Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or buy using a Monochrom ink set I've used MIS versions. And our new Lug member Paul Roark makes a carbon version which is known to be the state of the art standard of the industry. If you were a serious collector or museum or gallery that's what you'd want. And its what I want when I make a nice print of my mom to put on my wall here. Black and white print making today more than competes with darkroom work. It resembles a silver print combined with a platinum print. The blacks give Amidol with Agfa Brovira #6 a run for its money. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:57:50 +0530 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MM and M9 Comparison > > You can avoid the colour ink by using a RIP like Imageprint. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at > archiphoto.com>wrote: > >> Erwin has this statement here: >> >> "The Monochrom produces absolutely neutral monochrome tones. The separate >> RGB values are identical when looked at in a post processing program. When >> you take a M9 image file and transfer it to black and white there is >> always >> a slight color cast. It is well-known that even the Epson 3800, when set >> to >> bw-printing, will add slight amounts of color ink. One can safely claim >> that the Monochrom is the only digital 35 mm camera that delivers pure >> neutral tones, identical to the ones you get when using silver-halide >> emulsions." >> >> If you take an M9 file, do whatever channel mixing suits you or what >> Silver EFEX produces, and then change the file to a 16bit monochrome file, >> there is no more RGB information and the M9 file winds up being as >> neutral >> as the MM file. I don't know what he's thinking in that sentence. He must >> be talking about files straight from the camera. >> >> The other stuff is fairly clear and seems straighforward. >> >> I would add that beyond the added detail and the better ISO/noise >> relationship the separation of tones is much better in the MM files. In >> fact, in normal shooting (not extreme enlargement or ISO) I would say that >> is the main advantage of the files in my estimation. >> >> And as Tina mentioned, the psychological mindset that comes with knowing >> that the camera can produce nothing except fine B&W files. >> >> Henning >> >> >> >> On 2012-09-03, at 3:09 AM, A. Lal wrote: >> >>> >>> >> http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-8/M%20Monochrom.htmlhttp://www.im >> x.nl/photo/leica/camera/styled-8/M%20Monochrom.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> Henning Wulff >> henningw at archiphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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