[Leica] M10 Monochrom oh yes!

Ken Iisaka ken at iisaka.com
Sat Mar 31 09:18:01 PDT 2018


It’s still a day early, Chris
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 09:15, chris williams via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I just shoot, I let the M10 Monochrom do the pixels for me.
>
> Chris Williams
> www.zoeicaimages.net
> 504-231-6261
>
>
> > On Mar 31, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Paul Roark via LUG <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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