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2011-06-10 by Mel
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. Mel
2011-06-10 by David Kachel
>>> 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 ___________________ Artist-Photographer Fine B&W Photographs www.davidkachel.com david@... Gallery: www.reddoorfinephotographs.com director@... PO Box 1893 Alpine, TX 79831 (432) 386-5787 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-06-10 by Mel
Thanks for that David, I'll have a look at your site. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
> > >>> 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 > > ___________________ > > Artist-Photographer > Fine B&W Photographs > > www.davidkachel.com > david@... > > Gallery: > www.reddoorfinephotographs.com > director@... > > PO Box 1893 > Alpine, TX 79831 > (432) 386-5787 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
2011-06-11 by Mel
You convinced me that was the way to go with your remarks about colour film David - already knew of the reversal film problem as that was the way I used to do it when sacanning for colour in the pre digital camera era. I also shoot 100% digital - see Message #102921. I've manged to cut down the Cokin filters (yellow, orange, red, green)to 78 mm. to fit my ETR Pro Hood, so nearly ready to get out there and do some shooting (anyone want to know how this is done, email me) Mel --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
> > >>> 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 > > ___________________ > > Artist-Photographer > Fine B&W Photographs > > www.davidkachel.com > david@... > > Gallery: > www.reddoorfinephotographs.com > director@... > > PO Box 1893 > Alpine, TX 79831 > (432) 386-5787 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >