The Most Amazing Camera Ever - Photography all over the world with Thorsten von Overgaard

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Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish writer and photographer, specializing in portrait photography and documentary photography, known for writings about photography and as an educator. You are always welcome to send an e-mail to Thorsten for questions, suggestions and ideas.
Thorsten Overgaard is an independent writer and photographer who write, teach workshops and publish user reports about the equipment he uses. There is no affiliation with Leica Camera AG or any camera dealers, no free gifts, no sponsorship, no kickback and no paid content. All you see is real and based on the life of an eccentric and hard-working photographer who makes his own money, buys his own equipment and form his own independent opinions - and shares with you. Enjoy the ride.
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Produced by: Thorsten Overgaard (www.overgaard.dk)
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This video was made with the Leica SL bhpho.to/3cIbPEg and Leica 35mm Summilux-L ASPH f/1.4 bhpho.to/2MEr0nn , using Sennheiser wireless microphones bhpho.to/2zafn4v . Leica SL2 as second camera.
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[@alessandromondini3522]

Thank you!!! I love the DMR and the R8/9

[@TM-nd6zs]

I bought Leica's R8 when it was released and quickly concluded that it is the best SLR ever created! I LOVE it!!

[@shuguo5882]

I read your articles a decade ago to learn and decide which R lens to buy. Today I found your channel. Great work and thank you!

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you. Welcome back 🙂

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

Your love of photography... .. and funny sense of humour. ☆☆☆☆☆

[@giulianomarinelli8961]

An amazing system. I’ve got two sets of DMR married with a R9 and R8. The CCD tuned by Imacon is a piece of marvel engineering. I love it and wish long life for the living systems. Well done Thorsten, I couldn’t agree more with you. All the best, Giuliano.

[@chanvictor7778]

It is like a great piece of optical instrument and I love the Kodak CCD sensor colour rendition. I think you are the only person talked about the Leica R9 with DMR on KZbin.

[@ThatJewishKid11]

@Khari Andy @Kevin Samuel You two bitches are everywhere 🙄

[@Gravitys-NOT-a-force]

I have actually watched your video twice. That's a precedent I think. Those are such awesome-looking cameras - and you do your best to explain why you shouldn't buy one.

[@Biosynchro]

I wish this video went on forever. 😉 Your presentation style is great.

[@emanuelbief7088]

This is like guitars and old amps but more awesome!!!

[@NormanF62]

Leica went into a partnership with Panasonic and the rest as they say, was history. The perfect marriage of Japanese technology with the Leica lens. I’ve always bought Lumix cameras because I had no interest in paying more for the Leica brand name and the famous red dot and the debut of the poor man’s Leica made me happy!

[@steveboltonPG]

These videos are so entertaining. Thank you!

[@addisondiesel]

Thank you for giving such an in depth review and sample photos from these cameras in the R series! It is difficult to get an in depth review of the DMR. Excellent information!

[@olivo-viejo]

You have to love the sound.

[@zer0L0]

Thorsten, thank you for this detailed and very informative video. I'd heard of these digital backs but never seen one put on, let alone out of its original box! The photos off the CCD sensor really pop!

[@thomastuorto9929]

I thought this video was going to be about Leica & the Leica quality/look in general. A history lesson for me. Not being a Leica owner, I never realized they made a camera other than the M series before their current or newer models. Good stuff. Good luck with your batteries for this camera.

[@admiralvontirpitz7115]

Best video on this “exotic” piece of kit that got me highly intrigued (just love that CCD look), just ordered one on eBay with two batteries, crossing fingers that everything is in good working order and that will pair smoothly with my R8. Cheers

[@cameraprepper7938]

Thorsten, the 80mm together with DMR are comparable to 110mm (NOT 105mm !)

[@y2ktube]

"110mm (NOT 105mm !)" - True - The crop factor in a DMR is 1.37x

[@Funktrainer]

Well, colour reproduction of the DMR is actually a lot better than of the SL2. I also realized that when shooting the M9 side by side to the M10-R. A shame for the newer technology.

[@petepictures]

A very interesting one. Thanks

[@johndeehan8078]

I had hear about you Thorsten, but had never seen your work. Excellent!

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you :-)

[@macbookdieter]

I actually saved this video. I’m not sure if I would invest in this system from scratch, but I find it absolutely fascinating. If the universe sends a R8 my way, I would love to be able to try this out. I have a M9 and love the CCD look. Thanks again for a another great video.

[@mrjohnbaseley]

@7:56 lovely shot. My eye really fell on the bird, then the person. Thankyou for the upload Thorsten.

[@cfagil]

Interesting. Learnt some new about Leica today. Many Thanks.

[@roybixby6135]

Wonderful Cameras...

[@AgentPepsi1]

I so love you channel!!! I have been tinkering around with photography for around 10 years or so, although I am camera shy personally. I have always wanted a Leica, but could never really afford one. This being said, I have a Nikon D2x and a D300 that I really love. Thank you again for posting your amazing videos as they are an inspiration. :)

[@HernetheHunter121]

Excellent video and thanks for sharing.

[@dorfschmidt4833]

Thank you for showing us this interesting camera.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Welcome!

[@mehmetbayraktar1045]

Loved the review, thank you! The wow moment for me was the SL2 comparison. I will be looking out for the SL2 to R9 profile. All best!

[@ronaldsand3000]

Incredible retrospective technology

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Yes :-)

[@mohammadtawfiq79]

The price is also amazing! You have to think many a times to afford it. Amazing....!

[@hotjazzbaby]

Genius! Amazing stuff. Thanks for posting

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Welcome!

[@aboutphotography]

Great video! Thank you!

[@chepo1956]

Hello Thor! Jose from Puerto Rico. I truly enjoy all your videos, your knowledge of Leica cameras in addition to its history. I have purchased some of your courses and cherish them. Thanks for your historical contribution on this subject matter.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you!

[@Raychristofer]

Good job on this thorsten very detailed information. I give you credit because I'm usually reluctant to review things that are hard to find and get or monetize. I'm shooting a 3F at the moment and many times I prefer to grab it over my digital camera. Respect

[@Milan-wb3ug]

Great presentation and explanation of details, I feel like I have this Laica!

[@Caracalaba]

This is the coolest thing ever in history of digital photography. Regardless of what people think, leica is one of the most innovative brands. I wonder how digital backs would look with the current technology. Thanks for the in depth review, you look like agent 007 in a hotel room preparing some strange spy weapon.

[@Biosynchro]

You are right. Leica has innovated more than Nikon or Canon. But maybe not quite as much as Olympus. 😋 Actually that's partly just a joke. Partly.

[@maximewong3415]

Very good photos

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you :-)

[@williaminbody205]

The files look very nice, as good as anything in 2020. I’m sure the lens is key but....it does look great.

[@y2ktube]

"I’m sure the lens is key" - Not entirely true. The amazing color & extreme sharpness is a result of the marriage of two EXCLUSIVE no holes barred incorporations; the beautifully developed Kodak CCD sensor coupled to the push for designing it WITHOUT a resolution robbing AA Filter !

[@gregorpichler5899]

Very interesting review about the DMR :)! Such an analog/digital camera system would offer really a lot of benefits and obviously, already in 2005, it was possible to pack all things needed for digital in such a small digital back. Concerning the digital quality, do you maybe know if there is any major differences between the DMR and the M8, as except of the slightly bigger size of the sensor in the M8 the specs look fairly similar? Best regards from Innsbruck, Gregor

[@diegaulle9143]

Very informative video. I did not know that the buttons and wheel design of the M8 had been used before in any Leica product until I've seen the digital back for the R.

[@Funktrainer]

This design is by far the fastest UI ever made.

[@shuguo5882]

I wonder why Leica haven’t done this to M system. The ability to shot both film and digital on a M is maybe a dream to many.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

It's a very bulky solution, even if you could it it onto the M.

[@jan-martinulvag1953]

More clarity with less mp, yes, take a look at the nikon d40 samples at dp .

[@hammerli2011]

Um abraço do Porto Portugal.

[@oscarpow]

Hi, Great video, I enjoyed it very much. I have a R8 since 2006. Bought it used at the Leice Store Berlin, just when they opened it. I did not buy a DMR because it was too expensive at that time still. I was immediately fascinated by the quality of the pictures and by the ease of use and quality of the camera. I bought 4 fix lenses and a slide projector set. I did lots of slides and keep shooting film, both slides and B&W and do not see myself replacing it. However, because of the lack of quality laboratories in Chile I am doing more B&W lately because I can develop the films at home. I also bought recently an M7 to try the different approach of the view finder cameras. Thorsten, can you recommend a digital camera with similar tone and quality to the R8-9 with DMR, to be able to do color prints? Maybe the Leica 8? Best regards

[@NickGuttridge]

Really enjoyed this, I’m not surprised it’s that good. Hope you can make it work for you for another ten years. I used a Leaf Aptus 22 for 15 years. It still works. Only upgraded to a Leaf 60 in October last year. The colours are amazing from Leaf. I’ve just tested the Leica S3. I may have to buy it. For studio work at 1/1000th of a second. Now worried about the colour in the S3.

[@Zetaphotography]

Colors on my S2 look like colors off my Slide Film. They are just magical

[@NickGuttridge]

@@Zetaphotography Please can you remind what kind of chip the S2 has?

[@mariowanagat1412]

Still love my Hasselblad H3d ii 39 with big Kodak sensor. Even the 100c although it is way better in resolution the overall image quality is still better on the ccd, period. 234mb a file is my only complain .Just needs light if that’s a given, show me something better. I like that you point that out

[@PAULYHEDRA]

Its good to know Dr. Stephen Strange is a well versed photographer in our version of the Multiverse.

[@Dark_Viking]

CCDs are way better than CMOS sensors, in my opinion. The colours are more "real life" and the image itself is more clear. This digital back is a real monster of a camera gear! But despite its bulky size, the results are great. My mates also tell "why you are walking around with your camera, it is huge. Take some lighter model". I have a Fuji GX680iii, by the way. But I like it, and I'm OK with carrying around the weight of this camera or any other.

[@MilNik47]

Leica lenses are best!

[@80gsalgado]

The DMR image is superior

[@rmle23]

The CEO of Leica in early 2000´s says we keep whit film and still produce film cameras because people will see that film is better and comeback to film. well it was not completely wrong when we look at now and see many young people shooting film and using film cameras. For me in my opinion digital is useful and convenient, but Film is better in respect to color, dynamic range and that special ´´Film look``that no any digital camera came close.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

True, and Leica still make film cameras. But their venture into digital saved the company financially (and that CEO was fired some time after)

[@user-gr6vk1pg5u]

I still can't understand how the old 10MP sensor can beat the new 47MP in clarity? Perhaps the lens on the SL2 doesn't resolve its sensor?

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Clarity is clarity, how clear something is. Nothing to do with resolution, megapixels and all in itself. Long story, will do a video on megapixels soon.

[@y2ktube]

"how the old 10MP sensor can beat the new 47MP in clarity?" - It's actually quite simple; the purely naked Sensor has NO AA filter in front of it !

[@RS-Amsterdam]

4:00 A sensor is not digital, it is an analog device. The output is not 1 and 0 but a variety of voltage that later will be transformed in a digital signal by the A-D convertor.

[@Biosynchro]

Good point! All transducers are analogue. It is illogical for any transducer to be 'digital'.

[@maze400]

Do they make a digital back for the M6?

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

No, they haven't. I hope someone a day will make a digital insert that fits the film space of any film camera. Should have been done, but nobody did so far.

[@Gravitys-NOT-a-force]

If Leica had made the SL2 look like the R8 and R9 I would own an SL2 now. Instead, I'm waiting - forever, it seems - for the new M10-R.

[@bitmastermac]

I had a bunch of Leica R bodies and maybe 9 lenses. I’ve never had lenses in other systems fail before, but I had 2 fail. I also had an R8 body fail. I had the choice of getting a digital Kodak back for my Leicas in 04, or buying a complete canon 1D. I also teach university photography. Leica glass is magical, but so are Zeiss. Last week I sold an old Polaroid back for an R6.

[@Funktrainer]

If you want the best (D)SLR get a Nikon (F2 to F5, D2X to D6). Leicas (Minoltas) never played in the same league.

[@bitmastermac]

@@Funktrainer I totally agree. I had 5 Nikon bodies (F2s-F4s) and 15 lenses that got a traded for Leica Rs and some lenses. I have mixed feelings about that decision.

[@e.r.4077]

Totally agree about Zeiss.

[@9Biloela99]

Wild

[@niefotograf]

Great video, thx for this extensive explanation. I do hav a question, what is the brand or model of this amazing big black leather strap for the camera. I would love to have one 😊

[@niefotograf]

Ok i found the strap, its made by "rock n roll" camera straps

[@tomislavstanich9379]

The LEICA DMR/R8, 9 has a forwarding lever. I just wish only that the more current one: LEICA M10D screenless camera with the lever, only, but NOT the forwarding one has, the same as does the EPSON DR1 and 2, though. That way it can save the battery power forwarding the exposure manually. I am not sure why the engeneurs at LEICA thOUGHT, while in time of desighing the m10d NOT IMPLEMENT. that feature at the time, ...?

[@swedishmotorshow]

Tigers in Africa!

[@davidselby8115]

There is something in the saying ‘the old ones are the best’ .... if you can keep them working! The R8 certainly looks like a camera with soul??

[@dorfschmidt4833]

Nikon D700 has stunning colours, Canon 5D has great skin colours.

[@y2ktube]

"The R8 certainly looks like a camera with soul?" - You know, I own both units and enjoy the less 'interlocks' of the R8...

[@Funktrainer]

I use my Leica M9 with 32GB Lexar Professional UHS-1 cards, no issues at all. The M8 also works with 32GB cards but I think they are practically too large so I prefer the 16GB ones.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Good to know. The M9M takes 32GB cards.

[@zer0L0]

@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard I had an M9 and still have an M9M. The M9 initially would not work with 32GB cards but was okay after a firmware update. M9M is good with 32GB out of the box, and will shoot and record to 64GB (I just tried it) but if you press the Info button the camera won't be able to tell you the card capacity. Frankly I barely even need 16GB cards on the M9 series. The real limitation are the batteries. New old stock ones have been on the shelves a long time and are still expensive. Third party ones a bit of a crapshoot. Some hold a charge and register the correct charge to the camera. Some don't.

[@Biosynchro]

Very interesting. I heard from someone that you should use the slowest speed cards you can get for the CCD cameras. He was an engineer I think. I don't recall exactly why he said that, but it was to do with the signal path of CCDs.

[@Funktrainer]

@@Biosynchro It simply doesn’t matter which speeds the cards have as the maximum write/read speed is given by the controller. I use UHS-I SD cards. I always use the highest speed cards supported by the camera because they speed up the file transfer to the computer.

[@daviddb4858]

The answer: DARKNESS : the DARK-speckle Near-infrared Energy-resolved Superconducting Spectrophotometer (DARKNESS) is a 10,000-pixel integral field spectrograph that’s able to differentiate between light emitted by planets and light emitted by stars.

[@salmonefotografia77]

Leica!!!

[@salmonefotografia77]

These old Leica cameras can live for a long time,even today.Or in the future.

[@shenZ007]

CCD colors are AMAZING! In comparison CMOS colors are a shame.

[@bushbeatnik4480]

Lomo LC-A, Holga, Quaker Oats box, oh yeah then there are all those red dots..LOL thank God for Gaffer's tape and or the letter P

[@maurock58]

M3

[@dezinedude1417]

Nikon and Kodak also co-developed a full frame digital camera in early 2000's mostly to allow Nikon users to stick with entire Nikkor lens line.

[@Funktrainer]

I will always love my Kodak DCS6xx and 7xx bodies based on the F5. Best and only system DSLRs ever made (interchangeable finders!). Nikon is still trying to get their sensors right.

[@Funktrainer]

The full frame Kodak DCS Pro14n/nx SLR/n were jokes. The build quality was terrible. Software, colour reproduction and user interface were great but with a sensor that could get loose and a Nikon F80 that falls apart there was not much to win.

[@ron5935]

8:30 GMT or EST or what?

[@cornelstan5536]

$3000 for a 6MP sensor ? HA! HA! What matters is the lens and the sensor. I do no think this construction can beat the Sony 7R I, II, III.... Nostalgia !

[@y2ktube]

"for a 6MP sensor ?" - Huh ? - It's a 10 MP naked CCD Kodak sensor WITHOUT any resolution robbing AA filter. Not to mention the AMAZING colors in the RAW files !

[@legacy_mens]

я всегда ношу с собой виидиокамеруу! Кто понял жизнь тот ставит лайк 👍

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you 🙂

[@russianbot3411]

If this is the most amazing then where's the 4th impact photo ??

[@RobertNuttmann]

This was a long video but kept me interested as every time I thought about turning it off you came up with a new special gotcha like you can't buy batteries (Of course that is a problem with lots of old film cameras like the Olympus OM1.) or a special feature you have to remember, I would start to laugh, and finally just thought I better see all 38 minutes. What I found really interesting was how much better I liked the image from the older sensor.

[@sorthaj]

I love your joke about going to Africa to shoot some tigers. 😁

[@wilhelmw3455]

Tigers in Africa?

[@sorthaj]

@@wilhelmw3455 That's the joke. 🙂

[@vadimka4]

Panasonic S5

[@jan-martinulvag1953]

ellers they are identical

[@markhoffman9655]

Think dear old Oskar would collapse in his grave if he was told that behemoth was a Leica ...

[@shu002]

No tigers in Africa

[@kasimasi6747]

War früher viel Menschenfreundlich mit dem Entwickeln von Filmen. In ein Umschlag rein -FERTG!

[@TheFamilyMan12]

New battery on Ebay - 600 euro.

[@unbroken1010]

Long live the pentax q

[@ceaschannle5752]

There's no Tigers in Africa.

[@ronaldsand3000]

I hate how all new appliances these days have specialised batteries Once they die and new ones are no longer available, your perfectly good camera is nothing more than a paperweight

[@rafael55]

agree

[@martin701]

Africa....tigers?

[@peetje28021970]

Nikon F

[@leslumieres1237]

Am I the only one who hears him saying "diesel back"?

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Turn on subtitles :-)

[@leslumieres1237]

Just teasing you a bit. Always enjoy your channel!

[@dmystify1381]

mate...i really like your videos...but geez i wish you would stop pushing the..'get my free ebooklet'...it is a complete turn off...just leave a link...or just speak it prior to cutting in your video.

[@arildhagen3820]

I like the video and topic but Tigers don't live in Africa, not in the wild that is. (11:10)

[@Biosynchro]

I and no idea. LOL. I think I have some reading to do!

[@carabbot1]

"Canon " is Number One

[@silviosarunic6709]

......NOT!

[@normanbartlettofaylesbury9444]

8

[@philipsutton2316]

Wow man - you've been doing a lot of content lately. That's great, but must be because of the lockdown and you can't take photos anymore. This must be very frustrating for you, especially for somebody who is used to travelling the world.

[@juliussternfeld428]

Sorry Thorsten, even when it was brand new, it was terrible and very unsuccessful. But if it makes you happy, enjoy 😋.

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Double happiness :-)

[@y2ktube]

"it was terrible and very unsuccessful. - Huh ? - Pretty obvious that you've never owned or shot with one. - The amazing color & extreme sharpness (Kodak CCD with NO AA Filter !), caused a long purchase waiting list (Leica sold every unit made). And if working, they currently enjoy incredible resale value...

[@duaneshort186]

You say digital wrong (jk). But, you have an Eizo, like me, glass desk, like me, desk mat, like me, all set up beside a window, like me. I'll forgive you. But if it wasn't for those four redeeming qualities I'd totally unsubscribe! Lol.

[@marknachmias423]

Does the same DMR work on both the R8 and the R9?

[@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard]

Yes, same digital back, and R8 and R9 are almot identical cameras.