Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Colen asked: Understood - but (Rummy asked), is that black and white image itself a RAW >file, with the the latitude of a RAW file? Or do you have to go to the >color >RAW file to do manipulation - say pulling back highlights? For Nikon RAW files (.NEF), the file contains both the original camera data, plus the instructions for "developing" it--i.e. tone curve, sharpening, color space or B&W, etc., etc. The Nikon Capture editor will edit the developing instructions without changing the original camera data. So yes if you have a B&W .NEF file, the original camera data is there, and you have all the same tonal range as a color .NEF file, which you manipulate with the same controls (except there is only one channel, not R, G and B). It is a mistake to believe that a RAW file only contains the raw data from the camera's sensor. It generally contains all the other shooting settings that were current when the camera took the picture. Mark Davison >From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 WONDER MACHINE! :-) >Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:36:29 -0400 > >Understood - but (Rummy asked), is that black and white image itself a RAW >file, with the the latitude of a RAW file? Or do you have to go to the >color >RAW file to do manipulation - say pulling back highlights? > > >On 9/22/06 12:09 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > > > Correct. However, the 5d has the ability to set and shoot: RAW, no > > jpg, B&W. What you see on the camera screen is B&W. And when you open > > the RAW file in Digital Photo Professional it opens, as intended, as > > a B&W image. Because it is a RAW file - all the color data is > > available - and while you can, of course go back to the color, if > > you're interested in shooting B&W, you don't have to ever look at the > > color data. > > > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > > george@imagist.com > > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 2006, at 10:56 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > > > >> RAW is RAW. Display with RAW, yes. Display as RAW, no. It's not RAW > >> if it's > >> had a black and white routine run on it. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information