Impressions and Sample Images From Leica's M Monochrome Black-And-White Digital Camera

Impressions and Sample Images From Leica's M Monochrome Black-And-White Digital Camera View this email online May 17, 2012 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines Sample Image Gallery: Leica M Monochrom A selection of images shot with Leica's interesting new digital rangefinder Just after announcing the M Monochrom black-and-white-only rangefinder in Berlin this weekend, Leica CEO Dr. Alfred Schopf looked at me with a subtle, confident smile: "If we had done the proper market research," he said, "we probably never would've made this camera." READ MORE >> First Impressions: Leica M Monochrom Black-and-White Digital Rangefinder Does a digital camera without color images make sense here in the 21st century? New Gear: Sony Alpha A37 The newest translucent mirror camera May 2012 Photo Challenge: Make a Scene This month's photo challenge is a tricky one, but it also offers photographers a huge amount of freedom Photo of the Day See the whole gallery here.  Be the first to hear about new stuff on PopPhoto.com by subscribing to our revamped RSS feed! TECH SUPPORT Depth Bomb Q. My Fujifilm FinePix S4500 has some amazing capabilities, but when I set it to program mode and tried to dial in more aperture options, I found I could only get one or two. (I could get f/11 with some contortions.) According to the fine print in the manual, the aperture is controlled to some degree by neutral-density filters, not by actually changing the lens opening. Doesn’t this limit our ability to control depth of field? A. It certainly does. But what it really limits is the ability to set shallow depth of field. As we discussed in our April 2012 Tech Talk, the small sensors in compact cameras provide vast—often too vast—DOF. The maximum f/3.1 aperture of your S4500 is the full-frame equivalent of f/18 in terms of DOF at any given subject magnification; f/5.6 will give you the DOF of about f/32. Apertures in cameras of this type are so small that a true f/11 would essentially be a pinhole, and the resulting diffraction would seriously degrade images. Do you have Tech Support Question? Post it on our Facebook Page.   More from PopPhoto.com:   Change your preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Forward this email Add newsletter@email.popphoto.com to your address book to ensure our emails reach your inbox. Copyright © Bonnier Corporation, 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the sponsors and are not an endorsement nor do they reflect the opinions of Bonnier Corporation or any of its publications.