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  1. I'm on the verge of buying a Leica M246. Almost everything I shoot ends up in B&W and anyway, I have other cameras for colour. I have a decent set of M lenses and shot M6s for years. However, I am held back by what I see and what I have read about poor handling of highlights. I have viewed hundreds of images online, and what I see (when it is relevant) is very abrupt, and to my eyes, ugly highlight falloff. I do know that it is possible to avoid blown highlights by under exposing, relying on the ability to pull up detail in the shadows, but that is not really the issue, since even when the highlights are 'saved' the falloff seems very abrupt. By far the bast work I've seen is in the dull light of Iceland, or north Norway, where the highlights are snow, and exposure is obviously tweaked to keep the detail there. However, because of the duller light, the shadows are a) either less important - serving as a contrast to the white snow, or b) easier to pull up since they are not that dark given the lighting range. Images I've seen from brighter, sunnier places often have dramatic highlight fall off, which is very unattractive, if not blown highlights, where keeping some detail would add to the image. When I look back at my B&W film images taken over many years in the tropics, I see very few problems with highlights, unless contrast is extreme and I need to preserve mid-tone values. Colour filters may change the tonal relationships, but they do not change the overall contrast range. So I don't see colour filters as a solution to the seemingly inherent limitations of the monochrom 246 sensor. Can anyone explain how they have overcome this, and preferably demonstrate long highlight falloff in bright regions with the M246? A second question: is it not possible for Leica to obtain a better sensor (broader dynamic range) and build in a film like S curve?
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