Marcus - The B/W photo at the top of this page - http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/token.htm - was originally shot on Fuji Reala. Scroll down to see the original. The neg was scanned at the time of printing on a Fuji Frontier. I did some manipulation in Photoship Elements to reduce the brightness range and try to get more detail in the sunlit grass and headstones, then converted to B/W and tweaked the brightness/contrast a little more. I haven't had it printed on photographic paper, but the print from my inkjet was more than acceptable.
If you decide to have B/W prints done by a lab directly from color negs, I would recommend asking if they can print to paper with an emulsion that returns B/W rather than just manipulating the color channels on the printer to get B/W on standard color paper. Kodak makes this paper - don't know about other manufacturers. Use these links for further information. B/W - http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/papers/portraBW/portraBW.jhtml?id=0.1.16.14.28.32&lc=en Sepia - http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/papers/portraSepiaBW/portraSepiaBW.jhtml?id=0.1.16.14.28.34&lc=en Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: converting color photos for black and white > > Hi Pentax users > > I' am playing with the idea of making some black and white enlargements in > the size of 24X36cm of older color photos, sadly most are from fast ISO > 200-400 negative color film, so I expect some real visible grain. > > What's your experience with conversions from color to black and white and > should I just let the lab do it from the color negatives or photos or try > scanning the color pictures or negatives (if I still have them) and > manipulate them on the computer. I have the software to do so but really not > much experience with that. What loss of quality do I have to expect? > > The computer would be nice because I can preview everything and crop the > image myself, on the other side, my scanning equipment is not that > professional to scan negatives very well. > > thanks > Markus > > >
