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[OM] Re: Colour or B&W lenses ?

Subject: [OM] Re: Colour or B&W lenses ?
From: "Jay Drew" <dreaded@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:03:52 -0800
.....And to further complicate matters, if you shoot a color picture with a
color lens and show it to a color blind person, is the shot ruined?

If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, does it make a sound?

Jay

>...and, do you avoid this issue if you shoot in colour and convert to B&W later

>in your favourite image editor ?



>> Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> List,
>> 
>> Just snipped this from a photo.net forum, comments please:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bruce Cahn, Nov 11, 2007; 06:07 p.m.
>> 
>> The Mamiya lenses are OK for color, not so good for B&W. Get the 6x7 if 
>> you can scrape up the cash. The quality difference in formats is 
>> considerable. 6x7 is a wonderfully proportioned negative.
>> 
>> Jacob Erickson, Nov 11, 2007; 07:54 p.m.
>> 
>> What makes a lens okay for color but not B&W?
>> 
>> Bruce Cahn, Nov 11, 2007; 10:48 p.m.
>> 
>> Jacob: I wish I knew. Some lenses, having been designed for color just 
>> are not good for B&W. Not enough subtlety in the tones.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ...Wayne
>> 
>> Wayne Harridge



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