Digital BW, The Print

Jake,
Conversion to b&w is done in Photoshop only. No conversion is done in 
camera.

Anyone else getting great b&w prints from 6mb Canon DLSR ?

Thanks,
Andre


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jake Hellbach" 
<jake@j...> wrote:
> Hi,
> Are you setting your camera to b/w mode or converting the color 
photo to b/w
> in Photoshop?
> I use a Fuji S2 and experimented setting it in b/w mode. The 
resulting
> photos didn't have much contrast.
> Now I keep the camera in color mode and RAW. The rest of my 
workflow is just
> as yours, except I use a 1280. I convert to b/w in Photoshop and 
the prints
> look great.
> Jake
> 
> Jake Hellbach Photography
> www.jakehellbachphoto.com
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: sceptre12345 [mailto:am1000@v...]
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   I've been printing some digital camera (6mp dslr) pictures lately 
and
>   they all seem to have the same problem: the shadows posterize. 
This
>   is one problem I have not had with scanned negatives.
> 
>   I dont know where this come from. Is it noise or something else ? 
I
>   have tried some noise software but it give the picture a plasticky
>   artificial look.
> 
>   Workflow: Open the file in Photoshop 7 with the RAW plug-in, 
convert
>   to 16 bits and do all other adjustements in Photoshop.
> 
>   Printer: Epson 1160, UT inkset and Paul's curve.
> 
>   Thank in advance,
>   Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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