Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tina...no matter what the PS method of converting RGB to B&W, it still does not compare with B&W film...plus it's a lot more complicated than my process... I simply pre-scan the image, set the setpoints and tonal curves and scan, and print it. Simple as that... Converting from a reduced information digital RGB image doesn't give the results that I am looking for. True, that most people won't notice the difference...but I'm not most people, nor is my audience ;-) The information, both tonal and detail, on film is far far more than digital has to offer at this time, especially the Bayer patterned CCDs that the Canon D30/60 etc. use, which only have %50 green, %25 red and %25 blue sensor elements. When they say a 3M pixel CCD, that just isn't true, it's 3M SENSORS. Technically, a color pixel has all three values, red, green AND blue, not just one of the three (except for grayscale, which does have one value per pixel...but these cameras don't take grayscale images, they convert the RGB to grayscale). I'm waiting for full frame sensors, like the Contax D1...then I'd be a bit more interested in 35mm digital. BTW, I do shoot a lot of digital, in the studio with a Leaf Lumina and both scanning and one shot back on my Hasselblad...so I'm not aunty-digital at all. Regards, Austin > >There is no digital camera that can match the performance and tonality of > >B&W films. I believe for color, you are possibly right...but > for fine art > >B&W...film will be around for a while. > > > >Austin > > Austin - > > See: > > http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html > > Go to "Seeing in Black and White" and watch the movie or download the pdf > directions. It is amazing and loads of fun. > > Tina - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html