Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >