Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/28

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Subject: [Leica] B&W conversion
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:01:19 +0100
References: <4F27010C-6CAF-4D34-800E-1EBA6492DF01@aotera.org> <7DC32F97-65D1-46D6-B56B-04FB44D09813@frozenlight.eu>

I was doing the conversion on PS Elements, I've verified I obtain  
better quality than convert it on de Capture1. Recently I use Silver  
Efex Pro, I can simulatye responses of different films and the picture  
is more close to the film pictures, is very easy and fast to use.

Saludos
Lluis


El 28/01/2011, a las 18:03, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:

> In my opinion, no. I do not know anything about Aperture, I use  
> Lightroom, but I assume that the facilities for converting to  
> monochrome are similar in the two programs. For my needs (which  
> admittedly are rather basic, as I do not like overmanipulated  
> images) the built-in functionality of Lightroom is more than  
> sufficient.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote:
>
>> A simple question about B&W conversion for digital. To keep this in  
>> context, this question arose because I have swapped a M-8 for an  
>> R-8 for a few months with a friend and I find the M-8's white  
>> balance is unpredictable in mixed lighting situations so I am  
>> converting more images to B&W.
>>
>> The S/W I use most of the time is Aperture and it has built-in B&W  
>> conversion. There are a few B&W plugins which does the same thing.  
>> Other than emulating the grain of Tri-X :), are there quantifiable  
>> benefits from paying for these B&W plugins?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Spencer
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Replies: Reply from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] B&W conversion)
In reply to: Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] B&W conversion)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] B&W conversion)