[Leica] IMG: LR Conversion

[Peter Dzwig]

FWIW, I agree with  the sentiment in the first sentence, namely that digital
isn't the same as film and that there is something fundamentally different about
the two.

Given the predominance of digital and its relative ease of use I would like to
be able to "make it behave" more like film. By that I mean give me the same
characteristics as film has in respect of depth, subtlety and so on. Whether you
add grain or not is a matter of personal preference (IMHO). Imitating the
response of various films is a matter of the programmer's skill and somewhat
more subtle.

The closest I have seen to what I want were some shots using M9s that someons
posted a while back. But then I can't afford a digital M. Which is why I am
thinking more and more about film. Even if it is C-41 :-)

Peter

On 30/04/2018 19:13, B. D. COLEN wrote:
> "Why bother with pseudo-film?” For the simple reason that straight black and white conversion tends to look like something cracked out of a Disney factory - like plastic, with no depth or character - beyond that of the subject. Film black and white images have a depth and dimensionality that digital does not - so if there are ways to bring that to digital, why not take advantage of them?  (Not that one can’t do whatever one wants with ones own art.) 
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> On April 30, 2018 at 2:38:58 AM, via LUG Philippe (lug at leica-users.org) wrote:
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> +1
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> Ph
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>> Le 30 avr. 2018 à 00:41, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> a écrit :
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>> Let digital be digital, and film be film.
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>> Why bother with pseudo-film?
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>> Alan
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>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
>> (Retired)
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>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
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>> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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