Leica Monochrom - Leica Summicron-M 90mm f/2 APO
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Originally posted by Wasp But the $8000 price tag is just nuts.
1]The pricing is in line with other products from Leica. 2] the Monochrom isn't using an off the shelf sensor - it's specially made for the camera [as it has no CFA at all] this raises the cost of sensor production.
Originally posted by Wasp And then there is the crazy* slow buffer, low resolution screen
3]Leica cameras were never at any point designed for loud spray and pray 10FPS shooting, buy a Nikon for that. 4] The rear LCD on any camera is basically only there to adjust settings and cursory inspection of a photo - but we all have big monitors to do the critical inspection and editing. The low res LCD has never hindered me in any way when working with the Monochrom.
Originally posted by Wasp and the amount of post processing needed to get the best out of it. Meh.
5] This complaint I really don't get - post processing is a matter of taste, you can do as much or as little as you want. In that image above, I did zero post processing to - apart from reducing its size for display on an internet gallery 6] If you hate post processing at all: the Monochrom is
excellent if you are using a lens that is worth a damn, you don't even need to touch the sharpening slider! 7] You can use coloured contrast filters with the monochrom, just like the days of B&W film! so you can apply selective contrast in camera.
Quote: Anyone who takes wet-dry sandpaper to artificially age the finish on their camera richly deserves the title of poseur.
Originally posted by antipattern
* BTW great way to appeal to the millennial crowd by using "crazy" in that sentence. The 645D has a slow buffer, that didn't stop it from selling well. Coincidentally the rear LCD on the 645D had basically the same specs as the leica monochrom, I don't recall anyone calling that a show-stopper.