Leica M Monochrom: best pics

[rhl-oregon]

M10M, Skopar 35 2.5 II

 

[dmr1286]

Leica Type 246 Monochrom with a 75mm f1.25 Noctilux - Virginia City, NV

 

[Freakscene]

MM, 50 Summilux ASPH. Brazil, 2013.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Weathervane


Leica Monochrom (CCD) w/Nikkor QC 13.5cm LTM

Best,
-Tim

 

[Freakscene]

MM, Voigtländer 35mm f1.2 v1. Colón, Panama, 2013.

 

[rhl-oregon]

Carthage NC / M10M, Summilux 50 1.4

 

[rhl-oregon]

Glendale Springs NC / M10M, Skopar 35 2.5

 

[rhl-oregon]

Glendale Springs NC / M10M, Skopar 35 2.5

 

[rhl-oregon]

Clemmons NC / M10M, Voigtlander 40 1.4

 

[Freakscene]

MM, 50mm Summilux ASPH. Rio, 2013.

 

[Freakscene]

Comparing the Leica M11 & Leica M11 Monochrom

Leica - a brand synonymous with German craftsmanship and quality, is also a brand associated with a high price, and if you're in the right (or possibly wrong) circles, a lot of cynicism. While they're a brand known for creating lenses with some of the highest quality optics available, they've...

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It is mostly familiarity, but I just got 100% on the test here. Anyone else with a Monochrom want to give it a go?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I would have preferred larger images, and I own the original M Monochrom- never used a CMOS monochrome camera.

100% on the quiz.

 

[pyeh]

Me too. 100%. And like Brian I only have the M9M.

 

[trix4ever]

I don't own a monochrom but still got 100%.
It was easy, I just picked the worse, flat images...
Given work I'm sure they would have been better than the colour image converted.

 

[Godfrey]

These kinds of 'tests' aren't worth the time to waste on them.

G

 

[Richard G]

Currently Victoria Police Association headquarters, East Melbourne. Louis Sullivan influence?

 

[Richard G]

 

[Richard G]

I scored 20%. That dark image was no fair contest. I was using a 16" (aka 15") MBP. Then, I've always been impressed with the M9 black and white jpegs.

 

[Vince Lupo]

One image in the pairs was distinctly darker than the other. More detail in the highlights but also the shadows were denser/blocked. So perhaps your choice of which camera took which image may have been more ‘which image do you prefer?’

I’d think a more interesting test would be to test the Monochrom against maybe something like the Pentax KIII or any other conventional digital camera with its colour image converted to black and white. Then you’d see if it was worth a) going with an exclusively black and white-sensored camera or just converting to black and white after the fact, and b) whether the final image was worth the cost of a Leica.

 

[Richard G]

This thread is interesting because most of the shots could not really show the advantage of the Monochrom over other cameras. Indeed the M9 black and white thread has so many good shots you might swear they were taken with the Monochrom. The M9 SOOC jpegs are very impressive in fact, and triX4ever hit the nail on the head above: very often the MM output is a bit dull to start with. Lots to play with though, in the shadows.

Come to think of it, I don't think I ever looked at what the MM offers in B and W jpegs. Seemed sort of perverse to try...