Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dr Ted, yes most modern digital cameras can show you the image as BW on the screen on the back . and yes that includes the "super hot shot new LEICAs " That is the ones that shoot colour too! Cameras like the new Leica M (typ 240) will also let you set the BW as with simulated different BW filters as well if you want. I think most dSLR cameras of other brands will do the BW preview at least too. The Digilux 2 is pretty old technology now and out of production for a while I think. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 21 September 2014 13:52, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > HI CREW! > > I'm so excited by the zero response about the wonders of the LEICA DIGILUX > 2!!! :-) :-) > > And here we've had great babble sessions about the new hot-dog B&W model > Leica's. I did expect at least one comment on the DIGILUX 2 and the most > interesting qualities using it as a B&W camera digital long before all > these > new hot-dog B&W LEICA's came on the market. I suppose the reason for no > responses are?????? Only a few of us have them and or use them. > > And when we have something that works extremely well while allowing us to > see our B&W images in the view-finder > as a B&W scene before you click! Are there no Leica-fans out there with > some > kind of comment, ACTUALLY GOOD BAD OR LOUSY? > > The most interesting parts about the DIGILUX 2 is....... The view-finder > showing your image in complete B&W configuration! You immediately see it in > B&W and does it "LOOK COOL? Or not?" To CLICK OR NOT? IF YOUR A B&W PERSON > I > truly feel you'll enjoy shooting B&W simply because you see the image in > B&W > and it captures a pretty good quality photo without any fiddling switching > from colour to B&W. > > As I said earlier, it makes pretty good 13X19 print size, auto-focus and > auto-aperture. As well MACRO-AUTO FOCUSING THROUGH OUT the full range of > focus. > > Jeeeesh I'm beginning to sound like a LEICA sales-man! :-) :-) I do like > the > camera very much as it's quick to use on so many assignment subjects > rendering a very fine image quality.. > > So OK CREW come on, surely somebody has a word or two on this most > interesting camera????? GOOD, BAD OR WHY NOT? > > cheers, > Dr, ted :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Ted Grant > Sent: September-19-14 11:13 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom > > HI CREW, > I'm going to ask a real dumb ass question about the LEICA DIGILUX 2! I bet > not many of you have one nor used one before your eye? > > This camera can shoot black & white and through the view finder the scene > or > situation you are viewing is B&W! WOW WHAT A NEAT SCENE! CLICK! > > Yes it is! And is most fascinating when you move your eye away from the > viewfinder While doing this you can become sort of mesmerized seeing > everything as a black and white world. And that's before you've even > tripped > the shutter capturing your not bad at all BLACK & WHITE photo moment. Quite > amazing really! YEP! Makes not bad 17" X 19" prints! > > Move the camera away from your eye and quick as a penny dropping you are > flashed back into your natural "COLOUR WORLD!" > > And you know what?????????? The B&W looks quite cool in print! The > interesting thing I found so fascinating was seeing B&W images in the > viewfinder before you went "CLICK!" Look-up and my goodness right before > your eye it's snapped back to colour! > > So now dumb-ass question? Do all these super hot shot new B&W LEICA'S do > that for their multi thousands of dollars? Show you the world before you in > B&W?? Or do they just show you nothing more than the same old crap.... "The > world in colour...... but captures the image in B&W???????? BIG DEAL AND > FOR HOW MANY THOUSANDS??????" > > Or through the view finder you view our natural colour world... but on the > back screen you have a black & white image??????? > > If it doesn't let you see in B&W through the view finder? Heck why waste > your money buying one of those when just a few hundred dollars you can have > a magical machine that allows you to see your photo as a pure > B&W............. BEFORE YOU GO CLICK! > > SO BIG DEAL ON ANY MONO LEICA! Heck it doesn't allow you to see how your > potentially beautiful B&W shot looks before you go CLICK!! I think there > might be a few interesting responses on this??????? > > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) :-) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Mark Rabiner > Sent: September-19-14 6:31 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom > > It just doest come any dumber than this. > > I think the purpose of the article is not to make an intelligent point but > simply to drum up some attention > > We need to get smarter and ignore such stuff. But here I am typing away! > > The idea is that because you can shoot black and white jpegs with consumer > quality cropped color fuji camera which can be in black and white mode and > since the fuji camera has a rangefinder in it than it is a replacement or > alternative for a Leica Monochrome. A camera which makes monochrome raw > files from a monochrome sensor. > In other words a consumer grade cropped color sensor replaces a full frame > Monochrom sensor professional grade sensor. > > One could say that nothing makes any difference no matter what you do. Its > all a big giggle. > > I see the title of the article is " The Fuji Monochrom" > The problem being that its a color camera. > > One can always sell ones Leica M for a very nice Pentax Spotmatic and use > the extra many to take a short vacation but have we "replaced" our M? > It implication is that we are using the word to say the cameras are mainly > interchangeable. Whatever a Leica M can so so could a Spotmatic pretty much > just as well. > And I think Leica users and most of the rest of the world knows that that's > not likely the case. > > Its like how the word "backup" gets used. > > > . > > > > On 9/19/14 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. 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