[Leica] Converted Monochrome

[Richard Man]

$500 for an a7 ;-)

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:09 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote:

> $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/
>     > >
>
>
>
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