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Russ Good

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« on: November 18, 2005, 02:40:42 am »

Greetings,

Calling all 5D owners...as a dedicated B/W shooter I'd love to hear any comments you would be
willing to share regarding the "Mononchrome" setting on your 5Ds...are your results any better
than Photoshop conversions?

TIA

Russ
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2005, 07:14:01 am »

Hi Russ,
I am assuming that the output is pretty similar to the 20D which I owned.. I was never really quite satisfied with the 'on-board" black and white, (although I was really happy with the idea) and now do all my conversions in Photoshop using a plug-in from Theimagefactory called Convert B/W Pro.. It does a very good job of simulating a traditional dark room in terms of control, contrast, film types etc...  The advantage is that you can shoot Raw and then do conversions when you download to your PC.  I can see the image change as I play with the settings, colour filters, exposure and contrast.. It feels like my wet darkroom again, only less claustrophobic and I can do it during the day! :-)

Now that I have my 5D I have not bothered with picture styles as I only work in Raw, and leave the JPeg conversion for when I''ve finished manipulating the picture and am ready to print.  I will as a matter of course shoot a few shots in B&W in-camera and report back.. if there is a significant improvement I will let you know.. However I am already so happy with my plug-in and the after-the-fact control that it gives me that even if the in-camera B&W is decent, I will still just shoot Raw and convert later.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2005, 08:27:23 am »

Ditto here - I agree 100%

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Hi Russ,
I am assuming that the output is pretty similar to the 20D which I owned.. I was never really quite satisfied with the 'on-board" black and white, (although I was really happy with the idea) and now do all my conversions in Photoshop using a plug-in from Theimagefactory called Convert B/W Pro.. It does a very good job of simulating a traditional dark room in terms of control, contrast, film types etc...  The advantage is that you can shoot Raw and then do conversions when you download to your PC.  I can see the image change as I play with the settings, colour filters, exposure and contrast.. It feels like my wet darkroom again, only less claustrophobic and I can do it during the day! :-)

Now that I have my 5D I have not bothered with picture styles as I only work in Raw, and leave the JPeg conversion for when I''ve finished manipulating the picture and am ready to print.  I will as a matter of course shoot a few shots in B&W in-camera and report back.. if there is a significant improvement I will let you know.. However I am already so happy with my plug-in and the after-the-fact control that it gives me that even if the in-camera B&W is decent, I will still just shoot Raw and convert later.
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2005, 09:53:49 am »

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Ditto here - I agree 100%
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Me too. Of the (blush) dozens of PS plugins I have acquired, Convert-to-BW-Pro is probably the easiest and most satisfying to use. I like very much choosing which "filter" (red, yellow, any in-between color) and intensity to use for each partricular shot.

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