But in full lighting the orange filter is a bit much and tends to excessively lighten skin and loses subtle textures and shadow/light modeling. I often use the Nikon V1 in b&w mode with the digital orange filter - the results often favor candid people pix in dim lighting by lightening darker skin tones. Of my various other digicams - Nikon V1, Fuji X-A1, Ricoh GRD4, Ricoh GX100 - only the GRD4 consistently generates thoroughly satisfactory b&w JPEGs straight from the camera. I do like the optical viewfinder for the uninterrupted view when taking candids. If I still can't adapt to quickly focusing a rangefinder I'm probably better off with an AF digicam with optical viewfinder like the Fuji X100 or X-Pro 1. So I just bought a few cheap compact rangefinders and stick with stopping down and zone focusing. I tried various Leica M film cameras years ago and couldn't adapt quickly to rangefinder focusing. I'd really like to try one just to see if I can adapt to the rangefinder focusing. Dpreview posts JPEGs but they don't really do people photography, which would be my main interest in such a camera (although the Leicas are far beyond my budget). No idea what the SOOC JPEGs look like for people pix, so far nobody I follow posts 'em. It's just a different aesthetic, not better or worse, just different from my personal preferences. This seems to happen more often with folks who got into photography only the past decade and didn't use film extensively. The only criticism I'd have is that some Leica Monochrom and M9 shooters tend to overwork their b&w photos, leaning a bit too hard on the Lightroom sliders for clarity and shadow, approaching an almost tone mapped effect.
The clarity is outstanding - comparable to T-Max 100 and Neopan in overall appearance, even at high ISOs.
Most of them are editing from raw files, not posting straight from camera JPEGs. I've seen many outstanding street and documentary photos online by folks like Peter Turnley, Mark Brown and others using the Monochrom. Print? I've found printing is a different ballgame than posting photos on the net. Worth the price you paid, or are you impressed? Have you gone the high end monitor route? Do you What have those of you who have the camera found? Are you working with an average monitor and finding the files not What people end up doing with an inadequate monitor is to pump up the contrast to the point where subtle mid tones are lost. iMac screens, while good in his opinion, aren't good enough to get the most out of a Leica Monochrom file. In order to be able to do this properly and take full advantage of the files, one first needs a high end monitor, like the NEC Spectra View or EIZO monitors. He states that digital post process is similar to making a print with graded papers in the darkroom. He goes on to say that this is the look of a good medium format negative, and it's ideal for very nuanced prints with subtle tonalities. Their files from the camera, have been surprised to find them to be flat and lacking contrast. In a review on the Leica Monochrom (first version), a reputable reviewer has stated that some people, on first viewing
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