![]() ![]() With cameras dating back as far as 1914 but more famously becoming known in 1927, Leica is an optics brand that understands cameras, with many of them having housed black and white film. But there are also cameras that do this natively.Īlmost every camera includes a black and white mode to let you capture in a monochromatic style, but few camera companies have as much legacy in black and white film as Leica. Instagram and VSCO are options on mobile, as are Adobe’s Photoshop and Lightroom, and there are also the desktop equivalents. While the days of loading in rolls of black and white film are largely gone beyond the niche still doing just that (as it is with colour film), converting images to the aged look of black and white has become a thing anyone can do. Tone and contrast can tell a story without a boost of vibrant and dynamic colours, and the result can be just compelling, if not more. You might look at black and white images and assume the result is low or wasn’t good enough for colour, but monochromatic images can communicate without the need for all the colour, and sometimes say more. Armed with the right camera, a great photographer can make anything appear, and lead the observer and viewer on a path that tells a story.Ī photographer can use any camera they want to tell the story, and it can be as cheap as chips to as expensive as a high-priced car, but whatever they use, it’s their tool.įor some, their medium is one without colour. Like a great writer, a photographer can tell a story using the scene, light and composition, and their tool - like a writer’s imagination - is the camera. Photography is an art form, and one people still study and hold degrees in. ![]() Some have so much legacy in cameras that the focus is on something different altogether: keeping tabs on the art form that is taking photographs. There are improvements to sensors, changes to form-factors, design differences, lenses and upgrades and wireless connectivity and so on and so on, and all of this has to compete with the ongoing improvements to the world of smartphone cameras, which get better and better and better each and every year.īut not every company is evolving simply for technology. Standing out in the world of cameras can’t be easy, especially when phones are getting good. A camera that only captures in black and white? The Leica Q2 Monochrom might sound unorthodox, but it’s a beautiful tribute to cameras of old. ![]()
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