R3D-D0T Posted January 8, 2017 Share #1 Posted January 8, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do you use black and white film on an older camera? A particular photoshop grayscale with a DSLR? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Hi R3D-D0T, Take a look here B&W Lovers, what do you do for shots when the Monochrom is not an option?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
colint544 Posted January 8, 2017 Share #2 Posted January 8, 2017 Exactly that - black and white film in either my M2, M5, or Rolleiflex TLR. Even when the M Monochrom is available, and especially in good light. The M Monochrom is wonderful in poor light though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soden Posted January 8, 2017 Share #3 Posted January 8, 2017 It's always an option for me, as it's the camera in my hand. But for fun and a bit of nostalgia, there's always Tri-X. In my M7, M5, CL, IIIb, Rollei 35, Rolleiflex, Hasselblad, Graflex... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted January 8, 2017 Share #4 Posted January 8, 2017 M3/M7 + Tri-X. I never was good at converting color shots to B&W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 9, 2017 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2017 A film camera, 35mm, medium format, or large format, is ideal, but I also use a digital camera. If you use digital forget the idea of 'greyscale' or setting the camera to do B&W (unless you also save a RAW file from which to work later), you want to keep the underlying image RGB, so use Silver Efex to convert to monochrome and in Silver Efex you can use the images colour channels to adjust the tonality as you would with colour filters on a film camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted January 9, 2017 Share #6 Posted January 9, 2017 I'd love a Monochrom but can't justify one as well as my M9P - so my X Vario is my Monochrom. Superb B&W jpegs straight out of the camera - usually better than I can manage with RAW conversions in Silver Efex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmay Posted January 9, 2017 Share #7 Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Until one year ago I used a 4x5 view camera for my BW work. I also did occasional BW work with the M9, which I have since upgraded to M-P 240. One year ago I acquired a Leica S 006 and since then, that has been my main BW camera. It is not the same as 4x5 film, especially considering swing and tilt, however the tonality and image quality are excellent. I should also add that the M-P 240 is good for BW, but not as good as the S. Consequently, it looks like I will not go for the Monochrom. Jesse Edited January 9, 2017 by djmay Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 9, 2017 Share #8 Posted January 9, 2017 I am always in a dilemma: Do I grab mt MM1 or do I take one of my film cameras? As my mood takes me... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted January 9, 2017 Share #9 Posted January 9, 2017 M4-P and Tri-X for me for serious work, M-P 240 and B&W conversion in Lightroom for play. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwolf Posted January 9, 2017 Share #10 Posted January 9, 2017 That's easy. MM1 is my only Leica and it's in NJ at the moment. So it's GR or X-Pro and convert. Either gets me closer to MM quality than my lame film processing and scanning skills will. John 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted January 9, 2017 Share #11 Posted January 9, 2017 Trying to replicate one process by the other is rather pointless. Experience will tell you which films and developers and which post processing methods will produce the results you want or prefer. It's only a dilemma when you don't know what you want to achieve or how to achieve it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genn Posted January 12, 2017 Share #12 Posted January 12, 2017 Iphone 7+, then Snapseed to monochrome. From time to time I specially make images with iPhone to convert and develop in Snapseed - to see them in mono. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arno_nyhm Posted January 16, 2017 Share #13 Posted January 16, 2017 my M2 and some TX400 or HP5 will do that for me. in fact it does so good, that i did not yet have to buy an MM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted January 16, 2017 Share #14 Posted January 16, 2017 I'm lusting after an MM but I have too many really good film cameras that can do much of what an MM can, but not everything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JochenSch Posted January 17, 2017 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2017 I don't have a set up darkroom, so I'll most likely shoot one of the other digitals and convert. InPixio's "Capa" preset is sometimes nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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