[Leica] B&W Leica?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

So I should Google Hubble and I'll see planets in solar systems I'd not be
seeing otherwise?
How about a landscape or a portrait?
How about one of your pix?

-- 
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:57:02 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Leica?
> 
> On Mar 22, 2012 at 02:04 PM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> "Disadvantages" is word.  A word which would be right at home in a poem 
>> or a
>> book report.
>> "Photography" is a visual art. Its does its thing through the medium of
>> photographs. Images.
>> If my images I make all day are disadvantaged show me an advantaged image.
>> That way I can know what I lack. And start saving up money and start a
>> letter writing campaign to get what I need.
>> Otherwise its just words. And as a photographer my currency is images.
> 
> You seem to have no shortage of words.  It sounds like you don't need a
> monochrome sensor, which is perfectly fine.  I'd say 99.9% (or more) of
> people are better served by a Bayer sensor.  But there are those out
> there who would benefit from a monochrome sensor and they know who they
> are.
> 
> If you are really interested in seeing some pictures (I can't tell from
> the patronizing bullshit you wrote above), take a look at any
> photography which requires narrow band spectral response.  Like, say the
> Hubble.
> 
> It's been hashed out several times on this list that a monochrome sensor
> gains you some sensitivity, higher resolution, and freedom from color
> moire.  The higher resolution thing can be important particularly when
> you are using narrow band filters.
> 
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