When I looked into the expense of the mod, I figured it would be easier to just buy a dedicated astronomy camera.
#Monochrome camera full
Why do I want to do Monochrome - Originally, I had the thought of making my Canon full spectrum for astrophotography. Thank you for your thoughts everyone! Instead of answering each individual response, I'll try to hit the main points all of your raised.ġ. The filter cuts the light entering the lens, but usually the photographer can simply increase the exposure to compensate for that, so that there is no reduction in light captured by the sensor (you just need to use a slower shutter or a larger aperture). I would guess that very high contrast images would show less difference than low-contrast images with lots of colour, but that's just a guess. I would expect it to be more than 30% difference, but it will probably vary a great deal with the particular image - again tied up with the complexities of Bayer pattern sensors, which I cannot claim to have any very advanced knowledge of. I do not have any hard data Gerry, but I was saying that based on (i) the logic that a Bayer sensor inevitably loses a lot of colour resolution because of the Bayer pattern and (ii) the example images I have seen from the Leica Monochrome look sharper than monochrome images I have seen from Bayer sensors (purely subjective, I admit).
#Monochrome camera software
The free software darktable can do that įor a couple of hundred dollars you should be able to get a great B/W camera this way. You then need some software which can interpret the raw photo files correctly (just reading out the raw info without demosaicing the color pattern). I would get myself an older digital camera where the sensor is easily accessible and scratch off the Bayer filter from the sensor. I guess I'm just wondering if laying down some serious money for an older modified monochrome camera is worth it or do I just need to swallow real hard and start saving up for a Leica? The problem is that these are older cameras and when I look for reviews, they seem to be very good cameras for their time, but a lot has changed since then. There is also a Panasonic DMC-ZS60 for just under $1,000. I found MaxMax and there were some cameras that, in time after saving some pennies, I could go after - Fujifilm 100s and t for $2,600 example. Question: I've been intrigued with the idea of getting into digital monochrome. Indeed especially if the filter wipes out the advantage of the mono sensor. It's a fools' game always chasing more resolution and lower noise!īesides, converting a colour image allows the easy use of colour filters much easier than having to carry around real filters to put on your lenses. Having said that, I find it is quite adequate for me. Noise is obviously more if the sensor filter cuts out light but as soon as one uses filters for colour adjustments that becomes moot and a strong filter could be worse for noise. About 30% as I recall - not zero but not a huge amount and about the same as going from 24MP to 40MP. My memory may be playing tricks but I saw somewhere (Luminous Landscape?) an article on the first, or nearly, monochrome sensor camera that expressed surprise at how little extra resolution it gave. I'm not arguing, Tom, but do you have any data on this? That's the solution that most of us use, but it does sacrifice quite a lot of resolution and noise compared to a camera with a proper monochrome sensor. What's wrong with using a color digital camera, and mixing down the channels to obtain a monochrome final result? As an added bonus, you have archival physical backup. To more and more people nowadays, shooting film is more fun. Gear to scan: $150 (assuming you already have an interchangeable lens digital camera).
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High end prime lens, in the 35-85 f/2 range: $130.EOS 1, Nikon F4) $200 ("full frame" too!)
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Reality is that when you try to pixel peep scanned film shots, you see film grain before pixels. above, but you don't notice unless you're pixel-peeping.
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Shoot film! High quality film cameras are almost free nowadays.One really needs to pixel-peep for it not to be good enough. This is the most widespread and affordable, and most people find the quality to be great. Color sensor and correct to taste in post-processing.Digital B&W sensor - This is the high-end option, with quality being high.