Digital BW, The Print

Sorry.  I've been out planting tomatoes.  Here is the link to the original
DNG files:

http://www.slack.co.uk/slack/Monochrom.html

Click on Downloads on the upper right.  He's only going to leave them up
for a few days so download them now if you want them.

Tina

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Tina Manley <images@...> wrote:

> Paul -
>
> I've already ordered mine!  There are several examples of the RAW DNG
> files floating around on the forums. If you download Jono's photos of the
> Chinese fisherman and the girl in the scarf and play around with them, it
> will be very detrimental to your bank account.  You do have to use filters
> on the lens, just like with B&W film, but I still have all of my old
> filters.  The detail available in the RAW files is astounding.  I'll be
> carrying two digital M's, just like I used to carry two film M's - one for
> color and one for B&W.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Paul <roark.paul@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> I thought a generalized topic like this might be of interest here.
>>
>> One of the news stories that has been a major topic of discussion in the
>> Leica groups is the soon to be released dedicated B&W Leica -- the Leica
>> "Monochrom" or "Leica MM." See
>> http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m_monochrom/ for the
>> usual Leica information and hype. It's basically an M9 with the Bayer (and
>> all?) color filters removed from the M9's 18 MP CCD sensor. (Note there was
>> never an AA or diffusion filter over the sensor on the Leica.)
>>
>> Putting aside the the usual questions of whether Leicas, in general, are
>> worth the money, whether a grayscale digital camera is an improvement for
>> those of us who do mostly B&W seems like an interesting question.
>>
>> There is certainly going to be some increase in sharpness, but I,
>> personally, don't think I'd give up the advantages of variable color
>> filtration and superior selection by color range that an RGB original image
>> offers.
>>
>> In addition to the sharpness increase, there would also be a reduction in
>> shadow or low light noise, at least in many circumstances. However, in
>> working up my latest B&W landscapes, I found that the green channel, with
>> contrast enhanced, could be used to achieve a lower noise sky than the red
>> filtered channel by itself. So, would a single red filter over the B&W
>> camera really provide a lower noise sky? Leica, you can send a test camera
>> to me if you'd like! ;-)
>>
>> For those who are predominantly B&W shooters (aside from occasional color
>> snapshots), which would you take if someone offered you a same-make, etc.
>> B&W or color version of your favorite digital camera?
>>
>> Paul
>> www.PaulRoark.com
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>



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Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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