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Re: [Digital BW] Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?

2004-02-16 by Robert

Jake:  What digital camera body do you do most of your b&w work on?  
When you convert to b&w in PS, what technique do you use?

Robert

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jake Hellbach" 
<jake@j...> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> Personally, I now do all my b/w digitally. I shoot in color mode 
and convert
> to b/w in Photoshop.
> I feel I get better tones digitally and none of the film grain.
> Jake
> 
> 
> Jake Hellbach Photography
> www.jakehellbachphoto.com
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Robert [mailto:LA_Native@h...]
>   Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:43 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
> 
> 
>   To get your best b&w work using Epson's Ultrachrome printers, do 
you
>   generally shoot your subjects on film and scan it in?  Have you 
tied
>   shooting digitally, and were you at all satisfied with the end 
result?
> 
>   Robert Ades
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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