[Leica] M10 Monochrom oh yes!

[chris williams]

I just shoot. 

Chris Williams
www.zoeicaimages.net
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> On Apr 1, 2018, at 6:41 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> It’s the same speed but it can skip having to pass though various filters first in the RGB Bayer process. It's just direct.
> Makes for a far cleaner final result.
> As I understand it demosaicing means anything blue in the image has to pass through a red then green grid layer first.
> Anything green has to pass though just the red gird layer one first.
> And if it’s a red rose its fairly direct. Should look good.
> A black and white sensor has none of that. No grids. No layers. Everything direct.
> Its keeping it simple stupid. I like that.
> 
> 
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> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
> 
> On 3/31/18, 12:14 PM, "LUG on behalf of Paul Roark via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>    On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 7:59 AM, chris williams via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
>> wrote:
> 
>> ​...
>> 
>> 
>> Leica was able to use some kind of sensor made in Belgium that was
>> strictly designed for monochromatic images.
>> 
>> ​...
> 
>    Yes, but aside from not having an R, G or B filter over the pixel, the
>    silicon is still the same speed as that under the filters of the color
>    sensors.  The monochrome's native speed is higher only because it has no
>    color filters over the pixels.  I don't think the Leica foundry has found
>    any breakthrough to increase silicon's native light sensitivity.
> 
>    I'm not knocking the monochrome at all.  For street photography or where
>    you don't need a filter, it's truly faster and a great tool for those types
>    of photography.
> 
>    Paul
>    www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
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