Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you are going to be very set up Tina the Monochrom will give you the kind of edge one had when one was on top of their materials in the black and white film age like I'm sure you were. I may have to find a way to move mountains and think outside the box to land one. Would have to change my name to Mark Monochrom Rabiner III. Doubt my friends would recognize me. F 13x19 carbon print portfolio and show and be there. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:46:51 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] SHOOTING B&W? > > I am getting the MM for the new sensor with higher ISO performance and > better resolution. I will carry two cameras, the M9 for color and the MM > for B&W, just like I did with film. I don't see how that will hamper my > success as a B&W photographer. > > Tina > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> > wrote: > >> For me one of the most useful attributes of the new digital realm most of >> us move in is that we have a black and white camera and a colour camera >> built into one. What is more, we have every speed of film plus some at our >> disposal every time we put that camera to our eye. i do not need a b&w >> camera and a colour camera. I have them both in a single unit and can use >> them accordingly. If you continue thinking of b&w as a 'spin-off' of the >> colour digital camera you have slung around your neck you will never be a >> successful b&w photographer. It would be like owning a car and only ever >> using one of its gears. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> On 27 Aug 2012, at 21:54, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 1:28 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: >>> >>>> And they look quite good! Occasionally it's nice to feel... "Well that >> kinda looks like I still have the touch!" And smile inwardly! :-) >>> >>> You have worked long enough >>> and hard enough >>> to have the soul of a photographer >>> firmly and permanently installed. >>> Ain't never ever go'n away. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information