[Leica] Converted Monochrome

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Richard,
Unless you use a high megapixel camera to effect the conversion, there is
not much advantage that I see. If I buy a 24MP Nikon or Fuji (both systems
I already have lenses for) and effect the conversion, I would end up with a
40-45MP monochrome camera. The results from this would not be materially
different enough from converting files to B&W taken on a Nikon D850 or Z7,
to be worth the additional cost or effort.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:43 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> $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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