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Steve R
Guest
Hello folks!
Thanks for offering this great new forum. I have been lurking on the old DPReview Ricoh forum and other forums for awhile and would like to start participating. This year I purchased a GX100 primarily for the purpose of shooting black and white in a rangefinder style. I am a previous film rangefinder user (Leica and Minolta CLE) but also use SLRs when needed.
My favorite field of view is 40mm (35mm equiv) left from my CLE days I guess. I also was a big fan of the old 1970's compact rangefinders like the Olympus 35RC. So, I have purchased a 40mm CV finder from Stephen Gandy to use with the GX100, and have approximated the 40 mm FOV and stored it as one of "my settings" on the camera.
I have read Sean Reid's review of the GX100 on his site (thanks for such a great site, Sean!). I am an admirer of this groups BW photographs, especially Mitch Alland, Sean, and Jack. Forgive me if this is off topic, but I am new to BW digital conversion and would be most grateful if you could share what techniques/settings you prefer for this purpose. I am familiar with the basic different techniques (channel mixer, etc.) but I am more interested in hearing your specific workflow as I admire your photographs. I use PS CS3 and Lightroom, though I am just learning Lightroom. I am also intrigued by Lightzone based upon my experienced in ye olde darkroom days. Any info you can share will be most appreciated. Or, if you can point me to other places/posts where you have already discussed this that would also be great!
Thanks!
Steve Rosenblum
Ann Arbor
Thanks for offering this great new forum. I have been lurking on the old DPReview Ricoh forum and other forums for awhile and would like to start participating. This year I purchased a GX100 primarily for the purpose of shooting black and white in a rangefinder style. I am a previous film rangefinder user (Leica and Minolta CLE) but also use SLRs when needed.
My favorite field of view is 40mm (35mm equiv) left from my CLE days I guess. I also was a big fan of the old 1970's compact rangefinders like the Olympus 35RC. So, I have purchased a 40mm CV finder from Stephen Gandy to use with the GX100, and have approximated the 40 mm FOV and stored it as one of "my settings" on the camera.
I have read Sean Reid's review of the GX100 on his site (thanks for such a great site, Sean!). I am an admirer of this groups BW photographs, especially Mitch Alland, Sean, and Jack. Forgive me if this is off topic, but I am new to BW digital conversion and would be most grateful if you could share what techniques/settings you prefer for this purpose. I am familiar with the basic different techniques (channel mixer, etc.) but I am more interested in hearing your specific workflow as I admire your photographs. I use PS CS3 and Lightroom, though I am just learning Lightroom. I am also intrigued by Lightzone based upon my experienced in ye olde darkroom days. Any info you can share will be most appreciated. Or, if you can point me to other places/posts where you have already discussed this that would also be great!
Thanks!
Steve Rosenblum
Ann Arbor