[Leica] IMG: B&W Images

[Philippe]

I also remember the smell when opening these metal boxes.

Nothing compares to it, even the fastest SD cards :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 5 mars 2019 à 03:01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a écrit :
> 
> Well, it was 1952, and I did, at times, buy 35mm motion picture film in 100 ft lengths.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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