Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this?
From: leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)
Date: Tue Oct 3 15:52:04 2006
References: <4cfa589b0610021806m8b185b4g8a71c33b24804dff@mail.gmail.com> <4522C5E7.9010404@summaventures.com> <p06230902c14897c0b82f@[10.1.16.129]>

That would be cool if you could select your s-curve!

Tom Schofield

On Oct 3, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 9:19 PM +0100 10/3/06, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> Is it April 1st?
>>
>> Why on earth...if you are going to pay the asking for an M8, why  
>> pay extra above that (you don't really think that it would be  
>> cheaper do you?) for B&W only. It won't do anything about the  
>> digital problem wih highlights...
>>
>> Peter Dzwig
>
> It would be really great if digital could produce the same sort of  
> shoulder that the non-tabular films are capable of, but a B&W-only  
> camera would likely have a greater dynamic capability than the  
> bayer pattern ones, so you'd be a step ahead already. That plus  
> resolution and higher speed.
>
> Those are definite advantages if you're going to be only producing  
> B&W anyway, so April 1 doesn't enter into it, unless that is the  
> day when I can get one. :-)
>
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Replies: Reply from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this?)
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