[Leica] M10 Monochrom oh yes!

[Paul Roark]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 7:59 AM, chris williams via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
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> Leica was able to use some kind of sensor made in Belgium that was
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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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