[Leica] Love that M9 B&W

[Richard Man]

In my experience, Tri-X at 1600 can look nice but it's more hit or miss,
and the shadow Zone I to IV are..., shall we say, unconvincing. There is a
lot more room to play with the M9 images in the shadow areas in high ISO
situations.

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:12 AM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> 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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