the way i understood it, b/w films are quite sensitive to the blue end of the (light) spectrum. i have always wondered about the b/w modes in digital and their behaviour as opposed to direct approach of the film (ie., light).
are all digital cameras bound to produce panchromatic-like results? if so, then -- for the lack of a better word -- it sucks.
my hubby just gave me one of his d-slr (he's a film dinosaur savant) and i want to shoot in b/w but without the boringly flat, drama-lacking sharpness and extremely ridiculous loss-of-detail contrasts (or the opposite foggy atmospheric lightness) that d-b/w modes produce.
i have read some
french photo issue about digital b/w modes and how pro's don't usually use it. instead they shoot in colour, post-process the shot in photoshop using channel mixing processes thereby emulating different b/w film characteristics, like mimicing silver process films.
so boys, i don't really want to dabble and spend much time in post-processing (lacks the necessary p-shop skills),
is there, or are there any quick short-cuts like existing filters where i could just emulate a b/w film-process with a click of a mouse or two? are there any special software b/w-emulation applications out there? does d-slrs come with rgb channel filters in b/w mode that i can program myself just to avoid digital post-processing?
little girl wants to know. thank you.
/cross-posted in
black & white