Leica M10-R Thoughts (Featuring Ralph Gibson)

Not your typical camera review. I offer some thoughts on the new #Leica M10-R. We pixel peep and look at noise. Watch the entire video for a special message from Legendary Photographer and one of the last masters of Street.
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[@3BMEP]

Lint on your face forcing a re-shoot: I can relate. Really enjoying your work, man!

[@Stockezy]

It always seems to happen when I let my beard get a little wild. Thanks for watching Hugh! Appreciate the encouragement. 🙏🏾

[@3BMEP]

@@Stockezy just be thankful you don’t live with a golden retriever. 😉

[@haroldsmith7872]

Great as always. That Gibson quote has me rethinking what’s important.

[@Stockezy]

It really made this video difficult to make.

[@haroldsmith7872]

I bet but this wasn’t a super technical review. It good to know what to expect before you make an investment

[@AlexOnStreets]

Nice video bro. Looking forward to..you know what! 🤘

[@Stockezy]

Yesssir!! Haha

[@TedVieira]

Good video, man. I appreciated the inserted message from Ralph Gibson, very cool. Have a great weekend, man!

[@Stockezy]

Thanks Ted! Appreciate the encouragement. Enjoy your weekend as well.

[@davidmb2587]

The great Ralph Gibson is absolutely right (like always). A good pictures is a good picture no matter if it's noisy or blurry or unsharp. A good reminder. Some more content with Ralph would be great...

[@Stockezy]

That’s a great idea! I’ll scheme up some ways to feature him more.

[@davidmb2587]

@@Stockezy Wow. Would love to see Ralph enlighten us with his ideas about semiotics, his projects, the way he approaches projects, intuition, surrealism, ... :) Yes, I'm a Ralph Gibson fan boy. BTW you got me to sell a film Leica (M7) and buy an M10. I'm loving it after 5 years of exclusively shooting film. Still got my M6TTL. Peace.

[@3BMEP]

GREAT message from Ralph Gibson, man!

[@elmachomen]

Love your work man, really inspiring! I can't click fast enough every time I see that you've uploaded a new video. Keep it up, greetings from Scotland!

[@elmachomen]

1798

[@Stockezy]

I really appreciate that Kevin. Trying to keep the videos coming for ya!

[@VictoriaMatthews]

Yes to the livestream! Looking forward to it.

[@Stockezy]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MIZRAIM1906]

Glad to see a brother finally “getting it” with Leica. Remember that Bells and Whistle are for children. Your a grown ass man!

[@Stockezy]

Appreciate you family! 🙌🏾

[@vwindman]

Definitely like the concept of livestream Jason- love your channel

[@dionantwon]

807 -- love this video a lot. felt refreshing and actually helpful unlike most photography vids these days. this one felt rich man. thank you

[@Stockezy]

Thank you Dion, really appreciate the feedback. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@johnhendrick_photo]

Bro ability to have someone like Ralph Gibson even talk photography is mind blowing.

[@Stockezy]

I am very lucky. Ralph has a way of blowing your mind casually over lunch. Quite the experience.

[@SamuelStreetlife]

IT MUST B... nah, I'm done saying that :D Damn the files looked crispy. Surprised about the noise though BUT you gave us folks who shoot old gear some hope with that Gibson wisdom haha. Now I kinda wanna raise my iso on purpose and get artsy with it.

[@Stockezy]

Haha man, all I want to do is apply heavy grain to all my images now. 😂

[@Richardsumilang]

I'm looking to print some 11x17. Do you recommend that Canon Pro 100 and what paper do you recommend? Thank you!

[@edwardwoo6321]

42. I really enjoy your picture critiques with Samuel, hope you guys do another one soon.

[@jaeAre200]

Yoooo...the background setting in the beginning is soo dope. Simple, rough, and elegant haha. Grey is my favorite color too. I'm a little jealous. And that nugget that Ralph Gibson dropped...the mic, "the better you get a photoshopped, the more your work looks like your good at photoshop." WOW!!!!! hahaha

[@Stockezy]

Check out Sarah Oliphant’s work. She is a legendary backdrop painter. I got these drops custom made and they’re double sided. I’d highly recommend a single sided one. If you’ve ever seen a hand painted drop in an add (vanity fair, Anne Leibovitz) it was Sarah. 👌🏾 Ralph really made this video hard to make. After chatting with him the last thing I wanted to do was review a camera.

[@CaptainFuzzzy]

1999 thanks for the review. Super helpful! I gotta go try this out to compliment the M7 I use

[@donjagoe]

Third time watching this. Do you have any new thoughts? Seems like a Capture 1 problem.

[@_parkphoto]

Ralph Gibson’s always got words to say dang

[@rgarciamainou]

1987 - Hey, I wonder if what you’re seeing in Capture One is just the low res JPG that’s baked as a preview in the DNG files... About the video, interesting. Audio volume was all over the place, specially in the last part. Looking forward for your live shows.

[@Stockezy]

Still learning how to edit audio! 😅 Interesting theory but the DNG files definitely looked crisper then the JPGS.

[@terrytracey3486]

While fighting with myself for months "Buy It ..... Don't Buy it" before purchasing my first Leica and ended up with a Q2 three months ago. Now I have the Leica bug I am waiting for black M10R but my goal, I have to master manual focus on the Q2 to purchase my reward. Love your work and great listen on the Podcast last week. I started of doing landscapes and noise was a NO NO..... but since I started doing street Fuji cameras thought me to embrace noise and it has improved my photography. I was going to say No 7 But I am going with No 10 because M10R camera

[@GajanBalan]

The composition and intention in how you shoot these videos is a fucking inspiration brother. Great work. Allow me to channel your unofficial agent and say... Make the damn 30 minute review already 😂. I just wanna hear you talk about cameras, the feel, the experience, and just your thoughts at length. You’re slapping a lot of these creators with your production and well, my greedy ass just wants more. Haha. Much love brother. Looking forward to the next one!!! 1956 👀

[@tofulosophy]

Live show, please! I'd love to gain a deeper insight into how you work with colors.

[@TokioLoves]

6:00 what happened to this live stream idea? Haha I’d love to tune in if you decide to host one!

[@Stockezy]

docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/166h5IE60a4aExoGaxTH15hupK8VOBrgSLjAigznPag0/mobilebasic I did them already!

[@smithy925]

Awesome vid man! The bit with Ralph Gibson was a good reminder not to worry too much about the gear too, I know it was you birthday the other day but cant remember how old you were to pick your birthday year so im gunna guess 1990? :D

[@Stockezy]

Haha I’m happy to roll my age back 5 years!

[@smithy925]

@@Stockezy ahah well happy belated birthday 🎂 🎉

[@ronaldpiecek3535]

1600! have you tried the M10-D?

[@Stockezy]

I have not but I would love to give that camera a spin!

[@guilty500]

Love the video and the solid advice from the goat. 1799

[@dunkkid23]

Second time watching this and still want a Leica, shout out to Mr. Gibson! Thanks for the content G

[@Stockezy]

If it’s already on the brain you’re going to make it happen!

[@dunkkid23]

@@Stockezy I'm merching TF outta that one!

[@Stockezy]

@@dunkkid23 haha!

[@AlexKroke]

49. I have not seen any M10-R profiles in C1P 21 beta, but i am sure it is coming. you can always use No Color Correction in ICC profile or make your own

[@Stockezy]

I’ve got my import settings to do no color correction with a linear response and I still get the weird color blotches. I’m sure a fix will come soonish.

[@tibodesaegher8753]

875, love the work man!

[@davidkieltyka9]

Love Jason Momoa’s work, looking forward to Dune finally coming out next year!

[@Stockezy]

Man, I cannot wait for that!!!

[@anicetous8455]

#199 - focus-by-wire ruins any manual focusing experience for me on the fuji x series. I don't think a tab would fix that.

[@Stockezy]

You’re correct. What I should have said was “get rid of the focus by wire”.

[@mercury2ster]

240. Great way to describe digital Leica cameras! Love the video and images.

[@Stockezy]

Thanks for watching brother!

[@ericbateman1702]

My guess is 1967. I loved hearing about the destructive color editing process and how that can impact the file. Something I never thought about before. Keep up the great content!

[@Stockezy]

Thanks for watching Eric!

[@jhemming]

1984. Enjoy the content. Would love to see more C1 / Printing videos along with your POV street. I couldn't agree more re: focusing tab on x100 series

[@Stockezy]

Got some POV content coming up next week! 🙏🏾

[@jamesclimaco5219]

536 - Love the idea that tech doesn't matter and content is what makes the picture. I'm guilty of chasing the latest and greatest but I'm over all that now.

[@georgeyoung2990]

Great idea.

[@zhiqunlam7464]

What printer are you using there bud?

[@Stockezy]

Canon Pixma Pro-100

[@AlfarisGear]

LR have full support M10R not Capture one which seems to change color at high ISO to green

[@Stockezy]

The color shifts i’m seeing happens at 1600. I guess that high for professional standards. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@AlfarisGear]

@@Stockezy that’s not the case in Lightroom, iso 8000 looks ok and no color shift. So I use C1 for everything except M10R

[@fadondk]

1333 - awesome stuff with this video! Always learn a lot watching your videos. Keep em coming. Looking forward to the next one!

[@Stockezy]

Thanks for watching!

[@cybermike-exe]

720! also my question wasnt technicaly answered XD i meant high iso when the file really starts to fall appart and clusters of colour noise starts to show up! i shoot at 6400-25600 and im curious when the actual gain just falls apart to unusable! i love pusing my iso for noise! it adds some texture to the photographs and will still look amazing printed or even just posted on insta

[@Stockezy]

Hey brother! Apologies I didn’t go to deep with the technical stuff. After speaking with Ralph I was discouraged. I’d say anything after 12500 and you’re in that breakdown zone for sure!

[@cybermike-exe]

@@Stockezy thanks brother! and interesting, looks like the SL2 sensor really has an advantage here! but still, an amazing sensor/camera for 99.9% of the situations! also check your DM on insta! i sent you a great video you'll love for your conceptual stuff!!

[@ktat2284]

9, bro. That’s been your fav number since we were kids.

[@Stockezy]

It was 08 ya hater! I use to have the poster on my wall while I ate Ube.

[@ktat2284]

Haaa. Man, you never at Ube.

[@rudyortega3285]

Thanks for the review. I have the Q and love it, although I do miss having an OVF. They are definitely great investments. What kind of strap are you using on that camera?

[@Stockezy]

It’s by Dead Camera Straps. They’re amazing. Thanks for watching!

[@ZoneFocused]

Dope video man. I stopped shooting digital and my last digital camera was the x100f which I got used, but still ended up losing a few hundred dollars in the sell after I wanted to get rid of it. I think the point you made about the price of the Leica digital Ms not degrading in value like usual digital cameras is a big selling point on top of the M experience. Great points!

[@magiccarpetrider4594]

A few hundred? I’ve lost thousands selling cameras to fund new ones. Thousands!

[@_willfunk_]

72, love the video and the idea of a livestream.

[@marlon.iraheta]

Great vid ! Once the M11 comes out , maybe I will go for it. I own a m10, but the M10 R is speaking to me. ✌️

[@Stockezy]

Thats going to be a hard choice!

[@marlon.iraheta]

@@Stockezy Yes indeed ! I Keep telling myself to be happy with what I have :)

[@michaelmorris8584]

Your style and choice of comments is so much better than other reviews. Thank you. Any chance to push the capture one team to commit to updating their software support?

[@Stockezy]

Thanks for the kind words! Write me a message on Instagram!

[@radu136]

its 777!!!! first number between 1 and 2000 that rings a bell ^^. just kidding, love your videos and I am very excited for a livestream! especially some nice c1 tweaks!

[@Stockezy]

That’s for the feedback brother! I’ll get cracking in that livestream.

[@Kusanosuke1]

I think the question is does one need all that resolution? There is a megapixel marketing war going on, and I think one can still be happy with grainy 24MP shots as much as with grainy 12MP equivalent 35mm film photos taken on an analogue M. I bet Mr. Gibson would agree. The extra resolution doesn't make him a better photographer, but the M10R's DNGs sure make him a better consumer of digital storage space and devices.

[@Stockezy]

Sure, I agree but it really depends on your workflow and what you’re doing with the files. Ralph Gibson makes very large prints and has put out over 50 books. I think for someone like him, more resolution is a welcome upgrade. For most of us that only post on Instagram, it’s probably not necessary.

[@aslipperysnake]

1123 thank you for acknowledging that you sometimes get lost in the tech "sauce" i'm getting over my phase of that right now. great video

[@joevelezart]

1842. idk why but it came to mind.

[@JiiV3e]

The portrait at 0:20 is very good. I have been thinking of selling all my Nikon gear to buy a Leica and your video does not really help.

[@MarcAdesso]

1996, more content with Ralph please!

[@Stockezy]

Man, I wish! He doesn’t normally drop knowledge for free.

[@cl3826]

The "R" is a weird camera for me... because I don't care about resolution anymore, we're way past a resolution that matters to me. I care about sensor quality, ISO, film emulations, experience and what I can do with the camera. So initially I didn't think I'd care about it. But the sensor puts out great looking images! So now I'm reconsidering it...

[@Stockezy]

All valid points but you might as well save a few extra thousand dollars and snag an M10p?

[@cl3826]

@@Stockezy I have an M10-D. And I do love it. I've been thinking about renting the R and doing a side by side comparison of the sensor

[@Ham-yj1od]

Great point: above ISO>1600 the grain and noise becomes high. I would say not much improvement compared to the M240. It's a pity :/

[@Gravitys-NOT-a-force]

That was interesting and fun to watch, but I think you were going too fast. What color is a brown paper bag or an orange traffic barrier supposed to be? You're not taking my HP laptop colors into account. It's the image that counts. Why NOT ISO 100?

[@Stockezy]

Sorry for the pacing, I tend to rush when I am talking about anything other then photography.

[@Gravitys-NOT-a-force]

@@Stockezy, but why ISO 1600? Do you normally shoot at really high shutter speeds?

[@stevemphoto]

I loved this video. The X100 comparison was a very compelling argument. It seriously made me think about why Leica could be a good choice for me. Ralph's comment was great...definitely the proper perspective. My number 1205. ;)

[@Stockezy]

Glad you liked it brother! Thanks for watching. 🙏🏾

[@danielcattermole125]

1974. Great content as always 👌

[@Stockezy]

Appreciate you brother!

[@bennettjoseph9970]

Yes please, live streams!

[@Stockezy]

Will do! Need to come up with some formats.

[@Samholt38]

Love the video work as usual! Im guessing 50

[@adekoya]

1600. Another chill video ✌️

[@Stockezy]

Thanks brother!

[@humbertomorales6559]

1986 for sure

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Good point on the X100 series. I really like and respect Fuji, buy with Leica it’s love which translates to better pictures

[@Nerdzombiedisco]

#499 Going out to shoot my Q2 and print one or 2 shots. Thx for the M10-R insights!

[@Stockezy]

🙌🏾

[@CreativeLeadershipwithDaniel]

1600 Sill getting the R to replace my M10 P. :)

[@Stockezy]

You won’t be disappointed. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having the red dot on the camera again. Haha

[@clintwoosley9512]

1826 great discussion!

[@Stockezy]

Exactly! A discussion more then a review. 🙏🏾

[@clintwoosley9512]

@@Stockezy yeah! I got the EXACT NUMBER! Lol. (Kidding)

[@WatchHobbyist]

You seem to have little technical expertise in regards to talking about noise etc. However your images and video style are awesome

[@Stockezy]

You’ll notice a pattern in my videos I invest my time in composing better images and don’t care too much about the technical aspects. Thanks for watching!

[@abirdie8530]

Great vid bruh. Be sure to level match your audio when switching sources. 2 - Go full screen when sharing your screen for optimal viewing/learning instead of frame crop.

[@Stockezy]

Solid advice! Didn’t catch the audio levels until it was already uploaded. That’s the hard part about rushing a 20 minute video. 😅

[@abirdie8530]

@@Stockezy 😂 for sure. All g. Have the same struggles on my content accounts 🙌

[@nelmur]

Dig the review (and the cameo). Keep up the great work! (#1313)

[@Stockezy]

Thanks for watching!

[@simohammedfettaka729]

just great what Gibson said. i pick 10 keep it up

[@Stockezy]

He’s a legend and doesn’t lie.

[@gunnarapgar]

57 --- as always, solid content. Ralphs words make help me continue to be inspired to go out and shoot with my xpro2 while i save for an m10. The camera definitely helps, but it doesn't create the eye or instinct. Yeww!

[@Stockezy]

I took the best pictures I’ve ever taken with an Xpro2. Choose wisely!

[@ziggy149]

5 minutes in - I can tell I’ll like this video and I appreciate your knowledge and style, but I don’t understand the white border.

[@Stockezy]

I just really like white borders. Thanks for watching. Maybe they’ll grow on you.

[@ziggy149]

@@Stockezy I hope not. I would look really weird with white borders growing on me. Bing-bang-boom.

[@photodan88]

Let’s go for 1759

[@MarcusLloyd]

talk that talk bro

[@richonguzman]

192 is the one!

[@leer385]

Number: 799!

[@Magneira]

People will buy Leicas for the same reason they buy Ferraris, its a status thing. There is way more people doing awesome work with smartphones, old dslrs/mirrorless and even film than people with Leicas. These cameras are great, but way overpriced, the same way a contact g2 is overpriced nowadays. Also great work as always, independent of the camera hehe.

[@Stockezy]

Statistically speaking, there are way less people with Leica’s and way more people with cell phones. So, yes you’re correct in a way. I’m willing to bet any photo you’ve ever liked by a legendary street photographer was taken on a Leica, especially the most iconic images that inspire us to shoot. At the end of the day the camera doesn’t matter. It’s wrong to assume anyone is better or worse based on the tool they chose to use. Thanks for watching brother!

[@Magneira]

@@Stockezy yeah and it's this way because they are overpriced. And yeah at least one photo that I like from HCB for example comes from a leica, well and the film he was using, but there more that we all love there came from a smartphone or canon eos rebel. Just saying that this prices are ridiculous, specially in the world we live right now, so unequal and going through a pandemic, feels like wasted resources to play thousand of dólar on a sticker.

[@Stockezy]

@@Magneira I hear what’re your saying but overpriced is a perspective. I’m sure they could move their factories to China and not use real leather, or not hand paint their logos and makings on the lenses (it’s not a sticker, it’s actually hand painted) but that would make them like every camera brand that already exists.

[@Magneira]

@@Stockezy Yeah using fake leather would be great for the animals and for the supply chain of people who works with animals, cause you know, those people suffer a lot too and they are usually marginalized people. And man those things does not make a difference in the image quality... They use a third party sensor that probably has the same price as other cameras, so yeah, I think it is overpriced for what it does, taking photos. Those little details that are hand painted are there for status and nothing else. Maybe if they did they own sensor and electronics etc they could be really different from other companies. Love your work man, but gosh how I hate capitalism...

[@Stockezy]

@@MagneiraSo what camera do you shoot? and to be clear, you're telling me if I loved something so much and wanted to invest in making something I feel passionate about, I shouldn't do it because its capitalisms? By that measure nothing nice should exist in this world. We should all eat potatoes and photograph with a pinhole camera. I really hope you don't own an iphone or any fancy computers because that would be capitalism, right? The beauty of it all is we don't have to purchase any of it.

[@imnotsurewhy]

Stockeezy has now officially left the Fuji peasant Bois. He's now with the sad Liecalosers😂

[@Stockezy]

I still own a few Fuji’s! What kind of Fuji talk you looking for? I can accommodate.😊

[@Anthonylarz]

1984 Fingers Crossed!

[@ULATAN.]

1998?!

[@berndvandecruys]

Lucky number (M) 10 ;-)

[@appleshampoo324]

I'm guessing 1151. Ralph is right. You can take a technical perfect photo of something uninteresting but it will always stay an uninteresting photo.

[@Stockezy]

You ain’t lying.

[@muriukinuthia9493]

The number is 1986.

[@edogamunoz2049]

1999.... send that flex!

[@Stockezy]

🙌🏾

[@rayce]

1384!

[@alexkcso]

1010 🙂

[@sk8boyluis]

44

[@scottheins]

48!

[@Jermaine083]

710 is the number

[@tobiaselgaard4263]

You definitely thought of 1437

[@Greyhoundgeorge-v3i]

1132

[@nevanonprofit]

1980 gimme dat

[@sigmundzz]

Number 856

[@alexanderroberts1190]

1600 ISO surely...

[@Stockezy]

Ha, that would have made a lot of sense.

[@alexanderroberts1190]

Damn! Thought I had that in the bag. Love your vids, keep up the great work! If you feel like checking my insta @fuji.nom.nom and website nomnomstudios.co.uk and can give a shout out to a fellow up and coming, would appreciate it so much! Cheers from London.

[@TwangThang57]

67

[@berndvandecruys]

Awesome comment about 'technical perfection' and Photoshop skills. Shoot more, edit less!

[@Stockezy]

That’s the motto!

[@zoranzambo7364]

417

[@HoldFastPhotographyProductions]

1979!

[@jamesralston665]

238

[@clausberg7901]

1111 🙌🏼😬