The reason I ask this is when the Bayer, IR and AA filters are removed from a sensor there is a massive amount of more light reaching the sensor. The reason modern digital cameras, iPhone apps and old 1970 film cameras all meter the same is because there was an international standard made so that they would all conform to this.
When I built a digital back using a Sony Nex 14mb and put it on a Nikon FE and used it without the AA and IR filter I would set the Nex at 200 ISO and the FE at 400 ASA to get correct metering for good exposures for B&W. I then built a digital back for a F3 using a custom made back with a Son Nex 16mb sensor. To get this to expose correctly there was 3 times the difference so I had to set the Nex at 200 ISO and the F3 at 800 ASA which gave me a lot more light to play with. It would photograph well in very low light and it would photograph night time subjects lit with infrared light emitted from a wildlife camera.
So given the experience I have with a filterless sensor I am curious as whether the Leica monochrome adheres to the international standard for metering. If so how is this achieved?
When I built a digital back using a Sony Nex 14mb and put it on a Nikon FE and used it without the AA and IR filter I would set the Nex at 200 ISO and the FE at 400 ASA to get correct metering for good exposures for B&W. I then built a digital back for a F3 using a custom made back with a Son Nex 16mb sensor. To get this to expose correctly there was 3 times the difference so I had to set the Nex at 200 ISO and the F3 at 800 ASA which gave me a lot more light to play with. It would photograph well in very low light and it would photograph night time subjects lit with infrared light emitted from a wildlife camera.
So given the experience I have with a filterless sensor I am curious as whether the Leica monochrome adheres to the international standard for metering. If so how is this achieved?
