Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] B&W on M8.2...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 18:41:05 -0400

A jpeg is like a cheap Internegative;
Made by Walgreen's.
On a weekend
By the new guy.


A RAW file is like a rich full negative;
that you are developing by inspection
under the safe light;
X 1000.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 14:04:52 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W on M8.2...
> 
> At 01:12 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote:
>> Big disadvantage: shooting in B&W mode means shooting JPEG, with all
>> that this entails in terms of loss of flexibility to make adjustments
>> later.
>> 
>> Nathan
> 
> I agree totally.  I tried shooting B&W jpegs along with RAW photos in
> one of my M8's but doing both slowed the camera down too much.  If
> you have to choose between jpeg and RAW, there is no choice.  RAW is
> your negative.  You can do anything with it.
> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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