Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: BW modes
From: allen.graves at charter.net (allen.graves@charter.net)
Date: Fri Sep 15 07:51:33 2006

Does that price include a lens with a special serial #?

Allen


---- Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote: 
> I'd love to have full BW RAW mode, no color converting at all. Save even
> more time when I'm dealing with 800-1600 images from a wedding. Now that
> we're getting into even more megapixel's in cameras, anything to speed up
> processing. Try converting 500 or more color RAW images to BW jpeg on a D1x
> with 10mp interpolation on!
> 
> Also I hate that clients just consider "well, you can just change it to BW
> later right?". I want the BW capture first! I want Neopan 1600 in a 10mp
> camera GD!
> 
> There was talk from Leica on a BW only digital M. Special limited edition
> matte chrome Bresson Digital BW M8.5 camera, only $9999
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G Hopkinson"
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re BW modes
> 
> 
> > B.D., yes, got that you were championing original RAW capture.
> > I understand and agree from my limited knowledge.
> > I've only played with a couple of RAW files (from a D70 user) as an
> educational exercise, but is it not only adding a channel mix
> > choice to the workflow? Meanwhile still preserving all of the RGB info as
> options?
> > Maybe I'm being too simplistic, but is the sensor capture fundamentally
> not b/w, with filters/alterations applied to produce the
> > three channels?
> > I can't see that actually being commercially viable to pursue but I can
> see b/w as a minority output choice, being most versatile
> > coming from the three channels. Maybe I'm just overly b/w from colour 
> > scan
> fixated?
> > I really want to understand better.
> > All knowledge is golden, someone wise said.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Hoppy
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Re: BW modes)
Reply from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re: BW modes)