[Leica] Converted Monochrome

[Richard Man]

For $2000, I can shoot... 200 sheets of 8x10 B&W or 400 sheets of 4x5
color. If I'm not making good pictures by then, I should give up, ha ha.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 8:14 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Native solutions that do not need adapters are always the best solution!
> Buying a 6-7 year body and getting it converted puts US$2000 at risk -
> things  can go wrong in the sensor conversion, and converted bodies are far
> more expensive:
>
> https://maxmax.com/shopper/category/9485-sony-monochrome
>
> Just wait till you have a bit more money salted away, and buy a Monochrom.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jayanand, idle curiosity really. The only digital lens I have are
>> Leica Ms and I have no intention is get into a digital system, per se ;-)
>> Would love a Monochrom, but...
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 7:35 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>> >
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>>
>>
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