[Leica] More images with MM and more

[John McMaster]

They have a similar effect to film, not as pronounced. Red, and to a lesser extent orange, filters often affect focus IME.....

john

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On Sep 15, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Tina, Ted, Steve & George.


perhaps I am unneccessarily confused. I was under the impression that filters are of no use when shooting RAW.


thanks, steve


> 
> I shoot RAW only since the files almost all do need some work. The 'Changing weather' I shot with a red filter. My usual preferred filter is a yellow-green or yellow but about half my shots are without a filter. I try to carry filters for any lenses I have with me, so I'm glad I didn't sell any when I started shooting digital.
> 
> Other than that, I just try to shoot so the highlights don't clip. So on A, exp. comp has to be set to about -2/3 without a filter all the way to +1 1/3 with a (Leica) red, which is darker than a Kodak 25 and lighter than a 29.
> 
> Henning
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-09-15, at 7:24 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> hi  Henning, curious how you use the Monochrom..
>> 
>> 
>> please share....do you shoot RAW?  with an extra filter?  other settings ?
>> 
>> 
>> many thanks,
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Ted.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I got a Monochrom a little while ago for a good (user) price.
>>>> 
>>>> Last summer (2013) I got to use one for a couple of weeks. The 
>>>> files were so amazing, and also, having a camera that only shot B&W 
>>>> meant I was seeing things differently again. It's hard for me to 
>>>> see in B&W properly if the camera I'm shooting has colour as its default mode.
>>>> 
>>>> In any case, while it still has the slow and small buffer of the M9 
>>>> and M8, and can't even shoot compressed DNG files, all that is 
>>>> easily overlooked when one shoots with it and sees the results. I 
>>>> might keep this camera for a very long time. And I still have the M8. For infrared.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's another Monochrom shot, taken from our deck at our place in
>>>> Courtenay:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/various/L1007090-2.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Guardian of the sidewalk:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/various/L1006826.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> All of these have to be seen large.
>>>> 
>>>> Henning
>> 
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