Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:30 PM -0500 11/15/06, <larry.k@rcn.com> wrote:
> You're right! Why should I worry about color? Maybe this whole
>magenta problem is an ingenious scheme on Leica's part to get us to
>renounce color photography, once and for all! Everyone will say,
>"Wow, I never knew colors were supposed to look like that! Forget
>it, I will never try to take a another color photograph!" ;-)
>
> Some people have speculated that the IR problems also cause
>tonality shifts in black and white. I don't know if that has been
>confirmed or not.
It does cause a tonality shift. On the other hand, all B&W films have
different tonal sensitivites, and none match what our eyes see.
Adjust accordingly.
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