Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For $2000, I can shoot... 200 sheets of 8x10 B&W or 400 sheets of 4x5 color. If I'm not making good pictures by then, I should give up, ha ha. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 8:14 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Native solutions that do not need adapters are always the best solution! > Buying a 6-7 year body and getting it converted puts US$2000 at risk - > things can go wrong in the sensor conversion, and converted bodies are far > more expensive: > > https://maxmax.com/shopper/category/9485-sony-monochrome > > Just wait till you have a bit more money salted away, and buy a Monochrom. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Jayanand, idle curiosity really. The only digital lens I have are >> Leica Ms and I have no intention is get into a digital system, per se ;-) >> Would love a Monochrom, but... >> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 7:35 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >>> Richard, >>> Unless you use a high megapixel camera to effect the conversion, there is >>> not much advantage that I see. If I buy a 24MP Nikon or Fuji (both >>> systems >>> I already have lenses for) and effect the conversion, I would end up >>> with a >>> 40-45MP monochrome camera. The results from this would not be materially >>> different enough from converting files to B&W taken on a Nikon D850 or >>> Z7, >>> to be worth the additional cost or effort. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:43 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > $500 for an a7 ;-) >>> > >>> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:09 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > $1000 on top of the price of a donor... >>> > > >>> > > john >>> > > >>> > > ?On 29/12/2020, 18:04, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man" >>> <lug-bounces+john= >>> > > mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org on behalf of richard at >>> > > imagecraft.com> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > The monochrom conversion is "only" $1000, the price of a Leica >>> > lenscap >>> > > ;-) >>> > > Worth it? who knows. fyi, Monochrom (the original) still fetches >>> > > about $3500-$4500 >>> > > >>> > > As for films, yea, I shoot a lot of those ;-) >>> > > >>> > > Paul, by pulling off the color filter, it *could* increase the >>> > apparent >>> > > resolution. Definitely not 4x, but not insignificant. >>> > > >>> > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 9:39 AM Paul Roark via LUG < >>> > > lug at leica-users.org> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > > Is the only advantage of pulling off the color filter layer of >>> the >>> > > sensor >>> > > > (assuming focus is kept flat via some neutral replacement) >>> > > increasing the >>> > > > speed/ISO of the camera? >>> > > > >>> > > > I was wondering if (and doubting that) any company was able to >>> > > separate the >>> > > > individual sensor elements and quadruple the resolution. >>> > > > >>> > > > Paul >>> > > > www.PaulRoark.com >>> > > > >>> > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:59 PM Richard Man < >>> > richard at imagecraft.com> >>> > > > wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > > Hi Paul, the Sony A7 conversion I am aware of is the site >>> that >>> > > Jayanyand >>> > > > > referenced: >>> > > > > https://www.monochromeimaging.com/ >>> > > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > Leica Users Group. >>> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> > >>> > -- >>> > // richard http://imagecraft.com >>> > JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Leica Users Group. >>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard http://imagecraft.com >> JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative >> > -- // richard http://imagecraft.com JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative