Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]$500 for an a7 ;-) On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:09 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote: > $1000 on top of the price of a donor... > > john > > ?On 29/12/2020, 18:04, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man" <lug-bounces+john= > mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org on behalf of richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > The monochrom conversion is "only" $1000, the price of a Leica lenscap > ;-) > Worth it? who knows. fyi, Monochrom (the original) still fetches > about $3500-$4500 > > As for films, yea, I shoot a lot of those ;-) > > Paul, by pulling off the color filter, it *could* increase the apparent > resolution. Definitely not 4x, but not insignificant. > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 9:39 AM Paul Roark via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > Is the only advantage of pulling off the color filter layer of the > sensor > > (assuming focus is kept flat via some neutral replacement) > increasing the > > speed/ISO of the camera? > > > > I was wondering if (and doubting that) any company was able to > separate the > > individual sensor elements and quadruple the resolution. > > > > Paul > > www.PaulRoark.com > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:59 PM Richard Man <richard at > imagecraft.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Paul, the Sony A7 conversion I am aware of is the site that > Jayanyand > > > referenced: > > > https://www.monochromeimaging.com/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard http://imagecraft.com JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative