Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shooting Bayerless. What's black and white and red all over? I looked up its probable sensor size and its 5120px by 2700px = 24.90mm by 18.70mm Another issue is that it really is for motion work and not still work. So that puts a money wrench into some direct comparisons. It would be great to shoot a film with Summicrons though. And most of the Red Ones gives you that option. - points of great interest to me on this monochrome Red one announcement. The fact that they are coming out with a monochrome is a vindication of Leica's interest in such a thing. Its not just a gimmick. There are real reasons to consider a black and white digital camera. And its mainly I think the idea of shooting Bayerless. To me it was of interest way the specs / hype is laid out in this Red one announcement compared to how Leica phrased theirs. 1. CMOS. A vindication of a sensor which some feel is unworthy to a CCD. And specific specifics: 2. "15-20 percent bump in effective resolution" is what they are saying the Bayerless process gives us. My hopeful guess on the Bayerless advantage was 25%. So we are talking about a bump. Not a decimal point. 3. DOUBLE the sensitivity gain. Which means double the iso or "ASA" speed as they said!. 2X the speed. Not three or four times like some Leica monochrome users seem to be indicating. So a more muted assessment from what we got from the M9 to the Monochrome. 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: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:40:59 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] B&W & Red! > > LUG > > Another entry in the B&W only division that makes the Leica MM look like a > bargain!! > > http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2012/09/red-announces-epic-m-monochrome-black-and > -white-camera > > Anybody with a spare $42,000? > > Tina > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information