Magnum photographer Jacob Au Sobol recently took an epic trip across the Trans-Siberian Railway, shooting Moscow, Ulan Batar, and Beijing using the new Leica M-Monochrom camera. Read my impressions about the new camera here.
Read Jacob’s personal story of the epic journey here on the Leica blog.
I don’t really see the point of this camera. I think the coolest thing about digital black and white photography these days is the fact that you can mess around with how each color shows the different shades of black, white and gray. If you really wanted a Leica “true” black and white, couldn’t you buy a cheaper one like the M9 and just desaturate all the colors later? Or just buy a film camera. I just think that this is a waste of money and the only people that will buy this camera is Leica snobs or people with to much money to waste.
If you want a great photo book on the same subject (Trans Siberian Railway that is) then get East to East by Klavdij Sluban. (He uses a film Leica)
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