As a Japanese person, I was so used to these familiar landscapes that they felt like nothing more than everyday scenes to me. However, each photo was so beautiful that it made me realize all over again just how beautiful Japan is.
I initially cringed at seeing a Mamiya II used for street shooting! Thirty years ago I lusted after this camera and the few associated lenses for grand landscape photography where this system earned its great reputation. I couldn’t afford it though.
Great story-telling here (and in all your videos). I liked the Kingfisher snippet, and the "checkered" connection for you between the Kyoto villa and your architecture project. Have you done any exposure bracketing? To my eye it looks like some of your beautiful compositions could have been +1/2 to +1 stop more exposed without clipping. The Mamiya 7 is still on my 'to try' list. I have the Plaubel Makina 67 (80mm) and W67 (55mm) 120 film cameras - simpler and more fragile I think than the Mamiya, but both handsome rangefinder cameras - almost Dieter Rams-esque designs, to my eye, and with ver good Nikkor optics. So, where to next? 🍿
@@winedemonium thanks for the comment! During the tour of the villa it was a bit rushed. Haven’t done any exposure bracketing, shooting RUclips footage at the same time is a challenge. I’d like to go back and shoot again, possibly with a tripod!
@@popularbehaviour really, a hat tip to you for having retained your art director role here, while also being the subject. You've delivered a lot with these videos.
Just watched all three of your Mamiya 7ii videos. Fantastic! Do you use the built-in meter? What do you adjust the film speed? - your images have great saturation. What do you use to take the videos? Looking forward to seeing more. Best Wishes
I love your videos! There’s a beautiful, meditative quality to them.
As a Japanese person, I was so used to these familiar landscapes that they felt like nothing more than everyday scenes to me. However, each photo was so beautiful that it made me realize all over again just how beautiful Japan is.
@@MitoMD79 thank you! I’m trying to apply that same principle to where I live too. 🙌🙌🙌
Kyoto is so idyllic when you get away from the crowds. It really feels like you've taken a step back into time.
The smell is what sticks with me about Kyoto. The little orange Osmanthus Fragrans flowers (kinmokusei) in the fall. Beautiful.
I actually just came from Kyoto, and I wish I had this video before I went
lived inJapan for a year. Barely scratched the surface. Been back a few times since. A truly special place.
Wonderful.
🙌🙌🙌
I initially cringed at seeing a Mamiya II used for street shooting! Thirty years ago I lusted after this camera and the few associated lenses for grand landscape photography where this system earned its great reputation.
I couldn’t afford it though.
Great story-telling here (and in all your videos). I liked the Kingfisher snippet, and the "checkered" connection for you between the Kyoto villa and your architecture project.
Have you done any exposure bracketing? To my eye it looks like some of your beautiful compositions could have been +1/2 to +1 stop more exposed without clipping.
The Mamiya 7 is still on my 'to try' list. I have the Plaubel Makina 67 (80mm) and W67 (55mm) 120 film cameras - simpler and more fragile I think than the Mamiya, but both handsome rangefinder cameras - almost Dieter Rams-esque designs, to my eye, and with ver good Nikkor optics.
So, where to next? 🍿
@@winedemonium thanks for the comment! During the tour of the villa it was a bit rushed. Haven’t done any exposure bracketing, shooting RUclips footage at the same time is a challenge. I’d like to go back and shoot again, possibly with a tripod!
@@popularbehaviour really, a hat tip to you for having retained your art director role here, while also being the subject. You've delivered a lot with these videos.
Just watched all three of your Mamiya 7ii videos. Fantastic! Do you use the built-in meter? What do you adjust the film speed? - your images have great saturation. What do you use to take the videos? Looking forward to seeing more. Best Wishes
Thank you! I use the built in meter for all daytime photos. Always shoot at box speed (400 or 800 iso) I use the Fuji XT-4 for the video.
if you don’t me asking, how do you edit your photos? or what settings do you use when shooting? i have the g2, and my shots are ridiculously bad
1:49 Palestine flag on the window, love Japanese people even more now