dwmackay Posted June 26, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 26, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well not exactly... Having just recently returned to the Leica forum, I was struck by the number of B&W images from the M8 users. So I did a very un-scientific survey. I reviewed a number of pictures in the People Forum. I went back and looked for pictures that were labeled as having been taken with the M8. I do not know what equipment the regulars use, so I only counted the ones labeled as having been taken with the M8. Of those pictures, what percentage do you think was B&W? No cheating! Don't go back and count, just guess. I looked at 36 pictures (symbolic number). The winner gets bragging rights and the admiratrion of his/her peers. Doug M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 26, 2007 Posted June 26, 2007 Hi dwmackay, Take a look here M8 Lacks Color. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
farnz Posted June 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2007 36? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Gruyters Posted June 27, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 27, 2007 I'll go 26 Thanks Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricC Posted June 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 27, 2007 None? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 27, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 27, 2007 24 (just to have another symbolic number..., I'd say 20 to 25...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmackay Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted June 27, 2007 Hard to declare a winner here. The original post asked for a percentage. If the replys are in fact percentages rather than a picture count, you are all way off. The actual number is... 69 % B&W (25 Shots) 31 % Color (11 Shots) A surprising pair of numbers to me. Maybe Leica should make a B&W only version of the M8:) Doug M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 27, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I intended the real number, not the percentage, and so Paul, I think: we won ! - All serious photogs love BW and M8 is a camera for serious photogs - Digital is surely a way to re-evaluate BW, firstly for the reason that is so easy to switch on it, then for BW requires more attention to framing... and digital allowes to manage it supereasily in post processing. - For myself, there is another reason : "home darkroom" in my mind, means BW... I had a modest one lot of year ago, then abandoned...but sometime missed it... managing a BW file is a sort of comeback to that times of playing with different chemical developers, with differently contrasted papers... to regain control on parameters I USED to have control in darkroom; I agree with a friend in this forum that told me that for printing (color) is better to go to a lab... but for BW... I'm hoping to find some interesting combination of special papers and inks, with the right printer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Gruyters Posted June 27, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 27, 2007 Yes Luigi we won. First thing I've won in any Leica related exercise. I'm humbled. Regs, Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 28, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 28, 2007 We WON, damn ! 24 me 26 you = average 25 = BING ! And don't yet see any post of "admiration from our peers" as Doug promised ! Is not serious !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted June 28, 2007 Share #10 Posted June 28, 2007 Well not exactly... Having just recently returned to the Leica forum, I was struck by the number of B&W images from the M8 users. So I did a very un-scientific survey. I reviewed a number of pictures in the People Forum. I went back and looked for pictures that were labeled as having been taken with the M8. {snipped} Of course, you'd have to count all the portraits that somehow found there way over to *this* forum. If you did, I think you'd find the numbers much more balanced I think the BW says more about the photo forums than anything else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nryn Posted June 28, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 28, 2007 "admiration from our peers" as Doug promised !Is not serious !!!! For what it's worth, I think you guys are brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted June 28, 2007 Share #12 Posted June 28, 2007 With this question, Doug is touching a point of interest: given the agony of producing consistent, reliable color from the snap of its shutter to the delivery of the final print or file, perhaps one should shoot only B&W with the M8 until its firmware matures. Oh, the unproductive hours I struggle with color workflow issues . . . -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted June 28, 2007 Share #13 Posted June 28, 2007 Hard to declare a winner here. The original post asked for a percentage. If the replys are in fact percentages rather than a picture count, you are all way off. The actual number is... 69 % B&W (25 Shots) 31 % Color (11 Shots) A surprising pair of numbers to me. Maybe Leica should make a B&W only version of the M8:) Doug M. At the Dallas M8 Workshop, I told the senior Leica rep there that I would have written a check right there for a monochrome Leica for future delivery. It would be an amazing camera with out the Bayer filter and just set up for black and white. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 28, 2007 Share #14 Posted June 28, 2007 Well, it could be a fascinating camera... BW only ! But..stay on earth... how many people really will BUY it ? I love BW but I definitely will not spend about the price of M8 for a BW only camera... one thing they could do is making a BW only firmware... to be SOLD, but at a reasonable price, together with a customized C1... maybe with some specific tools for printers/cartridges/papers brands... this, in my mind, could be an interesting tech/marketing move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted June 28, 2007 Share #15 Posted June 28, 2007 Well, it could be a fascinating camera... BW only ! But..stay on earth... how many people really will BUY it ? I love BW but I definitely will not spend about the price of M8 for a BW only camera... one thing they could do is making a BW only firmware... to be SOLD, but at a reasonable price, together with a customized C1... maybe with some specific tools for printers/cartridges/papers brands... this, in my mind, could be an interesting tech/marketing move. No, to make it right would require the removal of the Bayer filter. As for C1 no need to customize just get the JFI Black and White profile and for printing a good rip and carbon pigment inks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted June 28, 2007 Share #16 Posted June 28, 2007 ....would require the removal of the Bayer filter. Would you have to start carrying orange, red, and green filters again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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