Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin has this statement here: "The Monochrom produces absolutely neutral monochrome tones. The separate RGB values are identical when looked at in a post processing program. When you take a M9 image file and transfer it to black and white there is always a slight color cast. It is well-known that even the Epson 3800, when set to bw-printing, will add slight amounts of color ink. One can safely claim that the Monochrom is the only digital 35 mm camera that delivers pure neutral tones, identical to the ones you get when using silver-halide emulsions." If you take an M9 file, do whatever channel mixing suits you or what Silver EFEX produces, and then change the file to a 16bit monochrome file, there is no more RGB information and the M9 file winds up being as neutral as the MM file. I don't know what he's thinking in that sentence. He must be talking about files straight from the camera. The other stuff is fairly clear and seems straighforward. I would add that beyond the added detail and the better ISO/noise relationship the separation of tones is much better in the MM files. In fact, in normal shooting (not extreme enlargement or ISO) I would say that is the main advantage of the files in my estimation. And as Tina mentioned, the psychological mindset that comes with knowing that the camera can produce nothing except fine B&W files. Henning On 2012-09-03, at 3:09 AM, A. Lal wrote: > > http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-8/M%20Monochrom.htmlhttp://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-8/M%20Monochrom.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com