Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 18:10:35 -0500 (CDT)
References: <6AE48C6E-BE8A-4418-9273-90F9F693A707@mac.com> <8C4F174D-8751-4040-940E-56F1938908E5@mac.com>

Maybe Nikon will make a D800M.

On May 10, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> I'm really intrigued. I'll be fascinated to see some real image examples. 
> 
> What's the real bit-depth for the sensor?
> 
> If shot side-by-side with an M9 how do the images compare?
> 
> I strongly suspect that if Leica has its name behind it then the sensor 
> and the images will be pretty damn sweet.
> 
> There's a huge difference between taking the sensor pattern for color and 
> manufacturing a B&W image and making a B&W image directly from ONLY the 
> luminance data. It's a non-trivial difference. Because you can do 
> something like it in Photoshop doesn't mean that the final result will be 
> the same.
> 
> I find this really appealing although at the very boundary of my 
> affordability. Luckily all my glass will work with it and at the designed 
> focal length.
> 
> It's more attractive to me than an M9. My M8 is still a happily working 
> camera and I don't expect that to change.
> 
> It's really all about the images. Ted should have one NOW.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)
Message from abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)