Re: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-12 by Ernst Dinkla
It may be important to keep an eye on what lens type will fit a digital rangefinder in the future. Though the Epson RD1 isn t exactly the ideal digital
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-12 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... It depends on where you live. In Paris, a Leica is a better investment than a car, since the city is very photogenic, and public transportation is
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-12 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... Inferior in the sense that the range of different results you can obtain from converting color images to grayscale is far, far smaller than the results you
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-12 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... Identical, from an information-processing standpoint. That is, both have the same serious drawbacks. A pure B&W digital camera would produce very nice B&W
Epson 1270 vs 1280 for UT2 inkset
2004-04-12 by Arthur Fink
I m thinking of getting a used Epson 1270 on Ebay to dedicate to black and white printing. The 1270 seems like a good bargin right now. How does it compare
Advice?
2004-04-12 by ayashko
Just joined the group - pleased to meet you all. Have a couple of questions, and I ll apologise upfront as they ve probably been asked before. I m currently
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-12 by Clive Moss
... ... Consider another experiment. The image being recorded consists of two halves -- one red, one green. The intensity of each half just happens to be such
Re: [Digital BW] On film - is this thread beginning again or ending?
2004-04-12 by D. Hill
has this not been argued time and time again? Please use personal email instead of the list to argue. don ... __________________________________ Do you
Re: The new papers that I am trying, and my impression.
2004-04-12 by Tyler Boley
... paper an= ... some of the prints I ve been attracted to the most on that paper have been color, really nice. You might run the QTR dmax by Roy, he may have
Paper question
2004-04-12 by bfwoolner
I am trying to find a paper similar to Red River Lux Art or Hahnemuhle William Turner but in an 11x14 inch paper size. Any help appreciated. Barbara Woolner
[Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-12 by Bob Michaels
I love my Contax G system for all the same reasons as Richard: image quality & autofocus that s spot on 99% of the time. But there is another factor. I have
Re: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-12 by Robert W. Shearer
Richard, I take it that ICE4 won t work as a plug in to photo shop. I went to the web site and downloaded ROC, SHO and GEM. They don t offer ICE4 as a plug in
Re: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-12 by Robert W. Shearer
Thanks Paul, I am starting to get some concept here. Kodak s website,(they now own digital ice) has no caveats. I believe that they are leaving out any
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning
2004-04-12 by Robert W. Shearer
This is excellent input and I appreciate it. Thanks Bob ... From: cirkutguy To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 3:21
Re[4]: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-12 by Richard Sintchak
Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4:39:20 PM, you wrote: AH Hi Richard, AH I guess the short answer probably stems from my being a fairly longtime user AH of Leica
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-12 by Truman Prevatt
PS: That experiment has been performed many times - always with the same results. ... -- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves,
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-12 by Jeff Magidson
... Anthony... I m trying to grasp your premiss. On practical terms how would the resulting images be Inferior? What would they be lacking? Would anyone but
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by Richard Sintchak
Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4:15:35 PM, you wrote: MH both will take an excellent photo, it is just a personal choice. MH Personally, I find the G1 & G2 to be
Re: Re[2]: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by A. Huntley
Hi Richard, I guess the short answer probably stems from my being a fairly longtime user of Leica Ms. I tried the Contax G2, briefly, when it first came out
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by Richard Sintchak
Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4:00:33 PM, you wrote: SK Richard, SK I sold my Contax G2 outfit and bought a used Leica M6. As I am not SK sure this is of general
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Wide in the sense that it is spectrally wide, yes. But shooting B&W digitally is much like converting a color slide to B&W... The exposure latitude, or
[Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by Mark Hahn
both will take an excellent photo, it is just a personal choice. Personally, I find the G1 & G2 to be the worst mix of auto-everything and manual (not to
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Truman Prevatt
Black and white film is an power sensor. It simply measurses the power (it counts photons) at a location on the film. A CCD is a power sensor. It only counts
[Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by Stephen Kobrin
Richard, I sold my Contax G2 outfit and bought a used Leica M6. As I am not sure this is of general interest, please contact me off list if you are
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... The image is in color. You can use a monochrome sensor or B&W film to capture it in B&W. ... Yup, and they are a function of the _total_ spectrum included
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Clive Moss
... You can t capture the original image in B&W. It is in color. Mapping it to B&W involves a series of implicit decisions about what brightnesss to assign
Re: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-11 by Richard Sintchak
Sunday, April 11, 2004, 12:20:05 PM, you wrote: RWS The marketing that I have seen is claiming that ICE4 will RWS work on Kodachrome slides. That is the real
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... Well, it s a long story ... The light in a real-world image consists of a blend of an (essentially) infinite number of frequencies at an infinite number of
Re[2]: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
2004-04-11 by Richard Sintchak
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 10:02:52 AM, you wrote: AH Robert, AH I would highly recommend a used Leica M over any Contax G2. Just a AH thought........ AH
Re: The new papers that I am trying, and my impression.
2004-04-11 by culturalvisions
Tyler, I ve been getting very good blacks with the Epson Velvet FA paper an= d Ultrachrome Epson ink when printing in color. Using Quadtone Rip for b/w i= s
RE: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-11 by Tom Baker
ICE4 claims to have solved that problem. I haven t seen anything that disputes the claimed results from ICE4. Tom Baker ... As I understand it, the ICE
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Truman Prevatt
The question is a fairly simple one and relates to the physics of the situtation. It is - is all the energy of the visible spectrum reflected off a scene
RE: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Paul D. DeRocco
... A B&W image obviously doesn t contain more information than an RGB image, but the color light coming in the front of the lens certainly contains a lot more
RE: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Joe Dempsey
If you use Photoshop, correct the image the best you can in RGB and then convert the image to LAB color by going to Image Mode Lab color.. LAB color separates
RE: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-11 by Paul D. DeRocco
... As I understand it, the ICE functionality requires that the film be essentially transparent at the IR wavelengths used, so that scratches and dust can be
RE: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-11 by Paul D. DeRocco
... Perhaps they ve found a wavelength that penetrates Kodachrome better. If that s true, then it s good news. dICE is a very useful technology when it works.
Re: MIS Eboni Black ink
2004-04-11 by edrudolpho
Hi... a quick search of the archives didn t give me the answer to this question. Is it possible to use Imageprint with an MIS Eboni black ink cartridge in
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by cirkutguy
... I m curious as to what information is missing from the color image that would be in the black and white. I too find that I often can t match the look of
RE: [Digital BW] Ice4
2004-04-11 by Joe Dempsey
I have no experience with DI4. but plenty of experience with DI3. I have a Microtek Flatbed Scanmaker 9800 with DI for prints and it works great. I also have a
Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 2208
2004-04-11 by Roger Smith
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.comRBSmih4/11/04 7:50 AM1/03/2004DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.comrbsmith252@comcast.ne t ... Not color,
Re: Scanning
2004-04-11 by cirkutguy
... I just bought an Epson 4870 last week as an upgrade from my Epson 3200 (Buy.com had the 4870 for $390 with free ship). I can t help with you Digital Ice
Ice4
2004-04-11 by Robert W. Shearer
The marketing that I have seen is claiming that ICE4 will work on Kodachrome slides. That is the real reason I have been taking a look at that software. Is
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... No, you don t. Why are photographers so fond of superstition and myth? ... But the whole point is that those renditions are exactly what you want. And you
Re: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Jeff Magidson
... You actually have MORE flexibility if you shoot in color and convert to B&W not less. If you shoot in B&W with a yellow, green or red filter in front of
RE: [Digital BW] Scanning
2004-04-11 by Paul D. DeRocco
... Digital ICE uses an infrared channel in the scanner. Unfortunately, depending upon the wavelength used, this either doesn t work at all with Kodachrome
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning
2004-04-11 by Max Clark
I would consider the Nikon Coolscan V. It definitely has Ice 4, and retail price is only $599. It is an excellent scanner (yes, I speak from experience)! ...
Re[2]: [Digital BW] On film
2004-04-11 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... My understanding is excellent. I ve already explained why color film can never exactly duplicate the results obtained from true black and white film,
Re: HEX ink for Epson 1200
2004-04-11 by Keith R.
In my 1200, I currently use the MIS UT(pigment)inks w/eboni, as I print on matte(cotton) papers, and utilize Paul Roarks curves. I like the results with the UT
Re: The new papers that I am trying, and my impression.
2004-04-11 by scrber
Brilliant report, thanks Steve. I look forward to seeing your print. I have been starting my own investigation into the various options and have been able to
Eboni -vs- Cone Portfolio Black
2004-04-11 by Jeff Magidson
Has anyone gone from using Eboni black to Cone portfolio black in an effort to achieve better Dmax? I there a big difference between the two inks? Much better