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Posted by BlaaSaab (more from BlaaSaab) on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:07:44
In Reply to: Film? Why not just set a digicam to B&W?, Noel

, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:11:14

Black & white film is much more sensitive to differences in contrast than color film, so it's known for being able to capture and highlight detail that would be lost in a color image.

Setting a digital camera to grayscale (or using Photoshop for post-processing, for that matter) does not change anything about the way the image sensor initially reacts to the light, so you don't gain any advantage by doing that. That would be essentially the same as shooting color film, scanning it into the computer, and then converting it to B&W.

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OT: C-41 B&W?, Eiron, Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:19:20
- BW400CN lab scan example, McTeague, Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:56:36
  - d'oh, fixed link..., McTeague, Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:00:10
- Re: OT: C-41 B&W?, jp498, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:37:54
- Re: OT: C-41 B&W?, EGD , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:29:24
  - Agfa Scala, Eiron, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:10:50
    - Re: Agfa Scala, EGD , Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:58:33
      - Re: Agfa Scala, EGD , Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:02:55
- Try Ilford XP2, Ross , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:02:43
  - Re: Try Ilford XP2, Eiron, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:07:14
- Your purpose? C-41 does not mean quick processing (+), vvk, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:01:54
  - They want prints tomorrow, Eiron, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:48
  - Agree that digital is not (yet) as good as film, Noel , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:15:32
    - Color laser, but no inkjet, Eiron, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:20:23
      - Yes and no. You pay one way or the other., Noel , Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:02:53
- Film? Why not just set a digicam to B&W?, Noel , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:11:14
  - So-o-o-o 20th century . . . . ., Eiron, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:52:21
    - Re: So-o-o-o 20th century . . . . ., oldsaab , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:29:15
  - Contrast!, BlaaSaab, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:07:44
  - Re: Film? Why not just set a digicam to B&W?, Erik919kt , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:04:07
    - Re: Film? Why not just set a digicam to B&W?, oldsaab , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:06:19
  - Why paint a picture when you could just make a photo?, LesH , Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:29:40

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