[Leica] Re: B&W from P&S cameras

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

The slow write speed is also the biggest issue with me. It is slower
than a large format camera when it comes to catching the next frame.

On 6/10/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> The GRD is a beautiful little camera with a top notch lens and
> general ergonomy and build, that I liked using a lot.
> Your image shows the possibilities with it and also proves that well
> thought out use of filters in PS for B&W can lead to beautiful results.
> I never considerd noise to be a huge problem: there's a lot of good
> software around to get rid of it without too much detail loss, and in
> the analog era, grain was also well accepted. Sometimes it's just
> another element that makes a shot better.
> The only thing that bothered me, and what made me part with it after
> a good while, was its annoyingly slow RAW writing. Just unnacceptable
> for photography where more than one interesting situation can occur
> within about 17 seconds...
>
> Philippe
>
>
> Op 10-jun-07, om 16:44 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven:
>
> > I shoot the GRD in color mode. It gives me the added latitude of being
> > able to simulate B&W filters during greyscaling. But it is at a price.
> > Converting color to B&W in PS almost always gives me huge amounts of
> > noise (not grain...noise). This GRD shot was not at high ISO.
> >
> > http://www.400tx.com/files/PAW2007/2007-13.html
> >
> > I was able to create a lot of contrast in the sky by playing with
> > filter effects in PS. But the noise in the clouds is evident.
> >
> > Jeffery
> >
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Jeffery L. Smith
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