Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly. We currently grab 3 rgb pixels, average them out and arrive at a bw average value. A bw only sensor could well put us in the S2 range. The extra pixels might well translate into more sharpness, contrast, etc... not to mention iso. If this fantasy came true, there'd be no doubt that digital had finally beat out bw (scanned from film or otherwise). On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:27 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >>>> > If I want B&W, I just do it in post-processing. Why would you pay for a > crippled camera? > <<< > > To get B&W from an RGB digital camera you throw away 2/3 of the image data. > A B&W-only camera could be much more sensitive (higher ISO) and higher > resolution. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft? > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information