Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my opinion, no. I do not know anything about Aperture, I use Lightroom, but I assume that the facilities for converting to monochrome are similar in the two programs. For my needs (which admittedly are rather basic, as I do not like overmanipulated images) the built-in functionality of Lightroom is more than sufficient. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote: > A simple question about B&W conversion for digital. To keep this in > context, this question arose because I have swapped a M-8 for an R-8 for a > few months with a friend and I find the M-8's white balance is > unpredictable in mixed lighting situations so I am converting more images > to B&W. > > The S/W I use most of the time is Aperture and it has built-in B&W > conversion. There are a few B&W plugins which does the same thing. Other > than emulating the grain of Tri-X :), are there quantifiable benefits from > paying for these B&W plugins? > > Regards, > Spencer > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >