Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin, >>Take a look at http://www.ida.liu.se/~marho/photo/vpan/index.html for some stuff shot on Ilford FP4 and developed in Rodinal. Especially the buildings in frame two have an etched or charcoal look to them that I don't think would be possible to do with XP-2, or colour film.<< I'm on the fence regarding b/w or color for digital. I looked at the photo you referenced again (always like an excuse to do so. You know I love your panoramas). I've played with hundreds of scans -- both b/w and color -- and I can't say that I see that it makes quantitative difference. I've generated the etched look you mention from grayscale images of color neg scans (Don't ask me how. It usually occurs by accident. I'm still learning much about Photoshop). I'm not sure of the degree of relevence regarding film type. I think this will be a hot issue in the digital area, and no doubt there will be more discussions. Just like we discuss camera types. For instance, given the current limitations regarding resolution and such in digital imaging, is it really worthwhile to use Leica cameras, as opposed to say a Canon Rebel? :-). Dave