Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/09

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Subject: [Leica] B&W visualization
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:59:05 +0100
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You guys are way too intellectual. I look at the picture in LR. I click on 
the B&W. If it looks better than color, I go with that. Otherwise not. Or if 
there are ugly color casts that I cannot easily get rid of, then B&W.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:34 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:

> I was just curious.  I know there are a lot of people who
> convert their shots to B&W, and was wondering if they could actually
> visualize the world in B&W literally using an EVF.
> 
> 
> Aram
> - - -
> Old time cinematographers viewed a scene through a deep purple filter to 
> wash out the color and see what it would look like in B&W. One was even 
> incorporated in the viewfinder of the early Robot cameras. If you want to 
> find one simply go to the oldest photo store in town and ask the oldest 
> clerk if her has one in the junk box. I'm sure any deep colored camera 
> filter will give much the same effect.
> Larry Z
> 
> 
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