Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: BW modes
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Fri Sep 15 06:10:43 2006
References: <000001c6d8c5$e64ada60$6501a8c0@asus930>

I'd love to have full BW RAW mode, no color converting at all. Save even
more time when I'm dealing with 800-1600 images from a wedding. Now that
we're getting into even more megapixel's in cameras, anything to speed up
processing. Try converting 500 or more color RAW images to BW jpeg on a D1x
with 10mp interpolation on!

Also I hate that clients just consider "well, you can just change it to BW
later right?". I want the BW capture first! I want Neopan 1600 in a 10mp
camera GD!

There was talk from Leica on a BW only digital M. Special limited edition
matte chrome Bresson Digital BW M8.5 camera, only $9999

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "G Hopkinson"
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re BW modes


> B.D., yes, got that you were championing original RAW capture.
> I understand and agree from my limited knowledge.
> I've only played with a couple of RAW files (from a D70 user) as an
educational exercise, but is it not only adding a channel mix
> choice to the workflow? Meanwhile still preserving all of the RGB info as
options?
> Maybe I'm being too simplistic, but is the sensor capture fundamentally
not b/w, with filters/alterations applied to produce the
> three channels?
> I can't see that actually being commercially viable to pursue but I can
see b/w as a minority output choice, being most versatile
> coming from the three channels. Maybe I'm just overly b/w from colour scan
fixated?
> I really want to understand better.
> All knowledge is golden, someone wise said.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy



Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: BW modes)
Reply from ericm at pobox.com (Eric) ([Leica] Re: BW modes)
In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Re BW modes)