Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So I wouldn't have to keep dealing with that damned lag for automatic white balance! ;-) Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tom Schofield Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:52 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this? 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. :-) > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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