Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some people only shoot in B&W. Also, as someone said, a B&W sensor will
give much better dynamic range and noise performance for probably cheaper
cost. If there was a camera back in the film days that would only take B&W
film but gives medium format image quality on 35mm film, I bet tons of
people would buy it.
I really hope this is true. Digital color is just ugly.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at
frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> Sounds absurd. If I want B&W, I just do it in post-processing. Why would
> you pay for a crippled camera? Back in the film days, would you buy a
> camera that only took B&W film?
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Photo at frozenlight.eu
> (sent from somewhere)
>
>
> On 14/03/2012, at 20.50, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > When I read the headline, I mmediately it's one of those gag posts where
> > they basically describe an "analogue" Leica M by disguising it using
> fancy
> > modern day terms ("replaceable full frame sensor done by users"!) but
> then
> > it's not:
> >
> >
> http://leicarumors.com/2012/03/14/rumor-the-next-leica-m-camera-will-have-a-black-and-white-sensor.aspx/
> >
> > Not sure how much legs there are in this.
> >
> > But if they do...
> >
> > Oy...
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >
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