Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/19

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Subject: [Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:44:12 -0400
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Yes, I have the Monochrom, which I will never sell, the M240, and the M9.
 I love the files from the M240, but in color.  Converted to B&W they do
not look like MM files.  The MM has greater dynamic range, or appears to,
and is much smoother.  It's hard to describe, but it looks much more like
what I used to get with TMax 100 or Scala film.

Tina

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Since you refer to ?my? Monochrom, you must not have sold it (have
> you?)?so the huge difference presumably is in favor of the MM images over
> the converted M240 ones?
>
> ?howard
>
>
> On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I see a huge difference in the files from my Monochrom and the color
> files
> > from the M240 converted to B&W.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:25 AM, George Lottermoser <
> > george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The Fuji cameras obviously deliver beautiful digital files; at an
> >> extremely affordable price when compared to the Leicas which they
> emulate.
> >> And essentially this article says, "here's a nice camera, that looks
> almost
> >> just like a leica, which can turn it's RGB files into Grayscale files
> (just
> >> like every other digital camera available).
> >>
> >> Of course the same points could be made for my M8, and M; or the M9,
> M-E;
> >> or if you let go of the range finder ? any mirror-less camera on the
> market.
> >>
> >> a note off the iPad, George
> >>
> >> On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Douglas Nygren via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Attached is a link to an article describing using the Fuji X100s to do
> >> black and white photograph.
> >>>
> >>> Given the high cost of the Monochrom, this may be a good alternative.
> >> X100S is a camera Leica should have made, but didn't.
> >>>
> >>> I look forward to reading your comments.
> >>> Doug
> >>>
> >>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley
> >>> The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley A major impediment most new
> >> photographers face is that color is the default mode of expression. Not
> >> only are we inundated by ...
> >>> View on www.stevehuffphoto.com Preview by Yahoo
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > www.tinamanley.com
> > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
tina-manley.artistwebsites.com


In reply to: Message from douglasnygren at yahoo.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom)
Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Alternative to the Monochrom)