[Leica] Love that M9 B&W

[Gerry Walden]

I would agree with that Richard, but I still enjoy shooting film sometimes and love the feel under the right circumstances.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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> On 30 Oct 2019, at 07:54, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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