t00l1024 Posted January 13 Share #1 Posted January 13 Advertisement (gone after registration) This post likely reveals my boredom on a Sunday evening. 😜 As stated at the top of this forum, the "Leica M Monochrome" forum is about Leica M11 Monochrome, Leica M10 Monochrome, Leica M Monochrome and the Leica M Monochrome (Type 246). Why the addition of the "e" on Monochrome? Although monochrome can be used as a noun as a single hue photograph, it's generally used here as an adjective. The use of "Monochrom" (without the trailing e) is for a specific set of Leica products. Just curious. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RobW0 Posted January 13 Share #2 Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, t00l1024 said: This post likely reveals my boredom on a Sunday evening. 😜 As stated at the top of this forum, the "Leica M Monochrome" forum is about Leica M11 Monochrome, Leica M10 Monochrome, Leica M Monochrome and the Leica M Monochrome (Type 246). Why the addition of the "e" on Monochrome? Although monochrome can be used as a noun as a single hue photograph, it's generally used here as an adjective. The use of "Monochrom" (without the trailing e) is for a specific set of Leica products. Just curious. Interesting point. I will think about this in my boredom on a Sunday evening. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFW2-SCUSA Posted January 13 Share #3 Posted January 13 Could it that in German there is no trailing E whilst in English there is. Though the camera is Monochrom since it's German, the Forum is in English. That's. the best I can do on this boring Sunday evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Abrahams Posted January 13 Share #4 Posted January 13 Clearly too much time on hand 😀 I prefer “Monochrom”, the German spelling but what I really dislike is that it needs to be added to my devices included words. Like in the dictionary as well as Summilux and Summicron etc. I am forever having to adjust spell check and the predictive text which comes up with a weird word. I have actually started to research how I can change or add words to my devices dictionary. Just need a bit more time on hands. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted January 13 Share #5 Posted January 13 7 hours ago, Ken Abrahams said: Clearly too much time on hand 😀 I prefer “Monochrom”, the German spelling but what I really dislike is that it needs to be added to my devices included words. Like in the dictionary as well as Summilux and Summicron etc. I am forever having to adjust spell check and the predictive text which comes up with a weird word. I have actually started to research how I can change or add words to my devices dictionary. Just need a bit more time on hands. Ken Make it a short text in the Phone - line MM -> Monochrom, SLX -> Summilux or so. Prefix it with something unlikely else to show up, in case these abbreviations appear in your normal text flow without referencing the Leica world (e.g. .MM, .SLX etc ). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted January 13 Share #6 Posted January 13 I also prefer “Monochrom” as that is the name of the relevant Leica cameras. In (British 😉) English “monochrome” does not mean B+W but actually “in shades of a single colour” as you say…although it is less usual to see monochromatic photographs in other colours. I feel (in contrast to your post) that in English “monochrome” (or monochromatic) would actually be the adjective…and “Monochrom” should be taken as the noun that refers to Leica cameras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00l1024 Posted January 14 Author Share #7 Posted January 14 Advertisement (gone after registration) OK. So an admin moved this thread from the Monochrome forum to the About the Leica Forum. I guess there are clues here to the answer! Searching this and other forums for "monochrom" or "monochrome" either produces irrelevant results, or an overwhelming quantity of results. Hmmm.... I still see "Monochrom" as a proper noun for a specific set of Leica products, and "Monochrome" as an adjective to describe the kind of image it produces. The quest in the Leica Forum continues.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 14 Share #8 Posted January 14 I have brought this to @LUF Admin’s attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00l1024 Posted January 15 Author Share #9 Posted January 15 21 hours ago, andybarton said: I have brought this to @LUF Admin’s attention. Timing of this and my annual membership dues are hilarious. 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted January 15 Share #10 Posted January 15 Am 14.1.2025 um 07:03 schrieb andybarton: I have brought this to @LUF Admin’s attention. Sorry for the confusion! Another member asked me some days ago to change it to Monochrome. My fault I didn't check the official Leica spelling. Now I switched everything back to Monochrom. Andreas 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 15 Share #11 Posted January 15 Thanks Andreas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted January 21 Share #12 Posted January 21 I prefer the German spelling because that's what Leica prints in the English version of the manuals and on the box, and I see no reason to enforce English spellings on an international forum. This fuss over whether has an 'e' on the end is just a waste of time and energy. Go make photographs. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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