I like Topaz B&W Effects. I've been using it for a long time. I tried
Silver Efex, DxO Filmpack, and Alienskin Exposure as well as Topaz before
deciding which to buy, and I liked the conversion I got with Topaz better.
It also costs a hell of a lot less, only $60.
http://www.topazlabs.com/bweffects
Here are some shots from my Canon 5DmkII converted with it.
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On 6/17/14 8:54 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>That will be Silver Efex Pro - part of the Nik collection. That and
>Exposure 6 by Alienskin are the two programs that everybody I know uses
>for
>B&W conversions. I use both but Exposure 6 gives be better consistent
>results without much fuss.
>
>http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/superb_black_and_white_
>with_nik_silver_efex_pro.shtml
>
>http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/06/11/alien-skin-software-s-exposure-6-n
>ow-available
>
>Exposure 6 makes it really easy to choose a film to replicate.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Tina
>
>
>On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>> I visited the local pro camera shop this afternoon, and the
>>resident
>> B&W expert was there behind the counter. Since there were very few
>> customers, I got to speak with him at length. I described what I had
>>been
>> doing, what the results were, and what my expectations were.
>>
>> He told me that the nature of digital B&W photography is such that
>> most, if not all digital cameras have similar problems with B&W, that
>>they
>> will not process filters (either glass or internal emulations) properly,
>> and that the results are far from what we experience with B&W film.
>>That,
>> he said repeatedly, is the nature of the technology.
>>
>> As I described the lack of darkening sky when going through yellow,
>> then orange, and finally red filters he just nodded. Seems that the
>> problem is widely known and that there is little that can be done to
>> overcome it.
>>
>> He did recommend a B&W post processing software by the name of
>> "Silver Affects Pro". I'm going to look into that tomorrow when I have
>>a
>> WiFi connection.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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