Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nick - Are you sure it actually appeared? Or was there just talk and avertising materials. On 10/3/06 4:14 AM, "Nick Roberts" <nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > There was a Canon-bodied version as well. > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 3 October, 2006 4:21:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this? > > > kodak did for a while, it was a 760m (nikon f5 based) monochrome only. > short lived, highly sought after, rarely shows up in ebay > > On 10/2/06, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: >> Does anyone make a camera suitable sensor that is B&W only? >> >> Ric >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Christopher Williams wrote: >> >>> This discussion has gone on for what, 4 weeks now? >>> >>> RAW is RAW, BW is BW. One camera for color, one for BW. I'm for it. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tina Manley" >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this? >>> >>> >>>> I don't understand why anybody would want a B&W version over a RAW >>>> version. RAW is the negative. You can develop it any way you >>>> want. Once it's been developed as B&W, you can't redevelop it for >>>> highlights or shadows or anything else. Why would you want >>>> that? RAW has all of the information that the camera captures. B&W >>>> only would throw away most of this information. Are you going to >>>> depend on the camera software to develop the negative for you? It >>>> doesn't make sense to make a B&W only camera! >>>> >>>> Tina >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >