[Leica] B&W only version of M8 - anyone else hear this?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 9:19 PM +0100 10/3/06, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>Is it April 1st?
>
>Why on earth...if you are going to pay the asking for an M8, why pay 
>extra above that (you don't really think that it would be cheaper do 
>you?) for B&W only. It won't do anything about the digital problem 
>wih highlights...
>
>Peter Dzwig

It would be really great if digital could produce the same sort of 
shoulder that the non-tabular films are capable of, but a B&W-only 
camera would likely have a greater dynamic capability than the bayer 
pattern ones, so you'd be a step ahead already. That plus resolution 
and higher speed.

Those are definite advantages if you're going to be only producing 
B&W anyway, so April 1 doesn't enter into it, unless that is the day 
when I can get one. :-)

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