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

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Leica?
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto at earthlink.net)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:28:51 -0400

Sonny Carter 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.
<<<

And 2/3 of it is duplicate data, same as throwing it away.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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