Post AW7HMuD0bfmVUsaIYy by neilcar@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #AW6qTFyrsHZ3zqm3pw by khoji@ieji.de
       2023-05-28T09:26:11Z
       
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       On monochrome cameras: Leica has produced monochrome cameras for a while, including the recent M11 Monochrom. Now Pentax has one. You gain a little sensitivity and resolution with a mono only sensor. I get that. But B&W photography needs color. Without it you can never adjust the tonality selectively, and the results I’ve seen so far confirm this. You seem to lose more than you gain with these cameras. #photography #monochrome #bnw #Leica #Pentax
       
 (DIR) Post #AW6qqKI80ueU1gmdOK by fvilers@mastodon.social
       2023-05-28T09:30:21Z
       
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       @khoji Lens filers is your friend but you have to plan it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AW6rI1FgOZuJ5JqQSW by khoji@ieji.de
       2023-05-28T09:35:21Z
       
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       @fvilers I know, but that is so much more limited than what you can do when converting a color image to mono. With glass filters you just have a couple of fixed options. With conversion you have hundreds of infinite variations, all of which can be tone-mapped in any way you like. I’m not saying don’t use them, whatever floats your boat.
       
 (DIR) Post #AW6wJfR6yZqLm5nNq4 by neilcar@infosec.exchange
       2023-05-28T10:31:39Z
       
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       @khoji @fvilers Photography isn't just one thing or one way.  I could just as easily say "photography needs tilt/shift lenses.  Without them, you can never get parallel lines to actually be parallel."Primarily, I'm a street photographer.  I don't find that I need infinite variations in tone-mapping to get what I'm after and I say that as somebody who has both spent an infinite number of hours converting digital color images to monochrome and who owns Leica monochrome cameras.
       
 (DIR) Post #AW6wdZmjhGMW2VP4ro by khoji@ieji.de
       2023-05-28T10:35:17Z
       
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       @neilcar @fvilers Interesting. What is your experience of the benefit of the monochrome cameras?
       
 (DIR) Post #AW7HMuD0bfmVUsaIYy by neilcar@infosec.exchange
       2023-05-28T14:27:32Z
       
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       @khoji @fvilers For me, it's a matter of simplifying my workflow.  My output is always going to be B&W and a workflow that simplifies that is a joy.
       
 (DIR) Post #AW7IB2ukVvUMyYx7Eu by fvilers@mastodon.social
       2023-05-28T14:36:37Z
       
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       @khoji I understand what you mean. I shoot in b/w mainly because I love the result and to have less options when working the picture in LightRoom which I find overwhelming.