Photography

Wanted to see how the same 28 Summilux lens will stack against an increased sensor of 47M as well as a monochrome sensor that just read pure levels of light minus the color array. Based on Leica's literature the removal of the color array gives additional noise control in terms of ISO as well as improved resolution. While I haven't really done thorough detailed comparison vis a vis a black and white conversion with a normal color Leica Q2 and compared that with the Leica Q2 monochrom, my initial views albeit very unscientific of random shots on my cats does gives a level of monochrome pop over what I can get from a conventional black and white conversion. Also the ISO performance on the Q2 monochrom is indeed very very good all the way to ISO6400 with very clean and tightly controlled grain. 

Anyways, on a dreary rainy weekend afternoon decided to do a resolution test on how the Summilux 28 on the Leica Q2 monochrom will perform. The following pics show a full frame image of the Singapore CBD area shot across Marina Bay Sands as well as 200% crops of the center as well as left and right portions of the image as depicted in the red rectangles. I am actually very impressed on the details that the Summilux lens of the Q2 monochrom can resolve especially on the dreary day lighting which probably isn't the best ideal conditions to conduct such testing. Picture was shot at ISO200, F8, 1/125 with some Photoshop levels to bring up the exposure but no sharpening done at all. 

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