Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you are doing the transfer in the dark room you bet there is a difference. Unless you are using (crappy) Panalure paper you are going to have to crank up the contrast with filters to get a useable print. Even then the grain becomes terrible and the contrast rendering of the print goes out of control. Best to suck the color out on Photoshop... Dan >I was wondering. >Is there (should there be) >a difference between >BW prints done off colour negatives >and BW prints done of BW negatives, >assuming a BW enlarger, BW paper and chemicals? >Javier > > >Nick Poole wrote: > > > Re: B&W repro in National Geographic, Thomas G. Tamura wrote: > > > > > >I wonder if it was even shot with B&W film? I believe many of the > > >news magazinesS (snip) are running B&W photos that were originally > > >shot on either color film or digitally. > > > > > >Just my thoughts. > > > > You're quite right, Thomas. This is now the norm because it's so easy > > to strip the colour out in Photoshop and still retain the densities > > needed to print as a full tone B&W image - if done properly. But few > > people do this because it takes real skill to get rich, open shadow > > detail using a single ink (black) on an offset press. B&W pictures in > > art books, monographs etc., are usually printed as duotones (black > > and a second colour, often grey, to retain highlight detail and > > enrich the lower mid-tones) to overcome this. What you may not be > > aware of is that nearly all B&W images in magazines are printed using > > CMYK process inks, i.e. they are really colour! Examine the > > characteristic rosettes under a loupe and you'll see it clearly. > > Nick. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com