[Leica] Digital M futures

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Stefan mis-spoke himself. 3x the resolution is unachievable for such 
a camera with basically the same sensor, minus the RGB filters. You 
might get close to 1.2 to 1.5x the resolution in practical terms, but 
never 3x. The old Kodak 760, which was the last dedicated B&W digital 
camera, produced very nice shots with, I believe, a 6mp sensor. As 
the Digital-M is to have no anti-alias filter, the difference in 
resolution might be quite slight.

I think a 10.5Mp dedicated B&W Leica Digital-M might be competitive 
with a 15-20Mp Bayer pattern camera, and might have better dynamic 
range due to the lack of less light reaching the sensors because of 
the lack of filters, but that's it. BUT, if that is the sort of 
performance that is achievable (think DMR shots that are a bit better 
resolution and with 2 stops more DR), then count me in. In todays 
terms, that would be a dream come true for me. Unfortunately for 
Leica, they'd have to get this thing out toot sweet, as digital 
evolution waits for no manufacturer.

>Say this is true,,,, 3 times the resolution... but B+W only.  Is this a
>compatible format, and processing resolution format for PS or other digital
>processing software?  Can PS handle the color space to B+W formatted pixels
>conversion.. or is my thinking off track?
>
>What about the output?  If the output were a print, what about the
>resolution of the printer/drivers?
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>>
>>  > Also we were asked for our response on a digital
>>  > version which would triple
>>  > resolution.
>>  > Lots of hands shot up from the crowd. With eyeballs
>>  > in the middle of the
>>  > palms. Blinking.
>>
>>
>>  Mark, allow me to elaborate for the benefit
>>  of anyone who was out of the room.
>>
>>  Stefan asked the group how many of us would
>>  be interested in a Digital M variation that
>>  delivered triple the resolution with the
>>  same size sensor and pixel count, but in
>>  *black and white* only.  That's when hands
>>  shot up and pants got damp all over the room.
>>  I didn't quite follow the proposed technical
>>  implementation -- something about eliminating
>>  RGB from the pixels und-so-weiter -- because
>>  at the time I was preoccupied with the need
>>  for fresh undergarments.
>>
>
>
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