Here are some pictures from the new camera:
http://www.slack.co.uk/slack/Monochrom.html
and the dpreview preview:
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/leica-m-monochrom
Of course, I have no intention of getting this camera. If I had that
kind on money, I'd get the M9.
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at
it's now listed at Adorama for $7950, if any of you are interested.
18 mp BW sensor, no other specs.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:35 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
BTW, didn't Nikon used to have a BW version of
I'm still not interested. ;-)
G
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
it's now listed at Adorama for $7950, if any of you are interested.
18 mp BW sensor, no other specs.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:35 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
On
My question: where is the advantage? Is there any way Leica could
develop a purely BW sensor that had advantages that it wouldn't have
if it did color as well?
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
It has occurred to me that one of the stupid things
On 3/18/12 13:19, Steven Desjardins wrote:
My question: where is the advantage? Is there any way Leica could
develop a purely BW sensor that had advantages that it wouldn't have
if it did color as well?
The advantage would be collecting *all* the available light, where a
colour sensor has
a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
My question: where is the advantage? Is there any way Leica could
develop a purely BW sensor that had advantages that it wouldn't have
if it did color as well?
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
It has
On 3/17/12 17:18, Mark Roberts wrote:
If the Leica rumor turns out to be real, perhaps they are implementing
the BW-only limitation in software but using the kind of sensor Kodak
announced a few years ago with a non-Bayer pattern that sacrifices
some color sensitivity for greater luminance
There will have to be some kind of color filtering to get the the sensor
to record different wavelengths in accordance with some semblance of
human vision. I do not think that you will gain all that much
sensitivity over a sensor with normal color filters in a color Bayer
pattern or some
. Alling
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There will have to be some kind of color filtering to get the the sensor
to record different wavelengths in accordance with some semblance of
human vision. I do
On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
If the Leica rumor turns out to be real, perhaps they are implementing
the BW-only limitation in software but using the kind of sensor Kodak
announced a few years ago with a non-Bayer pattern that sacrifices
some color sensitivity for
I would have great interest in a BW only sensor IF it also had
disengageable IR cut filters.
Imagine a BW full spectrum digital that you could then select
various IR cutoff filters in front of the sensor. Your viewfinder (or
live view) would not be affected, but only frequencies above your IR
From: Bob W
Higher resolution for having no AA filter. I'd personally prefer a HCB
filter, but there you go.
Just use the Don't Suck filter in Photoshop.
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I use my Fuji X10 in black and white only mode quite often.
Simples: I shoot high quality jpegs on a couple of custom settings (C1
and C2) with C1 high ISO harsh highlights, high noise, contrasty.
Perfect Knarf territory. C2 is low ISO and noise, landscapes etc.
Shooting the jpegs means I don't
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
BTW, didn't Nikon used to have a BW version of a sensor? How did that
compare in performance to the color version.
Kodak DC760w. Built on a Nikon body.
I used one for a time, belonged to a friend.
Excellent performer for
On 3/15/12 17:07, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Since everyone seems to say no, I'll try yes. I might not want this
as my only or regular camera, but I still think the idea
For event oriented snapshots I usually go for black and white only.
If it meant that it was faster and had better low-light quality, i might
consider a black and white digital.
When using my Lumix LX3, and I have set it to black and white, I found out,
that the RAW files are still color files!
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote:
When using my Lumix LX3, and I have set it to black and white, I found out,
that the RAW files are still color files!
This is not so great. I want the RAW files black and white too.
That's not physically possible. The raw files
It has occurred to me that one of the stupid things about making a
digital camera with a black-and-white-only sensor would be that it
would be like buying a film camera that would only work with one kind
of film. OK, you could have different sensitivity settings, but BW
films had their own
on 2012-03-15 17:42 Bob W wrote
Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit
surprised if they do that.
howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green?
powered by the envy of others...
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I want the workers' camera that shoots only red.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:00 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
on 2012-03-15 17:42 Bob W wrote
Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit
surprised if they do that.
howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green?
On Mar 15, 2012, at 21:41, steve harley wrote:
on 2012-03-15 17:42 Bob W wrote
Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit surprised if
they do that.
howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green?
Ha! That's what my K7 started doing back in December 2010.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green?
Ha! That's what my K7 started doing back in December 2010. Everything came
back in just one shade: green.
You are on the greening edge.
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Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
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Maybe if it was Pentax, for Leica you spend a lot for a nameplate.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Darren Addy
From: Darren Addy
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
No.
... and no.
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Darren Addy
On Mar 15, 2012, at 15:37, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Darren Addy
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
No.
... and no.
What he said.
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Subject: Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera
Absolutely not. It's not necessary. Conversion is easy ad very efficient. IMore
importantly, I wouldn't want the camera to do that for me. I want to be able to
assign grey values to the various colors.
Paul
On Mar 15, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a
On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Let's rephrase that question:
Would you like a camera with two stops more sensitivity, and three or four
times
A definite yes (even before rephrasing the question).
Color has never been a strong part of my view and it usually gets in the way!
I also wish I had a pocket that deep, by the way!
Bulent
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On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
A definite yes (even before rephrasing the question).
Color has never been a strong part of my view and it usually gets in the
way!
I also wish I had a pocket that deep, by the way!
Hell, I'd settle for having a pocket that deep, even
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Let's rephrase that question:
Would you like a camera with two stops more sensitivity, and three or four
times the resolution?
Don't mix up the subject of resolution and sensitivity. A Bayer mosaic
sensor with a given
On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
No. For many of the reasons already given.
However it was not that long ago that BW was the only choice. Even
From: Larry Colen
On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Let's rephrase that question:
Would you like a camera with two stops more sensitivity, and
On Mar 15, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Let's rephrase that question:
Would you like a camera with two stops more sensitivity, and three or four
times the resolution?
Don't mix up the subject of
A resounding no. You'd be back to using filters that affect the image
globally. Converting from color to b/w allows you to filter selectively.
-p
On 3/15/2012 11:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
Absolute ditto. I don't do that many BW's but even I see how anemic
automatic conversions look compared to careful use of the colour
mixer, contrast enhancement, etc. Unless this camera comes with Nik's
bw plugin built-in, I'd give it a resounding meh. Assuming meh's can
resound.
On Thu, Mar 15,
Wouldn't appeal to me at all.
But if it were to have Leica on the front there's a substantial
number of pretentious rich guys to whom it would appeal.
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Interesting, I misunderstood. I thought that each final site was an
interpolation of three or four adjoining sites. Since it wasn't something I
had the opportunity to do anything about, I didn't study it as deeply as I
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Before you answer: What if it was a Leica?
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-
may-have-a-bw-sensor/
Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit
On 3/15/2012 6:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Here's the deal:
The key to BW photography is that it is a non-linear capture of a
color universe abstracted into a set of monochromatic tonal
relationships. One of the vectors is the translation of chrominance to
luminance. When we were working
YES, If it were Pentax FF and ultra high resolution,
like 40 real Mpixel, I'd consider one. Especially if
it was low noise at high ISOs.
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Let's rephrase that question:
Would you like
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Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit surprised if
they do that.
howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green?
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