Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/05

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Subject: [Leica] B&W filters with digital
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Aug 5 14:20:45 2007
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Let's do both. Then we can compare film B&W vs digital B&W, and Leica  
Digital B&W vs other Digital B&W.
One rule: the histograms of each double example should match as close  
as possible.
Philippe

Op 5-aug-07, om 23:09 heeft Eric Korenman het volgende geschreven:

> How about just compare M8 shots of same scene, with and without  
> filter.
> The without shot should be PS'd with the 'Photo Filter' filter.
> Make the histograms match and post to web.
>
> Eric
>
> On 8/5/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Doug,
>> An interesting experiment indeed.
>> OK. I'll make some "identical" shots during my holiday on both my MP
>> loaded with B&W and some filters, and my D200 in -to be in PS
>> converted- color.
>> Will make it easier to compare.
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>> Op 5-aug-07, om 02:34 heeft Douglas Herr het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> I have a general rule: Use PS only for cropping.
>>>>
>>>> Come on. You can't be serious. Pay 650 USD for a cropping tool?
>>>> Use it for everything it was made for. If used right, no erszatz
>>>> about it.
>>>> Exactly the same effects can be obtained in PS as can be with
>>>> filters.
>>>> With the advantage that you, after you made the shot, can decide
>>>> which filter would have been the right option.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see some actual comparison photos, comparing filtration
>>> at time of exposure vs. Photoshop filtration.  My general rule for
>>> best image quality is to do the best work I can at each step of the
>>> process rather than relying on fixing things later in Photoshop.  I
>>> use PS primarily for dust that I couldn't get off the sensor (&
>>> scratches for film scans), minor color tweaks, and cropping.  I
>>> would think that proper exposure of the desired color channels at
>>> time of exposure would beat pulling detail out of an image that was
>>> exposed primarily for an average blend of the channels rather than
>>> for a specific channel.
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
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In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] B&W filters with digital)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] B&W filters with digital)
Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] B&W filters with digital)