Leica MDa ~ WHERE'S MY EYES

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Жыл бұрын

Well well well, today we go to an old location to do it right and bring along a new camera ... the Leica MDa... one of the weirder Leica cameras out there. So today I thought I'd bring you along for a review of said Leica MDa.
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@TomPollardPhotography Жыл бұрын

Well that’s my dinner time viewing sorted.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Sick!!! :)

@dustysprockets1505 Жыл бұрын

Cool to see some love for the blind version! Should totally throw some Googly eyes on the front, it would look hilarious

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

shit ... that is a great idea!

@waveril5167 Жыл бұрын

Niice, Jason and Caleb upload at the same time

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Always baby!!!

@justin10054 Жыл бұрын

I've nearly gotten the hang of zone focusing over the past year and half that I've owned my Rollei 35. It's a great camera and takes really good photos, I just find it difficult to use the wider apertures unless I'm fairly confident of my focus distance. Also, making a McDonald's hamburger taste good is an awful lot to ask of BBQ sauce. I'm not sure any sauce is up to that challenge.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

hahah I know ... but I helps even if it is just a bit lol

@CadenAdam Жыл бұрын

I don't know... Sweet Baby Ray's might be close

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

🤣

@ratgirl13 Жыл бұрын

‘Massive Winnie-The-Pooh. 😂 Hilarious!

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone commented on my genius joke lol

@mikejankowski6321 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes It took a while, but finally showed up.

@camerafusion Жыл бұрын

One of your best videos! Great shot’s and loved the extra effort for the POV shots 👍

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Aw thanks! I’m glad you liked them. :) I had fun with it

@patrickrostker6693 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Love the removal of one thing to enhance evrrything else! Cool stuff, this is a wedding cam for sure !

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Hahaha right. Wedding cam!!!

@carloscabalu948 Жыл бұрын

Nice! I’ve had mine permanently paired with the 25mm Snapshot Skopar. It’s non-coupled but has 1, 2, and 5 meter detentes in the focus sweep. It’s silver too, like they were made for each other. I skip the viewfinder altogether and pretend it’s mirrorless. Well… it is.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

haha it very much is! that's a fun combo!

@anthonymiller8979 Жыл бұрын

Nice surprises when shooting blind with no viewfinder at all. I am using the 21mm Super Angulon on mine.

@followtheboat Жыл бұрын

I have the same setup. I gotta say it's possibly the most fun I've had with a camera in ages.

@Shmooexe3440 Жыл бұрын

You really are going to try and get all the Leicas, I wish you the best of luck in achieving that goal! Amazing video as always thank you!

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed! I mean ill try hahahah thanks for the love

@Phototrappeur Жыл бұрын

Great episode as always, love the music🎉

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

yaya so glad! thanks for the love

@linjicakonikon7666 Жыл бұрын

This is my kind of shooting. I have a couple Canon VT Deluxe rangefinders with 21mm and 25mm color skopars with external viewfinders. The 25mm forces me to zone focus and it is a very relaxing way to shoot. Nice video 👍

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Oh nice!!! And thanks :)

@mikejankowski6321 Жыл бұрын

Another winning post! Lots of great images, and even the ones that are not my style are interesting. That building and sand at 2:41...I look forward to seeing how you captured it. I could really spend a few minutes there. The Hawaiian motel in the desert was just a case of wishful thinking. I will have to try BBQ sauce on McD's sometime. You guys have a good food channel mixed in with the photography. Edit: Loved the bit about scale focusing and the metric system.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Haha food is our second pastime. I’m excited to show my photos there as well! It was really such a cool place

@AeromaticXD Жыл бұрын

Love those motel shots! It’s great seeing how yours and Jason’s perspectives differ! (Also just as Mace Windu was onto Palpatine, I’m ONTO you!! Don’t underestimate my power!!!!)

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

aw thanks! and solid reference lol

@paulhenry7678 Жыл бұрын

Well done and I'm a big fan of the 15mm Voigtlander...the Bessa L with a 15 and 25mm is a lot of fun to shoot, but the body isn't quite up to the Leica build quality. (BTW, congrats on your engagement!)

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

ahhhhh thanks! and you are right, not quite there but still amazing

@user-jt1sp7hv2j 5 ай бұрын

Love it got one with a 15mm hologon…looks really cool

@BadFlashes 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah!!!! 😍

@chrisgrey7904 Жыл бұрын

I've shot quite a few old folding cameras before most of which don't have viewfinders and those are pretty good fun. I ended up picking up an external rangefinder which is really useful for when your second guessing distances or using wider apertures. Otherwise I use f8 and forget, set aperture to f8, focus at about 5m (so infinity is within focus) and then just leave it works well when your walking about.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

oh yeah that makes a lot of sense! 😍

@danieltntbomb Жыл бұрын

Literally almost bought one of these this week. Need to see this now

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

what stopped ya?

@tedphillips2951 Жыл бұрын

Good video Love the photos I have the Bessa-L with a Voightlander 25mm lens + view finder & there is a meter in the camera. Not a bad setup.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Solid. So into it

@richardsandler3019 7 ай бұрын

I received a Leica MDa in 2018 from a retired University prof. who said it was purchased for a microscope but never used, to his knowledge. I checked the bottom panel rim and its pure black indicating it was rarely used or not at all. Thanks for the tip.

@BadFlashes 7 ай бұрын

Oh, that’s sweet! Welcome to the club

@colin8531 Жыл бұрын

Nice! I have one of these (body only) that I have no idea what I want to do with - can't decide between selling it or picking up a cheap ultrawide lens. Definitely a neat little camera!

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

I mean... I think this video is your guide forward lol

@colin8531 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes lol fair enough! Your shots are making the ultrawide option pretty appealing 😄

@bernardkealey6449 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, you got the ranging in metric down pat already! If you want to change the aesthetic to something “moderne” keep an eye for a Watameter (?sp) rangefinder if you want to try some tighter lenses closer up.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Trying :)

@foggygray Жыл бұрын

Get a handful of LTM lenses and one of those Soviet turret finders and this thing would be perfect.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

boom! that's what's up!

@JaimeGFX Жыл бұрын

wow shooting wide in abandoned buildings does look dope, gonna have to give it a shot!

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Do it!!!!!!!

@DLivingston Жыл бұрын

Purchased a Fed3 awhile back. Was in love...honeymoon phase because now I am over it. LOL I do love that camera body though..of the MDa. I do remember that previous trip. Time sure has flown by! 6:40 solid image! So what is the hand cam shot with? Such a cool addition. 12:27 Baxter's Dad

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

🥰 I mean if I told you would that break the illusion???

@DLivingston Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes okay I’ll just enjoy the art 😅

@innocuouscircumstances4210 Жыл бұрын

Great vid as usual Caleb. Got a question tho, what camera strap do u use?

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

this camera has the clever supply strap on it ... I also use heath and hind as well!

@OswestryGrey Жыл бұрын

I like that washed out Polaroid. Tis art.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Or fART LOL

@robertfaix4029 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always found those cameras really cool. I no disrespect to my M3 and M5 but I have considered a Bessa T which is basically an MDa with a rangefinder.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

I mean those are dope cams toooooo

@anthonymiller8979 Жыл бұрын

Or the Bessa L with neither rangefinder or viewfinder, just a meter. (but it is a Leica LTM mount, not M mount)

@sidtakespics Жыл бұрын

Love the parade scarf

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

haha thanks ... I really like it tooo

@jagwire8671 Жыл бұрын

real eyes.. realize.. that you dont need a viewfinder for dope ass desert pics

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

naw just a dope ass film stock

@garonkiesel1646 Жыл бұрын

I had the MD-2 and was also surprised at how much I didn't miss a rangefinder. I used it with the Lomo Minitar 2.8 lens, a zone focus lens, so the lack of a rangefinder didn't matter much.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah makes sense!!! Love it

@rubicelperezcordova1642 Жыл бұрын

yess

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Yes yea yesssss

@forgottenamericana Жыл бұрын

Way to go Caleb. Baker is a great stop in the desert. You should try shooting hardcore without any viewfinder just point and see what you get :-)

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

maybe that is my next video lol

@roumelio Жыл бұрын

Bro, if you're ever going to move to Australia you're gonna have to learn the metric system. Also it's basically a Voigtlander. The amount of external viewfinders they have because of their lens system is insane. I thought given that you like a bit of both systems and that you would like a lot of this camera....

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

I love both for sure!

@ModernVintageFilm Жыл бұрын

It's fun zone focusing but I am familiar with manual flash photography. I take my body height and "lay" myself down to find the distance that way.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Solid !!!

@sixteenbitter Жыл бұрын

Hi, does the old leica visoflex SLR adapter work with the MDa? Might be a solution to the composition blindness.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Yep

@jpsuperstar Жыл бұрын

Oh god oh god now I want this and the chroma/lane 24mm f11 with fixed focus and fixed aperture 😢

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

sorry ... didn't mean too do this to ya lol

@anthonymiller8979 Жыл бұрын

Just like you I became obsessed with this camera despite the shortcomings. I shoot mine with the 21mm f3.4 Leica (Schneider) Super Angulon and 21mm Leica auxiliary finder. Mostly zone focus due the incredible depth of field of the 21mm but on critical images I use a little Stanley laser distance meter to get an exact distance. I am almost tempted to try a Leica M1 as well (35 & 50mm viewfinder but still no rangefinder)

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I mean it would be way too coool!

@ModernVintageFilm Жыл бұрын

That's resourceful using the laser for accurate distance..

@BrilliantOberver 9 ай бұрын

without rangefinder mechanism, does that mean minimum focus range depends on indivual lens?

@BadFlashes 9 ай бұрын

It’s all about the lens specifically.

@iNerdier Жыл бұрын

While I realise it’s not the popular cool kids thing to do; have you tried shooting Pan-F versus pushing HP5 when it’s incredibly bright outside. 50 iso is great for bright scenes (like the desert) with shallow depth of field and has a similar contrast profile to pushed HP5. The only thing that might be a downside or might be a bonus depending on your view is the reduced grain size.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

naw ..... it's sup pop ... you are killing it! deep down I know you know 🥰

@iNerdier Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes I have no idea what I just read. But I’m going to interpret it as you buying some pan-f, which makes me happy.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Haha now reading that back, I have no clue what I was trying to say. But keep killing it. Lol

@mollyanderson449 Жыл бұрын

You’re killing me! Nothing I don’t love about this…

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰🥰🥰 didn’t mean to kill ya

@tekoppentekoppen761 Жыл бұрын

Cool gopro

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Haha close :)

@mynewcolour Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@IM-Silviu Жыл бұрын

4:05 nice orange-teal

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

🙌🏼

@Stop4MotionMakr Жыл бұрын

Just realised Leica probably named the Leica M-D in reference to the MDa cus you can’t see your picture 🤣🤩🤩🤩

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Lol oh shit. That’s right and I want one

@dflf Жыл бұрын

A “Cheap Leica” is an oxymoron like “Jumbo Shrimp.”

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

but they both taste good! 🤣

@Jsoberon Жыл бұрын

Well, that answers the question of which would you by first, the MD or M5.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

haha yep!

@gewglesux Жыл бұрын

You said Pooh.....🤣

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

😆

@AnthonyD42 Ай бұрын

There. I watched your video. AND I liked and Subscribed. How much more can you ask of me!

@BadFlashes Ай бұрын

Hahaha EVER SINGLE ONE….. forever till the END 😆

@O.Persson Жыл бұрын

That's one sexy camera.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Right.

@rishithegray9559 Жыл бұрын

This is basically just like my Nikonos V

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

but for underwater ? right lol

@rishithegray9559 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes Yes it is for underwater but some of the lenses can still be used on land. They made an orange one and a green one and during either the Vietnam or Korean War some photojournalist famously shot aerochrome through one. I got a fully functional one from my local dive shop for $100 and I’ve puta couple rolls through it in the snow and rain and it really is a joy to use. It only has the viewfinder for composing you have to do scale focusing. The shooting experience is very similar to the mda.

@TheDomis4 Жыл бұрын

its tradition. Jason first, then Caleb

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

but sometimes traditions must be broken lol

@TheDomis4 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes i promise to do so the next time

@Tommy-mh3jd Жыл бұрын

can you get a Harman EZ 35 and do a review on it

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

What’s that???????

@Tommy-mh3jd Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes a new 35mm film point and shoot google it

@y2ktube Жыл бұрын

Best maintenance for your Leica bodies ? - - -TLC Camera Repair

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

ok ill check them out sometime!

@MrSoulschool 8 ай бұрын

Did you keep this camera?

@BadFlashes 8 ай бұрын

Yep!!!!

@MrSoulschool 8 ай бұрын

@@BadFlashes I work at keh … I’m thinking heavily about grabbing the mdA

@MrSoulschool 8 ай бұрын

It seems like you got many usable images bro, especially without the range… any thoughts 💭

@depotmsa2362 Жыл бұрын

i would buy a rangefinder that sits on the coldshoe

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Could also do that!

@VariTimo Жыл бұрын

Always thought this camera looks horrendously wrong.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

but in the best way ??? lol

@VariTimo Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes Suure.

@dragonfusilier9173 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Leica, M.D

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha DMAN. That would have been a good joke

@mikejankowski6321 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes So use it next time. We'll be watching for it.

@mattbump7462 Жыл бұрын

I think you "found the range"

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

😆

@selzzaW Жыл бұрын

says MDMA at 7:57

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

😜

@DeeRosa Жыл бұрын

I bleed for this mfing channel at this point.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

happy blood lol

@pdiseris 11 ай бұрын

The reason anyone would buy this is if they can't afford a m3/m2/m6/ etc and have excellent zone focusing skills

@BadFlashes 10 ай бұрын

Yep. That basically is the thing lol

@aaronragasa6173 Жыл бұрын

get urself a 21mm lens and suddenly you have yourself a leica hasselblad swc

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah love that idea.

@pietervanhaaften709 Жыл бұрын

Just buy a smena 8m instead

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Ah shit that’s wide lol

@goos4711 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Grainy days has double this length. I feel gyped.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

have you watched my video ????? I said more to come! lol all in all the same amount of time at this place haha

@goos4711 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes when I get home lol.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

Hahaha ok fine 😆

@goos4711 Жыл бұрын

Leica is a drug? Drugs are cheaper.

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

depends on how many drugs you buy tho lol ... not that I know

@goos4711 Жыл бұрын

@@BadFlashes “wanna buy some ektar 100 kid? Big batch, almost half off.”

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

🤪

@darkwhale-og9ig Жыл бұрын

interesting I have only tried the Leica MDMA myself and lets just say DADDY LIKES

@BadFlashes Жыл бұрын

oh ... love it!