Interesting. 1. Canon 6d + 35L. I had that “ah” moment when I used this combo and haven’t used a zoom lens since. I still love the images. Theoretical question…if canon made a super compact FF camera and took that lens and made it close to the FLE size…would you still be with Leica? 2. Pentax spotmatic F. My grandfathers he gave me. Got me into film 3. Leica M2. Because I had to try leica 4. Leica M246 when I dedicated to 90% BW and I had acquired some M Mount glass 5. Built a darkroom so I could wet print silver gelatin. I think this is easily my best decision as nothing really compares IMHO to spending time manually creating archival prints. It’s therapeutic and magical every time I do it.
The top 5 most influential items from my 50 years as an enthusiast: 1) First SLR: Nikon F2A + MD + BP (love the spray and pray). 2) First MF: Hasselblad 500 C/M. 3) Color Analyzer to assist printing color prints (from wasting time and money). The same with my current monitor and printer calibration devices. 4) Either my first DSLR: Canon D30 or first FF DSLR: Canon 5D. 5) Nikon D3 As an IT pro for over 40 years, I had used the early versions of the Photo Mechanic. Since RF isn't my cup of tea, I bought a Leica Q instead of a used M10P that was available at the same time with a very attractive price tag.
1. Nikon FM2. Bought new in 1991. First proper camera and I still have it. 2. Hasselblad 501cm. Shot all my art college course work on it. Lovely. 3. Nikon D100. First DSLR. Revolutionised my workflow. 4. Nikon 300mm f2.8. Older version at a fraction of the price of a new version. A do-it-all lens for my bread and butter sports photography. 5. Photo Mechanic. For all the reasons you said!
All are cameras: 1. My father's Petri rangefinder. The camera that I used in Middle School photography. The camera that ushered me into photography. 2. Canon AE-1 Program. A birthday gift from my parents during my junior year in high school. 3. Nikon N90S. After having fallen away from photography for a time up through my college years, I came back to it and have never left it since then. This was my first camera coming back to photography.. 4. Nikon FE2. Simply because it's my favorite camera of all time. 5. Nikon D700. My first full frame camera and my favorite digital camera of all time. No other camera that I have used has produced the richness of colors that this one has. Unfortunately, it just got too heavy for me to carry around, so I don't have it anymore.
1.Minox 35GT…first ever camera, 2. Canon EOS50D…getting started in digital 3. 5D MK3 + 35mm 1.4 L still a fantastic setup 4. Leica Q…bitten by the bug. Damm it… 5. Leica M… to be continued.
I had the Canon 5d Mk I before the Mk II. Some of the best photos I've ever taken was with the original 5D in spite of the tough-in-the-field lack of sensor cleaning. I got the Mk II as soon as it came out but despite the sensor cleaning, it wasn't the revelation it was for me that it was for you, simply because shooting video has never been interesting for me (despite working in camera crew feature production now). I didn't hang on to the Mk II because it had pretty pokey focus, as did the next two Canon DSLR's I purchased. Then mirrorless became a thing, which Canon took a long time to embrace so I left the brand in favour of digital rangefinders, and have never looked back. I wholeheartedly agree with all your other equipment choices though...and I'll add three of my own: comfortable all-day walking shoes, a passport, and an open mind.
Not a career for me but a hobby for a long time: 1. Canon T70 with a bunch of FD lenses. This got everything started for me. 2. Toshiba something. Can’t remember what it was called but is was my first digital camera. 3. Nikon d80. First DSLR 4. The Nikons 300mm F4. Still have this, still use it. Just an awesome lens. 5. The Nikon 18-300 super zoom. After having kids I didn’t have free hands to carry a camera and a bag full of lenses. This lens got me back into photography. It would be very interesting to see how you ended up in Vietnam!
5 most influential purchases: 1 Lightroom: opened the door to editing and thinking about what I want the photo to look like in the end before pressing the shutter. 2 Canon 30v: first prosummer slr with two wheels to change aperture and shutter speed at the same time. 3 Nick Carver’s manual metering lessons: made me understand a lot of things about light. 4 Leica MP (film): first time I really felt a connection to the camera and I liked being in control of everything in an easy way; with an M body, if the shot is bad, it’s user error, you can’t blame the autofocus or the metering: you own your mistakes and get better. 5 Canon Selphy: Made me go to the reason we like photography in the first place: being able to print and give physical photos, not just sending digital files that will end up lost on a hard drive.
Would be really interested in why Vietnam! For gear, probably the Fuji 35 1.4 - my first prime and started my love of photographing with 50mm (equivalent)
1) Nikon F4: my first "real" camera 2) Nikon D70s: my first digital camera - learned photography much faster after this 3) Nikon Z7: rekindled my love of photography 4) Voightlander Ultron 35mm f/2: my move from big, auto zooms that are clinically sharp to small, deliberate manual focus primes that are character driven 5) My first Leica: hasn't happened yet ;-)
Not sure if it's like this now, but a few years ago when I was doing work with Shutterstock they used Photo Mechanic... thank god. But then when I went to Getty they were using their awful, antiquated system that wasn't even compatible with Mac unless you did some kind of work around. Insane.
Here are my 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL GEAR PURCHASES OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER 1. Nikon SLR I had been shooting medium format cameras since age 5. As a young adult, I bought my first 35mm SLR camera, a Miranda Sensorex. The Sensorex was so unreliable that I sold it to get a Nikon F because it was recommended by the other photographers at the newspaper where I was working. I was so pleased with the reliability of my first Nikon cameras that I have been using Nikons since the late 1960s. 2. Handheld Light Meter Since my Nikon F did not have a built-in light meter, I purchased a Gossen handheld light meter. I have been using that same light meter since the late 1960s. 3. Darkroom Over my professional career, I have designed six darkrooms. Three were wet darkrooms for my home, one was a wet darkroom for a medical school, and two were digital darkrooms for my home. My first darkroom was the most influential because it introduced me to having more control over my images. 4. Mamiya TLR My first "professional quality" medium format cameras (C3, C22, and C220 with 55mm wide-angle, 80mm normal, and 180mm telephoto) were what I used to generate income for decades. I used them for taking weddings, fraternity parties, sorority parties, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, individual portraits, group portraits, social events, and product shots. 5. Digital Camera I was taking a group portrait when one of the children exclaimed, "Look Mom, an antique camera." It was that incident that made me realize that my 30-year old camera was technically an antique. Soon after, I bought my first digital camera, a 2 meg Vivitar digital camera. I was so pleased with the digital images I was able to capture with that little camera that I decided to buy a more "professional quality" digital camera.
This is fun. 1. Canon 30D. It was my very first camera! 2. my first MBP in 2008! Like you, it got me locked in with Apple! 3. Canon 5d MK 2 when I got more serious into photography. 4. Profoto B1. It changed my photography for the better. 5. Fuji gfx 50s. It was my medium format move that I always wanted to do. bonus: Sigma ART 50mm. It lived on my 5D series for the longest time.
I‘d say the most important pieses of equipment were my first professional camera and lens: Nikon D700 and the old 24-70 2.8. I started falling in love with documentary photography with this combo when I shot the first pictures for my series about the asylum seekers home. And this combo is the reason why I got a Z6ii with a 24-70 2.8 last year. And then there is my trusty Leica M 262 that I bought after my mothers death. I‘ve been using this camera for over 5 years now and it has such a sentimental value for me.
Just sold in Flip, next I’m selling my Canon L series lenses and will go fully in on Sony for my video set up. Leica for my personal and Sony for commercial and Sony w leica lenses for personal video work.
@@AskMOTT Nice! I've just sold my Sony stuff and went back to Canon but that's mainly cause I use the camera for photography mainly. But the M10/11 is tempting I have to say. One day as my second camera. Had a m240 for a moment but didn't feel super comfortable it to be my main camera for fast reportage stuff. How often do you zone focus actually?
Oh and by the way, thank you for not spending 3 minutes showing us how you make a cup of coffee and exaggerated sip before getting into the vid. That drives me insane.
@@AskMOTT please no or I will have to vacate the channel. Lol. You have a winning formula. Short, sweet, good production and excellent content coupled with the fact that you are ACTUALLY a professional photographer and not just snapshotting BS
Would love to hear about living in a foreign country and how that developed. Also, FWIW the new "Chinese" lantern 🏮 overhead is giving you racoon eyes and is too hot (shiny) on your forehead. Your old softbox looked good and your clock didn't have glare either.
Interesting.
1. Canon 6d + 35L. I had that “ah” moment when I used this combo and haven’t used a zoom lens since. I still love the images. Theoretical question…if canon made a super compact FF camera and took that lens and made it close to the FLE size…would you still be with Leica?
2. Pentax spotmatic F. My grandfathers he gave me. Got me into film
3. Leica M2. Because I had to try leica
4. Leica M246 when I dedicated to 90% BW and I had acquired some M Mount glass
5. Built a darkroom so I could wet print silver gelatin. I think this is easily my best decision as nothing really compares IMHO to spending time manually creating archival prints. It’s therapeutic and magical every time I do it.
We need episode about "why Vietnam" )))
Coming soon , my episode next week will touch on that :).
@@AskMOTT Justin I bet you have an interesting story about you. Can’t wait to hear more about that.
The top 5 most influential items from my 50 years as an enthusiast:
1) First SLR: Nikon F2A + MD + BP (love the spray and pray).
2) First MF: Hasselblad 500 C/M.
3) Color Analyzer to assist printing color prints (from wasting time and money). The same with my current monitor and printer calibration devices.
4) Either my first DSLR: Canon D30 or first FF DSLR: Canon 5D.
5) Nikon D3
As an IT pro for over 40 years, I had used the early versions of the Photo Mechanic. Since RF isn't my cup of tea, I bought a Leica Q instead of a used M10P that was available at the same time with a very attractive price tag.
Great list and awesome to hear from a fellow Photo Mechanic user.
1. Nikon FM2. Bought new in 1991. First proper camera and I still have it. 2. Hasselblad 501cm. Shot all my art college course work on it. Lovely. 3. Nikon D100. First DSLR. Revolutionised my workflow. 4. Nikon 300mm f2.8. Older version at a fraction of the price of a new version. A do-it-all lens for my bread and butter sports photography. 5. Photo Mechanic. For all the reasons you said!
Nice list!
1. 500W flash
2. Photoshop
3. 85mm 1.8
4. Nikon D500
5. Nikon D750
Bridge > Lightroom
All are cameras:
1. My father's Petri rangefinder. The camera that I used in Middle School photography. The camera that ushered me into photography.
2. Canon AE-1 Program. A birthday gift from my parents during my junior year in high school.
3. Nikon N90S. After having fallen away from photography for a time up through my college years, I came back to it and have never left it since then. This was my first camera coming back to photography..
4. Nikon FE2. Simply because it's my favorite camera of all time.
5. Nikon D700. My first full frame camera and my favorite digital camera of all time. No other camera that I have used has produced the richness of colors that this one has. Unfortunately, it just got too heavy for me to carry around, so I don't have it anymore.
Nice list Chris, very Nikon heavy.
1.Minox 35GT…first ever camera,
2. Canon EOS50D…getting started in digital
3. 5D MK3 + 35mm 1.4 L still a fantastic setup
4. Leica Q…bitten by the bug. Damm it…
5. Leica M… to be continued.
I had the Canon 5d Mk I before the Mk II. Some of the best photos I've ever taken was with the original 5D in spite of the tough-in-the-field lack of sensor cleaning. I got the Mk II as soon as it came out but despite the sensor cleaning, it wasn't the revelation it was for me that it was for you, simply because shooting video has never been interesting for me (despite working in camera crew feature production now). I didn't hang on to the Mk II because it had pretty pokey focus, as did the next two Canon DSLR's I purchased. Then mirrorless became a thing, which Canon took a long time to embrace so I left the brand in favour of digital rangefinders, and have never looked back.
I wholeheartedly agree with all your other equipment choices though...and I'll add three of my own: comfortable all-day walking shoes, a passport, and an open mind.
Not a career for me but a hobby for a long time:
1. Canon T70 with a bunch of FD lenses. This got everything started for me.
2. Toshiba something. Can’t remember what it was called but is was my first digital camera.
3. Nikon d80. First DSLR
4. The Nikons 300mm F4. Still have this, still use it. Just an awesome lens.
5. The Nikon 18-300 super zoom. After having kids I didn’t have free hands to carry a camera and a bag full of lenses. This lens got me back into photography.
It would be very interesting to see how you ended up in Vietnam!
The M10D is a game changer for me also after using Sony cameras professionally. Loving mine every second with the Summilux35FLE!
Kindred spirits :)
5 most influential purchases: 1 Lightroom: opened the door to editing and thinking about what I want the photo to look like in the end before pressing the shutter. 2 Canon 30v: first prosummer slr with two wheels to change aperture and shutter speed at the same time. 3 Nick Carver’s manual metering lessons: made me understand a lot of things about light. 4 Leica MP (film): first time I really felt a connection to the camera and I liked being in control of everything in an easy way; with an M body, if the shot is bad, it’s user error, you can’t blame the autofocus or the metering: you own your mistakes and get better. 5 Canon Selphy: Made me go to the reason we like photography in the first place: being able to print and give physical photos, not just sending digital files that will end up lost on a hard drive.
Would be really interested in why Vietnam! For gear, probably the Fuji 35 1.4 - my first prime and started my love of photographing with 50mm (equivalent)
My new episode this weekend touches on that topic more Will /:)
1) Nikon F4: my first "real" camera
2) Nikon D70s: my first digital camera - learned photography much faster after this
3) Nikon Z7: rekindled my love of photography
4) Voightlander Ultron 35mm f/2: my move from big, auto zooms that are clinically sharp to small, deliberate manual focus primes that are character driven
5) My first Leica: hasn't happened yet ;-)
Nice list Rob :)
Justin- very fun video & thanks for sharing! Game changer for me is the Fujifilm X100V. All-in-one that excites & motivates me to create. Take care.
It’s nice when a price of equipment can excite you like that :)
Would definitely love to see a video of what brought you to Vietnam! And totally agree with you; the 35mm change my life, too.
My video this weekend touches on that Justin :)
Not sure if it's like this now, but a few years ago when I was doing work with Shutterstock they used Photo Mechanic... thank god. But then when I went to Getty they were using their awful, antiquated system that wasn't even compatible with Mac unless you did some kind of work around. Insane.
Here are my 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL GEAR PURCHASES OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER
1. Nikon SLR
I had been shooting medium format cameras since age 5. As a young adult, I bought my first 35mm SLR camera, a Miranda Sensorex. The Sensorex was so unreliable that I sold it to get a Nikon F because it was recommended by the other photographers at the newspaper where I was working. I was so pleased with the reliability of my first Nikon cameras that I have been using Nikons since the late 1960s.
2. Handheld Light Meter
Since my Nikon F did not have a built-in light meter, I purchased a Gossen handheld light meter. I have been using that same light meter since the late 1960s.
3. Darkroom
Over my professional career, I have designed six darkrooms. Three were wet darkrooms for my home, one was a wet darkroom for a medical school, and two were digital darkrooms for my home. My first darkroom was the most influential because it introduced me to having more control over my images.
4. Mamiya TLR
My first "professional quality" medium format cameras (C3, C22, and C220 with 55mm wide-angle, 80mm normal, and 180mm telephoto) were what I used to generate income for decades. I used them for taking weddings, fraternity parties, sorority parties, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, individual portraits, group portraits, social events, and product shots.
5. Digital Camera
I was taking a group portrait when one of the children exclaimed, "Look Mom, an antique camera." It was that incident that made me realize that my 30-year old camera was technically an antique. Soon after, I bought my first digital camera, a 2 meg Vivitar digital camera. I was so pleased with the digital images I was able to capture with that little camera that I decided to buy a more "professional quality" digital camera.
This is fun. 1. Canon 30D. It was my very first camera! 2. my first MBP in 2008! Like you, it got me locked in with Apple! 3. Canon 5d MK 2 when I got more serious into photography. 4. Profoto B1. It changed my photography for the better. 5. Fuji gfx 50s. It was my medium format move that I always wanted to do. bonus: Sigma ART 50mm. It lived on my 5D series for the longest time.
Isn’t it a fun game to play, the Profoto, nice one Ted.
I‘d say the most important pieses of equipment were my first professional camera and lens: Nikon D700 and the old 24-70 2.8. I started falling in love with documentary photography with this combo when I shot the first pictures for my series about the asylum seekers home. And this combo is the reason why I got a Z6ii with a 24-70 2.8 last year.
And then there is my trusty Leica M 262 that I bought after my mothers death. I‘ve been using this camera for over 5 years now and it has such a sentimental value for me.
Do you still pick up the 5D from time to time or you went Leica M-D all in?:)) Just seen you posted from Kenya, gotta go to watch it
Just sold in Flip, next I’m selling my Canon L series lenses and will go fully in on Sony for my video set up. Leica for my personal and Sony for commercial and Sony w leica lenses for personal video work.
@@AskMOTT Nice! I've just sold my Sony stuff and went back to Canon but that's mainly cause I use the camera for photography mainly. But the M10/11 is tempting I have to say. One day as my second camera. Had a m240 for a moment but didn't feel super comfortable it to be my main camera for fast reportage stuff. How often do you zone focus actually?
Yes, i would love to hear the Vietnam story.
Next episode will touch on that Theresa , thanks for your interest.
Agreed ! Why Vietnam ?!!
Thanks for the question Richard, I discuss this is my most recent episode.
Please can you let me know the details on the clock in your increasingly fantastic studio. Cheers Marcus
Pottery Barn I think , maybe Crate & Barrel, it was 3-4 years ago
Photo Mechanic is the most important and irreplaceable photo software that I use.
I know right and when I tell people about it they’ve never heard of it.
Tell me your favorite gear purchases of all time.
Oh and by the way, thank you for not spending 3 minutes showing us how you make a cup of coffee and exaggerated sip before getting into the vid. That drives me insane.
So no slow motion express shots and ranting about how important coffee is to me :)
Thumbs up.
Or taking something out of a box and then slinging the empty box up against a wall for no reason.
@@AskMOTT please no or I will have to vacate the channel. Lol. You have a winning formula. Short, sweet, good production and excellent content coupled with the fact that you are ACTUALLY a professional photographer and not just snapshotting BS
Would love to hear about living in a foreign country and how that developed. Also, FWIW the new "Chinese" lantern 🏮 overhead is giving you racoon eyes and is too hot (shiny) on your forehead. Your old softbox looked good and your clock didn't have glare either.
That was a rushed test set up , I modified it a bit and swapped out the clock and the newer episodes I should looks dashingly handsome :)
Your gear link doesn't work
Old episode sorry , here’s my updated website www.askmottbyjustinmott.com/my-photography-gear
Your set-up is missing orange and purple neon lights in the back. ;)
Ha ha, maybe next year :)
Yeah, Vietnam Story
Coming next week :)
Should have been top 10.
I figured no wanted to listen to me that long.
1:25 Complete psycho. Love it.
Perhaps a bit :)
So inspirational! Do what the pros do > P R O M O S M !!!
Thanks Theo.
mobile phone 😁
Fair enough :)