[Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom

[Ken Iisaka]

Actually, it's 1/2.

With everything else being equal, M-M is equivalent to a 36mp RBG camera. I
would suspect that an image from M-M with APO Summicron 50mm would be
hardly distinguishable from an S2 image converted into BW, at half the cost
and weight.


On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Think about it this way - converting to B&W from RGB throws 2/3 of the
> data away.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Sep 19, 2014 10:41 AM
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom
> >
> >grrrrr
> >You don't play nice...
> >;-)
> >
> >On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:30 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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> >
> >
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> >
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