viramati Posted March 18, 2010 Share #21 Posted March 18, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use a mix of LR2 and silverefex pro. Silverefex is great for emulating various film types, adding grain, and its vignetting control is better than LR2's in post crop, it also has a good set of presets. when LR3 comes out as a fill version that will be great as you will be able to add grain directly in it. All in all Siverefex is avery powerful tool. I also prefer to shoot in colour as you can then emulate the the use of filters (red, orange, yellow, etc) that one would use when shooting B&W to smooth skin tones and darken skies etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 Hi viramati, Take a look here Black and White with M9. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
horosu Posted March 18, 2010 Share #22 Posted March 18, 2010 For B&W (especially) or simply any RAW conversions, I use Raw Photo Processor (Raw Photo Processor (RPP)). It simply leaves Silver Efex Pro in the dust. No comparison whatsoever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frasier Posted March 18, 2010 Share #23 Posted March 18, 2010 In camera B&W is quite good, even at high ISO/low light. I have used it for silly snaps around the house to test it and I have no complaints... Test Shots: The M9, ISO 2500 & B&W. | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS Hi Steve, looks like a Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento ... got the same beauties at home Also McIntosch equipment, as far as I can see. The turntabel could be a Clearaudio, but not sure here. Very good stuff indeed! Congrats, Jochen Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
downstairs Posted March 18, 2010 Share #24 Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) For B&W (especially) or simply any RAW conversions, I use Raw Photo Processor (Raw Photo Processor (RPP)). It simply leaves Silver Efex Pro in the dust. No comparison whatsoever. Likewise. RPP does it better. Evidence at the bottom of my page of tests. Edited March 18, 2010 by downstairs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongrelnomad Posted March 18, 2010 Share #25 Posted March 18, 2010 The B&W Jpeg setting is quite useful just for seeing a B&W preview while chimping. If I'm shooting black and white, I'll batch-process the images on import to Aperture and then adjust levels, contrast, definition etc. already in B&W. The results are great (even without Silver Efex etc)... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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