Great article, Rafa! I think you went to the very heart of the matter on the technical aspect of B&W photography. The higher resolution possible with monochrome sensors matters only to pixelpeepers, while its low-light capability is phenomenal, as you just demonstrated in a real-life comparison. I just want to highlight another aspect, the artistic one: if you’re looking at the scene and composing through a viewfinder of a Leica M, you’re still seeing colors, which may distract your vision from what matters most in monochrome imagery, which are shapes, lines, texture and tonal gradation. In this respect, I’d prefer a Q2 Monochrome or, even better, a Q3 43 Monochrome (when will Leica announce it?), where you don’t have an option of seeing colors when you’re composing your picture. Anyway, congrats, very good job!
Great article, Rafa! I think you went to the very heart of the matter on the technical aspect of B&W photography. The higher resolution possible with monochrome sensors matters only to pixelpeepers, while its low-light capability is phenomenal, as you just demonstrated in a real-life comparison. I just want to highlight another aspect, the artistic one: if you’re looking at the scene and composing through a viewfinder of a Leica M, you’re still seeing colors, which may distract your vision from what matters most in monochrome imagery, which are shapes, lines, texture and tonal gradation. In this respect, I’d prefer a Q2 Monochrome or, even better, a Q3 43 Monochrome (when will Leica announce it?), where you don’t have an option of seeing colors when you’re composing your picture. Anyway, congrats, very good job!
Thanks Walmyr! Reading that from an expert like you, scientist and electrical engineer, made my day. You’re a reference to me.
Excellent as always!