Messsucherkamera Posted May 12, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted May 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) The digital vs. film debate rages on, especially with the arrival of the M Monochrom. Â In terms of final image (print) quality, will the M/M surpass the results produced by a film M camera, one of Leica's best lenses such as the 50/1.4 asph and a modern film like Fuji Across 100 or Efke 25? Â Some will say that the above question is irrelevant. To that claim I would have to ask "What is of more value to a photographer than image quality?" Speed most likely does trump I/Q in the world of news photography. In all other facets of photographic endeavor though, image quality is king. Â This is an older essay (2005, I think) but in many ways it is still relevant today: Â Enough Already! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tomasis7 Posted May 12, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted May 12, 2012 i think MM camera will unite people more from both film and digital realms. since B&W is what matters now. Â Good photogs like Magnum, are clever enough to focus on making good pictures. And other isues become only issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 12, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted May 12, 2012 What do you mean by "surpass the results produced by a film M camera"? Â Image quality is a good image, made by pointing the camera at something good. You can bet your bottom dollar that the majority of images coming from the MM may have superb resolution, but because of the people buying them the image quality will, in general, be boring as hell. Watch out for plenty of posts begining 'look at this resolution' and you will see what I mean when you stand back and just look at the picture for what it is. Â Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Moly Posted May 12, 2012 Share #4  Posted May 12, 2012 What do you mean by "surpass the results produced by a film M camera"? Image quality is a good image, made by pointing the camera at something good. You can bet your bottom dollar that the majority of images coming from the MM may have superb resolution, but because of the people buying them the image quality will, in general, be boring as hell. Watch out for plenty of posts begining 'look at this resolution' and you will see what I mean when you stand back and just look at the picture for what it is.  Steve  The new MM will create a totally different style of matting and framing:  The passepartout covers the original photograph plus somewhere in the corner a part in 100% view........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted May 12, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted May 12, 2012 Â This is an older essay (2005, I think) but in many ways it is still relevant today: Â Enough Already! Â Click through to Pete Meyers' website and you'll find he considers the new M Monochrom his dream camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted May 13, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted May 13, 2012 I would have to ask "What is of more value to a photographer than image quality?" Â Quality images? Â "There is nothing worse than a sharp picture of a fuzzy concept." - Ansel Adams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alw Posted May 13, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted May 13, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) "What is of more value to a photographer than image quality?" Â Image content. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share #8 Â Posted May 14, 2012 "What is of more value to a photographer than image quality?"Â Image content. That's undoubtedly true. Â A high resolution, technically superb photograph of a turd is in the end nothing but a photograph of a turd. It will have little to no practical use, economic worth, aesthetic value or artistic relevance. Â I asked my original question ( "What is of more value to a photographer than image quality?" ) thinking in terms of image content being a given. Â Sorry I didn't clearly express that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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