Traveling with Leica M

Since I obsess over every little detail before a trip, I wanted to share with you my thought process when I was building my Leica M travel kit as well as some photos I shot while on my trip.

Cameras:

Leica M11
Leica M6TTL

Lenses:

Leica 21mm 3.4 Super Elmar
Leica 35mm 1.4 Summilux FLE
Leica 75mm 1.4 Summilux

Bag:
Billingham Leica M Combination bag

Film:
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Gold 200
Fujifilm 200
Ilford HP5

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[dhaug]

Wonderful video! It's so nice to travel lightly with Leica. At 02:31 in the video, in the photo displayed I can see the exact apartment I rented back in 2018. Lisbon is such a beautiful city!

[Emlt]

thank you for your nice video; as a beginner with the M system, I started with a 50 summicron and a voigtländer 28 ultron on my M11 to stay light.

[Witness]

I tried many many Cameras & lens combo over the years, I ended up settling with M-P Safari with modern Silver 35mm Summicron. Giving up film camera or wide & telephoto lenses were not easy, but now I travel light, uses unique limited edition, still got that film look, and perfect combo for someone that takes photos of traveling family members mostly.

[hectorflores]

My travel set is a Polaroid original’s bag with a Leica M3 collapsible summicron 50mm & Hasselblad 500cm 80mm CF T or Rolleiflex 3.5tessar

[alexandredevenderets]

Great short video. The gentleman presenting is very pleasant to listen and watch. Thank you

[jamesrice]

Alex, you are a talented photographer. Thank you for sharing your pictures.

[mattrn]

I’m going to Amsterdam in August and I’m just taking my m 11, 35 mm summilux fle v2, and a visoflex for when I need to do close focus portraits. Keep it simple.

[yendor]

I have the same bag and a m6 TTL with the 35 2.0 lens. If I were going on that trip I would add a ricoh GrIIIx and forty rolls of film. Thank you for making this video, I am interested in a wider lens.

[dena]

I love this video! Exactly What I was looking for before my trip to London/Paris. Just getting acquainted with my M6. Wanted it for the compact size. I’m usually bogged down with weighty gear. Hope to see more videos.

[marcusoutdoors]

Your video is so good I had to watch it several times, I particularly liked the shot of the old guy stacking rocks

[curiouslizard]

Nice! My Leica travel kit is usually my M10-R, 21 f/3.4, 35 f1.4, and 75 f2.0 in either a Billingham backpack or Hadley Pro small. Would love to have an M6 but can’t justify the expense, although I have a 50 roll stash of tri-x put away.

[humankapital]

Thanks for that input, highly appreciated! At the moment I'm traveling with a 24 50 90 setup (with a M10-M and my beloved M7). Pretty happy so far.

[ronwolfept]

great shots. I'm leaving in a few months on our first post covid flight/travel and am excited. planning to bring MP/M11 35lux for sure, 21/4 voightlander cuz it's so tiny and still debating if I bring the 50 lux (my fav desert island lens) or even a 90 cron pre-asph. looking forward to the colors of Mexico City and Oaxaca during Día de Muertos

[ryanbelk]

Just booked a trip to Paris in September and am pretty sure I'll be bringing the most minimal setup I've ever brought on a trip, just the M11 + 35mm Summicron + flash in a small ONA bag. This video gives me hope that a super small minimal kit is possible for bigger trips. Your photographs of Portugal were so beautiful. Glad I stumbled onto your channel!

[TheTurnerT]

Really nice images. Subscribed to hopefully see more film photography from you 👍

[joshkingjosh]

I don't see the 21 Elmar get brought up a lot - thanks for introducing me to this nifty piece of glass!

I have an M11 with a 28mm 'cron that I brought on vacation to France and Italy. I rely heavily on cropping in, but am leaning toward acquiring a 50mm soon in an attempt to bridge the 35-75 gap (similarly to your 28-50 gap cover with the 35mm lens). Curious what your thoughts are as you did not mention a 50mm in this video.

[smor]

Interesting. With my MP240, I mainly use 1 Elmarit 28mm, 1 Summilux 50mm and 1 Summicron 90mm. What would interest me is to know with what and with what settings you digitize the negatives of the M6? Have fun with Leica !

[marcusnz]

The same focal lengths and one M11-P because I can’t afford two yet!
I use the 35mm Apo Summicron and as you say, it covers a significant proportion of my needs. Last time I travelled to Portugal I took that and a 50 Lux. Didn’t use the 50 even once. Sold it and got a 75 Apo. Added a Voigtlander 21 f1.4 but will switch to the Leica 21 you are using when funds allow. The Voigtlander is excellent, but a bit large.

[marcusoutdoors]

Incredible shots, wonderful colours and I loved the special effects into. Back when I was younger my favourite film was Kodak Gold 200, so it was nice to hear you’d got some.

[georgedobre]

I am glad that you didn't have problems with all that gear in Lisbon, when I was there (2019) I had only my M6 and a 35 and 21mm voigtlander lenses and lots of Ektar100 film in a black common messenger bag and I did not feel very safe. One evening I was even folowed by 4 guys until I found a policeman, after that I only kept the camera out when I was shooting .