[Leica] IMG: Modern Services, Old Presentation

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks, Daniel.  With the few images that I take on each outing, the 
logistics of film becomes a turn-off for me.  I think I am hooked on 
digital, so I just have to find a way to make it work.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Modern Services, Old Presentation


> The only thing I can suggest, Jim, is Neopan 400 to get the effects
> you're looking for :-)
>
> I too have never been attracted by b/w images from digital color.
> Don't know why. I could very well just be a snob or something, but I
> don't think so. When it comes to color images, I wouldn't touch film.
> So I'm not totally hung up on film. But when it comes to b/w ...
> digital doesn't do it for me.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>> I have been looking at various ways to show digital images as B&W.  Many 
>> of the images I see on the LUG gallery come close to film images, but I 
>> have not been getting to that point.  This was made with my E-510 and 
>> Elmarit-R 28/2.8 as a RAW image and converted to B&W, then sepia, in 
>> Elements 6.0.  I know that there are specialty converters available, but 
>> have not tried them as yet. If anyone has suggestions, please comment.
>>
>> One local problem is the haze level and lack of blue sky for contrast.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Modern+Services.tif.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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