Leica M Monochrom: best pics

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Hi Dave,

I've been busy working a lot lately...Another great series. I really like #2 above.

Gary, I also use filters from time to time and it's usually red, orange and yellow mostly...
 
Gary, are you asking to M9 or MM shooters? For my MM, I sometimes use yellow or orange filters. 😉

Hi Dave,

I've been busy working a lot lately...Another great series. I really like #2 above.

Gary, I also use filters from time to time and it's usually red, orange and yellow mostly...


Dave, Airfrogumc and everyone - I've heard rightly or wrongly (or I just misunderstood) that on a regular M9, shooting in color (RAW) and converting to B&W has advantages over shooting in B&W from the Menu options. I was told you can use the individual color adjustments e.g., red, orange and/or yellow for filter effects/contrast adjustments. My understanding is the M9 monochrome shoots in monochrome RAW, but filter effects cannot be added post-processing. This info was from a Leica salesperson, but I confess, to ignorance on this matter. Please correct me as feel I may have this wrong.
Thank you, Gary
 
Dave, Airfrogumc and everyone - I've heard rightly or wrongly (or I just misunderstood) that on a regular M9, shooting in color (RAW) and converting to B&W has advantages over shooting in B&W from the Menu options. I was told you can use the individual color adjustments e.g., red, orange and/or yellow for filter effects/contrast adjustments. My understanding is the M9 monochrome shoots in monochrome RAW, but filter effects cannot be added post-processing. This info was from a Leica salesperson, but I confess, to ignorance on this matter. Please correct me as feel I may have this wrong.
Thank you, Gary

B&W from the shooting menu on the M9 is simply a RAW attribute and you should be able to revert to a color RAW in your RAW converter.

By shooting the M9 in color (RAW), you get to process the B&W conversion to your taste rather than Leica's conversion algorithm.

As for the Monochrom, it simply records luminance and there is no color information to affect at the post processing stage. Your only opportunity to affect color is at the lens, ie; filters.
 
B&W from the shooting menu on the M9 is simply a RAW attribute and you should be able to revert to a color RAW in your RAW converter.

By shooting the M9 in color (RAW), you get to process the B&W conversion to your taste rather than Leica's conversion algorithm.

As for the Monochrom, it simply records luminance and there is no color information to affect at the post processing stage. Your only opportunity to affect color is at the lens, ie; filters.

Got it! Thank you!
Gary
 
As for the Monochrom, it simply records luminance and there is no color information to affect at the post processing stage. Your only opportunity to affect color is at the lens, ie; filters.

Except that the Monochrom's sensor has its own spectral sensitivity. It does not just record luminance linearly across all wavelengths.


Marty
 
Except that the Monochrom's sensor has its own spectral sensitivity. It does not just record luminance linearly across all wavelengths.


Marty

Marty, your statements and mine do not contradict each other. You can influence the color scene going through the lens to compensate for spectral sensitivity, but the raw data on the chip, and subsequent file, will not contain color information.

Michael
 
Marty, your statements and mine do not contradict each other. You can influence the color scene going through the lens to compensate for spectral sensitivity, but the raw data on the chip, and subsequent file, will not contain color information.

I'm not arguing, I just added my comment because what you've clarified above wasn't how I read what you wrote initially.

Marty
 
Thanks John. I've been wondering whether my high contrast images from Monochrom are well received. There's another thread with numerous comments on the high contrast images being a waste of the MM's talents. Personally, I find the high contrast works well hung on a wall.
 
Me personally, I process the MM files very little and I use only LR4.
I like shooting the MM and don't want to waste a lot of time processing them.
And obviously I use much lower contrast than you or Dave for that matter.
That's a personal preference and has anybody been officially appointed to tell you or me what is right 😀 ?
I don't think so...

If that's the way you like it, go for it. Others speak of "full tonal range" and some of these examples look like a lot of grey to me.
So to each his/her own and no worries.
Unless you are a pro and your customer doesn't like it, your personal preference is what matters.
Cheers
 
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