The Leica Look 2.0
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Happy New Year, everyone! This is my first video of 2025, and I have a little gift for all of you. The "Leica Look" has been a topic of much discussion over the years. While many people believe in its existence, others remain skeptical. Ultimately, there may never be a definitive answer to this question, as the concept is highly subjective.
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The Leica look is the look on your face when you check your bank account balance after buying Leica gear.
There is an easy fix for it. Simply don't look at your bank account. Seriously, it might be a steep price initially but the camera hold their value much better than other cameras. When upgrading to a new model it's only half or less even after using the camera for a few years.
The only caveats to this often-heard comment are first that it is too often said by people who have never really experienced a Leica Camera for any length of time, second that a lot of us, Leica users, have bought our first Leica used, as a test (thanks to those, whomever they might be, that bought them new ;o) and that the test happened to be that convincing that we stayed with the brand (for whatever reasons and the list is long, one of them being longevity and craftsmanship... and yes Leica equipment is not perfect but at least carefully designed and until now still with the photographing experience in mind-just look at the menus), thirdly Leica is the only brand still producing range-finder cameras (both film and digital); these cameras do not fit all the needs or comfort zones of many, but they do for some others and as such they are unique... and there might be a price to pay too for what they are, how they were designed and however they are manufactured. Just try one and see with it fits you and your photography or not. In my mind that is the only good argument. In the end cameras and lenses are tools (for those who actually use them on a regular basis) and as such a good tool (one that meets one's needs) makes life easier and one's workflow/photography more efficient.
If you buy right, you don't spend money on Leica. They don't lose value and in some cases, they appreciate in value while I'm using them daily. But then subjectively it is partly a life choice. Some people enjoy looking at their bank accounts.
I went "Look" shopping at my local camera store, they had them organized by magic and feel. It was a very technical experience.
All the Leica color scientists were master minding new ways to compromise their next camera so that buyers could have the full Leica experience .
I used to be a diehard Canon user. (For reference my original kit back in the early - mid 2010's was a 5Dmkii, a C100 for video and a F-1 for film). I no longer do for hire freelance work (and haven't for over half a decade) so as nothing more than a hobbyist I decided to make the switch to Leica film cameras for most of my stills. Let me tell you there is a HUGGGGGGGGE difference between Leica and at very least Canon. Even the FD mount film cameras take distinctly Canon style photos (I honestly can't tell the difference between shots I took on my mkii and shots I took on my F-1) So long story short, the "Leica look" is very real and it's very distinctive. But than again I'm just talking raw images straight out of the camera
Leica look was maybe real in 1950 but i really don't think there is that much difference today between brands x)
If you use quality glass, yes not much difference I guess.
That conversation rang true some 50 years ago, prior to the digital age. Now as you point it out, it is completely irrelevant (the same goes for discussions on the CCD/CMOS issue). It all comes down to a matter of profiles.
I've been shooting Nikon for years and there is a difference in my Leica Q3 shots. I think it's a combination of micro contrast and color rendering. I am now a Leica shooter and only use my Nikon for telephoto shots. Maybe someday I'll move to an SL4. But for now Q3 and Q3 43 are giving me chills every time I shoot. Thanks.
The sensor glass combo is pretty stunning. The 43 seems even better.
The look is storytelling & capturing the decisive moment with this small camera - thanks Cartier-Bresson
Sure, that's the most important part.
The is a difference between form ("look") and content. Storytelling and decisive moment are content; looks are form. There is no doubt that you need a synergy between both but they are separate entities.
@ understood
Over the past 4 or 5 decades I have been so impressed with first a print then an image I have said to the person who took it what lens was this taken with? On every occasion the reply has been, a Leica lens. Happy New year, I look forward to your future adventures and great images. Jake.
Thank you Jake! 🙏
Hi Robin, I've just signed up for your newsletter and would love to use the looks. I don't use Lightroom though, so it would be great if you could provide the looks as LUTs. Happy New Year!
I'll think about it. 👌🏼
Happy new year Robin
Thank you! 😊
Thanks! Any plans to create a LR preset to emulate the new "Teal" look that was introduced in the Leica Lux app?
I don't see your Chrome/Brass preset in your shop. Or was it only contemporary/classic available?
They aren't in the shop. Are you subscribed to the newsletter? That's how you get them.
Happy New Year to you and yours! The black range hood looks tasty, who makes that?✌️🇦🇺
Thank you. The company is called Haoge but please don't ask me how to pronounce it. 😂
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the leica look is when you look at your wallet. saving up years for m8, but the price never went down. gosh.
That is good and bad because it also means that you won't lose any money when selling it again. 😀
Gude, nicer Kanal.
Dann schau ich doch direkt mal, ob HD klappt bei mir. Gruss aus Mainz
Danke dir! Komm vorbei, wird geil!
I didn't know there is a leica look, nikon look, canon look..etc.
There is an endless amount of looks out there. 😆
Yes it used to be definitely the case with film. Everyone was suing the same types of film so the difference in rendition had to be lenses. The point is moot with digital as every camera manufacturer has definite color profiles but the can easily be modified (and lenses have actually improved to the point, mostly with computer-assisted design and manufacturing, that it is very difficult to see differences between excellent lenses by different manufacturers).
Surely the "Leica Look" is the halo and chroma that you sometimes get when using vintage Leica lenses. I would argue that the"Leica Look" has not really been evident since the late 70s. Anyone who has used Summitar, Early Summicron or Summaron lenses will know what I am talking about. It's most easily seen on B&W images.
Hey Robin, I received the Preset email, but the links don’t work?
Hi Craig, could you try again and if it still doesn't work, please reply to the confirmation email you've received.
@ Still didn’t work, so I replied to that email as you requested. Thanks!
Got it!
The Leica look is your face when you are alarmed by the noise in high ISO shots on the Q3. It is a great camera, but for that price it should be flawless.
Come on, since when is the Q3 bad at high ISOs. I am shooting mine at 1600 and even when pushing the files in post I have no complaints.
It's a Panasonic that's why
leica look is a "i dont know how colors work" complaint
personally, i don't want my gear to put a "look" on top. I want to capture the scene in front of me as best I can. I realize that Leica buyers think the other way, so ok. each to their own.
It's not about putting a look in top. A bad photo will still be a bad photo. For me, user experience is way more important and will reflect in my images.
That is not what "the Leica look" actually means or you are ignoring the fact that every film, lens, sensor+camera processor combination interprets the information it collects in different ways, always different from your own eyes/brain combination for sure. In other words everything through which one looks at light and the world will be interpreted by the very tools that are being used. [what is the "official/real" look of reality anyway? ;o)]
Nope. There is no Leica look but i do like a Leica look :)
Роберт Шимко? looks like ukrainian last name😮