[Leica] Love that M9 B&W

[Richard Man]

Hi Gerry, good catch. I misremembered (wait, what did I forget ;-) )

This is ISO1600 :-)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/28-20111114-L1008118-Edit-2.jpg.html


On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:29 PM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Richard
>
> I find both my (resting) M9 and my M240 give excellent b&w results. I
> shoot .dng but have both my rear screen and Lightroom set to give me black
> and white, so it saves second-thinking colour or b&w.
>
> BTW, the file details on the gallery show the iso of the Wall Street image
> as 160, nowhere near what you are suggesting.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
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>
> > On 29 Oct 2019, at 19:54, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Don and Jim. Don: I could get decent ISO 1200-1600 prints out of
> the
> > M9. I have print them 17x22" and they look great. HIgher ISO or larger
> > size, they do break. If I could get clean ISO 3200, I would be so happy.
> > Any darker than that, I can't see well, anyway. Would love to have an
> M10.
> > Ha ha.
> >
> > This is from 2011 Occupy Wall Street, ISO probably 1200 or 1600.
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/L1005767-Edit-Edit.jpg.html
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:39 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Very nice tones, Richard.  Nice work!
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
> >> On 10/29/2019 2:04 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> >>> I have mostly shot with 4x5 and medium format the last 5+ years. I
> almost
> >>> forgot how nice it is to work with M9 converted B&W. It holds the
> >>> highlights nicely with lots of room in the shoulder as well.
> >>>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/20191026-L1002367.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>
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