[Leica] color to bw

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

leo wesson asked:

> Is anyone shooting color and printing digitally to black and white?<

Hello Leo,
I started doing this last year while shooting some sports events where we
required slides, colour prints and the odd request of a B&W print.

B&W prints area piece of cake converted and you can't tell the difference.
Works surprisingly well if you need a slide as you have two options for
slide production.

You can scan the colour negative to computer PS, size it too 1.5 X 1.00
inches, 35mm ratio. Do the fixing of colour or whatever, burn to CD, drop it
at your pro lab and they make a perfect colour balanced slide.

Or you can take the colour neg, order a slide directly from the neg of their
colour balance and you have a colour slide. If they're a good lab you
shouldn't be able to tell the difference between an original slide or a
"produced slide from a colour negative!"

Cost? It varys but can be between $2 and $5.00 each slide depending on the
lab.

It's worth a try as it's only a few dollars and your own experince as you
never know when it might come in handy some day.
ted