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Subject: [Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:40:20 -0400
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Since you refer to ?my? Monochrom, you must not have sold it (have you?)?so 
the huge difference presumably is in favor of the MM images over the 
converted M240 ones?

?howard


On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see a huge difference in the files from my Monochrom and the color files
> from the M240 converted to B&W.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:25 AM, George Lottermoser <
> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> The Fuji cameras obviously deliver beautiful digital files; at an
>> extremely affordable price when compared to the Leicas which they emulate.
>> And essentially this article says, "here's a nice camera, that looks 
>> almost
>> just like a leica, which can turn it's RGB files into Grayscale files 
>> (just
>> like every other digital camera available).
>> 
>> Of course the same points could be made for my M8, and M; or the M9, M-E;
>> or if you let go of the range finder ? any mirror-less camera on the 
>> market.
>> 
>> a note off the iPad, George
>> 
>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Douglas Nygren via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Attached is a link to an article describing using the Fuji X100s to do
>> black and white photograph.
>>> 
>>> Given the high cost of the Monochrom, this may be a good alternative.
>> X100S is a camera Leica should have made, but didn't.
>>> 
>>> I look forward to reading your comments.
>>> Doug
>>> 
>>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley
>>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley A major impediment most new
>> photographers face is that color is the default mode of expression. Not
>> only are we inundated by ...
>>> View on www.stevehuffphoto.com Preview by Yahoo
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley
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> 
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Replies: Reply from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom)
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