Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27

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Subject: [Leica] SHOOTING B&W?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:46:51 -0400
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I am getting the MM for the new sensor with higher ISO performance and
better resolution.  I will carry two cameras, the M9 for color and the MM
for B&W, just like I did with film.  I don't see how that will hamper my
success as a B&W photographer.

Tina

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

> For me one of the most useful attributes of the new digital realm most of
> us move in is that we have a black and white camera and a colour camera
> built into one. What is more, we have every speed of film plus some at our
> disposal every time we put that camera to our eye. i do not need a b&w
> camera and a colour camera. I have them both in a single unit and can use
> them accordingly. If you continue thinking of b&w as a 'spin-off' of the
> colour digital camera you have slung around your neck you will never be a
> successful b&w photographer. It would be like owning a car and only ever
> using one of its gears.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> On 27 Aug 2012, at 21:54, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Aug 27, 2012, at 1:28 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> >
> >> And they look quite good! Occasionally it's nice to feel... "Well that
> kinda looks like I still have the touch!" And smile inwardly! :-)
> >
> > You have worked long enough
> > and hard enough
> > to have the soul of a photographer
> > firmly and permanently installed.
> > Ain't never ever go'n away.
> >
> > Regards,
> > George Lottermoser
> > george at imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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