It's 2 am in middle of Europe and I cant pack it in to sleep because Mr Woo comes on, well the getting up on Wed morning will be a little more difficult. Thanks John.
Wow, it is so interesting and satisfying to hear Mr Woo. His experience and knowledge is amazing. Please bring him to tell more history on cameras, this is a real lecture!!
The "big" camera that Barnack was carrying around is a story that was told by Barnack himself. But there were many small roll film cameras available at the time. Just think Kodak! It's a good narrative though and I believe it was mostly for marketing purposes 😉 Instead, I believe that, given his primary interest in cine cameras (his initial project at Leitz being a cine camera), he thought of using 35mm film for both photography and testing purposes.
Back in those days India had closed economy. Forget Leica, we had to struggle to just get a quality lens Filter. I had to buy my first tripod from a smuggler. We had no idea what was its original cost. we just had to pay. Young photographers must watch Mr. Woo! Thank you very for sharing your knowledge!
Awesome! May be next time you can do a story on M5, it is very interesting as well. I own one, now with a faulty light meter that I can't find anyone who can fix- the M5 story is also very interesting. All the best!
For the half-cut models they put an engineer to make the model, he cuts every piece in half and mounts and glues the halves from the pieces to create a "half model" (I guess, usually two half models). They don´t cut a whole model in halves, that would shatter everything out.
Photography today would be very different without Leica's constant influence. The company has set such a high standard that many others have had to improve to be on par with it, and many would argue that many other companies have not even come close to reaching that level of excellence.
Another Mr Woo special. Excellent. Does he wish now that he get the exploded M camera on the board that he used for the trade shows as supplied by Leica rather than the build up specimen he made that he was showing ?
It's 2 am in middle of Europe and I cant pack it in to sleep because Mr Woo comes on, well the getting up on Wed morning will be a little more difficult. Thanks John.
Wow, it is so interesting and satisfying to hear Mr Woo. His experience and knowledge is amazing. Please bring him to tell more history on cameras, this is a real lecture!!
The "big" camera that Barnack was carrying around is a story that was told by Barnack himself. But there were many small roll film cameras available at the time. Just think Kodak! It's a good narrative though and I believe it was mostly for marketing purposes 😉
Instead, I believe that, given his primary interest in cine cameras (his initial project at Leitz being a cine camera), he thought of using 35mm film for both photography and testing purposes.
The half price half lens is perfect for my half frame camera.
I found it interesting when he shows two glass blanks of different quality, you never know what Mr. Woo has up his sleeve. 🙂
Back in those days India had closed economy. Forget Leica, we had to struggle to just get a quality lens Filter. I had to buy my first tripod from a smuggler. We had no idea what was its original cost. we just had to pay. Young photographers must watch Mr. Woo! Thank you very for sharing your knowledge!
Can listen to Mr Woo all day long. ❤
To think that all those early lens formulas were done without computers, all done with pen, paper and slide rule!
Another great history lesson!
Excellent info!
Awesome! May be next time you can do a story on M5, it is very interesting as well. I own one, now with a faulty light meter that I can't find anyone who can fix- the M5 story is also very interesting. All the best!
For the half-cut models they put an engineer to make the model, he cuts every piece in half and mounts and glues the halves from the pieces to create a "half model" (I guess, usually two half models). They don´t cut a whole model in halves, that would shatter everything out.
Photography today would be very different without Leica's constant influence. The company has set such a high standard that many others have had to improve to be on par with it, and many would argue that many other companies have not even come close to reaching that level of excellence.
Another Mr Woo special. Excellent. Does he wish now that he get the exploded M camera on the board that he used for the trade shows as supplied by Leica rather than the build up specimen he made that he was showing ?
Thank you John & thank you Mr. Woo for brightening up my photography. Adore you guys.
Truly interesting to watch. Thank you!
Quite a learning :) & Thanks :)
Great content and so informative!!
An excellent overview!
Thank you Mr Woo 🙌
Thanks - Another great Video - more please ... 🦘
Mr woo is off to Leica in Wetzlar Germany for SL3 training so have to wait a bit.
@@Photojouralist123 He's worth the wait ... 🦘