Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No one needs it. But many, it seems, including myself, want it :) The effective resolution from this baby is equivalent to a 36MP Bayer-layout sensor. It just about NEEDS the mind-boggling superb APO-Summicron 50mm ASPH. It has a resolution comparable to 4x5 large format cameras. Ansel Adams would have loved it. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> wrote: > I am wondering who really needs this MM camera. Especially at the price > point. I've shot black and white and colour with an M8 and now an M9 and > all the files are so good that it's scary. > You can print huge files with these camera files and with Nik software to > finesse your black and white files, they really are something. > I am really starting to think you get to a point with all of this hardware > and after a certain level it's all just trying to sell you something you > don't really need. At least for most people who are printing various sizes > if they print at all. > You > Look at the work of the old > Masters like Cartier-Bresson, Doisneau, Ilse Bing etc, even our own Dr. > Ted and the work stands the test of time even today with all the latest and > greatest gadgets. > Personally I'm tired of all the hype of the latest and greatest and am > just going to enjoy what I am fortunate to shoot with and not think twice > about M and M. > > Scott > > > > > > On 2012-05-14, at 7:50 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/kodak-760m.shtml > > > > john > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > Well it was $25K and the Frankenstein Nikon/Kodak was really meant for > the newspaper biz but by then Canon was coming out with the 1D and that was > the end of the B&W only idea plus Kodak never could make their own camera > bodies. Fuji ran into the same > > problem even though Fuji had a kickass 1600iso before any one else. > > > > > > On May 14, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > > >> Yes, when Kodak was in the digital dslr camera business they did, but > it wasn't commercially successful, for whatever reason I don't > know/remember. I do know that they could have been a player in the dslr > business, but dropped the ball. Probably so did Fuji. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Nichols > >> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 6:31 PM > >> To: Leica Users Group > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] MM Review > >> > >> Bob, > >> > >> I believe Kodak produced one some years ago, based on a Nikon body. > Perhaps > >> he is referring to color files converted to B&W. > >> > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" < > robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 6:25 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] MM Review > >> > >> > >>> I'm just curious here. When I read "He does say that the Leica MM > gives > >>> the best B&W > >>> files of any digital camera available." I ask: How many digital cameras > >>> produce b&w files? > >>> > >>> I'm not following this new stuff all that closely but that said I was > >>> unaware of any others. > >>> > >>> Enquiring Minds, etc. > >>> > >>> --Bob > >>> > >>> ==On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Tina Manley <images at > >>> comporium.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> LUG: > >>>> > >>>> If anybody is considering the M Monochrom, I cannot recommend highly > enough > >>>> Sean Reid's review of the camera. It requires a subscription but is > well > >>>> worth the price. His information and insight about metering with the > >>>> camera are invaluable. He does say that the Leica MM gives the best > B&W > >>>> files of any digital camera available. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.reidreviews.com > >>>> > >>>> Lots of good information here! > >>>> > >>>> Tina > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP > >>>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com