10 Days with M9 in Cairo

[nksyoon]

How were the exposures arrived at? In auto mode or manual? Any EV correction?

When walking around I set the camera on aperture priority and auto ISO (max 640). When possible I checked the histogram and reshot if necessary.

Minimal post-processing, mainly to WB and shadows/highlights adjustments. my default settings with Adobe Camera Raw includes Clarity +30, Vibrance +5, Saturation 0.

Artificial light sometimes needed manual adjustment of individual colour hue and saturation, eg. filtering out green from flourescent lights in the shot of the guys in the workshop.

Was the first image taken with the 21mm Elmarit?
The image looks very nice indeed.

Yes, that was with the Elmarit 21mm pre-ASPH.

 

[nksyoon]

Great captures!

I am from Turkey and I would like to visit Egypt too. I am just worried as it is immensely crowded. Robberies must be very common. I would imagine walking on crowded streets, one must be very cautious, like the same in Istanbul...

Yes, some places are quite crowded, especially the bazaar and market areas. I kept my wallet in my front pocket. Otherwise it was quite safe even in the alleys of the poorer areas in the daytime. Don't know about night time though.

 

[nksyoon]

 

[__hh]

Great photos Nick. Whether they were taken with an M9 or any other camera, they would all be great.

 

[raid]

These images are awesome, Nick.

 

[raid]

Do I really "need" a Leica M9?
GAS is a problem ...

 

[perter]

Hm... Was it the M9? Or was it the photographer?

Or is it a happy photographer with his M9?

Either way, amazing shots. I love the ray of lights flooding into the room!

 

[bo_lorentzen]

Nick,

Great shots, thank you for sharing.

Though i'm pretty sure this have nothing to do with the M9, looking at your pictures one would guess you could have brought a shoebox with a roll of film and come home with something.

Bo

www.bophoto.typepad.com

 

[Marc-A.]

I like this series. Thanks for sharing, Nick.

 

[Doug]

A good eye, and adventurous spirit! Thanks.

 

[fotomeow]

gorgeous colors, contrast, shadow detail, dynamic range, and that elusive thing "nuance". These are some of the better examples of digital mimicking the characteristics of slide film.........that said, I'll start saving now for an M9 purchase in 2020......!!!

 

[DougFord]

[FONT=&quot]An aside – thank you so very much for NOT converting these to B&W. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Apparently the M9 is amazing at color. It’s a rare treat to see excellent color photography around here. Bad conversions to B&W from a $7000 camera we don’t need. [/FONT]

 

[Frank Petronio]

Excellent work

 

[Fenwick]

I very much enjoy the series
Good work!

 

[xxloverxx]

Love the first shot.

I have the same problem with photographing people in Hong Kong; I find the easiest way to do it is to point the lens in their general direction but make it "obvious" that you're pointing the lens at an object (like a chair close to them). When they get back to whatever they were doing (sleeping is an easy one to photograph), quickly turn the camera, take less than a second to do fine-focusing then shoot and walk away.

Of course it's a lot easier on an SLR (because you don't have to rely on the RF patch) but with a wide lens like yours scale focusing would work equally well.

 

[amateriat]

These are a knockout series of photos, regardless of camera (though it's obvious the M9 need not apologize for much, to say the least). Looking forward to seeing more.


- Barrett

 

[alice]

now i really want a M9,.....

 

[Roma]

These are great! Keep them coming.

 

[lemalk]

Echoing what everyone else is saying here - stunning set of pictures.

The color is magnificent and the images don't have that overly-saturated "Nikon-digital" color palate I had seen in other M9 samples. Phenomenal. Really phenomenal, Nick.

 

[nksyoon]