mpmckenzie Posted July 27, 2012 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi, what makes the M8 b&w files so good ? better than m9 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted July 27, 2012 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2012 Different IR filtering and color handling. Having said that, the M9 files are maybe more fiddly (they are!) but it is possible to get excellent B&W there as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrearch Posted July 28, 2012 Share #3 Posted July 28, 2012 Different IR filtering and color handling. Having said that, the M9 files are maybe more fiddly (they are!) but it is possible to get excellent B&W there as well. Excellent, but never as the M8.... said by someone who has owned both M8 and M9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ming Rider Posted July 28, 2012 Share #4 Posted July 28, 2012 hi, what makes the M8 b&w files so good ? better than m9 ? Noise that looks like film grain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 28, 2012 Share #5 Posted July 28, 2012 Excellent, but never as the M8.... said by someone who has owned both M8 and M9 Said by somebody who owns both M8 and M9 - and is waiting for the Monochrom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrearch Posted July 29, 2012 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2012 Said by somebody who owns both M8 and M9 - and is waiting for the Monochrom No, I sold the M9 and I bought another M8 .... Now I use an M6 and M8. (One D800 for some jobs) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 29, 2012 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ah -but I was talking about me. I find I can get the M8 and M9 as close as makes no difference in B&W, except the transitions are a bit smoother on the M9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80_20 Posted July 29, 2012 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2012 Does this quality "advantage" of the M8 apply to both, jpg and dng? Being somehow inspired by the MM, I am about to start B&W fotography with my M8 and wonder whether I make a mstake by using jpg. Thanks Klaus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prager Posted July 29, 2012 Share #9 Posted July 29, 2012 hi, what makes the M8 b&w files so good ? better than m9 ? Are you refer to B&W direct "out" the camera ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted July 29, 2012 Share #10 Posted July 29, 2012 If you have a good DNG convertor- use it, not JPEG. you get more dynamic range with DNG files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckart Posted July 29, 2012 Share #11 Posted July 29, 2012 Said by somebody who owns both M8 and M9 - and is waiting for the Monochrom Lucky man, especially the last one... Does this quality "advantage" of the M8 apply to both, jpg and dng? Being somehow inspired by the MM, I am about to start B&W fotography with my M8 and wonder whether I make a mstake by using jpg. Thanks Klaus I would say yes and yes. Yes, the B&W jpgs are very good and much better than the coloured jpgs out of camera. Yes you make something wrong by using just jpg. Storage isn't that expensive anymore so make dng and jpgs BW in the same time and you will have a very good picture on the screen and all quality the camera can give. If you want to use colour filters like yellow/green or orange, you have to play with the white balance. In my experience you get quite good results by taking daylight or cloudy with that filter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proenca Posted July 30, 2012 Share #12 Posted July 30, 2012 hi, what makes the M8 b&w files so good ? better than m9 ? hummm I had the M8 for ages and the M9 since the day it came out. I have the impression that the M9 files are bit more fiddly and require a bit more work - but you can achieve what you had with the M8, specially in monochrome. I found the M9 files a tad more dynamic range and with a bit more room to "play with". Also, quite important is the lens : I find that some M lenses drop gorgeous files to play in monochrome - for example 28 F2ASHP and 24 2.8 ASPH, the contrast is superb. YMMV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotharZhou Posted July 30, 2012 Share #13 Posted July 30, 2012 As for my experience, even the B&W jpgs straight out of M8 are stunning. The M9 is very good also, but lack of bite compare to the M8 B&W files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonearabiapix Posted August 1, 2012 Share #14 Posted August 1, 2012 As years pass, the M8 will become the classic m that we all will desire. For all the reasons above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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