Shooting my new Leica M10 at a Street Photography Meetup in Nürnberg

In this video I am visiting the Meet&Street event 2023 in Nürnberg. It's an annual street photography event that started in 2021 where street photographers can hang out, explore different cities and build a community. Some event point include the finissage of the exhibition by the Nürnberg Street Photography collective as well as a big open gallery on the streets. Further, I am bringing out my new camera for the first time: The Leica M10.
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[@andrehoffbauer]

What is it that I like so much about your videos? Is it your calm, normal way of speaking? Is it the little effect-seeking imagery and video content (Okay exceptions prove the rule.)? Regardless - I love them all and please, please keep going on for a long long time... :-)

[@KarinMajoka]

Seriously, comments like these really make my world, thank you! 🤍 The internet can be so full of mean comments and hate which is why these heart-warming comments really brighten my day. Thank you so much! I will continue to make videos for as long as it feels right. :)

[@99streetstylez]

Klasse Video ist es geworden Karin. Sehr kurzweilig und tolle Emotionen, sehr professionell. Danke für das Interview beim MeetandStreet. Hat mich sehr gefreut dich mal live kennen zu lernen, war eine sehr symphatische Begegnung. liebe Grüße.

[@KarinMajoka]

Hi Marc, vielen Dank, dass du/ihr so bereitwillig vor die Kamera getreten seid! :) Das Wochenende hat mir auch echt viel Spaß gemacht, war total schön euch kennen zu lernen. Ich freu mich auf ein Wiedersehen! ☺️

[@NinaPapiorek]

A beautiful memory. It's time for a meet&street again. I even discovered myself in your video :) And I think we spoke some sentences at the beginning of the event...

[@KarinMajoka]

Absolutely, if you ask me, there should be a meet&street every other month haha. I was a bit nervous at the beginning of the event and a bit overwhelmed with filming and talking to people at the same time. So I hope we can continue the conversation next time! :)

[@olympus2OM]

M.M.M. Meet M10 Majoka in the streets of Nürnberg. Well done Karin.

[@KarinMajoka]

Haha, love that tripple M! Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it. :)

[@nasgarcia1052]

Congrats on your new camera! You should keep making videos. You have the right tone of voice and very good content that gets me glued to your episode!

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you so much for your kind comment, I appreciate it! :)

[@tmbrwn]

I remember seeing being excited to see you get an X100 because that was the first step to you getting a digital M. I can't wait to see more of what you do with your M10! 🙃

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

I really like the pic at 17:45

[@abchappell01]

This was a wonderful video presentation! I tend to prefer color photos, but I must admit that some of the black-and-white photos that you showed near the end of this video were quite remarkable. It seems that the meet and greet was a lot of fun and provided for a lot of camaraderie and networking. 😊

[@KarinMajoka]

To be fair, I prefer color photos as well most of the time. Thus, it’s a real challenge to only shoot black and white. Some of the images I have shot work waaaaay better in color (I took a look at the raws) but I try to stick to my commitment. We’ll see how this goes! :) thanks for your comment, I appreciate it!

[@williamburkholder769]

This looks like a really cool event. We need something like it here in the USA!

[@kodimolly6082]

Great sharing!

[@aggressivemedia]

Great! I have a same camera too :) Always happy to go out with M10 ❤

[@Francois_L_7933]

I so wish I was there, it looked so fun! But on the upside I just discovered a new camera store about 30 minutes from where I live! It's so nice to have a place to go to talk gear and stuff 😊

[@dr.seltsam1975]

Wow ! The Creme de la Creme was in Nürnberg ! Must have been a great experience an real great shots. I like yours @ 11:00 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Looking fortward to see more of your M10 journey. The M6 will now get a place in the Leica-Museum in Wetzlar ? I hope not 😊

[@KarinMajoka]

It was a really great meetup with a lot of talented and super nice people. :) And no worries, the M6 is still getting some good use - it's actually a nice duo to have both, the M10 and M6 with me. So I am not sure if the M6 will ever retire. ;)

[@zoranzambo7364]

Would be cool if we had something like this in NYC

[@sexysilversurfer]

Looks like a fun day, I could be tempted to go and display my photos there.

[@KarinMajoka]

It was a lot of fun! Next year the event will be in Hamburg, maybe that is of interest to you :)

[@jimtong]

Looks like you guys had a fun outing.😄

[@Amia67360]

Pardauz, wenn ich es gewusst hätte, wäre ich auch gekommen ! Hast du schon die Daten für '24 in Hamburg? Du hast jetzt 'ne M10, hast du Deine M6 aufgegeben ? Die Reportage ist gut, nur schade, dass du nicht mehr Bilder, sprich Fotos, von den einzelnen Fotografen zeigst? Sehr gute Sachen waren da flüchtig zu sehen ....

[@torstenscholz6180]

Vielen Dank für dieses wundervolle Video 🙏

[@KarinMajoka]

Freut mich, dass es dir gefällt! :)

[@carlosmcse]

I use the LCD to check exposure. Make sure you set the display brightness at high or medium high. And then I mostly check my histogram. Then I forget the LCD. I learned to move the camera around so I can meter from various parts of the scene and I can find a happy middle.

[@ankerwiedemann]

Great film Karin, as for the turning on of your now digital Leica: Just keep it turned on. Anytime you need it, it will wake up in a second from its powerdown sleep. And you don't need to worry about the battery. It will last all day - provided you don't check every picture on the monitor each time. I have the same set and just keeps it in Auto ISO, Auto Shutterspeed (but minimum 250th/s) at F8 and zone focussed. It never let's me down in this way. I love your youtube films which got me to buy my M10 and choose my set of lenses. Du machst das echt gut! Bis zum nächsten ;-)

[@marcmcvey6276]

Am curious if you have any advice for learning to zone focus with a 50mm f2 summicron. I know that 35 and 28 are easier but I can’t help but think that the street greats like HCB mastered it….of maybe they just focused on infinity and made sure they were at least 20 feet away? Any advice will be appreciated!

[@maxwellwellmax878]

Wow!!!! Congrats on your new Camera!!!! Fun video specially with Crazy Samuel's appearance 😄

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you, I appreciate it a lot! :) I am not sure if my mission to bring Samuel back to Leica worked though haha

[@maxwellwellmax878]

😆 You can only do so much Karin but Thanks for having us along with you!. @@KarinMajoka

[@macjim]

Have you produce a dedicated video on PortraitMode? Tell us more about it please

[@GarethDanks]

Lovely video enjoyed that. Just came across your channel. That meet up looked so much fun! Hope to join one day. 😊📷

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you so much for watching! :) absolutely, if you have the chance you are more than welcome to join anytime!

[@rjohnbernales]

loved the ending hand covers 😁

[@photoholic6369]

Very nice and interesting video !! My hometown. Unfortunately I was not aware of this event, otherwise I would have participated of course !!

[@KarinMajoka]

Oh no what a bummer you did not know about it beforehand! There seem to be numerous cool photo events in Nürnberg though, so I am sure there will be other chances! :)

[@marlon.iraheta]

Great video enjoy your new M 10 !!

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you, I am sure I will! :)

[@northsonny]

I wish I could have been there! Next year ...........maybe?

[@StarrysLostandFound]

Exciting experience to have.

[@KarinMajoka]

Absolutely, it was great. :)

[@derrenleepoole]

This was chill Karin.

[@olympus2OM]

Amazing!

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you!

[@IndianVellaMunda]

Nice ❤❤

[@actionimagesphotography]

I was right... as per my last comment in your last video. You are a Leica shooter, not a Fuji shooter. I thought you would go for a Q3 but the M10 is a great choice. Fits you!

[@KarinMajoka]

True, you foresaw it! I like the classical rangefinder style and I could not part with an optical viewfinder, so the Q was not the right camera for me, even though it was fun when I tried it.

[@rexgigout1472]

Well-done! Thanks for sharing some is this event on-line. Enjoy your M10! I plan to keep using my M Type 246 and M10 cameras for a very long time into the future, rather than “upgrade.” I learned, with 50MP and 47MP DSLRs, that higher-resolution sensors are not necessary for any of the shooting I do with M cameras.

[@KarinMajoka]

I totally agree! I was arguing if I should settle for an M10R or something instead. But despite the price point I also think hat 24 megapixels is plenty and more than enough for most things. The files are easier to handle as well, so I am pretty happy I went for the OG M10 instead :)

[@rexgigout1472]

@@KarinMajoka Thanks for replying. Most of my images are shot with a 20MP Nikon D5, because my wife and I participate in insect counting events, during the night time, and the D5 has such good low-light focusing capability. Most of the insects are attracted with UV lights, but some are found in their sleeping places, on plants. If 20MP is enough for science, then 24MP should be plenty, for the street. 🙂 (My wife is a Texas Master Naturalist, a volunteer role affiliated with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, an entity of the Texas state government.) We each have 47MP D850 cameras, but neither of us use them as much as I use my D5, or she uses her D500 cameras. As you said, smaller files are easier to handle. I started using the Leica system, with a new M10, and a pre-owned Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, a post-retirement self-gift, after having photographed so much sadness during the final 7+ years of my service as a police officer, when I had the added duty of photographing crime scenes and crime victims, most of the latter being traumatized by a very recent incident. Rangefinder shooting, in more-pleasant environments, was, and still is, a form of therapy. I added a pre-owned M Type 246 Monochrom after I had dropped my M10, necessitating a return to Leica USA for repair. Though pre-dating the M10 by three years, the lack of a Bayer filter results in a boost in low-light performance, including at high ISO settings, so, I can joke that the M Type 246 was/is my “upgrade,” actually outperforming the M10 is some low-light conditions. 😉 Though they use differing batteries, and the M10’s viewfinder is better for those of us who shoot while wearing eyeglasses, the M10 and M 246 are a good team.

[@Lifebydesignvlogs]

I want to go to one of these events 😩

[@dfiglide]

On ya Karin, another excellent video & what fantastic event. I wish something like this would be held here in Oz, Sydney or Melbourne?

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it! :) It’s never too late to initiate an event like this in other countries 😬😉

[@mingman]

Congratulations on the M10, enjoy! My local Leica dealer recently had an M10-D. I wanted it so bad, but it was not the right time for me to buy another Leica. I have an M9-P that I love so I don't "need" another one. I mean I do, but I don't 😃

[@KarinMajoka]

Thank you! :) I was thinking about the M9 beforehand but was too scared due to the issue with the corroded sensor many of the M9s have. To be honest, the M10-D would be my absolut dream camera! But I could not justify the price, being almost double the regular M10. One can dream though…

[@wylie_photo]

Great way to go, mixing an M10 and an M6. You're right about the LCD being dark. I normally check the LCD to see if the images look in the right ball park as every once in a while the metering system has a freak out and goes way off! I usually set the camera to 1/3 stop underexposed for the most part as that seems to work for most situations. I've never owned an M11, but for me the M10 model is the sweet spot in the digital line up, 24MP is more than enough for street and it's easier to shoot at lower shutter speeds handheld with the comparatively lower resolution. The only slight issue is battery life, but a carrying a spare usually sorts that out.

[@KarinMajoka]

I totally agree with all of your point! I found 24 megapixels to be the perfect resolution since the files are manageable and it’s enough for most print projects as well. I seldomly crop in my images, so I feel like more pixels would not be as useful. Back in the days, many years ago I started with a Sony camera - and to be fair, in comparison to that the M10 battery feels almost infinite and 1,5 batteries lasted for a whole day with the M. I have one spare battery but might pick up a third one just to be sure.

[@Paco_TG]

Subscriber. Thanks!

[@MrMonsterjamer]

Da war so ein cooles Fotografie Event direkt in meiner Heimatstadt?? Und ich wusste es nicht?? Boah... :( Wo erfährt man von sowas?

[@AbrahamMusalem]

Does wearing glasses bother you at all when looking through the rangefinder? Thinking of getting rid of my M10 cause the RF experience with glasses isn’t great. Awesome video!

[@KarinMajoka]

It does no bother me too much to be honest. At least not with a 35mm lens, if I was shooting more 28mm, I might be more upset about it. Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it :)

[@Ricalex67]

It would be so good if something like this was done in uk

[@KarinMajoka]

It was an initiative by the local street photography collective from various cities. So if there are active and ambitious collectives in the UK, maybe something like that can be started there as well! And if not: you just have to come to Germany for the event next year. ;)

[@Ricalex67]

@@KarinMajoka I’ve never been to Germany. Would love the opportunity and might just make that a reason to visit. Gives me plenty of time to learn to take a half decent photo.

[@markandrewhoran]

I like the way you present your videos and I do like your photography and your outlook. But sometimes I have a real problem with "Hey, look at my new Leica M10" and that kind of thing. This camera costs nearly 5,000 euro. I'd much rather see what you can do with a Canon 40D, you know? lol Or an old Minolta SR T 101 with some cheap film. Most of my cameras were bought second-hand and I've never paid more than 100 euro for a camera. I HAVE a Canon 40D and I bought it for 300 DKK. It's a great digital camera and I'm super happy with the photos I take with it. Ditto for my old film cameras. I don't mean to single you out, so I apologize if it seems that way. I just find more and more photography channels on KZbin getting more and more obsessed with super expensive gear. It's disheartening to see. I could afford a Leica M10 but is it 4,950 euro better than my 40D? Not a chance. Takes all the fun out of it for me.

[@milliesavard]

Funny how we followed the same pathway as I bought an fujiX100v and then sold it (at a profit) to buy the same m10 with a 35mm summicron.

[@KarinMajoka]

Oh wow, so so interesting! What were your reasons to switch? I still have the X100V because I wanted to make a review or final parting video with it... but it will go sooner or later! The M10 just feels like home, which the X100V sadly didn't, even though it's a fantastic camera.

[@milliesavard]

@@KarinMajoka I just wanted the real manual feel, I’ve had film Leicas in the ‘90’s, sold them too soon- before that film boom. Anyway I always missed the rangefinder feel, which I tried to fix it with the X100s and v but it was a poor replacement. The local store had an m10 used at a good price, the x100v was hot, so why not get back to the real thing?

[@killa-kitty]

OH WHAT MODEL IS THE CAMERA @8:35? CUTE

[@thelemon5069]

I think it's fuji x100v

[@KarinMajoka]

To be fair, I am not really familiar with Panasonic cameras, so I don't know. It belongs to Mark (instagram.com/mark_volz/), I am sure you can ask him about the details of the model! :)

[@wylie_photo]

I think it is a Lumix GX9 with a 15mm PanaLeica lens. I did have this set up myself for a while and it was great. Probably one of the camera / lens combinations that I most regret selling as it was very compact and a lot of fun to shoot with. I keep thinking about picking it up again (with a 15mm and 12-60 zoom combination) as it makes a great little travel / street setup.

[@mwales2112]

Just picked up an M10 less than a week ago and just love it.... You got to hang with Samuel very nice...

[@KarinMajoka]

Congrats on your M10! 🥳

[@stuartmeador8993]

Congratulations.....the M10 is a 'Keeper'.... not much more to do to a camera to make it have the look & feel of the M2,3,6 etc.

[@ManyDoors777]

You are beautiful….

[@grafishing7921]

Fakt ist: Gute Fotograf:innen tragen ausgefallene Brillenmodelle :)

[@KarinMajoka]

Ist mein Brillenmodell ausgefallen genug um dazu zu gehören? 😬

[@thedarkslide]

Erstaunlich, dass das Genre in Deutschland so blüht obwohl die kulturellen, gesellschaftlichen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland für das Genre so schlecht sind.

[@KarinMajoka]

Absolut, das finde ich auch bemerkenswert. Ich glaube deshalb sind die “abstrakteren” Formen von Straßenfotografie mit Silhouetten und unkenntlichen Gesichtern in Deutschland vielleicht auch ein wenig beliebter geworden.

[@thedarkslide]

@@KarinMajoka Die anonyme Straßenfotografie ist die Schattenseite dieses Trends - da ist einfach zu viel inhaltsloser und repetetiver Kram dabei. Humanistische Fotografie im Sinne der ursprünglichen Straßenfotografie, die es tatsächlich schafft einen Zeitgeist einzufangen und zeitgenössischen Kontext zu dokumentieren geht dabei vor die Hunde.

[@athmaid]

Wie ist das überhaupt rechtlich mit der Veröffentlichung? In vielen der Photos sind die Leute ja nicht wirklich Beiwerk. Fällt das dann unter Dokumentation der Zeitgeschichte oder wie? Da blickt ja keiner mehr durch

[@rudycampilii1621]

A video of photography with no photographs....hmmmm

[@KarinMajoka]

I count 51 photographs I have shown in this video 🤫

[@garychen7000]

很棒且有意义的摄影主题互动线下活动！好羡慕德国的摄友呀

[@JonOnFilm]

Wowww!!! I just found your channel! I’m from Houston, Tx so it’s great to see what others are experiencing around the world. Sweet Leica! And awesome vids! - going to binge now lol

[@KarinMajoka]

Thanks for stopping by my channel, I appreciate it! Absolutely, I am so grateful that Germany seems to have such a strong (street) photography community :)