Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] Bad weekend?
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Wed Nov 15 12:42:29 2006
References: <20061115153021.BUK88529@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net>

Strange, I was thinknig about that, too. Summary: very good sensor  
for B&W.
Maybe that was the main target...

Philippe



Op 15-nov-06, om 21:30 heeft <larry.k@rcn.com> <larry.k@rcn.com> het  
volgende geschreven:

>
>   You're right! Why should I worry about color? Maybe this whole  
> magenta problem is an ingenious scheme on Leica's part to get us to  
> renounce color photography, once and for all! Everyone will say,  
> "Wow, I never knew colors were supposed to look like that! Forget  
> it, I will never try to take a another color photograph!" ;-)
>
>   Some people have speculated that the IR problems also cause  
> tonality shifts in black and white. I don't know if that has been  
> confirmed or not.
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Larry
>
>
>
> =============================================
> Just convert to B&W, then you won't have to worry about color casts.
>
> larry.k@rcn.com wrote:
>>   Magenta certainly gives me a headache, it is such an awful  
>> color. I have to chuckle at the thought of all those weird wedding  
>> pictures that would come out of using the M8. This problem is  
>> enough to keep me from ever going into the wedding photography  
>> business. Hmmm, this color issue may not be such a bad thing after  
>> all! ;-)
>>
>>   Regards,
>>
>>   Larry
>
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