Traveling with Leica M
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2023
- Since I obsess over every little detail before a trip, I wanted to share with you my thought process when I was building my Leica M travel kit as well as some photos I shot while on my trip.
Cameras:
Leica M11
Leica M6TTL
Lenses:
Leica 21mm 3.4 Super Elmar
Leica 35mm 1.4 Summilux FLE
Leica 75mm 1.4 Summilux
Bag:
Billingham Leica M Combination bag
Film:
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Gold 200
Fujifilm 200
Ilford HP5
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Wonderful video! It's so nice to travel lightly with Leica. At 02:31 in the video, in the photo displayed I can see the exact apartment I rented back in 2018. Lisbon is such a beautiful city!
I tried many many Cameras & lens combo over the years, I ended up settling with M-P Safari with modern Silver 35mm Summicron. Giving up film camera or wide & telephoto lenses were not easy, but now I travel light, uses unique limited edition, still got that film look, and perfect combo for someone that takes photos of traveling family members mostly.
I love this video! Exactly What I was looking for before my trip to London/Paris. Just getting acquainted with my M6. Wanted it for the compact size. I’m usually bogged down with weighty gear. Hope to see more videos.
Incredible shots, wonderful colours and I loved the special effects into. Back when I was younger my favourite film was Kodak Gold 200, so it was nice to hear you’d got some.
Thank you so much, really glad you enjoyed it! I love Kodak gold for those warmer "less true to life" colors, especially for cities and travel. Can't believe what they are charging for it these days though!
Alex, you are a talented photographer. Thank you for sharing your pictures.
Thank you so much Jim!
Your video is so good I had to watch it several times, I particularly liked the shot of the old guy stacking rocks
Thank you so much, that's so kind of you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great short video. The gentleman presenting is very pleasant to listen and watch. Thank you
Thank you kindly!
thank you for your nice video; as a beginner with the M system, I started with a 50 summicron and a voigtländer 28 ultron on my M11 to stay light.
Thanks for that input, highly appreciated! At the moment I'm traveling with a 24 50 90 setup (with a M10-M and my beloved M7). Pretty happy so far.
Glad it was helpful! Your setup is what I like to call "the other perfect travel setup", basically everything is shifted a handful of mm to the right of mine :) My good friend has this setup and we talk about it a lot.
Great 5 min content!
It was concise, helpful, and entertaining. Thank you for the shorter form Leica content.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words! I like the more digestible vids, nice to start a convo around :)
My travel set is a Polaroid original’s bag with a Leica M3 collapsible summicron 50mm & Hasselblad 500cm 80mm CF T or Rolleiflex 3.5tessar
Nice kit! I used to have a Hasselblad 500 as well as a Contax 645 for medium format work, traveled with them too, glad some folks are still out there doing it!
great shots. I'm leaving in a few months on our first post covid flight/travel and am excited. planning to bring MP/M11 35lux for sure, 21/4 voightlander cuz it's so tiny and still debating if I bring the 50 lux (my fav desert island lens) or even a 90 cron pre-asph. looking forward to the colors of Mexico City and Oaxaca during Día de Muertos
Just booked a trip to Paris in September and am pretty sure I'll be bringing the most minimal setup I've ever brought on a trip, just the M11 + 35mm Summicron + flash in a small ONA bag. This video gives me hope that a super small minimal kit is possible for bigger trips. Your photographs of Portugal were so beautiful. Glad I stumbled onto your channel!
Thanks for the compliments! The city is stunning. Yes gotta go minimal! I know some folks would say my kit is way too much, and I can definitely see the merits of that side of the argument, but I'm stubborn.
Which ona bag model?
ONA bags are awesome!
95% of what I shoot in Paris is with a 35mm
I'm going for a couple of proper vacation-like visits (tho, very short ones) for the first time since the pandemic. As for what I’m bringing I’m considering one of the following lens sets to go along with one of my X-Pro3s:
- XF18mm f2 (28mm FF equiv), which I just got.
- XF18mm f2 and XF35mm f2 (50mm FF equiv)
- Split the difference and go for my trusty 23mm f2 (35mm FF equiv)
Previously I’ve actually travelled only with a XF16mm f2.8 (24mm FF equiv). I was very focused on capturing my environment (incl. very tight spaces) and it worked wonders for that, but I won’t have the same focus this time around.
Thanks for making the video. The intro is very cute and gives off Wes Anderson vibes. :)
Really nice images. Subscribed to hopefully see more film photography from you 👍
Thank you! That’s the goal!
The images you shared in this video were beautiful along with the video production being spot on I had to pause and subscribe not even halfway through. I have a Q2 and I'm trying to hopefully pair it with a M11 for travel, but honestly after watching this video the itch for a film M definitely crept up.
Thank you that is so very kind! Thanks for the sub! FILM FILM FILM!
The same focal lengths and one M11-P because I can’t afford two yet!
I use the 35mm Apo Summicron and as you say, it covers a significant proportion of my needs. Last time I travelled to Portugal I took that and a 50 Lux. Didn’t use the 50 even once. Sold it and got a 75 Apo. Added a Voigtlander 21 f1.4 but will switch to the Leica 21 you are using when funds allow. The Voigtlander is excellent, but a bit large.
Great learning video.
I am glad that you didn't have problems with all that gear in Lisbon , when I was there (2019) I had only my M6 and a 35 and 21mm voigtlander lenses and lots of Ektar100 film in a black common messenger bag and I did not feel very safe. One evening I was even folowed by 4 guys until I found a policeman , after that I only kept the camera out when I was shooting .
I have the same bag and a m6 TTL with the 35 2.0 lens. If I were going on that trip I would add a ricoh GrIIIx and forty rolls of film. Thank you for making this video, I am interested in a wider lens.
Awesome setup! Congratulations! I visit Portugal last year for six weeks and was on the way with my Leica MP, Leica 21mm/f1.4, Leica 28mm/f.2.0, Leica 50mm/f.1.4 ASPH an a Billingham bag. I love the 21mm focal length. I think I used it 60% of the time. 20% the 28mm and 20% the 50mm.
Alex, the 35 FLE and the 21 Elmar are MAGIC, both wide enough to do zone focusing/hyperfocal distance, and both equal to the M10's resolution. The 21 was my first, and I love making it almost a fancy point and shoot - set focus, and frame with the external finder (I have the black plastic Leitz one). Thinking about adding a 50 Summilux ASPH, would be nice to have two faster lenses. The 75 just looks too heavy? Interested to get your thoughts, and also if you just pocketed the lenses in a jacket with like a sleeve or something... nice video, thank you!
Nice! My Leica travel kit is usually my M10-R, 21 f/3.4, 35 f1.4, and 75 f2.0 in either a Billingham backpack or Hadley Pro small. Would love to have an M6 but can’t justify the expense, although I have a 50 roll stash of tri-x put away.
50 rolls???!!! Damn, that’s amazing. I used to own the 75mm f2 and I miss that lens dearly, but I couldn’t justify having two 75mm lenses, I’m very much a one focal length one lens type. Thanks for watching!
I recently went on a trip with my M10 and took my 50 Lux and 21 2.8. The combo was just fine for my style of photography.
That's a perfect little setup, I just tend to overpack :)
Just back from my first overseas trip since covid (Paris). I took my M10 with a 35mm summicron and a 24mm Elmarit, all packed in an Ona Bond Street bag.
Nice videos as usual Alex. On the 21mm, I am looking at the Cosina's version as I can't justify the Leica price for a focal length I seldom use. But Let's see. Do you have video of your analog post process workflow?
Nice shots. I have been on a few trips abroad, on one trip it was just the Leica Q2, and on the second trip was Leica Q2 and Sl with a 50mm. Keep it simple with a small camera bag that can fit in a large backpack on the plane
Thanks kindly! I really want to give the q2 a try, it seems like such a no brainer for a travel cam, I just have the 28 sl so it’s hard to justify. Which 50 do you have for your sl?
Interesting. With my MP240, I mainly use 1 Elmarit 28mm, 1 Summilux 50mm and 1 Summicron 90mm. What would interest me is to know with what and with what settings you digitize the negatives of the M6? Have fun with Leica !
Nice shots from Portugal. If I threw out my personal documents, medication, safety west, notebook, pencils and all the Cokin filter set A (P), I could fit my Leica travel kit in a Bellingham Leica M bag too. You know, in case of, it would be nice to have all the stuff at hand. My travel kit consists of an M-P240 and a M240, a Summilux 50/1.4, an Elmar M 24/3.8 and a Summarit 90/2.5. You may wonder why I as a press photographer stick to a minimalistic kit for my daily work, but 95 % of my shots are taken with this kit. The M-P 240 and the LUX 50 are always with me. Always wear a camera!
I don't see the 21 Elmar get brought up a lot - thanks for introducing me to this nifty piece of glass!
I have an M11 with a 28mm 'cron that I brought on vacation to France and Italy. I rely heavily on cropping in, but am leaning toward acquiring a 50mm soon in an attempt to bridge the 35-75 gap (similarly to your 28-50 gap cover with the 35mm lens). Curious what your thoughts are as you did not mention a 50mm in this video.
I’m going to Amsterdam in August and I’m just taking my m 11, 35 mm summilux fle v2, and a visoflex for when I need to do close focus portraits. Keep it simple.
Amsterdam/Copenhagen/London, for two weeks. Packed a Billingham Hadley Small Pro with M10 and M8U for B&W. Lenses consist of the Voigtlander 15mm V3 for cathedral interiors, Leica 21mm Elmarit ASPH, 35mm Summicron ASPH, 35mm Summilux SR, Leitz 90mm Summicron. I need to bring along a smaller purposed bag for evenings out with one other lens and spare battery packs.
Wait...how did you join those 2 lenses?!?!
Was hoping someone would spot that! I’ve been a photographer for 15 years and I just found out about them too! It’s a double sided rear lens cap made by op/tech and they’re incredible. Not only do they allow stacking lenses (like in the vid) but they make changing lenses quickly a breeze.
Been using them for decades on other systems, as well as M.
Good Video. Interesting how we all have different methods that work for us! I don't carry any of those focal length lenses when shooting M film or digital. I normally carry a 50 and a 28 Summicron. OCCASIONALLY I include the 90mm Elmarit M but end up almost never using it. The ever-popular 35 mm is my least favorite lens of all time - not wide enough for a wide, too narrow for normal. I have the 21 but use it even less than the 90. ;) If I had to carry only one lens, it would be the 28. But if decided to do that, a Q2 would be a better choice than an M! :)
Heading to Italy and Greece for 40 days this summer with the M6 and the M10. Still trying to determine lenses. I have a 35 Voigtlander, 50 Summicron, and 90 Summarit. Only really love the 35, but still trying to determine if I should change things up. Loved your shots on the 35 and 75!
It's hard as an American to wrap my head around a 40 day vacation, but that sounds incredible. Thanks for the kind words! Voigtlander has a couple amazing 75mm lenses to suit various needs. The newest 75mm 1.9 looks especially tempting as a character lens. Have fun!
@@alexjohnsonphotography Haha it's not fully a vacation! I have a 12 day shoot in Greece, and we're going to spend a few weeks in Italy first (my moms family is from Rome) and then another week after Greece as well. So it's partly work, partly family visit, and partly vacation!
Interesting. I bring two Sony A7C bodies (24MP full frame), 24mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4 and 85mm f1.4 (Sigma). All digital. two lenses (usually 35 and 85) always mounted on bodies since I really dislike changing lenses on the run. If I want to go really minimal, I will bring only one Sony RX1Rii, 42MP full-frame, fixed Zeiss 35mm f2 lens. Superb camera, and very small.
My travel set is 21mm Elmarit M, 35mm Summicron and 75mm f2.5 Summarit M on 3 M9 bodies. I also take a 28mm and 50mm for "just in case" but rarely use them.
That’s a nice kit! I only have the faster glass for professional wedding work, otherwise I would most likely have something more similar to yours to cut weight/size.
Last short travel i let the M10 home and just pick the Q2
Thanks for the video. I travel with an M6 and an M10.
I carry the following lenses:
21mm f/1.4 Leitz
35mm f/1.4 Zeiss
90mm f/2 Leitz
I also carry the following:
21mm viewfinder that came with my Contax G1 rangefinder.
M10 battery charger and cord
Extra 64GB SDXC memory cards
Extra Ilford HP5 400 ISO black & white film
Very similar! My 75 summilux is Leitz Canada and I have the 90 elemarit-m 2.8 as well.
I used to have a Contax g system and I miss that 45mm lens everyday. True gem!
One thing I forgot to cover in the video is charging, but luckily with the m11 it’s dead basic as I just carry a usb c cable and an external battery back to top up. Thanks for watching!
Cool setup! Any tricks you use to get film through TSA?
I just came from Europe and brought my MP with a 35mm summicron and my Leica Q2M. I had a friend over there who leant me his 28mm elmarit and 90mm macro f4
That is a sweet setup and probably one of the only alternatives I'd consider. The Q2M is such an intriguing platform, I've never shot with a Q but I've heard it's a tidy little setup.
I visited Lisbon last September. I brought 28 cron and 50 lux. I started leica system with m240 and 35mm 1.4 ZM. I’m a 35mm guy. A wide aperture 35mm lens can be enough for street, portraiture and a little bit for scene. And I used Iphone Pro Max 13mm wide angle lens too much.
It just seems like most Wedding Photographers have more passion for photography in general, and photography gear, than the actual work of shooting Weddings. Since most talk more about the gear and street photos, then actually working the wedding, Maybe we should hear more about the actual day-to-day work, maybe they don't like it so much. But it would be good to hear your thoughts about it.
35 Summicron ASPH II and a 75 Summicron on a M10 packed in a Wotancraft 7L pilot covered 99% of European and American travel. I’ll take a 28 Elmarit ASPH II and a 50 Summicron if I think I might need to. Went on an African safari with just a 135 TeleElmarit and the 28 and got some great shots (but was a little too close to a few lions and elephants for comfort). In the past I would add a M4 or a Monochrom body but mostly I just go light with M10/35/75.
Might be a dumb question, but do you add any padding to the cameras on the plane, due to the vibration from the plane, or do you just leave them in the Billingham and they are fine? I ask because I wonder if you do anything extra to protect from the rangefinder going out of alignment
I don't. The Billingham is padded very well and I'm not sure I could protect it more. I just toss it up in the overhead and call it a day. The way I see it, Leica (especially the film bodies) were meant to be used in the field so should survive a little vibration... I am fortunate that I know how to recalibrate them at home and have done so once with my M10, no idea what knocked it out of calibration but it's an easy enough fix if you're patient and know what you're doing. Thanks for the comment!
That was a wonderful video presentation. Do you ever get nervous over traveling with such expensive equipment, or do you just insure it?
Hello and thanks! I've traveled a lot and tend to be aware of my surroundings when. I need to be. All my gear is insured (primarily for wedding work) so I don't worry too much, but it's always in the back of my mind.
What I will do is leica m2 with the 50DR and leica m4p with a 35 asph and even a leica m8 with a 90mm lens, that is my goto package for vacation
Are you comfortable shooting that 75 summilux without an evf at 1.4 on a rangefinder? I love that lens but wirh mine I definitely have some problems shooting it wide open without an evf.
same here, use LV for critical focus
I am and I'm very fortunate that my eyesight hasn't started to go quite yet. I do have a 1.4x mag that I picked up for use with my noctilux but never really got on with taking it on and off the camera whenever I need it. That being said I frequently use live view for composition on all of my lenses, especially with my little ones and lower angles.
Leica M10P with 50mm rigid and a Ricoh GR3, this setup is compact, no lens change required and get 28/50 covered.
I would be curious to learn how you handled the logistics of traveling with film. There seems to be a consensus forming that the new CT scanners for hand luggage will ruin any speed film. Hand inspection is possible in some US airports, but again the consensus appears to be that it is less reliably available elsewhere. Did you bring it with you, undeveloped, in both directions?
I just don’t worry about it. I’ve asked agents to hand check higher speed film in the past, but I typically don’t travel with anything higher than 400 iso these days. Also, on this last trip, the airports I flew through were pure chaos, just barely making our connections, so the extra step of having them take your bag aside and bomb swab everything is a huge pain. Other folks out there have different opinions but this is how I do it these days.
@@alexjohnsonphotography Thanks for the reply! That's interesting. I don't think my risk tolerance is as high as yours, but it's a helpful datapoint that CT machines - and surely your film went through multiple such machines - don't always ruin film. Your shots all look completely unaffected.
Hi Alex, similar to you I like to shoot film mostly on holiday as I find it is less hassle, no batteries to worry about and it takes a lot of the decision away for me. Likewise I only normally take one lens - usually this will be the 35mm Summilux ASPH or the 35 Summicron V4. Sometimes I will force myself to take just a 50mm and I find this really challenging but interestingly the photos seem to have more purpose and focus when looking back at them.
Leica M4 with the 50mm f/1.4 and a roll of Cinestill 400D plus a roll of ilford hp5 pushed 2 stops
This is me in an alternate reality
How many days did you go for? 12 rolls and used bout half.. seems just nice
I was in Lisbon for 6 days and it seemed about right for the type of shots I was getting. If I had been alone and had an itinerary I would have taken 4x as much.
@@alexjohnsonphotography im traveling soon and still undecided how many rolls should take along.. for 12 days and always have street photos in mind.. your video definitely been helpful nonetheless
What's your camera strap for your M6 and M11 ?
They are hand made by Arte Di Mano out of South Korea. Amazing quality, though admittedly not the cheapest.
Hassy user so my setup would go like, X2D with 45P and 90mm F2.5. If I had money then it would be 907x and 65mm with a 500c body and leica lens.
Back in the day I used to travel with a hassy 503 cw and 80 + 45mm combo. What an amazing kit!
@@alexjohnsonphotography indeed it is. Though i may be young I am always intrigued with the history and past of cameras thus the hasselblad choice. Was lucky to swap my 907x for a X2D with a 45p lens but hope to be able to get a 500c or 501c variant in the future to shoot film.
i really regret selling my 75 Lux. for travel, use my MP with a 24 Lux , 35 BP cron ASPH and 50 Lux, along with my Mamiya 7 or a Hasselblad 203 FE
I would not go film on a trip, fragile and complex handling at airports. Now that you are back you can check what lens you effectively used and not used. I see myself frequently making one shoot with that lens I traveled with just to say it was not for nothing, while in fact I used another 99% of time. I'd like to bring a monochrom on the other hand as a second body, should you have the chance to have one. thanks for the input
I had no real issues with it. I keep a journal and have a, pardon the pun, photographic memory, so I don't have trouble recalling which lens was used for what. A monochrom for travel would be incredible!
Really enjoyed the video subscribed. You might like mins as well. Lovely photos btw
Thanks for the sub and the kine words! I'll check it out!
I'm an idiot who brings everything but the kitchen sink to his vacation, while usually using only about 30 to 40% of all that crap...
We learn.
But does your boyfriend love your camera gear expose.