Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is where we part company, Eric. I am a believer in digital. But...While you can get excellent black and white results with a digital file if you know what you're doing, black and white digital does not yet equal black and white film in terms of the final result, whether printed digitally or using a wet process. There's no question you can get excellent results from digital, but digital black and white lacks the dynamic range of black and white film, and ends up looking slightly 'off,' to someone who really knows black and white film. I would be willing to bet, however, that this is a situation which will be rectified in a relatively short time. Best B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Welch Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:57 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Staying w/ film for a while - handled a D100 (and a 10D, and...) Not true at all. If you know how to convert color photos to black and white properly with Photoshop, any digital camera is a good black and white camera. Even the old 1.3 megapixel Kodak NC 2000e was a pretty decent black and white camera for newspaper reproduction. Nice tonal range, and resolution just about adequate. Now, with the right knowledge, you can covert color digital files into beautiful black and white images, and with the right printer and inks, can pretty much match any 35mm black and white out there. If you have the skill and calibrated system. I know that's a lot of ifs, but the point is, it's possible. On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > The only point you make which has any real validity is that there are > no decent B&W digital cameras nor off the shelf B&W photo printers. Eric Welch Calrsbad, CA "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage." - --- John and Alma Dunlap - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html