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

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Subject: [Leica] B&W visualization
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:45:36 +0000
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When i was 14 (I am not 68, so some time ago) a friend said to me "I 
hate you, you can see in black and white". I have always been able to 
previsualise and I know before I press the button that it will be a b&w 
image. Just the way it is I guess!

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 09/12/2013 15:34, 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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