[Leica] Converted Monochrome

[John McMaster]

$1000 on top of the price of a donor...

john

On 29/12/2020, 18:04, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man" <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org on behalf of richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

    The monochrom conversion is "only" $1000, the price of a Leica lenscap ;-)
    Worth it? who knows. fyi, Monochrom (the original) still fetches
    about $3500-$4500

    As for films,  yea, I shoot a lot of those ;-)

    Paul, by pulling off the color filter, it *could* increase the apparent
    resolution. Definitely not 4x, but not insignificant.

    On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 9:39 AM Paul Roark via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
    wrote:

    > Is the only advantage of pulling off the color filter layer of the sensor
    > (assuming focus is kept flat via some neutral replacement) increasing the
    > speed/ISO of the camera?
    >
    > I was wondering if (and doubting that) any company was able to separate the
    > individual sensor elements and quadruple the resolution.
    >
    > Paul
    > www.PaulRoark.com
    >
    > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:59 PM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
    > wrote:
    >
    > > Hi Paul, the Sony A7 conversion I am aware of is the site that Jayanyand
    > > referenced:
    > > https://www.monochromeimaging.com/
    > >