Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for the suggestion. On Thu, Aug 4, 2022, 6:45 PM Christopher Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Don, > > I don't know if you ever convert your color digital images to B&W; but if > you do, the Topaz B&W plugin is one of the best ways I have found to get > good B&W from digital. Most conversions are too flat in the midtones, and > simply increasing contrast means losing highlight and shadow detail. The > Topaz software increases midtone contrast without losing highlight and > shadow detail. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me > > ?On 8/4/22, 5:35 PM, "LUG on behalf of Don Dory via LUG" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Many on this list have been quietly promoting Topaz labs products. > SonC > showed me what their products could do on a motion blurred image which > convinced me of their value. I waited until there was a bundle sale > and > just acquired the bundle. > > So, money very well spent and now suggestions. The denoise works > extremely > well, owning 2.8, 3.5, or 5.6 lenses is not a limiting factor on newer > cameras that go up over 50,000iso. The noise can be drastically > reduced > without sacrificing image detail. A little motion blur can also be > worked > with effectively. Basically, if a lens is good but slow you have a > nice > light package that will work in almost any light. > > This also makes the use of my M9 practical again as I have been > fighting no > dof in dark places to try to keep shutter speeds up. Now, the AI > programs > will mostly eliminate motion blur and I can get the dof I believe I > want. > > So, thank you to all those on the list who have been suggesting better > software. Also, I believe this will work on scanned film so with a > convoluted work system you could shoot HP5, scan it in, de noise the > grain, > then output to a large format "negative" and contact print on real > emulsions. > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information