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Re: [Digital BW] Re: RGB Convert to Grayscale

2003-11-28 by Kevin Gulstene

Could someone frame this.  It seems to say all that needs to be said 
this theoretical  tangent.

>
> Since the human eye sees in color, _all_ black and white images are by
> definition arbitrary. You may prefer an image in which some infrared or
> ultraviolet light has been turned into visible white, but it's no more
> "correct" than anything else.
>
> In reality, you can take a digital RGB image and produce very pleasing 
> B&W
> prints. The fact that you can't produce _exactly_ the same image you'd 
> get
> with B&W film (or a broadband monochrome CCD) means nothing, except to 
> the
> extent that you happen to prefer the film result for a particular 
> image. On
> the other hand, B&W film and a bag full of filters can't produce 
> nearly the
> range of possibilities you can get from an RGB sensor and Photoshop.

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