I am not an "infinite shades of gray -- zones and tones" black and white shooter. I like some contrast. Lots of contrast. When shooting "grayscale" I like to use the Leica cameras in the Monochrome HC mode. With "HC" standing for high contrast. This also mean that I use the camera in its Jpeg mode when doing so. Sometimes I go nuts and increase the already increased contrast. Just enough to pop wildly but not quite enough to actually cut your eye.
Here are Jpeg images from the DLUX8. You don't have to like them. You get to choose your own adventure. But this is the way I like them. And, I mostly do this for an audience of one. Me.
Go out and shoot some. Show us. That's all.
The cliche brick wall test. Passes with flying colors.
The textured wall test, with melting clock a la Dali.
Passes with ease.
Looking back from the entrance of the Hilton hotel next to the Convention Center.
Now closed for three years for expansion and remodeling.
Maybe skip holding your big show here for a while longer...
Reverso Grandé.
Large swaths around the convention center are now fenced off.
Not sure how the convention hotels feel about losing the town's biggest
conference venue for a long time.... And, didn't we just pay for this
building complex 20 years ago????
Reflected light on old concrete.
This vacant lot used to be a Mexican Restaurant. Someone tore it all down the week I was out of town. That was fast!!!
In Santa Fe I heard from Porsche owners that they might not own the most reliable cars.
And that something as simple as an oil change can take months to schedule and cost
as much as a nice camera lens.
Prepare for a Mannequin Intermission.
All done.
Long gray tones for the traditionalists.
I like the look. I like the camera.