>
>The beauty here is that there are a number of ways to get very, very good
>black and white conversions.
>Old school, you do it in Photoshop with the black & white layer, and you work
>your ass off getting what
>you want. It’s how I started, but have quit using since discovering Silver
>Effecx Pro. If I’d found
>Topaz first, I might be gushing about that. Or the Alien Skin software Tina
>mentioned.
>
>As with the camera itself, the result lies with the eye and the skill of the
>photographer, not so much
>with the particular brand of conversion software.
>
>Which is to say, pick one and learn to use it, forsaking all others unless
>there’s a compelling reason
>to switch.
>
As I've come to learn in these past few weeks, the E-500/510 are very good
platforms for colour and "casual" (meaning no filter) B&W. For detailed B&W,
both the camera and the Olympus software fall very short of the mark, and other
venues need to be explored in order to enjoy the full creativity potential of
B&W.
I won't dispense with Olympus cameras as I have full confidence in both
the film and digital cameras of theirs that I have used. But whoever wrote
this B&W conversion firmware and software needs to be taken out to the woodshed
and left there.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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