It is the first time I have watched a video about photography over 40 min without stop. This is an amazing blend of technical info, hands-on experience and art-oriented atmosphere! Will be following your work, as close as I can. Thank you!
The camera should be like your younger sister or brother! You always take them with you and show them the world. Thanks Thorsten. You just explained the very essence of photography. I wished you as a teacher when I started!
The inimitable TvO- a gifted photographer with an exceptional aesthetic in his photography. Right on point. I will never part with my mp240 and nocti combo, but recently got my son the dlux7 to teach him about photography- it is such an exquisite little powerhouse - something I’d luv to carry around in my own bag. The Nocti does get heavy around the neck on walks. Wonderful pragmatic advice as usual. Cheers!
Thank you. Smart with the camera for the son. Next could be Q, then he will want to take over your M cameras as you upgrade :-) But just imagine what days you two can have photographing together. Good job!
This is an excellent tutorial.And very simple and free of jargon which i loathe.Empower and inspire people by showing what a great time you can have looking at the world.Lovely video.
Thorsten, what a great video. I watch all your videos. You are the reason that I own four Leica cameras. Love and shoot every single one. Have shot with other brands, but nothing comes close to the Leicas. Hopefully one day I can attend one of your work shops. I am cuban, but came to the USA at the age of 6. I am now 60 years old. Love all your photos, specially the Cuba workshop ones. Please stay safe, always waiting for your next video. CHEERS!!!
Love the new video set Thorsten, this is the best one by far. This video's focal length and framing is on point too. Great job! It's nice to watch in 4K
Fantastic presentation blending the essential elements with practical common sense...demystifying and decluttering and filtering out the non essentials.
This year I moved away from Fujifilm that I did love and now shoot Leica with an M240. I love the simple menu system and that the focusing system slows me down for every image.
I have several “go to” cameras depending on what and where I want to shoot. Travel: Leica M4, M5, M8, M9-P, Franke & Heidecke Rolleicord Model I Landscape/Macro: Hasselblad H2/H3DII-31, Nikon D4, Kodak DCS620X, DCS660C Street: Leica M4/M5/M8/M9-P, Kodak DCS660C/DCS620X, Nikon D4/F2AS All of these cameras are quick and simple to use. I mostly combine them with prime lenses (Leica M, Hasselblad H), sometimes good quality zooms (Nikon D4/F2 Photomic/F2AS, Kodak DCS620X/DCS660C). I think the most important thing is that you get used to seeing light and not get fooled by some electronic helpers (exposure programs, light meters). If you can overcome all the „features“ it really gets quite simple.
This is wonderful. I have been taking long walks each morning throughout the semi-lockdown here in California and, over time, have observed and focused on not only the quality of light but also ever increasing details in my surroundings. I’ve kept various M system bodies and lenses, especially since taking one of your workshops several years ago, and have also added other brands and types of gear into the mix (mostly for landscape photography back when we were allowed to travel more). I have recently thought a great deal about the simplicity of ABC as you describe here, and about how some of the equipment I use has frustrated my efforts by getting in the way: Buttons are too small or too awkward to reach; basic functions are buried in menus, etc. The M system (and also the SL and other Leica systems) excels at becoming invisible as you get used to it, and the genius of lens design and construction makes the system a pleasure to use. I recently sold several other brand bodies and am adding an SL2 to the mix along with just one lens (SL 50 Lux) and the M adapter. I continue to reflect on and expand upon what I learned in that workshop years ago, concentrating on observation and simplicity. This video is a great overview of that key approach to seeing and to making photographs.
Great comment. And you truly pinpointed the major disadvantages of modern-day cameras, whose makers hell-bent on miniaturization, burying vital functions in menus & sub-menus. And though I'm not yet a member of the Leica family, I cherish my xtra large Canon 1D Mark III/1DX bodies. Though they are the biggest bodies in the industry, no one has yet miniaturized the human hands and having "one-button/one-function" design spread across a large body is a blessing. Even though 1DMk3 is a 1.3 crop sensor, in concert with my fav. 40mm pancake lens, it gives me so much coveted by honorable Mr. Overgaard the desired 52mm focal length. This video is a great learning tool for novices as well as even advanced photographers. And one more thing to add: the reason why it is such a pleasure to watch all videos by Mr. Overgaard, is the he has an undeniable quality to all of his presentation: a lot of CLASS with barely there European flare... Way to go, Thorsten...
Wish I had seen this 9 years ago. I have been evaluating my photography since retiring last year as I take pictures almost everyday. My biggest struggle is which of my 7 lenses to use. Now I understand my confusion. Time to pick one and use it until I have it figured out. Adds another question. Why don't they make more simple cameras with no video. I just want to photograph.
Fabulous video!!! Focus, apologies for the pun, on the light, not on the gear. And, the value of one camera, one lens. I shot a Fuji Xpro2 with a 23mm lens 90+% of the tine.
My choice was Sony A7r IV with Noctilux 50mm F0.95. Much easier to focus and better sensor. Using 7Artisans M to E mount adapter. For B&W I use the mono 246.
I understand. I too use Fuji. I don’t want to spend $4k+ on my gear. I have learned the more I spend on my gear doesn’t necessarily translate to an improvement in my images. That comes from watching videos like this, reading books and studying excellent images, and taking workshops. The gear doesn’t create images. The photographer creates the images. Mask On Nurse Marty
Six years ago you suggested that I get the Summilux-M 50 as my "master lens" even though I was ready to buy a few lenses for my M-P240 at that time. It's been the best lens I've used since and haven't had the need to get other, even though I'm very tempted. :-) I'm mostly a portrait photographer, but I'm looking at getting a 35mm or 28/24. Which would you suggest?
I used to have two travel kits: 21/35/75 or 28/50/90, or a mix of those. The idea being to have very wide, very long and a normal lens; and that a 28 and 35 in the same bag doesn't make a lot of sense. Too close in their look. As time went by, I realized I used 50mm all the time and 90mm was for odd assignments that never really required a special lens, and 28 or 21mm I seldom used ... so I went to have 50 0.95 / 50 2 APO / 50 2 Rigid / 50 1.4 / 50 1.1 as the ones I would bring a few of, depending on mood. I have a lot of other lenses, and I love all of them. But I use 50mm almost all the time.
From the point of view of portraits when choosing from the 35mm or the 28mm, I think that the 35mm is a better choice, it’s going to give you enough environmental space without loosing your subject in the frame. Also the depth of field comes into place as the 35mm is going to give a bit more subject to background separation. Lastly with a good quality 35mm as a last resort you could get in closer for portraits with less distortion. The 28mm is more of a general purpose lens and it can fulfill the 35mm role but only with heavy cropping but you may loose some artistic merit in your shots.
@@sexysilversurfer Thanks. I'm fully aware of the compositional aesthetics of each *focal length*. I've made portraits with these wide angle lenses in the past. What my question was referring to (and perhaps I should have made it clearer) is on the quality of the lens itself, e.g. something like "don't get the Voigtlander; you're better off with a Zeiss if the Leica is out of reach..." that sort of thing. Or the "Summicron 35 give better color rendition than the Summilux..." (I'm just making those things up) Here's an example of a portrait of my wife that I took in Satorini, using a Zeiss 21mm on the Leica M-P 240 --> fauxtojournalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Greece-026.jpg
@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard This is why I love my Q2 so much and has become my daily use camera, (though originally bought as a travel camera). I regularly crop the sensor as I shoot dng/jpg all the time and knowing the dng is always at constant 28mm. The high mp drops of course but its no worry to me as these crops give me an idea what I had in mind at the time I took the shot, and are good enough for social media. I tend to shoot at 35 or 50mm most of the time and the lens quality and sensor give great images..
One of the nice things about not being rich is that my m10 + summilux 50 is pretty much my camera budget for quite some time. Not having 5 lenses makes it easy to just grab and go take pictures.
What you say is perfect for “your thing”. However, there are whole worlds of deliberate image making that doesn’t rely on having a camera with you, but explores a particular subject, from say Jeff Wall, or Cindy Sherman where images are “produced” to a kind of investigative exploration of a situation visually-like what’s sitting on my desk right now. Or studio portraiture. Or knowing that such and such a place will be filled with tourists on Sunday and I’m showing up with my gear. Or knowing the waves are cosmic at such an such a location, and bringing an 8X10 view camera. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING TO PHOTOGRAPH. I don’t want a camera with me all the time. It makes me think about everything as a photograph.
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It is the first time I have watched a video about photography over 40 min without stop.
This is an amazing blend of technical info, hands-on experience and art-oriented atmosphere!
Will be following your work, as close as I can.
Thank you!
The camera should be like your younger sister or brother! You always take them with you and show them the world. Thanks Thorsten. You just explained the very essence of photography. I wished you as a teacher when I started!
These insights would be great for everybody to learn.
Thank you for this very wonderful overview... So much information condensed into a few minutes... You truly are a great teacher...
Can honestly watch these videos forever and actually got into your videos before purchasing my first Leica. Loving your recent videos / new ''set".
Underbart Thorsten! Tack så mycket!
The inimitable TvO- a gifted photographer with an exceptional aesthetic in his photography.
Right on point. I will never part with my mp240 and nocti combo, but recently got my son the dlux7 to teach him about photography- it is such an exquisite little powerhouse - something I’d luv to carry around in my own bag. The Nocti does get heavy around the neck on walks.
Wonderful pragmatic advice as usual. Cheers!
Thank you. Smart with the camera for the son. Next could be Q, then he will want to take over your M cameras as you upgrade :-) But just imagine what days you two can have photographing together. Good job!
This is an excellent tutorial.And very simple and free of jargon which i loathe.Empower and inspire people by showing what a great time you can have looking at the world.Lovely video.
This is a wonderful presentation. Thank you 😊
Thorsten, what a great video. I watch all your videos. You are the reason that I own four Leica cameras. Love and shoot every single one. Have shot with other brands, but nothing comes close to the Leicas. Hopefully one day I can attend one of your work shops. I am cuban, but came to the USA at the age of 6. I am now 60 years old. Love all your photos, specially the Cuba workshop ones. Please stay safe, always waiting for your next video. CHEERS!!!
Thank you :-)
Love the new video set Thorsten, this is the best one by far. This video's focal length and framing is on point too. Great job! It's nice to watch in 4K
Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this video. Thank you.
Great video and explanation about how the photography works, thanks a lot, really appreciate it!
🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful Thorsten. You keep it simple. Photography should be fun.
Fantastic presentation blending the essential elements with practical common sense...demystifying and decluttering and filtering out the non essentials.
Thank you :-)
Thanks for this “back to basis” fundamentals. Carry, exposure, shoot.Reasonable investment for good quality tool. 👍
Than you 🙂
The reference to the kids eye color and red hair is priceless !... perfect to explain about light sensitivity.
This video is the real thing, enjoyed every moment, thank you!
Hi Thorsten, Very well formulated! I think a lot of professionals can learn from you, as well as beginners. Super!
This year I moved away from Fujifilm that I did love and now shoot Leica with an M240. I love the simple menu system and that the focusing system slows me down for every image.
Good choice 🙂
An excellent review of the fundamentals, thank you, Thorsten, and Happy New Year.
Chad, great to see your face and read your comment :-)
Thank you for inspiring me to always wear a camera.
Beautiful video ❤️
Thank you so much for your free e book... It's simply amazing. It reflects your depth of the subject and the purpose behind it..
Glad to hear that 🙂 Thank you.
Love your videos, excellent work, thanks for sharing
Thank you 🙂
I have several “go to” cameras depending on what and where I want to shoot.
Travel:
Leica M4, M5, M8, M9-P, Franke & Heidecke Rolleicord Model I
Landscape/Macro:
Hasselblad H2/H3DII-31, Nikon D4, Kodak DCS620X, DCS660C
Street:
Leica M4/M5/M8/M9-P, Kodak DCS660C/DCS620X, Nikon D4/F2AS
All of these cameras are quick and simple to use. I mostly combine them with prime lenses (Leica M, Hasselblad H), sometimes good quality zooms (Nikon D4/F2 Photomic/F2AS, Kodak DCS620X/DCS660C).
I think the most important thing is that you get used to seeing light and not get fooled by some electronic helpers (exposure programs, light meters). If you can overcome all the „features“ it really gets quite simple.
This is wonderful. I have been taking long walks each morning throughout the semi-lockdown here in California and, over time, have observed and focused on not only the quality of light but also ever increasing details in my surroundings. I’ve kept various M system bodies and lenses, especially since taking one of your workshops several years ago, and have also added other brands and types of gear into the mix (mostly for landscape photography back when we were allowed to travel more). I have recently thought a great deal about the simplicity of ABC as you describe here, and about how some of the equipment I use has frustrated my efforts by getting in the way: Buttons are too small or too awkward to reach; basic functions are buried in menus, etc. The M system (and also the SL and other Leica systems) excels at becoming invisible as you get used to it, and the genius of lens design and construction makes the system a pleasure to use. I recently sold several other brand bodies and am adding an SL2 to the mix along with just one lens (SL 50 Lux) and the M adapter. I continue to reflect on and expand upon what I learned in that workshop years ago, concentrating on observation and simplicity. This video is a great overview of that key approach to seeing and to making photographs.
Thank you Ben, good to hear from you :-)
Thanks Thorsten. Good to hear from you too!
Great comment. And you truly pinpointed the major disadvantages of modern-day cameras, whose makers hell-bent on miniaturization, burying vital functions in menus & sub-menus.
And though I'm not yet a member of the Leica family, I cherish my xtra large Canon 1D Mark III/1DX bodies. Though they are the biggest bodies in the industry, no one has yet miniaturized the human hands and having "one-button/one-function" design spread across a large body is a blessing. Even though 1DMk3 is a 1.3 crop sensor, in concert with my fav. 40mm pancake lens, it gives me so much coveted by honorable Mr. Overgaard the desired 52mm focal length.
This video is a great learning tool for novices as well as even advanced photographers.
And one more thing to add: the reason why it is such a pleasure to watch all videos by Mr. Overgaard, is the he has an undeniable quality to all of his presentation: a lot of CLASS with barely there European flare... Way to go, Thorsten...
This is really good and helpful tips to decide
Thank you 🙂
Thank you dear! I chose the Leica D-Lux 7! - ✌️☮️
Wish I had seen this 9 years ago. I have been evaluating my photography since retiring last year as I take pictures almost everyday. My biggest struggle is which of my 7 lenses to use. Now I understand my confusion. Time to pick one and use it until I have it figured out.
Adds another question. Why don't they make more simple cameras with no video. I just want to photograph.
Fabulous video!!! Focus, apologies for the pun, on the light, not on the gear. And, the value of one camera, one lens. I shot a Fuji Xpro2 with a 23mm lens 90+% of the tine.
"You don't need 850 features to do it for you..." Yes and yes again. Thank you.
My choice was Sony A7r IV with Noctilux 50mm F0.95. Much easier to focus and better sensor. Using 7Artisans M to E mount adapter.
For B&W I use the mono 246.
I love B&O too, I have the same H9 and H8 and Elipse 55“ with Beolab 18 😎
Loving this video, so educational. You are always learning in photography
Thank you!
Great advice! Thank you for providing these great videos!
Welcome. Thank you!
I have the poor man’s Leica...Fuji X100 V with 35mm f2 lens.
The poor mans Leica is a Leica Q 😂
@@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel Still out of my price range.
The earlier versions of this camera model are quite affordable.
That's still a hell of a camera and way more pocketable than a Q
I understand. I too use Fuji. I don’t want to spend $4k+ on my gear. I have learned the more I spend on my gear doesn’t necessarily translate to an improvement in my images. That comes from watching videos like this, reading books and studying excellent images, and taking workshops.
The gear doesn’t create images. The photographer creates the images.
Mask On Nurse Marty
Love your films! It's always an inspiration for me.
Glad to hear that. Thank you!
The ability to choose manual focus would be I think one aspect to being able to control shutter speed,aperture and ISO.
Six years ago you suggested that I get the Summilux-M 50 as my "master lens" even though I was ready to buy a few lenses for my M-P240 at that time. It's been the best lens I've used since and haven't had the need to get other, even though I'm very tempted. :-) I'm mostly a portrait photographer, but I'm looking at getting a 35mm or 28/24. Which would you suggest?
I used to have two travel kits: 21/35/75 or 28/50/90, or a mix of those. The idea being to have very wide, very long and a normal lens; and that a 28 and 35 in the same bag doesn't make a lot of sense. Too close in their look. As time went by, I realized I used 50mm all the time and 90mm was for odd assignments that never really required a special lens, and 28 or 21mm I seldom used ... so I went to have 50 0.95 / 50 2 APO / 50 2 Rigid / 50 1.4 / 50 1.1 as the ones I would bring a few of, depending on mood. I have a lot of other lenses, and I love all of them. But I use 50mm almost all the time.
From the point of view of portraits when choosing from the 35mm or the 28mm, I think that the 35mm is a better choice, it’s going to give you enough environmental space without loosing your subject in the frame. Also the depth of field comes into place as the 35mm is going to give a bit more subject to background separation. Lastly with a good quality 35mm as a last resort you could get in closer for portraits with less distortion. The 28mm is more of a general purpose lens and it can fulfill the 35mm role but only with heavy cropping but you may loose some artistic merit in your shots.
@@sexysilversurfer Thanks. I'm fully aware of the compositional aesthetics of each *focal length*. I've made portraits with these wide angle lenses in the past. What my question was referring to (and perhaps I should have made it clearer) is on the quality of the lens itself, e.g. something like "don't get the Voigtlander; you're better off with a Zeiss if the Leica is out of reach..." that sort of thing. Or the "Summicron 35 give better color rendition than the Summilux..." (I'm just making those things up) Here's an example of a portrait of my wife that I took in Satorini, using a Zeiss 21mm on the Leica M-P 240 --> fauxtojournalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Greece-026.jpg
@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard This is why I love my Q2 so much and has become my daily use camera, (though originally bought as a travel camera). I regularly crop the sensor as I shoot dng/jpg all the time and knowing the dng is always at constant 28mm. The high mp drops of course but its no worry to me as these crops give me an idea what I had in mind at the time I took the shot, and are good enough for social media. I tend to shoot at 35 or 50mm most of the time and the lens quality and sensor give great images..
My two go to cameras are the Leica M9 and R8
Great vid!
Lord help me if Leica markets a warm, furry camera that purrs! 😻
I am shooting mamiya RB 67 for my slow black&white way. For others i use iphone.
Nice one 🙂
Great video! Thank you!
One of the nice things about not being rich is that my m10 + summilux 50 is pretty much my camera budget for quite some time. Not having 5 lenses makes it easy to just grab and go take pictures.
Still hoping you will make a paper book.. :)
I will
What can you say about the Summarit 75mm?
Sort of the same as the Summarit 90mm: www.overgaard.dk/leica-90mm-Summarit-M-f-25.html
@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard Is it any good?
What you say is perfect for “your thing”. However, there are whole worlds of deliberate image making that doesn’t rely on having a camera with you, but explores a particular subject, from say Jeff Wall, or Cindy Sherman where images are “produced” to a kind of investigative exploration of a situation visually-like what’s sitting on my desk right now. Or studio portraiture. Or knowing that such and such a place will be filled with tourists on Sunday and I’m showing up with my gear. Or knowing the waves are cosmic at such an such a location, and bringing an 8X10 view camera. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING TO PHOTOGRAPH. I don’t want a camera with me all the time. It makes me think about everything as a photograph.
kjører leica T med 18mm elmarit nå, har den den alltid i lomma ;=)
Ed Sheeran = ISO 409600
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Fantastiskt Made my choice more or less Leica q,
👍📸
Buy a camera not a computer with a lense stuck on
A "Leica photographer" ...how special . I'm just a "photographer"...sad, I know.
bitter much..?
This was an excellent video presentation. Thank you 😊