Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No arguments from me on this one - although I suspect that a lot of that can be done in software and the physics of digital capture vs silver make this less likely. I can see the conversations now: well, I set TriX but then I postprocess for 15 seconds in Photoshop XTOL then 30 seconds of buffer with a wash of pixel-magic. Adam On 11/1/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > As far as I understand, sensor cells just pick up light levels. Normally > the camera uses a Bayer Mosaic filter on top of the sensor to filter RGGB > info. So a "B&W" sensor would just mean eliminating the filter and use all > (10.x megapixel) as B&W data! > > I think the real neat trick, if they can do it, is to have a sensor or > filter that mimic traditional B&W film tonal response. e.g. the long toe > and shadow of Tri X, for example. Mmmm.... >