Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its just referring to them by their code numbers only does not work. You have to say something descriptive like "the new Leica monochrome" or "the CMOS Monochrom". Otherwise people just skim it and move on. On 1/17/16 6:50 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > The new Leica naming scheme is just nuts. So there is still only one version M > Monochrom, based on the CCD sensor right? Or is there a new one based on > CMOS? Do we have: M9 based on CCD, and derivatives (M-P, M-A, etc.) M Type > "who the fcsk knows" based on CMOS, that's the M240, isn't it? M Type CMOS but > with higher resolution?!! Is that the Type 246? Or do I get it all wrong? On > Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> > wrote: > > Good point! > > > > On Jan 17, 2016, at 6:14 PM, Frank Filippone > <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > if you get that M240, and use it for > B+W, then color is > freeeeeeeeeeeeee. And who wouldn't want a freeeeeeeee > Leica color camera? > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > > Frank, > > > > Thanks for those links. The David Farkas article in > particular compares > the 246 to the 240 converted to B&W. He finds the 240 > provides B&W results > that are close to the 246 at low ISO?s and only starts > to fall behind the > 246 at the highest ISO?s. > > That is just what I was > looking for, and it makes me think that I will > get a 240. > > > > Robert > > > > >> On Jan 17, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > > wrote: > >> > >> Amazing how many articles a Google search will find.... > > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/hn3kqo4 Bottom of the page lists several..... > > >> > >> > >> From Erwin....., who has 3 different articles..... > >> > >> > http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-11/ > >> > >> I think the issue is > how much computer work do you LIKE to do? Vs. > Your wallet....... > >> > >> > Ask someone that has both to send you the SAME photograph from each > > camera... One in color ( M240) and the other in B+W (M246) and play with it > > yourself in LR,PS, or whatever you like to use......... > >> > >> If you get 2 > differing subject images, you have no way to see if your > skills at Post are > up to the differences in the cameras' hardware.... > >> > >> > >> Frank > Filippone > >> Red735i at verizon.net > >> > >>> > >>> I wasn?t asking for > comparisons of the two Monochroms, but a > comparison of the current Monochrom > with the 246 (which the Monochrom is > based on) converted to B&W. > >>> > >>> > I?m wondering if I could get along with the 246 and converting to B&W > when I > want B&W, but have color otherwise, and not lose quality in > comparison with > the Monochrom. > >>> > >>> Robert > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- // > richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // > http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // > https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto _______________________________________ > ________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/