Would you convert your camera to monochrome?
There's people out there who will pay a LOT more for a monochrome only camera because it gives more tonal value? dynamic range? not sure what it does, but people want the best of the best in black and white, then they'll pay.
People convert their cameras to infrared, that's exactly why I bought my 1DsIII, my friend was going to do an IR conversation, I had to save it. I understand a monochromatic conversation a lot more.
Stealthy Ninja wrote:
gdbrekke wrote: What Joves and Hassner said...
Shoot RAW and then use Lightroom, Photoshop or Aperture to convert to B&W/Monochrome.
In Lightroom (and maybe Aperture too) you retain all the color data when you convert to B&W and are still able to adjust individual colors - along with most other adjustments like contrast, shadow, highlights, etc. - as if you were using filters to shoot monochrome.
Cheers,
Gregg
Sure, but what if they could do the following:
Make every pixel measure true luminance values and not used to extrapolate tones or hues, therefore making the full potential of the sensor better exploited, resulting in sharper images.
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Yeah but reading their page they are not doing that unless they are rewriting the algorithms for the processing. They are merely messing with the filters. In this case they are converting the D800 into an E version with their HR filter, getting rid of the AA filter. So by just messing with the filtration only you are not really increasing any of the cameras ability to measure true luminance. With the D800 you are better of getting the HR filter than a B&W conversion. The Leica you showed is specifically made that way. In this case you can do just as good with your processing software, so why bother with a stupid conversion that limits your camera. Well unless you have money to burn so you have a camera to shoot color as well, or better yet buy the Leica.
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