Inspiration

Announcement: All November profits at SBG to go to Philippines relief.

Inspiration, Q&A

SBG Relief

The Stephen Bartels Gallery, will be donating all of its profits from print sales in November to aid individuals devastated by the recent massive storm in the Philippines.

And, if anybody purchases one of my prints at SBG, I’ll donate all of my proceeds too.

—Peter.

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UPDATE:  We are getting some sales: 

Prosophos Print for Typhoon Relief

Remember:  100% of the profit will be donated to the relief fund.

Thank you,

—Peter.

Guest Post: M240, M9 sample images.

Guest Post, Inspiration, Leica M Type 240, Q&A, Teaching point

A reader, Marc H., has provided the sample images below.

[Please note:  This is not a scientifically rigorous comparison.  Marc has generously provided these for your benefit.  Any disrespectful comments will automatically be deleted.]

Marc writes:

“While I still had both bodies (M9 and M240), I took a walk around Frankfurt and shot random stuff, just to see how they both render and how the color translates. I set both to the same ISO values,  f stop, white balance is auto.  The pics themselves are nothing special, but interesting to see how they render.  Both used 50mm asph lenses. “

Here are Marc’s samples

(please click on the image to view at MAXIMUM size)

Comparison 1:

M9 vs M240 - 1

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Comparison 2:

M9 vs M240 - 2

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Thank you Marc, for providing these.

—Peter.

Unscientific (M240 vs. M9).

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summicron ASPH f/2, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

Please don’t write to me and tell me this comparison is not scientifically valid —  I’ve named this post Unscientific for a reason.

I will, however, acknowledge that the M240 was at a significant ISO disadvantage vs. the M9.

However, low light shooting is the main reason I bought the M240.

Perhaps those with better post-processing skills could have done better with the M240 file.

Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t.

—Peter.

Unscientific (M240 vs. M9 Prosophos comparison)

About the M240… the image quality is a step down.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

Yes, the image quality of the Leica M (type 240) is a step down from the Leica M9.

You have to ask yourself, why did I buy it in the first place, given all my rants about CCD vs. CMOS (and how I prefer the former)?

If you haven’t already done so, please consider signing my open letter to Leica.

Prosophos Open Letter to Leica

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Related posts:

The colour transfusion.

Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Print, Teaching point

They were found together on the pavement, on a rainy afternoon.

On a technical note, this particular shade of red reminds me very much of the native output of the M8; it apparently can be coaxed out of the M240 after some post-processing.

And on another note, this image marks the return for me of the Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.

—Peter.

The colour transfusion

↑Leica M240 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.