[Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom

[Gerry Walden]

I am almost reluctant to type this, especially as I get a lot of support from Fuji and I am about to be made a Fujifilm X-World photographer, but it seems to me that there is something very special about the Leica Monochrom. Whether that “something special” is worth all the extra money could be debated until the cows come home, but in my opinion it is certainly there.

That having been said, I have used the X-Pro1 (my preferred camera) to shoot RAW + B&W jpegs, and the jpegs are very good indeed.

Gerry


On 19 Sep 2014, at 15:25, 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).
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> 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.
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> a note off the iPad, George
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> On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Douglas Nygren via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> Attached is a link to an article describing using the Fuji X100s to do black and white photograph.
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>> Given the high cost of the Monochrom, this may be a good alternative. X100S is a camera Leica should have made, but didn't.
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>> I look forward to reading your comments.
>> Doug
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>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley
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>> 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 ...  
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