Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: MORE THAN... R.I.P. ILFORD
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net)
Date: Mon Sep 6 08:01:07 2004
References: <200409061310.i86D5qnI014235@server1.waverley.reid.org> <3.0.6.32.20040906102157.0081c100@pop.mail.yahoo.ca>

Dan,

The point is a viewfinder that shows a B&W image.   That is invaluable.
Ansel Adams used to used a dark amber filter (I think that was the color) to
view a scene through to see what it would look like in monochrome.   I have
used my Canon S50 in B&W mode and gotten very, very good B&W's.

Bob

>
> But seriously folks, why bother to set a digicam such as the Leica D2 to
> b/w mode, when much better grayscale results can be had by manipulating
the
> colour image in a program such as Photoshop?


Replies: Reply from dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post) ([Leica] Re: MORE THAN... R.I.P. ILFORD)
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In reply to: Message from bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C) ([Leica] Re: MORE THAN... R.I.P. ILFORD)