This interpolation, which happens in almost all full-color cameras, spreads noise out from each pixel to its immediate neighbors, resulting in a coarser, blotchier noise pattern that's more objectionable to the eye. With no CFA, there's also no need to interpolate, sharing information between neighboring pixels to create the final image. This immediately translates to an increase in the sensor's base sensitivity.
#LEICA MONOCHROM FULL#
That's because each photodiode now receives the full color spectrum, rather than only one of three colors.
First, simply by removing the CFA significantly more light reaches the sensor. The advantages of this change are several, and they're key to the significance of the M Monochrom's announcement. We understand that the Leica M Monochrom retains this same sensor, but without the color filter array that overlaid the photodiodes of the standard KAF-18500. Since this was a custom design made specifically for Leica's M mount cameras, the sensor wasn't listed on Kodak's catalog, but we do know that it incorporated an IR-absorbing cover glass, and had reworked designs for both the pixel structure and microlenses when compared to the earlier, stock KAF-10500 chip used in the Leica M8. The Leica M9 and M9-P were based around a ~24 x 36mm CCD image sensor provided by Kodak, the KAF-18500. The simple set of controls makes the Leica M-series digital cameras easy to use, so we're happy to see that they didn't change a thing. Here controls are identical to the M9-P, and the LCD also includes the extremely hard sapphire glass LCD cover. Whereas our M9-P had LEICA CAMERA AG GERMANY on the top deck and no name on the back, the M Monochrom stamps something similar on the back. They went for minimalist to drive home the monochrome message, it seems.
#LEICA MONOCHROM SERIAL NUMBER#
The serial number appears on the left side of the accessory shoe. The camera name is also no longer printed in bright white, but instead appears stamped with what looks like only a light gray into the right side of the accessory shoe. The only major external differences on the Leica M Monochrom from the M9-P is the deletion of the large Leica logo and manufacturer note from the top deck on the left side (the M9 also has no logo on the top deck). The lever to the right of the lens mount switches among the three sets of framing guides the choice of lens mounted usually selects the proper set of framing guides mechanically as the lens is mounted. Across the top of the M Monochrom, you see the Rangefinder window, the Brightness sensor, the Bright Line Frame Illumination Window, and the main optical Viewfinder. Weight and dimensions seem to be about the same as the Leica M9-P we reviewed earlier this year, with Leica specs coming in at 21.16 ounces (1.3 pounds 600g) body only, and dimensions of 5.47 x 1.46 x 3.15 inches (139 x 37 x 80mm).įeatures here are no different from our M9-P sample, including the lack of the bright red Leica logo featured on the standard M9. The Leica M Monochrom also has a 2.5-inch LCD monitor with 230,000 pixels. Images are saved in JPEG or DNG format to an SD/SDHC card.
#LEICA MONOCHROM ISO#
ISO range is a bit different, though, ranging from 320 to 10,000, with a "low" or "pull" setting of ISO 160. Like its color predecessors, the Leica M Monochrom uses an 18-megapixel sensor. If your goal is better black and white photography with a digital camera, the sensor in the Leica M Monochrom is what you've been waiting for. Since black and white photography is essentially the capture of light values regardless of color, the Leica M Monochrom is better equipped to capture accurate light intensity values at each pixel, unencumbered by red, green or blue filters or the demosaicing interpretation necessary to make a complete color image. The Leica M Monochrom removes those filters, and captures only light and dark values at each pixel. The impediments of color? We'll get to it in more detail soon enough, but put simply, most digital cameras are monochrome, creating color through the use of red, green, and blue color filters spread out over the sensor. Leica returns to its roots with the new M Monochrom, a full-frame digital camera whose sole purpose is producing beautiful, clean monochrome images without the impediments of color.
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