I certainly wouldn't want anything that introduced grain. In terms of gray scale values and response, I'm not interested in duplicating what film could or could not do. I would rather just experiment with the full potential of the RAW information. To my mind, anything else would merely impose limits. Paul On Sep 25, 2006, at 7:20 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> I agree with you to an extent. By TX, etc., mode, I was thinking more > along the lines of a good rendering following the spectral and grain > characteristics of the film, which would then be adjusted > afterwards with > curves, levels, what have you, just as if one were working in a > darkroom > starting with a negative developed from film which was chosen for > certain > characteristics. As it is now, there's no reasonable, or base, > starting > point for a B&W conversion, although there are numerous ways of > making one > and getting good results. But for some - myself included - it > would be > nice to start with something closer to the "original source" in > some ways. > With film, the best way to optimize the results was also by eye, > but you > had a starting place that was consistent and known. You chose it > when you > bought the film. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Paul Stenquist > >> That would be worthwhile if it would really work. But I think you're >> always going to be better off doing the conversions in post >> processing. As I'm sure you've seen, the conversion parameters are >> rarely identical for two different shots. The best way to optimize >> the conversion is by eye. > > > >> Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >>> This thread on facial recognition got me to thinking about what >>> feature I'd like to see on a good DSLR. How about a DSLR >>> that can take good B&W photos, possibly taking a clue from >>> some of the good B&W conversion software that's out there >>> and offer something like Tri-X mode, Agfa 100 mode, and >>> Ilford mode, etc. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
