[Leica] Another MM Write up

[digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)]

Got it. So how can Silver Efex Pro do it?

Jim Laird

On May 28, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> you cannot simulate color filtration without color information
> 
> you cannot filter balck&white film after development
> 
> no software can generate information the color information if it was not 
> recorded (even Silver Efex)
> 
> other cameras can do it because they see color information--the MM cannot 
> (as I understand it) record the colors
> 
> my understanding is that the MM sensor is color blind, it is NOT sensing 
> color information and throwing it away as we do creating B&W from color 
> images
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On May 28, 2012, at 12:52 PM, James Laird wrote:
> 
>> No, maybe I didn't make myself clear enough. I know the sensor is not
>> color sensitive but if the images can be modified after the fact in
>> Silver Efex Pro 2 why can't the Leica engineers modify the software to
>> do the same thing? 
> 
> 
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