What no One Told You About The Leica M10! Chapter 8. Ten Steps to Better Photography !

[@JamesLee-vh5mz]

Your photos are sharp and your composition is beautiful. Excellent teacher!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@JamesLee-vh5mz Thank you James, greatly appreciated

[@Greydge]

No selling gears, no gas stuff, just pure knowledge of photography. Thank you Patrick!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@Greydge Thank you, greatly appreciated. My apologies in advance but the GAS is coming up in the other chapters I should upload this week time permitting. This said, not selling any gear, coaching, workshops and/or presets ;-)

[@Greydge]

​@@PatrickColpron Gas stuff is okay, ill still be looking forward for that video. But this video thought me a lot! Thank you!

[@quintonmckimm]

Incredibly educational video. Thank you for these reminders.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you for watching, greatly appreciated.

[@chadrem]

Patrick, I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting! I'm still watching this one, but I'm already enjoying it.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you means a lot, greatly apprreciated.

[@damienphotographe]

Great advices, I like the long format

[@PatrickColpron]

Mille mercis, thank you very much, I prefer watching long format on KZbin myself.

[@GatorheadLuis]

Fantastic video. Thank you for the knowledge. Feel like every photographer should watch this. - also great audio here.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@GatorheadLuis Thank you, greatly appreciated

[@Leicashootr]

Patrick, thank you for this great video I’ve learned a lot ‼️🙏🏻

[@PatrickColpron]

@@Leicashootr My pleasure Ruud, greatly appreciate you taking the time to watch my video

[@camo010154]

LOL, started taking photos 60 years ago, (now 70) learnt more in 44 minutes than 60 years. Thanks Patrick. ( I will stop cropping)

[@PatrickColpron]

@@camo010154 Thank you Cameron, that means a lot, greatly appreciated !

[@wrtlprmpft2]

Patrick, another wonderful video from you. Your work is really appreciated. Merci beaucoup!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@wrtlprmpft2 Thank you, means a lot.

[@maximewong3415]

Well said 🎉🎉

[@PatrickColpron]

@@maximewong3415 Thank you, greatly appreciated

[@richarddenise3886]

I’m clueless as to adequately express my appreciation for your edification of my passion ! Merci!!!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@richarddenise3886 Thank you, greatly appreciated.

[@mjcatto]

Glad to see you back, Patrick. I am spending way more time in France every year and haul my Leica's around everywhere I go. Traded my M10-R for a Leica SL3 and Q3 in March (IBIS and new autofocus tech). Sorry :(. I have always enjoyed your videos. Cheers! I appreciate your content. Mark on Vancouver Island

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you Mark greatly appreciated. You use what works for you, I am still at the M10, still really enjoying it.

[@rexgigout1472]

Well-done! Wonderfully good lessons/reminders/advice.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you greatly appreciated

[@rumblestar5771]

Well done and well said, thanks Patrick!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@rumblestar5771 Thank you, greatly appreciated

[@MalcolmRogers-c2s]

Brilliant, best advice I’ve seen

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you Malcolm, greatly appreciated.

[@josearielramos371]

Yes Yes Yes composition is the ultimate secret in photography-I totally agree

[@PatrickColpron]

@@josearielramos371 Thank you, composition is the only thing that matters at the end of the day

[@kieulannguyen1193]

Thank you so much for your great advices. ❤❤❤ Your images are stunning..

[@PatrickColpron]

@@kieulannguyen1193 Thank you greatly appreciated !!

[@JW-vx6zc]

nothing but the truth being preached here !

[@PatrickColpron]

@@JW-vx6zc thank you

[@RonSege]

Super good information and delivery Patrick!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@RonSege Thank you Ron, greatly appreciated

[@PeterCorcoran-cl3nq]

So much truth in this. Great video!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@PeterCorcoran-cl3nq Thank you, greatly appreciated

[@deejaybeephoto]

Great video with good quotes - “Rut never sleeps”😂. Thanks from a Neil Young fan!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@deejaybeephoto Thank you, greatly appreciated, it's true in so many areas of life, specially creatively, rust never sleeps and indeed one can only love Neil Young's music, so great !!

[@camelotvanerven9667]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@PatrickColpron]

@@camelotvanerven9667 My pleasure, greatly appreciated

[@johna9642]

Wow, what an education. Thank you

[@PatrickColpron]

@@johna9642 Thank you John, means a lot!

[@SourPlanet]

For daily shooting, definitely team old cam one lens! M240 + 35/2. Running it until the camera falls apart. I whittled down my entire kit to just a trio: Leica M240, 35/2, 90/4. Feels like peak setup for me personally.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@SourPlanet That's an ideal set up !

[@jakepeters4370]

I stumbled onto your excellent video just now. This afternoon I took my M10R out and came across a problem that I hope is simply something I don't understand about the camera. I wanted to shoot an instant but was disappointed to find the camera had gone to sleep and didn't fire when I hit the shutter release. I haven't had the camera very long. Can the M10R respond instantly as does the Fujifilm Xpro2? Have I missed something in setting it up? I fear it's flawed in this essential aspect. Mechanical cameras were always ready and able.

[@PatrickColpron]

@jakepeters4370 in the main menu set "Auto Power Saving" to off, and do not use live view or a visoflex, even with Auto Power Saving set to off, once a screen is on, the camera will go to sleep. I never turn off my camera when I am out making photos, I often half press the shutter release making sure my camera never goes to sleep even with auto power savings set to off, and I don't use live view or a visoflex. Hope this helps

[@jakepeters4370]

@@PatrickColpron Yes! Yes! Yes! This seems to be the answer I've been looking for! I'm very, very grateful to you for this. I don't know folks who use Leica among my peers. I used to depend on Reinhold Mueller here in Toronto for advice in the early days so I feel very much on my own when it comes to questions about the M10. I set the camera aside while I wrote this and it did respond as soon as I touched the shutter release. Fortunately I have 3 batteries. I'm laughing with excitement and gratitude to you, Patrick. You've made my camera much more valuable to me. Now I love it even more!

[@xiiiconcepts]

If I'm going to take advice from anyone about keeping it simple, it’s going to be you. Your extensive experience with numerous cameras and lenses has taught you that creativity trumps gear when it comes to achieving great results.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you, correct.The more gear one has, the less creative he'll be, that's me. This is why I am finally letting go of a lot of stuff, gear and lenses because - I just want to make photos. I remember fondly my first 22 years of making photos, with one camera and one lens, two film stocks only, Tried-X and later on, Portra. Life was good and how we forget the happy days when we have more than we can carry, it just weighted me down.

[@vinnnyn32]

Bro what lens and hood combo is that?!? Looks so dope

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you. The first lens on the Leica M10-Monochrom at the beginning of the video is an old Leica Summarit 50/1.5 M mount with its original Hood and n original Summarit 41mm yellow filter on it. It is terrific for black and white photography. It is one of the most affordable original Leica lens. At 2:34 there is a of my youngest son, made at f/1.5 with an M10-Monochrom.

[@nuj427]

​@@PatrickColpronI've had the 50/1.5 also in my early days, but ended up selling to fund the 50/2 iv, but because it's quite cheap, yeah I should have kept mine. I liked this Summarit. Have you seen/tried the 85/1.5 rex? Now that thing is impressive.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@nuj427 Haven't tried the 85/1.5 yet

[@PatrickColpron]

@@nuj427 I never regretted selling my first 50/1.5 because it had a lot of marks on the coating so it produced less than perfect images at wider aperture and had terrible glow. The one I have now, the glass and coating are perfect, no glow wide open and plenty sharp. It is great on black and white and color digital sensors. I'll test it on color film in September when I get back home after the summer holidays

[@rolleicanon]

Excellent advice. How, though, can I use your advice on high ISO with my Leica M9, which gets noisy beyond ISO800, if not before?

[@PatrickColpron]

@@rolleicanon Thank you, greatly appreciated. I had an M9 and used it pretty much like I use my M10 in daytime. The one thing we have now which would have helped back in 2011 and 2012 when I had an M9 is the post-processing software we have now and I mean I would have used a combination of the noise reducing slider in Adobe Bridge with DXO's Topaz Denoise to find the right mix in reducing the noise. This said, I had no issue using iso 400 during the day and the noise ... well I'd live with it not to miss I shot I absolutely wanted to make. This said, this high iso advice is not for M9 users, but there are ways to make up for some of it with modern post-processing software and plug-ins. Hope this helps (I don't think I shot often past iso 800 with my M9 and gave up on the M9 because I couldn't work the RAW files the same way I could Nikon's D3 RAW files... but it was a great daytime camera and occasional nighttime shooter. I used it a lot at night in Toronto and NYC just with a much lower shutter speed.) The M9 is a different animal than the M10, the M10 has much more modern files which are more malleable and it handles high ISO like a champ, better than a Canon R5 that's for sure !

[@rolleicanon]

@@PatrickColpron Many thanks. That’s helpful. I also find the M9 is great in bright sunshine, but not good in dim light. I’ve been dreaming of an M10 for a long time and only got the M9 in 2020 because of the low price. I now also have a well used SL, which is much better, and OK for close-ups because of the EVF and the close focusing button, but also larger and heavier. I am thinking of getting rid of my film Ms (3, 2 and 6, acquired before prices shot up) and my two old Barnack screw cameras and getting an M-10R. It’s difficult to let go of such solid, usable cameras.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@rolleicanon My pleasure, your M9 is a keeper, an M10-R or even just an M10-P would be a great addition. I prefer the rendering of the M10 and M10-P over the M10-R, richer more vivid colors and the reds are just like the red rendering of the M9, very accurate color rendering. Of the 3 cameras you mentioned selling - I'd keep the M2, my favorite film M camera of all times. An M10 or an M10-P would be even more affordable than an M10-R, the only reason I use my M10-R more than my M10-D these days (M10 and M10-P included) is that it is the black paint M10-R and just looks stunning, makes making photos with it more enjoyable. I am weird this way.

[@ronaldcphotography]

Excellent production thank you for sharing. Are you using a yellow filter on Color m10? Also do you use Lightroom or Capture one to edit ? And what’s your favourite metering mode on the m10/11 ? Thanks a mill

[@PatrickColpron]

@@ronaldcphotography Thank you, greatly appreciated. I only use a yellow filter on the Leica M10-Monochrom and with analog film when shooting black and white. I don't use Lightroom or Capture One but Adobe Bridge, which is kinda like lightroom but I prefer the UI of Bridge over Lightroom and started using Bridge before Lightroom was even created. I started dabbling with DxO Photolab 7 to compare it to Capture One as I want to move away from Adobe products. My metering mode is center weighted but I shoot everything in full manual only using the internal meter as a guide more than a be all and end all meter.

[@ronaldcphotography]

@@PatrickColpronthank you for reply. Do you zone focus for most street shots of candid people or use the range finder to get the sharp focus? Your videos are really amazing thanks for taking the time to make them. There some of the best I have saw on KZbin. I recently moved away from adobe products due to the giving rights away thing. So now I’m on Capture One, but I might try DXO Lab also

[@PatrickColpron]

@@ronaldcphotography I range focus, I set my focus to a given distance and press the shutter when people are at that distance because I shoot from the hip without looking through the view finder.

[@ronaldcphotography]

@@PatrickColpronvery nice, that’s a great technique, what would your minimum shutter speed be to range focus like this ? And apature F4/F8 ? Or do you go to even F2 Thanks a million

[@PatrickColpron]

@@ronaldcphotography 1/3000s with digital M from f/1.4 to f/5.6 and 1/1000s with analog Leica MP from f/1.4 to f/11

[@nuj427]

I shot strictly film Leica for a decade in the US, but I live in France now (30 mins west of Paris) and honestly my motivation went down hill because of having kids and living away from the city life. During covid I just couldn't afford to keep shooting film so wanted to get into digital m. I also wanted to invest in scanning film with a camera also at the time so ideally was Sony, but in the end decided to get the x100v. I have a blast shooting it. Capturing daily life, and time to time candid stuff, but since a month ago I've been on the hunt for a digital m again. Not sure if i should go with the m10 (at $5k), or m10p ($6k), or just get up to date m11 (roughly $7k). I'm so used to charging the battery just by USB-C that just thinking about carrying a charger when I travel seems annoying. Allowing the choice of different MP is also a welcome for different uses. From the photo of all your cameras, you seen to have every model of the M10? Something tells me you don't like the M11? By the way, love your shots. I'm more a 28mm guy. I think I would go to town if I just have a body to shoot again.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you, yes I have all the different M10 cameras, if I can make one recommendation, the M10-P or the M11 is the way to go. Correct I am not fond of the M11, bur for prints it is the better camera. I can get well over 1200 photos per battery with an M10. I am not fond of USB-C charging for a camera.

[@CrueLoaf]

I have a Leica M10-P Reporter, a M10-D, a Q2...and I always find myself using my old M9-P.

[@PatrickColpron]

The M9-P stills remains a great camera to this day. The squirrel cage chase only makes us realize at times how good older cameras really are, to this day !

[@CrueLoaf]

@@PatrickColpron The M9 has a certain charm too. It's not as perfect as some of today's latest digital cameras.

[@Super.Quasar]

Interesting how the iPhone features in so many of your street pics. Is it something that you pursue, or it's easy because the subject is distracted ?

[@PatrickColpron]

@@Super.Quasar it is just the state of the world these days where more and more people seem to always be on their phones. O really don't pursue these photos, they are just a by product of people's behavior in the modern world.

[@j.k5654]

Thanks. What lens is this? 2:04

[@PatrickColpron]

@@j.k5654 The photo at 2:04 was made with a Leica Noctilux 50/1.2 at f/1.2 and a Leica M10-R, iso 100 and 1/1000s

[@harshnama5168]

Leica M10 is not available. Where can I get the new one

[@PatrickColpron]

@@harshnama5168 I am not sure it is available new anywhere, on the bright side it means it is even more affordable on the second hand market, you can also get it directly used at some Leica Stores with a 6 month warranty, not that it is needed, they last for ever these M10 cameras

[@harshnama5168]

@@PatrickColpron thank you so much for the direction

[@Rewsky21]

This is good, very good……..

[@PatrickColpron]

@@Rewsky21 Thank you Andrew, greatly appreciated

[@shinymetalvids]

Where is all the other chapters, I can only see 7 and 8 here?

[@PatrickColpron]

@@shinymetalvids I will upload them when I return from Vacation, I left on July 4th for Spain where my upload connection is terrible and now I am in the South of France where my upload speed is the worse. I started the upload with the last chapter and uploaded Chapter seven in Lyon while staying overnight there on my way to Spain. The other chapters are more about the Leica M10 and M11. I just started with the end this time as my first upload. Everything is filmed and cut, just need to upload the rest.

[@shinymetalvids]

@@PatrickColpronfantastic (not your internet speeds)! Hope you’ve been having a wonderful time. I somehow hadn’t seen your KZbin videos before yet I’ve been following you on instagram since the early days.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@shinymetalvids Thank you, yes having a great and relaxing time with my family. I loge the slow internet, means I spend less time online and more with the people I care about. I haven't posted on a regular basis on KZbin, this is about to change when I get back home. I prefer long form video over shorts and Instagram reels, and prefer photography over making videos for social media but really like KZbin for its long form content. I intended to make a 30 minutes video, it ended up as a 3 hours and 45 minutes one, I broke it up in 8 parts because my old computer couldn't handle it in one long video ;-) I uploaded the last chapter first because that's where the value is in terms of tips and tricks, might as well start with the good part ! I haven't posted on Instagram in a while now.

[@shinymetalvids]

@@PatrickColpronthat’s all great to hear, I very much look forward to the videos. It’s true that if we do what we love that care and passion will show. Others will see and appreciate it more than our efforts in pleasing the algorithm, so to speak. (Regarding aging and the back, I can’t recommend strongly enough switching to a backpack. For all ages. Hanging a weight from just one shoulder, or over the shoulder, unnaturally pulls on every muscle, vertebrae and joint in our backs hips and legs. Our whole body is fighting to compensate constantly. Distributing that load evenly is key for our health, comfort and in increasing our time out shooting and enjoyment of it).

[@PatrickColpron]

@@shinymetalvids thank you, I stopped making photos and videos for the algorithm a while back, just have a stock pile of sunset and "architecture" photos and videos for the gram, I have no clue what to do with them... I never liked camera bags and much prefer backpacks over shoulder bags these days, but then again I favor one camera one lens and no bags when out shooting now. The shoulder bag was I started shooting this video with it over my shoulder, for continuity I kept it for every take. I shot the video by myself and kept the video camera and tripod in it between takes for the duration... My back is still hurting me, I picked the shoulder back because it was more stylish than a backpack but could have left the backpack under the tripod. Live and learn, live and learn.

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

👌 ☕️ ☕️ 📷 ... thank you

[@PatrickColpron]

@@kevin-parratt-artist Greatly appreciated !

[@peetje28021970]

Will go more outside but still subscribe lol.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@peetje28021970 thank you and sounds like a plan, to idea is to inspire you and others to go make photos !

[@jeanjoseph2288]

Hello what’s lens are you using and lens hood ?

[@PatrickColpron]

The first lens on the M10-Monochrom at the beginning of the video is an old M mount Leica Summarit 50/1.5 with its original hood and yellow filter, it is great for black and white photography and is one of the least expensive Leica lens. At 2:34 there is a of my youngest son, made at f/1.5 with an M10-Monochrom.

[@vinylisland6386]

You're good, you have a brain as well as an eye: this distinguishes you from the pack of KZbinrs and a lot of the snapparazi.

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you, greatly appreciated.

[@jasongold6751]

There are no rules of composition. I prefer the word Framing! Look at Henri Cartier Bresson! It;s easy and impossible. That's life.Shoot lots! Film wasn't made from the shroud! Be Happy. Bravo.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@jasongold6751 I agree, there are no rules to composition. I like framing but always see it as a composition, adding or removing elements in a photo is a little dance, composing with the visual elements in front of me, my visual sonatas.

[@BrunoChalifour]

A lot of sympathetic useful information (sometimes redundant, about composition for instance. A little editing might help... to keep it simple, apparently a said recipe for success, right? ;o). A lot of useful advice too however avoiding contradictions may also help: speaking of composition and mostly showing (street photo type) images where the subject is dead in the center of the frame. What compositional skill is at play there? It somewhat puzzled me. Use any old unsophisticated camera but I'll stick to my M10? Really? Another one in this video consists in downplaying the usefulness of shallow depth of field and then showing us tons of images where the background is out of focus. [by the way, IBIS can also be useful at times]. White Balance is not exactly another ingredient of exposure. Nothing may have the right color balance and be totally wrong in its exposure (et vice versa). As for "there is no bad picture of a burning monk" and the "one turd / two turds" advice... really? ;o) Anyway, entertaining, but long if not lengthy.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@BrunoChalifour I can't please everyone, not even going to try

[@BrunoChalifour]

@@PatrickColpron It is not so much a matter of pleasing but standing up to one's goals with the right tools and methods.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@BrunoChalifour Thank you for your feedback, I did not set out to make a tutorial video. As such I did not make photos or look for photos to show my talking points specifically for this Chapter in an almost 4 hour long video. I do agree with your points, and for sure a better edit would have shortened it by eliminating the repetition. On my next video I'll work on those points, the edit and the sample photos. But the upcoming chapters have already been filmed and cut, all that's missing are the overlaid photos and b-roll to add before the upload. I prefer negative feedback as it is the best way to grow, this said, it is easy to be a critic, those who can't do "teach" ...

[@BrunoChalifour]

@@PatrickColpron Ok, bonne continuation et bonne chance pour la suite.

[@genobambino]

I can’t stand making photos with a phone. It just doesn’t feel like a photographic device.

[@PatrickColpron]

@@genobambino on the one hand I agree with you now, but I wasn't always like that. The iPhone 4s years ago was a great new device for me which opened up a world of opportunities. These days, I no longer use an iPhone to make photos

[@M1973-H2O]

[@PatrickColpron]

Thank you, greatly appreciated