Vivek
Hi - I'm really glad you're pleased with your new camera
Kurt - so many wonderful images
Ashwin - great shots
In the meantime, my next objective was to test the new M. IQ, both b/w and color, will be paramount, and if that holds I welcome the weather sealing, quieter shutter, faster processing and longer battery life, 2m frame lines and the possibility for longer lenses. But none of that matters if the IQ isn't sufficient for my needs and preferences.
Now you've gone and complicated my thought process.
Jeff
Jeff
I've anguished so long over this - i had a Monochrom fo 6 months, I loved it and it taught me a lot, nowadays I shoot much more B&W. But but but . . . I also like to shoot colour.
Personally I found it really tricky to swap between a colour body and a monochrome body - the lens was always on the wrong camera, and I ended up worrying about what I was shooting with rather than what I was shooting.
For me (and of course it's personal) I like to shoot with two M bodies, one with a wide, one with a standard or medium telephoto . . . and I like the option to take colour photos.
I think the crux of the matter (and of course it's personal) is that if you're going to shoot exclusively black and white, then the monochrom is a complete no-brainer, but if you aren't . . . . . then it isn't!
FWIW the M makes lovely black and white photos - perhaps not to 10,000 ISO, but certainly to 6400. They convert well and are really flexible. Of course, you don't quite get the magnificent detail of the MM . . . but you get a nicer shutter noise!
50 summicron at f2, 3200 ISO M