[Leica] IMGS: B&W

[Tina Manley]

I don't understand that Lluis.  When I apply Sliver Efex to MM images it
definitely makes a difference in the tones.

Tina

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:32 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Tina,
>
> If you apply a filter to a B&W picture from the Monochrom it makes no
> effect on the tones, neither with Silver Efex Pro.
>
> lluis
>
>
> > El 4 març 2019, a les 1:09, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> va escriure:
> >
> > Yes, the MM is totally different from converting color.  I, however,
> would
> > not use actual filters on Leica lenses.  Any glass in front of the lens
> > degrades it to some extent and increases the possibility of flares.
> That's
> > one area that I think digital is better.  Take the photo with the MM and
> > apply the digital filter later.  That way you still have the
> > unmanipulated photo and can apply as many or as few filters as you want,
> > after the fact.  I really like Nik's Silver Efex for processing B&W.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 6:50 AM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I really think and this shot illustrates it that they way to do black
> and
> >> white when your shooting digital is to use a digital camera or back.
> >> Digital conversions done later have never quite made it for me. Once I
> see
> >> them in color I seldom feel like taking all the color out. I always know
> >> the colors are there. Shots I'd converted to black and white years later
> >> when I look at the original raw file again I end up keeping the color
> when
> >> I photoshop it again.
> >> I hope the time comes when I can get set up with a Leica monochrome or
> >> other digital black and white sensor and wow start investing in filters
> as
> >> I don’t know if I can find the ones I used to use. My default was the
> 060
> >> B+W yellow green.  Is B+W  still in business it was owned by JSK
> Schneider?
> >> But I loved a darker green or red for sky shots. And others. But the
> green
> >> I used the most as they were the only ones which did not turn people in
> to
> >> creatures from another planet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photographer
> >>
> >> On 3/3/19, 12:11 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley via LUG"
> >> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>    PESO:
> >>
> >>    I posted a few B&W's from night markets:
> >>
> >>    https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168874023
> >>
> >>    And next.
> >>
> >>    I'll have lots more B&W when I get to some of people working but they
> >> are
> >>    usually such colorful people that I took far more color than B&W.
> >>
> >>    TIA for any comments.
> >>
> >>    Tina
> >>
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