Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Lluis - I understand what you are saying. The differences are there but are slight - except at the higher ISOs where the MM really makes a difference. The main difference to me is mental. I know I am carrying a color and a B&W camera and use each one differently. It would have been much cheaper to use 2 M8s - a chrome and a black one - and designate one as my color camera and one as my B&W camera and just not look at the LCD!! I wish I could go back to those dark houses in Central America with the MM instead of my film cameras! I don't know that I will be photographing that much in low-light situations, but it will be interesting to see how much I depend on the MM and how much I use the M9 on my coming trip to Italy. Here around the farm, I am finding more and more uses for B&W ;-) Tina On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Tina, > > First at all thanks for post this, for all of us is much more useful your > test than the pictures with advertising or promotional purposes. > > In my first look, I principally apreciate that the pictures with the M9 > are more flat, I think in English the LUG says "washed out", MM is more > rich and contrasted, also more rich in shadows and higjlights detail, in > other words, better Density Range, MM looks more sharp. > > My self question is once you have work in either I think that these > differences will become less noticiables, except in sharpness and using > high ISO. > > Please don't be worried if I ask myself it it pays the the money..., IMHO > I think we would see more difference comparing MM/film or M9/film, I know, > these are two different things and the actual trends seems that are going > to the digital way, much more comfortable to use, but myself I can't avoid > my personnal point of view considering that is not easy afford such camera. > > Very interesting effort, thank you again Tina > > Saludos > Lluis > > > > El 03/09/2012, a las 0:02, Tina Manley escribi?: > > PESO: >> >> I put up some comparisons shot with the MM and M9. All used the same >> lenses (mostly 90/2.0) and same exposures - usually 320 ISO. I used >> Silver >> Efex Pro to convert the M9 ones to B&W using the Neutral choice. No noise >> removal or sharpening. Auto Exposure in LR4 on each one. >> >> I can definitely tell the difference in the raw files. I'm not sure what >> you can tell from small jpegs but here they are: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/145788353<http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/145788353> >> >> and the next 7. >> >> C&C greatly appreciated. >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com