[Leica] IMG: B&W Images

[Jim Nichols]

Well, it was 1952, and I did, at times, buy 35mm motion picture film in 100 ft lengths.

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> On Mar 4, 2019, at 7:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Nice result, but to my eyes it still looks like a 1950s film output....
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 12:03 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>> After reading Tina and Lluis' discussion of B&W image processing, I
>> pulled up one of my first and favorite Leica images and reprocessed it.
>> This was camera shop processing, from 1952, and had some scratches and
>> flaws.  I used Neat Image to clean it up without losing detail, Focus
>> Magic Level 1 to sharpen slightly, Photoshop tools to remove some
>> imperfections, and then Silver Efex Pro 2.0 for final adjustments.
>> 
>> You are both right.  The tools available for B&W are very limited when
>> compared to color images.
>> 
>> This is my favorite shot of my late wife, at age 20, in 1952.
>> 
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070706-Donna+02+52.JPG.html
>> 
>> Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, Kodak Plus-X
>> 
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
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