Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well yes of course, but I'm not sure the tradeoff between an ME for $5400 with color options vs. an MM for $8000 with better tonality is the right tradeoff. If they are both priced at $5000, then I'd jump for the MM too (if I have the budget) On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:22 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > For me it is the tonality, never got the same from an M9 conversion. I am > more than happy with my MM compared to the 3200dpi Hasselblad scans (FP4+) > I made earlier this year.... > > john > ________________________________________ > > > As a 3 year owner of the M9, I found the fascination with the MM, well, > fascinating. First, as much as I love B&W (I convert almost everything to > B&W), I hate to lose the flexibility of having the colors and specifically > the color filter components. I can darken the sky by tweaking the hue > component post. How easy is that? When I am shooting B&W film, it's not a > big deal, it's a choice I make, whereas the MM makes the choice for you. If > that makes sense. > > Fundamentally though, for $5400, you can get an ME or used M9, or pay $2000 > more to get a B&W camera. That just seems backward. Yes, I know, the > resolution is higher and the ISO is one stop better etc. etc. but you know > what? I have taken some decent pictures with the M9 and not once have > anyone say about my successful pictures that they would be even better if > the resolution is better, or the ISO is better. And of course with the > unsuccessful pictures, they just suck no matter how much resolution I throw > at it. > > I don't buy the easier to post process aspect. LR 4 Develop have 4 major > sliders, highlight, shadow, whites and blacks. Those Adobe engineers have > done A LOT of magic so that most images will get close to (lets say 90%) of > their best potential with just those 4 sliders. 4 sliders, and you don't > change the blacks and whites much. Once you learn a tool like LR4 well, any > time saving would be measured in seconds at best. > > Besides, if I do have $8000-$9000 to spend, I will either hop, skip and > jump and save a little bit more to get into MFDB. > > Or heck, my 617 is giving me a lot of joy. There's 10000 square mm of B&W > goodness, that's more than 10x of 864 square mm of digital pixels. For > $8000, I can buy a new Ebony 617s. Super sharp 5x7 lens are $2000+ and > there are plenty great sharp lens for $500 or under. > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>