Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]P.S. and of course we can also use dodging and burning in both traditional film printing and digital post processing (as long as information is available; and that applies to both film and digital) Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 On Jan 24, 2009, at 1:23 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Good afternoon Walt, > > The same basic rules apply. > You can certainly render your black, gray and white cats > what ever value you wish with digital > just as you can with film. > > In the simplest possible terms: > b&w neg film = expose for shadows and develop to control highlight > rendering > color neg film = expose properly and use a good lab (pretty much > means no variable contrast controls) > color transparency film = expose for highlights and shadows will > fall where they will > digital capture = expose for highlights and control the shadows > (and highlights) in post processing > > In more complex terms: > with b&w film we have contrast controls > in the film exposure and development relationship > as well as > in choice of paper contrast grade > and > paper developer choices and toning choices > > All of that, and more, is also available with digital using other > terms and tools > such as curves, white point, black point, contrast, different > filtration of the color information, etc. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> I have a plethora of pussies. Black, white, and in-between. It's >> not too farfetched to conceive of making my white one grey or my >> black ones white. Again, we come back to developing our film the >> old fashioned way. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information