was encouraged by the results, albeit for B&W. The false-color IR is less pleasing.
Stupid question about to get the same set-up. Is the IR filter just for BW shooting?
Hi mate, there are no stupid questions. :) so the M8 / M8.2 came with a very thin Infrared filter over the sensor. It led to some interesting side effects! That being in colour photos the green turn sort of yellowy. Also Black synthetic clothing like coats look magenta! or a purple tint! so to get more standard colours people tend to put on an IR Cut filter. However, if you know you are trying to shoot black and white you should leave off the filter! The reason being is IR light behaves differently to visible light, materials that absorb or reflect IR light strongly appear very bright in the final image. It can happen with say leaves or trees or water. Also I find skin tones look better on the M8.2 as I think maybe the IR light smoothens out blemishes and skin for whatever reason. I always find in my landscapes on the M8.2 that the distant hills and mountains are stunning. I think maybe the haze isn't picked up. So I guess you could do this, Colour put on the IR cut filter. Black and white use a standard UB filter just to protect your lens! I hope this helps explain it a bit!
Did you get back your M8 from Leica?
Hey mate, I had a delay in sending it off so not yet. Looking forward to shooting it again. Next video is with the m10R. Finishing my edits today.
Butiful photo ! I am so happy to have one Leica M8 too. What software you usually use to edit image? And which style (color or black&white) is your preference with M8 ?
That’s cool you’ve the m8 as well. I use adobe Lightroom and I nearly never review the in camera jpg, I use the raw DNGs and process in Lightroom classic. When I shoot film I love ilford fp4+ or hp5 pushed a stop. So with digital I like to try just replicate that look. Not too clean and set the black point and white points. Should I do a video on it ?
@@colinosullivan WOW !Video sounds good I
@@簡昆祥 cheers
Read a comment about your shutter, did it failed? M8.2 should be fine but you never know..any camera can fail at some point.
Yes, the shutter finally gave up last weekend. I will be sending this off to Wetzlar for a new shutter as I love this camera. You'll see one of my last trips with this camera for a while on my latest upload just now. Cheers
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Cheers mate
Hi Colin
Greetings from Wicklow. Really enjoying your videos making me keen to get out more with my aging M8. Sorry to hear about your shutter issue hope the bill from Germany isn’t too painful. By the way what tripod do you use? I’ve an aging manfrotto that’s too heavy for the hills so looking to replace it. Regards John