Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I have been shooting the X-Pro as a B&W. I assume that my comments will apply to the X100 too. Yes, it works in that you can shoot in B&W mode with various filters. However if you want to shoot in RAW you end up loading a colour image into LR and then you have to apply the relevant filters to the image again. As a result have the advantage of the RAW file, and while in the camera you can see it as you imagined it - or at least as it turned out! But in LR the camera isn't providing what you pre-visualised. I had presumed that there would be a boxcar file that would be passed to LR with the precise settings, but alas no. Upshot: The X-Pro is a great camera, very much in the classic M mould (but digital) and will take M lenses. Imagewise, you get the flexibility to reconvert your image to B&W and rework it to your heart's content, but it ISNT a Monochrom. The greyscale depth is good but not as good as the images from the M With regard to the specific issue of JPEGs I don't know, since I only shoot RAW. Maybe in JPEG it will work just like a MM, but Gerry Walden can tell you more about it. Peter On 19/09/2014 12:54, Douglas Nygren via LUG wrote: > Attached is a link to an article describing using the Fuji X100s to do > black and white photograph. > > Given the high cost of the Monochrom, this may be a good alternative. > X100S is a camera Leica should have made, but didn't. > > I look forward to reading your comments. > Doug > > The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley > > > > The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley > The Fuji Monochrom By James Conley A major impediment most new > photographers face is that color is the default mode of expression. Not > only are we inundated by ... > View on www.stevehuffphoto.com Preview by Yahoo > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig