Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/05

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Subject: [Leica] B&W filters with digital
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Aug 5 13:47:03 2007
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Hi Doug,
An interesting experiment indeed.
OK. I'll make some "identical" shots during my holiday on both my MP  
loaded with B&W and some filters, and my D200 in -to be in PS  
converted- color.
Will make it easier to compare.
Philippe


Op 5-aug-07, om 02:34 heeft Douglas Herr het volgende geschreven:

>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> I have a general rule: Use PS only for cropping.
>>
>> Come on. You can't be serious. Pay 650 USD for a cropping tool?
>> Use it for everything it was made for. If used right, no erszatz
>> about it.
>> Exactly the same effects can be obtained in PS as can be with  
>> filters.
>> With the advantage that you, after you made the shot, can decide
>> which filter would have been the right option.
>
> I'd like to see some actual comparison photos, comparing filtration  
> at time of exposure vs. Photoshop filtration.  My general rule for  
> best image quality is to do the best work I can at each step of the  
> process rather than relying on fixing things later in Photoshop.  I  
> use PS primarily for dust that I couldn't get off the sensor (&  
> scratches for film scans), minor color tweaks, and cropping.  I  
> would think that proper exposure of the desired color channels at  
> time of exposure would beat pulling detail out of an image that was  
> exposed primarily for an average blend of the channels rather than  
> for a specific channel.
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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Replies: Reply from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] B&W filters with digital)
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