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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:19:03 +0000
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Jim,

like Luis I hadn't been following this discussion - although arguably I 
should
have been - but the results are really good. I will give it a try on the 
X-Pro.

Peter

On 10/12/2013 23:07, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks for looking and commenting, Lluis.  From my brief experience with 
> the BW
> EVF, I will say that it helps me visualize the BW image in cases where the
> presence of color can be overpowering.  But, as my wife put it, when the 
> color
> is there, she prefers to see the image in color. :-(
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 12/10/2013 4:57 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> I like them too, I?ve not followed the EVF discussion about B&W, first
>> information is yours, the only thing that comes to my head is that B&W has
>> existed many, many years before the EVF and I think there is absolutely no
>> need for this purpose.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 09/12/2013, a las 21:37, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> escribi?:
>>
>>> With all of the recent discussion of B&W images on the LUG, I decided to 
>>> see
>>> if changing the EVF and LCD to B&W helped in creating B&W images.  With a
>>> Summitar from the 1940s on the X-E1, this seemed appropriate.
>>>
>>> These two images were composed in B&W, then processed from the RAW image 
>>> and
>>> converted to B&W.  I liked the result.  Maybe the B&W finder does improve
>>> "seeing" the final image.
>>>
>>> Mirror:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mirror.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Lamp:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lamp.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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