Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-16 Thread tom
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:52:36 +, Mishka wrote: >what do you guys think about it? is it better/different than shooting >color and then just turning to BW in photoshop? i never tried it and >really curious how is it different (if at all) from regular BW film Well, it *is* different. It looks lik

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-16 Thread gfen
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Mishka wrote: > what do you guys think about it? is it better/different than shooting > color and then just turning to BW in photoshop? i never tried it and > really curious how is it different (if at all) from regular BW film I used it for a shortwhile, and was pleased with

RE: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Surprisingly good stuff and it is different than turning the color into B&W in Photoshop. B&W in photoshop is merely grayscale but having the B&W Color Process Film offers, at least to me, more subtlety when it comes to the image. My fave currently (while expensive) is the Kodak Portra 400 B

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-16 Thread Paul Jones
good print out of it in a dark room, just always looks crap. Regards, Paul - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:57 AM Subject: RE: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier) > Surprisingly good

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-18 Thread Mark Cassino
the only reason I shoot B&W film is when I want to engage in the mental discipline of seeng in B&W. It really is a different trip - looking for patterns and texture etc. But if I'm shooting color and see a shot that will look best in B&W, I take it and convert the image digitally. Having dev

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How so? I've scanned maybe 200 B&W images using a Nikon Coolscan something-or-other. The process was simple, and the results quite good, even to my critical eye. George, the fellow whose scanner was used, just set the scanner once, and from then on everything was automatic. Mark Cassino wrote:

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark, OK, then what we have here is probably a difference in the way the scanners work. I don't know all the technical jargon, but the Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED (4000dpi, etc) does a great job w/traditional B&W. I know that the Minolta uses a different light source than the Nikon, and, of cours

Re: C41 BW film (was Re: Color is So Much Easier)

2002-04-22 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Mark Cassino wrote: > Yow - I just ran some tests and the grain reduction on Vuescan is indeed > clobbering the detail. I was scanning for web display and resampling the > images down to ~640 x 480 - at which point they look OK - but I cou