[Leica] Re: MORE THAN... R.I.P. ILFORD

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

Bob-
You are talking about the Wratten 90 Filter- it does give you the effect of
looking at a dark sepia toned print- but I tried it and it sure is a DIM
image!
It is okay in bright sunlight, but I am sure he didn't use it for "Moonlight
over Hernandez"!!  :o)~
Dan(Through a glass, darkly....)Post

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <robertmeier@usjet.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: MORE THAN... R.I.P. ILFORD


> Dan,
>
> The point is a viewfinder that shows a B&W image.   That is invaluable.
> Ansel Adams used to used a dark amber filter (I think that was the color)
to
> view a scene through to see what it would look like in monochrome.   I
have
> used my Canon S50 in B&W mode and gotten very, very good B&W's.
>
> Bob
>
> >
> > But seriously folks, why bother to set a digicam such as the Leica D2 to
> > b/w mode, when much better grayscale results can be had by manipulating
> the
> > colour image in a program such as Photoshop?
>
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