Norway on Film // Leica M6 | Hasselblad 500cm | Contax T2

[@coach_yo]

Thank you the montage, it’s so nice to just enjoy the pictures without hearing a bunch of fluff. Great images! Spot on music choice. I could watch something like that for hours.

[@pabloheimplatz]

Stunning photos, really loved to see these "slideshow". I also love Norway and we are regularly traveling above the artic circle. So my hard drive is also full of analog pictures from our travels there. See your images. stunning scenes and daily "holiday" pictures make me want to go there again as soon as possible. Enjoy your trip and have a good time!

[@timschaefer86]

Brilliant photos. All the photos from every camera look superb, which is how you know it’s the eye that excels here, not just the gear. Subbed. I really enjoyed watching!

[@ChristianB90]

Norwegian follower here! My grandparents are from Andøya, and I love how you captured the beauty of northern Norway - it reminds me of my times visiting them. Thank you for the amazing video.

[@discotechwreck]

Incredible photos! I particularly liked the shots off the M6 It's interesting, there has been a lot of chat on Threads how creators on KZbin want to create more content on composition, lighting or technique but (in spite of people asking for them) they just don't do as well. People are absolutely obsessed with gear and it's so refreshing to see you and others continue to publish these kind of videos Have a great trip!

[@benjhaisch]

Yeah, I really want to find a way to do more on location stuff, even for new gear videos. Otherwise just posting photos often sadly don’t get much reach in comparison :/

[@m29matt]

All of these photos are beautiful, and some of them are genuinely breathtaking, man. Thanks for sharing!

[@chasspiros5624]

Phenomenal video with phenomenal images. I honestly didn’t want it to end.

[@venom2k2]

This Video will be extra exciting for me. I am German, but my wife is Norwegian and we are living in Norway now with our kids. Awesome to see your beautiful images and I didn't know you got Norwegian Heritage. That's super cool! Edit: the only known place I spotted was Trondheim. That's where I lived for some time :)

[@LukasKorynta]

Incredible photos, Benj. I always forget how nordic countries don't have many trees and it makes the whole landscape feel very real, like a lack of clothes. You captured it brilliantly.

[@benjhaisch]

Thanks dude! Yeah, the north is pretty bleak in that way, the southern part does though. Flying into Oslo yesterday felt exactly like flying into Seattle or Portland though. Was actually pretty wild.

[@thedondeluxe6941]

You captured the spirit of Norway nicely here😄👍🏻

[@atlantis5574]

Fantastic video mate. I can feel the emotional connection through the images.

[@Mojave511]

Really outstanding photographs! I'll be watching this video again.

[@fiskemannen]

Fantastic shots, you really captured the Norwegian "vibe" and light outside of the standard midsummer tourist-style shots of fjords and the midwinter shots like the Northern lights. I see you went to both Trondheim and Bergen as well as the North- both stunning cities!

[@craigcarlson4022]

Benj, Our dad’s parent s also emigrated to the U.S. from a small village north of the arctic circle. I haven’t gone back but some sibs and relatives have. Your photos are very moving…felt like i was able to get a feel for that deeply still, harsh but beautiful country and culture. Easy to see where Norskies get their quiet resolve. Thanks for sharing these. Craig

[@SimonHird]

Beautiful photos man! Makes me want to visit Norway

[@bobamarmstrong]

Amazing photos Benj. I will be in Norway this Thursday 25 July. I can't wait to get there with all my gears

[@-grey]

What a video to start the morning with. You really captured a sense of home here with the images but also sound design. It feels like Norway is calling me back, and I've never been. Now I'm super calm and focused. Maybe I should get off KZbin after this to keep the good vibe going. 😂 Great video and awesome images! Sometimes I forget that film actually looks pretty neutral and natural most of the time. ✨ Time to check flights to Norway.

[@blakemartin9445]

Beautiful work! I really enjoy your photography!

[@lackoliver55]

My first time to Iceland was a few years back. I had recently purchased a used M3, it came from a seller in Hong Kong and arrived a few days prior to the trip. Like many first-time rangefinder users, I may have gotten excited to take a shot a few too many times. Pulled the cam out the bag, took the shot, put it back in. I laughed so hard at myself when I got the roll back and there was about 14 images out of 36 on one of the rolls 🤣 My lens cap game was weak. Luckily I didn't send the rolls in to get processed till a few months after my return from the trip. So I don't even remember what I failed to photograph. I just thought it was hilarious. So many blank spots on the developed roll.

[@benjhaisch]

First rule of rangefinders, ditch the lens caps immediately ;)

[@lackoliver55]

@@benjhaisch I learned the hard way.

[@benjhaisch]

@@lackoliver55 I think we all do at some point. Missed a ton of photos that I took at Haleakala, Maui when I left my cap on the 90mm :)

[@lackoliver55]

@@benjhaisch 😭

[@rdog77]

Thank you for sharing these photos! These are amazing.

[@norwegianoutdoors4437]

Lovely images, bud! Bet it was special for your grandma as well❤️

[@norwegianoutdoors4437]

BTW did u get security in Norway to manually scan your film? I left that airport in June and it didn't go so well with the film 😅

[@steveborghardt]

Great video - this confirms that I need to take my Contax G1 with me along with my Nikon D850 when I go to Iceland next year.

[@arvidjohansson3120]

I went to Norway with my family as a child. It is a difficult place to visit, after a while you get climatized to amazing view and everything feels the same. This video makes me want to go back. I live on the west coast of Sweden. So it’s only a few hours drive.

[@benjhaisch]

Hey thanks! Also, Arvid is my great uncles name who we’re all still close with :) fun seeing it pop up here.

[@FlElvis]

Lovely photos. Beautiful "Andøy", directly translated to "Duck island" is the 10th largest island in Norway, situated just north of the Lofoten islands. While Lofoten has been the more popular destination to visit, it's becoming increasingly more expensive and over populated compared to the islands to the north. The photographs of the rock formation that at the beginning of the video that looks like someone holding up a ✌️ is called "sisters". Much love

[@andyb7039]

Fantastic video. I myself also own a Leica M6 and a Hasselblad 500 c/m. I have one question though: How do you meter your photos or don’t you meter at all and go by eye, experience, sunny 16,…? Your exposures seem to be all spot-on and are absolutely stunning. I use a Pentax Spot-Meter for the correct exposure.

[@ahmeddaghriri4180]

Great image really. I love it 😍😍😍

[@LBAndersen]

Soo good photos Benj! I hope you enjoy your next trip and as a fan from Denmark, I am very excited to see how you interpret this part of Europe! Are you only going to Copenhagen or are you travelling around Denmark?

[@benjhaisch]

Sadly just Copenhagen for a few days. Sort of just a little sampler packs worth ;)

[@protestagain]

Of course I liked the photos, but not just because I'm Norwegian, they were great as your photos generally are. Yes please, more of that.

[@protestagain]

That cabin, or there are three of them at 8:45 in the video. Is on a small island with a bridge to the mainland. All of it sold two years ago for just over $110,000.

[@mariusv.8965]

I love the images! Hope you enjoy Norway again! Greetings from a norwegian subscriber! Fun fact for you. The blue knitted sweater that the child is wearing in the image @3:11 is called "Marius"-sweater. My name happens to be Marius as well :-D

[@benjhaisch]

Awe I love that! My great grandmother knitted those for my brothers and I when we were kids so of course I had to pass them onto my children as well :)

[@blakemartin9445]

Great images!

[@philipphummel7334]

As always stunning photos! Which lenses did you use on the leica, especially for the landscapes?

[@benjhaisch]

Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH Leica 90mm f2 Summicron E55

[@ZackiSnipes]

Really nice slideshow man, you photograph my country way better than I ever have haha. Much love from Bergen! I work in a film lab here called Elite Foto. Do stop by one time!

[@marcweisberg7998]

Hello Benj, curious if you are always wearing glasses when photographing your M's. And are you using any diopters?

[@benjhaisch]

Yep, no diopters though. Sort of have just gotten used to it

[@marcweisberg7998]

Thank you.

[@TungstenOvergaard]

You should have sold the Leica M6 instead of the Contax T2. Stunning photos, colour, depth, focus… on the Contax T2 😍

[@Kevon420]

@@TungstenOvergaard He can always pick up another T2 or T3.

[@Jashaanrackson]

What made you get rid of your contax t2? Currently looking to buy one

[@joseadrianchiyahalvarez3809]

awesome dude, i love this kind of video, do it more :) I have few questions: Which lens did you use in the m6? because i saw some pics with more character than other, i love both and i could imagine which ones, but i want to be sure and learn more because i love it :) The other question, what happens in your hassel, i saw a lot of pics with flare. Thanks to share us this kind of video, you are awesome photographer my friend

[@benjhaisch]

I added them to another comment but I’ll toss them into the description too after this. Zeiss 35/1.4 Leica 50/1.4 Leica 90/2

[@joseadrianchiyahalvarez3809]

@@benjhaisch thanks for comment dude, i love it

[@jorgenarnefurfjord]

Hello Benj! Really like you're shots from the northern part of Norway. See You have been visiting mye backyard and where I have been growing up ! Next's time you visit the northern part of Norway Vesterålen please say hi to me! And I will be You`r personally guide of the are from Lofoten, Vesterålen and up to the area of Tromsø.... But You have some wonderful shots!! Of the Northern part of Norway! Thank you and I really like You're canal😎👍 🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@benjhaisch]

Appreciate that! I’m actually flying to Andenes today.

[@jorgenarnefurfjord]

@@benjhaisch How long would You stay this time? I am located at Sortland.

[@KillerTacos54]

Amazing

[@rakeshravindran3147]

What did you use as your carry bag for taking the 3 cameras and lenses ?

[@benjhaisch]

I believe I brought a ThinkTank that doubled as a spot for clothes and then an ONA Brixton for actually going out and taking photos. I rarely carried all three cameras at the same time. Usually just had a bag in the car or in the room on the Hurtigruten.

[@donjagoe]

Beautiful. My jealousy for this trip is an 11…

[@mvonwalter6927]

My grandparents immigrated to Tacoma from helllllla-North almost-Lapland Scandinavia too.

[@creative_cozmic]

It's nice sometimes not to have lengthy explanations and to just let the photos do the talking.

[@314LA]

👍

[@tonyleung8571]

Hassy 500cm light leak or flare?😮

[@benjhaisch]

Light leak

[@parshua]

Beautiful photos! You broke my brain though: How is your grandmother 85, when you look 45+? Do Norwegians have their children so early in life?

[@benjhaisch]

Turns out I’m not 45…

[@nvrumi]

@@benjhaisch Ahahahahahahahahaha!

[@blakemartin9445]

Just look wise like 45

[@parshua]

@@benjhaisch Dayum! Sorry, now I feel embarrassed! :)))

[@bobamarmstrong]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@john-nilsen]

No way! You're Norwegian?! Let me know when you're in town we can grab some vafler with brunost and coffee and talk cameras

[@theunsunghero9]

You got to tell us, where is your familiy from? Pictures here from the entire Northern parts.

[@benjhaisch]

Andøya

[@runarge]

Huge fan of yours bro. I am Icelandic so means I wouldn´t say that to your face or bother you in public hah. I never comment on anything on KZbin but wanted to say you are the man. I am also the guy you should hit up if you need any help in Iceland. @runarhrodi2 ... Enjoy brother.

[@benjhaisch]

Hey, I appreciate that!