[Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom

[John McMaster]

However using the S/S2 would give you both colour and B&W ;-) They are different beasts, I have never converted any of my S2 shots so cannot say how they look, and would depend on the output. For on-screen JPEGs like we are sharing there may not be much difference, in the originals it could be curious.....

I may give it a go when the weather cleans up (not this w/e).....

john

-----Original Message-----
From:  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
> >> >