Lloyd
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Yup. What he said... true dat! :thumbup:Kurt, your pictures are getting better and better. Really.
Cheers,
Pete
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Yup. What he said... true dat! :thumbup:Kurt, your pictures are getting better and better. Really.
Cheers,
Pete
JPL, very rich tonality, i like it! thanks for sharing.Canon 50 1.2 @ 1.2
Thanks for your comment. I see your point, but not everyone can (or wants to) carry both a Monochrom and a color camera (much less an M).Thanks for your review; enjoyed it. I have to disagree on one point though: The Monochrom does not remove a choice, it adds the option of high-quality B&W.
That it does not do color is irrelevant, I have my M9 for that.
As an ardent advocate of visualisation I do not like deciding for color or B&W from a computer screen. The point is to see your subject in B&W and decide whether it needs color or not before you take the shot. The MM forces you to do just that.
Question is if you have to carry both or if you can decide before and then just focus on either color or b&w once you got out.Thanks for your comment. I see your point, but not everyone can (or wants to) carry both a Monochrom and a color camera (much less an M).
In your case, your point stands and my hat is off to you .
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That's what I did. I decided to shoot B&W only for one year, and only with a 50mm lens as well. I sold every piece of camera gear I had and purchased a MM and a Summilux and its been about 4 months now and I feel that my photography skills has developed substantially in that time. Eliminating a bunch of options and simplifying forces you to focus on doing what you can do a lot better than if you have several options available (color or B&W? 28mm? 35mm? 50mm? 75mm? 90mm?). My shots has only gotten better the simpler and more limiting my gear is.Question is if you have to carry both or if you can decide before and then just focus on either color or b&w once you got out.
Borge, I can in a way relate to that. I got the MM + Summilux. Staying away from the temptation of getting a 2nd lens. I wanted to take away the FL equation from my shooting, in a way, good or bad it's a risk I took and am taking.That's what I did. I decided to shoot B&W only for one year, and only with a 50mm lens as well. I sold every piece of camera gear I had and purchased a MM and a Summilux and its been about 4 months now and I feel that my photography skills has developed substantially in that time. Eliminating a bunch of options and simplifying forces you to focus on doing what you can do a lot better than if you have several options available (color or B&W? 28mm? 35mm? 50mm? 75mm? 90mm?). My shots has only gotten better the simpler and more limiting my gear is.
I like this image. But it downloaded a 10mb file to my computer.First time shooting with the Monochrom and 35 Lux FLE, great combination, and absolutely blown away by the files they produce. I thought the M9 and latest Noctilux were good and I tried photographing track cycling in the Velodrome in Manchester with those. They were good but I think I am going to enjoy the Monochrom much more.