In defence of the CCD sensor in the Leica M Cameras

[JamesBarry]

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[fsprow]

In my opinion, the trade off is a little more PP using the CMOS sensors versus the much higher ISO achievable with CMOS versus CCD.  For me, the balance lies with the CMOS.

 

 

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[Ko.Fe.]

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You can't PP it to get something which exist in oily CCD files, but absent in pixelated CMOS files. I could balance low CCD ISO with low light by TTL flash. Just like Garry Winogrand and Bruce Gilden used flash and film Leica cameras.

[fsprow]

I would say the difference between a flash exposure and one taken at a higher iso with no flash is much greater than the CCD/CMOS difference.  I and my clients have never noticed the highly pixelated CMOS phenomenon you refer to.

 

But, as they say, whatever floats your boat.

[Ko.Fe.]

Yep, my boat floats on knowledge of balancing flash and ambient light, which comes after no flash experience. To be honest, pixelation is only visible on 100% crop. Clients and those who are serving them usually not into it

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I've had my M Monochrom mk1 since August 2012. I use it a lot, and I now can't imagine being without it. I take the fabulous quality of the files as a given. I rarely go above 2500 ISO.

 

I know the M246 Monochrom goes a lot higher in ISO, and I can only imagine what the M10 Monochrom will be capable of. ISO just keeps going higher and higher as the years pass. I've no experience of the M246, but I love the grain my M Monochrom mk1 produces at around 1600 ISO. It's all the camera I need.

 

Attached shot was taken in Barmulloch, Glasgow, with the 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE.

 

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