[Leica] The "problem" with the M9

[Gerry Walden]

Thank you Tina, John and Steve.

Gerry

> On 2 Jan 2017, at 17:07, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> +1!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:04 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
>> You know the obvious answer Gerry........ I usually leave the house with a
>> Monochrom as well as my M(240) ;-)  I agree with what you say and rarely
>> take the same shot with both cameras as each have their strengths.
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> I am sorry to come back on this, but I believe that the photographer
>> should make a decision by pre-visualisation of how the final image should
>> look. Although this may may be a split-second decision based on intuition
>> and experience that decision is important. If you shoot in b&w you shoot
>> for the composition of light and dark, highlights and shadows whereas if
>> you shoot in colour you shoot for the interplay of the colours of the image
>> and the way the balance together. This is a decision that cannot be
>> realistically made afterwards as the two images/decisions are different. If
>> you make the dcision afterwards it will never be as good as the
>> pre-visualisation that should have been done before.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 13:46, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ever since I switched to digital I have had problems with some images
>> deciding whether it is a ‘colour’ image or a ‘mono’ image. It was easier in
>> my opinion when you carried two cameras, and you made the decision at the
>> point of pressing the button, and then you had decided. It was a decision
>> made at that moment, in that mood, at (to quote HC-B) the point when the
>> heart, the eye and the mind come together. There is no better time to
>> decide because never again will those three factors coincide. I am afraid
>> that the decision on which of these two images is purely yours to make
>> because neither is better or worse than the other.
>>> 
>>> I wish you luck with your decision,
>>> 
>>> Gerry
>>> 
>>>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 01:51, lluisripollphotography <
>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The Day I went to shoot “Giving Smiles” I’ve carried the M9, it poses
>> sometimes a problem to decide if color or B&W….
>>>> 
>>>> Evening in La Rambla
>>>> 
>>>> Leica M9, Summilux 75 wide open
>>>> 
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>> 20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.html>
>>>> 
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>> 20161221_L1013236.jpg.html>
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
>>>> 
>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>> Lluis
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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