[Leica] Shout out to SonC and others for software suggestions.

[Don Dory]

Thank you for the suggestion.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022, 6:45 PM Christopher Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> Don,
>
> I don't know if you ever convert your color digital images to B&W; but if
> you do, the Topaz B&W plugin is one of the best ways I have found to get
> good B&W from digital. Most conversions are too flat in the midtones, and
> simply increasing contrast means losing highlight and shadow detail. The
> Topaz software increases midtone contrast without losing highlight and
> shadow detail.
>
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> Chris Crawford
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> On 8/4/22, 5:35 PM, "LUG on behalf of Don Dory via LUG"
> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>     Many on this list have been quietly promoting Topaz labs products.
> SonC
>     showed me what their products could do on a motion blurred image which
>     convinced me of their value.  I waited until there was a bundle sale
> and
>     just acquired the bundle.
>
>     So, money very well spent and now suggestions.  The denoise works
> extremely
>     well,  owning 2.8, 3.5, or 5.6 lenses is not a limiting factor on newer
>     cameras that go up over 50,000iso.  The noise can be drastically
> reduced
>     without sacrificing image detail.  A little motion blur can also be
> worked
>     with effectively.  Basically, if a lens is good but slow you have a
> nice
>     light package that will work in almost any light.
>
>     This also makes the use of my M9 practical again as I have been
> fighting no
>     dof in dark places to try to keep shutter speeds up.  Now, the AI
> programs
>     will mostly eliminate motion blur and I can get the dof I believe I
> want.
>
>     So, thank you to all those on the list who have been suggesting better
>     software.  Also, I believe this will work on scanned film so with a
>     convoluted work system you could shoot HP5, scan it in, de noise the
> grain,
>     then output to a large format "negative" and contact print on real
>     emulsions.
>
>     --
>     Don
>     don.dory at gmail.com
>
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