Digital BW, The Print

--- I'M NO EXPERT here but it seems that you shoot in color you start 
with a larger file size and more bit depth (whatever the hell that 
means)so you have more information in the original file. is that any 
advantage? i don't know. would capture in color give you a greater 
tonal range? maybe. i guess i would shoot some finely detailed 
colored text  with both color and black and white modes and then loop 
the prints. i guess i never worried about it since i shoot large 
format (4x5) black and white and scan the negs.  larry

 DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., bob geoghegan <bobgeo@d...> wrote:
> I appreciate the suggestions on converting color to BW.  The 
benefits of 
> post-shooting conversion from color are obvious.  But the other 
side of the 
> question is if there are ever advantages in quality to using BW 
mode 
> instead.  I'm wondering what sort of advantages those would be, if 
they 
> even exist (I've only had the camera a week) .  Finer detail is a 
guess -- 
> in limited tests I haven't seen this in BW mode but wondered what 
sort of 
> subject would provide the best test.  Are there any other tests for 
quality 
> that in theory might show better results in BW mode with a 
particular camera.
> 
> Bob G
> 
> At 01:23 PM 2/6/2002, you wrote:
> >--- ALONG THESE SAME LINES you can go to the WINDOW-SHOW channels.
> >you will get the rgb image and the red, green and blue channels. 
this
> >gives you an idea of what the image would look like with these 
three
> >filters (don't ask me what specific filter numbers they are ). the
> >red and the green are usually the most interesting. from there you
> >can go to channel mixer and adjust the monochrome image. larry 
pirrone
> >
> >  DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn  Frayn <carolyn@u...>
> >wrote:
> > > It's called "channel mixer" ... not color mixer
> > >
> > > snip
> > > > the main reasons is that many people use photoshop and it has 
a
> >tool
> > > > called "color mixer" which gives great flexibility in 
converting
> >to
> > > > bw.  You get to choose the percentage of each RGB channel you
> >want in
> > > > your BW image.  This means that it is easier emulate the
> >different BW
> > >
> > > > films (or just have more room for creativity).  Once I found 
it I
> > > > havent gone back to the old "convert to momochrome" tool in
> >photoshop.
> > >
> > > and "convert to profile" or grayscale mode conversion...
> > >
> > > best,
> > > Carolyn
> >
> >
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