Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/10

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:30:18 -0700
References: <6871B9CA-7D69-41FC-95D6-2BF975672ED0@icloud.com>
 
George, the reasons you articulate in your last paragraph are exactly 
why I jump on the Monochrom as my first "real" digital camera (only had 
a $100.00 p & s prior).

Knowing that the output is b & w only, just like in the film days, gets 
one much more in tune with the quality of light and shape that makes a 
good b & w image.

Although when I just take the MM out, I am sometimes accused of the "if 
all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" syndrome, I feel 
that it's better to catch an image in b & w that maybe should have been 
in color than not catch it at all.

Welcome back to the b & w world; any questions you have about the MM 
feel free to ask!

Jay


On 9/10/2014 8:44 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> c & c always welcome and appreciated
>
> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=9177>
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
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