[Leica] M9 RAW's and B&W

[zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)]

RAW/DNG files only show the information when imported into a  
processing software. LR cannot read all the M9 DNG file data so even  
if you chose BW RAW in camera, LR would not be able to read this  
information. Same goes for if I chose BW RAW on my Nikon because only  
Nikon's NX software would be able to read all the RAW/NEF information.  
I'm going to assume the Capture One software for Leica may be able to  
read all the data in a RAW/DNG M9 file.

Make any sense?

Chris

Developed from my iHolga


On May 9, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Erik van der Meulen <erik at avondel.com>  
wrote:

> Dear knowledgeable Leica-group,
>
> I seem to be missing something in the way my M9 handles RAW's.
>
> As long as I keep my 'Compression' setting fixed on 'DNG', I have no  
> means
> of altering the 'Color saturation' setting. This remains on  
> 'Standard'. This
> seems to me 'normal behavior'; I get the 'raw' data from the sensor.
>
> Now this get interesting; I followed the suggestion found on
> http://www.overgaard.dk/leica-M9-digital-rangefinder-camera.html to  
> set the
> 'Compression' to 'DNG & JPG' and the 'Color saturation' to 'Black &  
> White'.
> This way the screen on the M9 nicley shows B&W images which I have  
> shot. I
> was under the assumption that this came from the JPG files recorded  
> along
> with the DNG.
>
> I have no need for the JPG's other than the preview function, I want  
> to do
> the actual B&W conversion manually in Lightroom on the DNG. So I  
> delete the
> JPG's before I import the DNG's files into Lightroom. Much to my  
> surprise in
> the import dialog window, the pictures do show up in B&W! Only after  
> the
> import they seem to be converted to colored pictures.
>
> Now what puzzles me is that I would have expected a DNG file to be  
> the same,
> no matter that the camera saturation settings would be. Further, if  
> this is
> not the case (as it indeed appears), how come I can only make  
> adjustments in
> relation to JPG settings on the camera?
>
> Obviously I am missing something here. If anyone can point me in the  
> proper
> direction, that would be greatly appreciated!
>
> -- 
> Erik van der Meulen
> <erik at avondel dot com>
>
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