Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for that David, I'll have a look at your site.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> >>> I am about to set up my old ETRSi for shooting B & W white film for scanning
> in a Sprintscan 120, then editing in Picture window Pro.
> 
> Is it preferable to use lens filters at the time of shooting(yellow, orange,
> red)or can the effect be duplicated during editing.
> 
> There is nothing you can do post-capture to B&W film that will mimic the
> effect of colored filters put in front of the lens.
> The same is not true if you are using color film, but then you have the
> problem that color negative film tends to have noise problems that have to
> be dealt with post-scan and color transparency film has a dynamic range that
> is often shorter than you might like.
> 
> Go to my web site below, then click on the History button and find the two
> part article on filters for B&W. There you will find the sum total of all
> the knowledge in the universe (sometimes I exaggerate a tiny bit) on using
> filters with B&W film.
> 
> 
> David Kachel
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