Leica M Monochrom
10th May 2012
In: News / Blog
Today Leica announced one of two new cameras
LEICA M MONOCHROM :
The world’s first digital camera exclusively for full-frame, 35 mm black-and-white photography!
Sounds like a weird idea but if you think about it you’ll notice the benefit and the market niche for such a camera:
Despite being a Leica fan I remain unconvinced, I have an M9 which does colour and black and white, why would I want to pay Leica prices for a camera which only does mono? If I were going to do that I would go back to film. Ah well I expect they will sell plenty.
The other new camera is a 19 mp X2.
LEICA M MONOCHROM :
The world’s first digital camera exclusively for full-frame, 35 mm black-and-white photography!
Sounds like a weird idea but if you think about it you’ll notice the benefit and the market niche for such a camera:
- In Leica’s words “Black-and-white photography is more popular than ever before.” – which is true if you see the number of black and white images in our Leica Forum.
- Not using a color sensor enables a leap in image quality as many compromises in recording and processing images are not needed any more.
Despite being a Leica fan I remain unconvinced, I have an M9 which does colour and black and white, why would I want to pay Leica prices for a camera which only does mono? If I were going to do that I would go back to film. Ah well I expect they will sell plenty.
The other new camera is a 19 mp X2.
