The Definitive Sony B&W Images Thread

[Vivek]

Reflected UV capture using some fancy UV lighting.

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Sony A7rII(m), UV capture, Badder U 2" filter​

Monochrome2DNG

 

[gandolfi]

The White Horse at Westbury.

 

[mediumcool]

New year’s eve fence

Sony a7 w/Rokkor 35/1.8 1/5000 f/1.8 ISO 200

 

[scho]

My old Sony a7R returned home yesterday with a new monochrome FS sensor and new shutter button courtesy of Daniel Morrison who did the conversion and repair. I'm very pleased with the results and impressed by Daniel's dedication to providing the customer with top notch service and excellent work.

The a7R(m) full spectrum with Zony 35/2.8 and Kolari hot mirror filter.

I decided to try the Astronomic sensor clip-on filter instead of switching filters on/off lenses.

A few first try snaps with the a7R(m) using the Zony 35/2.8 and Loxia 21/2.8

Fall Creek rainbow trout fishing and boathouse window, Zony 35/2.8 Kolari hot mirror.

Bookshelf items Zeiss Loxia 21/2.8 Astronomik sensor clip-on filter

Readers. CV 65/2 Astronomic sensor clip-on filter.

All raw files processed through Monochrome2DNG converter.

 

[Vivek]

Happy to hear that, Carl!

Here are few old (2017) capture with NEX-5NM, processed through Mononochrome2DNG. This is a superb program. The results look like as if a veil has been lifted off.

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Sony NEX-5NM, Zony 35/2.8, The Hague​

 

[KenLee]

Please post more 100% crops !

I'd like to know at what size the difference becomes significant.

 

[Vivek]

Not sure if this helps. This a random (one)handheld snap. Sony A7rII(m), Zony 35/2.8 @f/3.2, ISO 800. Monochrome2DNG outputted as 16bit grey. No sharpening applied.

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100%crops.

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My mono A7RII has a fused silica cover glass (1mm) and I had a 1mm thick STC 695nm cut filter (UV/IR cut filter) in the camera.

 

[KenLee]

Thank you: it's very impressive.

I wish there was a set of apples-to-apples comparison images available: the same scene, shot on a tripod with the same model of camera, same lens, same shutter speed, aperture etc., where the only difference is the sensor.

 

[Vivek]

That sort of comparison is impossible to make with my A7rII(m). It is unique in its configuration.

 

[KenLee]

Sorry - I was unclear - I mean one regular model, the other converted to Monochrome.

 

[Vivek]

I know. As soon as the cover glass is breached, there is no point in comparing it with a regular model with its stack of glass.

It will be close (for comparison purposes but NOT in terms of the output) though.

Ask Dan at maxmax or Daniel Morrison at monochromeimaging if they would oblige you (in addition to what is already detailed in the sites).

I do not have an A7rII to do A/B comparisons. Neither do i intend to buy one any time in the future. I might buy an A7 III or A9 though.

 

[pegelli]

Late frost this year


A7 + LA-EA4 + Minolta 70-210/4 "beercan"

 

[scho]

A brief walk up to lower Enfield Falls. Sony a7R(m) + Astronomik sensor clip-on hot mirror filter + CV 40/1.2 Nokton.

 

[bensonga]

Chiricahua National Monument, Sony A7(m), 24-105/4 G, 1/500 at f8. Quickly processed from the JPG file.

Gary

 

[Vivek]

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Sony A7rII(m), Fisheye Nikkor 16/3.5, The Hague​

Monochrome2DNG

 

[gandolfi]

..

 

[scho]

Farmers market and Steamboat Landing. a7R(m), Astronomic snap-on hot mirror filter, Sony 24-105/4 G, Monochrome2DNG processing, split toned in Lightroom.

and some large flocks of migrating snow geese

 

[KenLee]

Tulips, March 2018
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color-Heliar​

 

[bensonga]

One of many photos I took at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ today. These are 2 of the 4 engines on the TWA "Star of Switzerland", a Lockheed L-049 Constellation.

Gary

A7(m), 16-35/4 G at 35mm, ISO 100, 1/640 at f8, handheld. Raw file converted to DNG with Monochrome2DNG.

 

[scho]

A couple of simple kitchen still life shots using the a7R(m), CV 65/2 APO-Lanthar Macro. 3 shots each focus stacked via Helicon Focus. Processed through Monochrome2DNG and split toned in LR.