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[OM] Re: Digital B&W vs Film B&W

Subject: [OM] Re: Digital B&W vs Film B&W
From: Andrew Dacey <adacey@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:10:17 -0300
On 6/27/05, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In theory, though, there is no reason why the raw, linear output of a
> color digital sensor can't be mapped to reproduce the spectral response
> curves of various B&W films. The techniques you and others mention and I
> have used are rough approaches, but nowhere mear what could be done.
> This stuff is still all in its infancy. One of these days, some lovable
> fool will gather spectral response data from some B&W films and create a
> RAW converter that duplicates them. Of course, it will probably be
> written for Can*n or Nik*n.

Hmmm, could be a great feature for the raw converter in vuescan. Then
(presumably) it'd work with any digital camera supported by vuescan.
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