[Leica] Love that M9 B&W

[Gerry Walden]

Nice image, good capture, and certainly nothing wrong with that as a high iso b&w. I would like to try comparing that with a similar print from the Tri-X days.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
023 8046 3076
0797 287 7932

> On 30 Oct 2019, at 07:06, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 023 8046 3076
>> 0797 287 7932
>> 
>>> 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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