On Apr 13, 2023, at 2:28 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > ... > Basically, the technical arguments would be “are the tradeoffs worth it?”. > You are losing all of your color channel information in exchange for a little > bit better performance in other areas. I suspect that the improved > performance (in monochrome) is about on par with the improved performance > gained by shooting full frame, or about one sensor generation worth of > performance. ...
You underestimate the gains quite a lot. I have both Leica M10 Monochrom and M10-R.. both full frame, both 40 Mpixel FF sensors. The M10-M outperforms the M10-R very noticeably on both acutance and dynamic range, on usable ISO as well... and the M10-R is no slouch either. The M10-M outperforms my MFD Hasselblad 907x with 33x44, 50 Mpixel sensor as well, despite the Hassy's full 16-bit raw files. If your interest is the best quality B&W photography, there is little to compete with the M10-M until you get to the much, much more expensive (and slower operating), large format MFD back and a technical camera. I hope the Pentax KIII monochrome achieves something near the M10-M performance as its price will make it a much more accessible choice for those who are interested in this kind of work. G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
