Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] Love that M9 B&W
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:06:22 -0700
References: <CAF8hL-F0Qyv_ekhJBOkzSZVuJo5ezmqk8b6EVGY4Se2Th0Jmjg@mail.gmail.com> <70456888-fa3b-4484-f7b8-2b6dd919b701@lighttube.net> <CAF8hL-GKUSeJN7AxA5pF+qqFmB=15K7q+EeseYHKycvaRRFpjA@mail.gmail.com> <987BC044-CF60-4052-ABB1-769E83036E83@icloud.com>

Hi Gerry, good catch. I misremembered (wait, what did I forget ;-) )

This is ISO1600 :-)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/28-20111114-L1008118-Edit-2.jpg.html


On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:29 PM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Richard
>
> I find both my (resting) M9 and my M240 give excellent b&w results. I
> shoot .dng but have both my rear screen and Lightroom set to give me black
> and white, so it saves second-thinking colour or b&w.
>
> BTW, the file details on the gallery show the iso of the Wall Street image
> as 160, nowhere near what you are suggesting.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> 023 8046 3076
> 0797 287 7932
>
> > On 29 Oct 2019, at 19:54, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Don and Jim. Don: I could get decent ISO 1200-1600 prints out of
> the
> > M9. I have print them 17x22" and they look great. HIgher ISO or larger
> > size, they do break. If I could get clean ISO 3200, I would be so happy.
> > Any darker than that, I can't see well, anyway. Would love to have an
> M10.
> > Ha ha.
> >
> > This is from 2011 Occupy Wall Street, ISO probably 1200 or 1600.
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/L1005767-Edit-Edit.jpg.html
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:39 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Very nice tones, Richard.  Nice work!
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
> >> On 10/29/2019 2:04 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> >>> I have mostly shot with 4x5 and medium format the last 5+ years. I
> almost
> >>> forgot how nice it is to work with M9 converted B&W. It holds the
> >>> highlights nicely with lots of room in the shoulder as well.
> >>>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/20191026-L1002367.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>
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Replies: Reply from gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Love that M9 B&W)
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