Markus Hartel blog - Latest Comments

Re: Six high quality compact cameras for street and travel photography

Emanuel — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:44:03 -0000

Love the fuji x20 and the Ricoh GR

Re: Six high quality compact cameras for street and travel photography

Klaus — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:55:54 -0000

Hi, you forget the great Ricoh GR V!!!

Klaus

Re: Exit

mhartel — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:01:21 -0000

I normally shoot in manual mode and meter of the ground to get a good ambient reading if needed... this shot was taken with a Leica M Typ 240

Re: Exit

Emanuel — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:57:04 -0000

GRD (1) here?
If yes Mark, do you shoot with matrix metering or center weighted for street shoots?
Thanks

Emanuel

Re: Exit

mhartel — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:49:31 -0000

thank you! I still have the original GRD and love the camera's gritty noise in black-and-white

Re: Exit

Danne — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:47:54 -0000

Lovely capture Markus. I really love the contrast in this photo.

It makes me wanna go back to NYC and hit the streets (or below them) with a camera again.

And when it comes to pixel peeping and noise that's really something I very rarely look at at all. I shoot a lot of street photography mainly with a small Ricoh GRD where the noise it pretty visible when shooting at over ISO 400. Something I tend to do a lot since I live in Sweden where there is darkness 9 months out of twelve :)

But the again, sometimes I actually bring my bulky DLSR with me and then I actually realize how good some cameras are at handling higher ISO today.

But I like noise, and I like black and white. Could be a street photographers way of shooting end editing perhaps.

Great photos overall on your site! Looking forward seeing more of them.

Re: Plastikland 001

Robb — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:30:56 -0000

I am so not ready for Winter however, another awesome capture.

Re: Non-destructive Photoshop dodge/burn

Raster to Vector — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:47:00 -0000

Well creation dude. Loving creative work as you present here. Plenty awesome and stunning looking, like most this types of presentation admittedly. :)

Re: Galaxie

Todd — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:43:05 -0000

Dig this. Coincidentally walked by this spot today. Totally didn't realize it was a reflection. Cheers...

Re: Color to b/w conversion

mhartel — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:47:29 -0000

what's your PS version?

Re: Color to b/w conversion

Diego Miranda — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:14 -0000

The channel mixer and curves file are not compatible with my photoshop. Can somebody help me?

Re: How to load a Rolleiflex

mhartel — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:15:23 -0000

John - €1000 is a very good price for a 2.8F if the camera is in good condition... good luck & keep me posted!

thanks for the nice video

Re: How to load a Rolleiflex

John — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:11:32 -0000

Cool,..I wanna buy a 2.8F as the one in the vid. http://www.youtube.com/watc... they ask me for 1000€ it's ok?

Re: Develop b/w film at home 101

Manoiian — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:06:44 -0000

Wow! This sounds pretty easy! I have returned to film and I am so looking forward to developing my own!

Re: Non-destructive Photoshop dodge/burn

Greenslade Creations — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:34:00 -0000

Very useful little tute thanks. I used selections on segments of a house diagram. It means I can have my paint colour under the burn. Then if I need to change the paint colour, the burn doesn't have to be redone.

Re: TIME – The Year In Review

canvas prints — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:03:32 -0000

very very good pictures

Re: The Best Street Photography Walking Tours. period.

mhartel — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:58:28 -0000

Lisa - my schedule is still pretty open for May... please book about a month in advance to ensure availability

Re: The Best Street Photography Walking Tours. period.

Lisa — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:45:23 -0000

I'mma thinking this would make for a great self-birthday-present when I turn 35 in May :D Never been to NYC either. Win win!

Re: A nickel worth of dreams

www.lensmankc.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:48 -0000

really nice image

Re: TIME – The Year In Review

georg — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:06:49 -0000

Really excellent.

Re: A nickel worth of dreams

Osselin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:57:33 -0000

A good one, no doubt about it.

Re: Sigma DP1 vs. Ricoh GRD

mayankpandey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:05:31 -0000

thanks mate. That was fast. I would probably go for a specialist camera only.

Re: Sigma DP1 vs. Ricoh GRD

mhartel — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:59:02 -0000

the Ricoh is much faster, has a fixed lens, and the buttons are configurable, which I consider a strong plus.
The Lumix LX-5 has some shutter lag, but much better video and a zoom lens and very good quality files. I have both, at the end of the day I prefer the Ricoh...

Re: Sigma DP1 vs. Ricoh GRD

mayankpandey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:53:40 -0000

Hi Markus, greetings from India. I am looking to pick a small camera (below $500) something that i can carry around for my street photography. I have shortlisted Ricoh GRD III (its now much cheaper) and Lumix LX5. I do not somehow end up making my mind. What will you suggest.

Re: I do not like the human race

Photographer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:17:22 -0000

Human race doesn't like Charles Bukowski!