Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does that price include a lens with a special serial #? Allen ---- Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > I'd love to have full BW RAW mode, no color converting at all. Save even > more time when I'm dealing with 800-1600 images from a wedding. Now that > we're getting into even more megapixel's in cameras, anything to speed up > processing. Try converting 500 or more color RAW images to BW jpeg on a D1x > with 10mp interpolation on! > > Also I hate that clients just consider "well, you can just change it to BW > later right?". I want the BW capture first! I want Neopan 1600 in a 10mp > camera GD! > > There was talk from Leica on a BW only digital M. Special limited edition > matte chrome Bresson Digital BW M8.5 camera, only $9999 > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G Hopkinson" > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re BW modes > > > > B.D., yes, got that you were championing original RAW capture. > > I understand and agree from my limited knowledge. > > I've only played with a couple of RAW files (from a D70 user) as an > educational exercise, but is it not only adding a channel mix > > choice to the workflow? Meanwhile still preserving all of the RGB info as > options? > > Maybe I'm being too simplistic, but is the sensor capture fundamentally > not b/w, with filters/alterations applied to produce the > > three channels? > > I can't see that actually being commercially viable to pursue but I can > see b/w as a minority output choice, being most versatile > > coming from the three channels. Maybe I'm just overly b/w from colour > > scan > fixated? > > I really want to understand better. > > All knowledge is golden, someone wise said. > > > > Cheers > > Hoppy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information