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Re: Calibrating your Camera

2006-05-12 by John Vitollo

>> I just uploaded to the File section a PDF titled:
>> 
>> Photoshop_Channel_Mixer_Settings_B_W.pdf 
>> 
>> The PDF has Cannel Mixer values that replicate many popular B&W film
>> responses.

On 5/12/06 8:47 AM, "Helen Bach" <helenbach@...> wrote:

> I'm not sure what those exact numbers mean, because they will depend
> on what light the film has been shot in - ..... whoever wrote
> those channel mixer numbers appears to have been misled. Not that it
> matters one bit for imitating B&W film digitally, but it does matter
> if you wish to understand the differences between real B&W films.
> Helen


Good points on what light the film has been shot.

The numbers were taken from a photo.net post a while ago...I just packaged it in a nice 
PDF. Just how accurate are the numbers/films and who worked on them is anyone's guess. 

But at the very least the PDF shows Photoshop users is there is more than just converting 
RGB to Grayscale.

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