Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/14

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Leica?
From: liangjiyang at gmail.com (Kay Yang)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:24:29 -0700
References: <380-220123314212710561@M2W122.mail2web.com> <CAFfkXxt7Awmq3Fg4JGC8Uq4sv3NdW9zmgJSd7UbuAH1f71uWYw@mail.gmail.com> <CABmfTOVLKR3050qhNRXOmJPYXThGdzqE9jksN1MhsCMVHskgMA@mail.gmail.com>

Does that mean all those color filters for B&W will be in demand again? LOL.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> If Leica really does this I am already there.
>
> Marty
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:27 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net <
> > wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> To get B&W from an RGB digital camera you throw away 2/3 of the image
> data.
> >> A B&W-only camera could be much more sensitive (higher ISO) and higher
> >> resolution.
> >
> >
> >
> > Um, if you change the mode to BW, that is true, but if you simply
> > desaturate the image, the file stays the same size, and I presume all the
> > information remains.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sonny
> > http://sonc.com/look/
> > http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/
> > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> >
> > USA
> >
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Replies: Reply from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] B&W Leica?)
Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO)
In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto at earthlink.net) ([Leica] B&W Leica?)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] B&W Leica?)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] B&W Leica?)