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Subject: [Leica] M 246 or M Monochrom
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:45:59 -0600 (CST)
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Good point!


> On Jan 17, 2016, at 6:14 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> if you get that M240, and use it for B+W, then color is freeeeeeeeeeeeee.  
> And who wouldn't want a freeeeeeeee Leica color camera?
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> Frank,
> 
> Thanks for those links.  The David Farkas article in particular compares 
> the 246 to the 240 converted to B&W.  He finds the 240 provides B&W 
> results that are close to the 246 at low ISO?s and only starts to fall 
> behind the 246 at the highest ISO?s.  
> That is just what I was looking for, and it makes me think that I will get 
> a 240.
> 
> Robert
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Amazing how many articles a Google search will find....
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/hn3kqo4  Bottom of the page lists several.....
>> 
>> 
>> From Erwin....., who has 3 different articles.....
>> 
>> http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-11/
>> 
>> I think the issue is how much computer work do you LIKE to do?  Vs.  Your 
>> wallet.......
>> 
>> Ask someone that has both to send you the SAME photograph from each 
>> camera... One in color ( M240) and the other in B+W (M246) and play with 
>> it yourself in LR,PS, or whatever you like to use.........
>> 
>> If you get 2 differing subject images, you have no way to see if your 
>> skills at Post are up to the differences in the cameras' hardware.... 
>> 
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
>>> 
>>> I wasn?t asking for comparisons of the two Monochroms, but a comparison 
>>> of the current Monochrom with the 246 (which the Monochrom is based on) 
>>> converted to B&W.
>>> 
>>> I?m wondering if I could get along with the 246 and converting to B&W 
>>> when I want B&W, but have color otherwise, and not lose quality in 
>>> comparison with the Monochrom.
>>> 
>>> Robert
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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