M9: Terrible Camera, Not Worth The $$

[rwchisholm]

Haha! Just kidding!

Seriously, LOVE the camera -- The wife and I went to Mexico for a little R&R last week. I lug my Leica everywhere as she is sweet enough to humor my photographic proclivities. While I took every lens in my arsenal, I ended up using the Zeiss 50 Planar just about all of the time. The Voigtlander 21mm Color Skopar, 35 1.2 Nokton and a 50 year old Jupiter-3 saw some action as well.

Can’t say enough good things about the 50 Planar, though. Amazing lens!
Here’s a link to a few of the pics that I went through so far… But I shot a ton, so I’ll add more later! -Rob

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feros-ferio/sets/72157625325705561/

 

[rwchisholm]

THe photo of her and me is from the Nex-5...

Also have to commend Brian Sweeney - He adjusted my Jup-3 and it is a killer portrait lens at f1.5

 

[FrankS]

You look like a deliriously happy guy in that shot. 🙂

 

[Brian Legge]

I'm jealous you have someone who enjoys having their picture taken (or at least seems to put up with it better than my wife).

Out of curiosity, how did you handle white balance? Her tattoo really jumps out in some shots - particularly the first - but looked totally different in some of the others. I don't know why, but that inconsistency jumped out at me looking at the shots on a whole. That said, individually, the shots still work nicely.

 

[Renzsu]

You look like a deliriously happy guy in that shot. 🙂

Haha well I see no reason why he shouldn't be 😉

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Holy mackerel!

Phil Forrest
*who needs to start loving his M9 more!

 

[rwchisholm]

White balance

White balance

You know I edit each shot individually for the photo so the white balance may look a bit different in different pics. However, you could easily standardize the colors and white balance if you want. 🙂

I'm jealous you have someone who enjoys having their picture taken (or at least seems to put up with it better than my wife).

Out of curiosity, how did you handle white balance? Her tattoo really jumps out in some shots - particularly the first - but looked totally different in some of the others. I don't know why, but that inconsistency jumped out at me looking at the shots on a whole. That said, individually, the shots still work nicely.

 

[Brian Legge]

Sorry, that was the film side of me talking. I'm still trying to work out a color workflow I'm happy with.

My only digital experience is with D70s - I don't know anything about the M9 as I can't afford one. I wasn't sure if the white balance differences were from editing, in-camera auto white balance, if you were indexing off of something, etc.

Sorry, I hope my original comment didn't offend. That wasn't in the intent at all.

 

[leicashot]

Gorgeous camera and wife, you're all set mate!

Nice use of light and possibly reflected lighting in the images, makes your wife pop from the lovely background, not that she has any trouble standing out ;-)

 

[peterm1]

To quote Max Bialystock in "The Producers" upon first seeing Uma Thurman / Ulla Inga Hanson Benson Yanson Tallen Hallen Swadon Swanson.

"Hoo-wawawa-wewawa!"

No offence!

Peter

 

[35mmdelux]

Nice tatoos.

 

[Xherion]

+1, gorgeous camera and wife.
Did you use light reflector from the sides, Robert?
Doesn't look like it is ambient lighting, very very nice touch though.
Background and foreground all excellent! 😀

Gorgeous camera and wife, you're all set mate!

Nice use of light and possibly reflected lighting in the images, makes your wife pop from the lovely background, not that she has any trouble standing out ;-)

 

[rwchisholm]

lighting

lighting

I am most comfortable with naturally lit subjects. That said, sometimes a bit of a fill light is nice. In order to mix my goals of simple and portable, I limit myself to one speedlite (I use a 580exII shot on manual) and sometimes diffuse through a semi-opaque umbrella. I purchased some inexpensive remote triggers so I can put the speedlite on my tripod and shoot off camera. -rob

+1, gorgeous camera and wife.
Did you use light reflector from the sides, Robert?
Doesn't look like it is ambient lighting, very very nice touch though.
Background and foreground all excellent! 😀

 

[Thardy]

I am most comfortable with naturally lit subjects. That said, sometimes a bit of a fill light is nice. In order to mix my goals of simple and portable, I limit myself to one speedlite (I use a 580exII shot on manual) and sometimes diffuse through a semi-opaque umbrella. I purchased some inexpensive remote triggers so I can put the speedlite on my tripod and shoot off camera. -rob

A strobist aficionado? Your technique seems to have worked well.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Love the photos and your wife is lovely but for the life of me I can't understand why a lovely woman would deface her body with tatoos. IMO

It's art, as the body is the canvas.
Were it graffiti, then it could be defacement.
But these are our own opinions.

Phil Forrest

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Deadly shots and a stunning wife. Love the tattoos, love the light, poses and fantastic makeup, clothes and hair. It all just works. Some of the best M9 stuff I have seen. Thanks for posting.

 

[ZlatkoBatistich]

Very well done! I like the off-camera lighting. And that 50mm Planar rocks. The exif on some photos says 75mm, but based on the lenses you mentioned I assume that's just an error in the exif.

 

[jcrutcher]

I am most comfortable with naturally lit subjects. That said, sometimes a bit of a fill light is nice. In order to mix my goals of simple and portable, I limit myself to one speedlite (I use a 580exII shot on manual) and sometimes diffuse through a semi-opaque umbrella. I purchased some inexpensive remote triggers so I can put the speedlite on my tripod and shoot off camera. -rob

So there isn't a problem firing the 580 with the leica? All of your shots are wonderful, great job.

 

[rwchisholm]

Speedlite

Speedlite

The canon speedlites work fine. You have to shoot them on manual mode. So, some trial and error but once dialed in it's all good. Rob

I'm jealous you have someone who enjoys having their picture taken (or at least seems to put up with it better than my wife).

Out of curiosity, how did you handle white balance? Her tattoo really jumps out in some shots - particularly the first - but looked totally different in some of the others. I don't know why, but that inconsistency jumped out at me looking at the shots on a whole. That said, individually, the shots still work nicely.

So there isn't a problem firing the 580 with the leica? All of your shots are wonderful, great job.

 

[Pablito]

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