Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, mon ami As always find very interesting your comments and I'm learning or adquiring new thaughts. I'm not used to see through a screen, I think that the B&W is in my head when I'm looking an scene, for this reason the digital color when I visualize the DNG, sometimes I'm surprised and I start to hesitate. You are right, no discussions about this, on the other hand this was not my intention at all. Good clicks Dr. Ted! thanks for your always interesting comments cheers Lluis El 09/03/2011, a las 0:51, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Nathan Wajsman OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] The MACBA & El Raval NOW FILM???? > > >> I agree with you when it comes to 35mm film, Ted, but I must admit >> to being quite taken with my 6x9 negatives from the Fuji. > > Hi Nathan, > Since the days of digital and having shot some new images in > Operating rooms. I wondered if my medical books all shot on Tri-x > at ASA 800 and developed and printed myself. Would the same images > shot in digital have been as strong in reproduction, lighting and > any other film technical things one can think off? Your reaction > good Sir? > > Despite some of my digital B&W photos look not bad at all, in some > situations they just don't have what I'll call the "Magic look of > film?" Not always! In these cases I have put it down to my lack of > digital technical experience of the system. Rather than saying out > and out... "digital can't produce what film does in B&W." In my > case, any discrepancies in quality look between film and digital > surely fall squarely on my untrained shoulders. Maybe? > > I have a Digilux 2 that I can lock into a "SHOOT B&W IMAGES MODE!" > When you look through the view finder it's a B&W world and click! It > can easily influence how and what you see as a B&W world. You have > recorded a B&W image as seen. To my early surprise the image quality > has been not bad at all. The weird thing is, looking through the > viewfinder at a B&W world, then take the camera away from your eye > and see the same scene in natural living colour. :-) > > Certainly a very quick way of comparing... "Is it better in B&W or > colour?" :-) CLICK! :-) > > I'm not attempting to start a full blown "US or THEM!" As in "FILM > vs DIGITAL" battle, more of a sample of peoples experience. I > realize a tough call as we see a print differently, not always. > However? > > And please folks let's not go all wild and weird with technicalities > that many wont understand. Certainly me! :-( Just remember "KISS" > when giving a "why this or why that" good bad or ugly reason one is > different.... I'm not saying better! > > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information