Photoshop CS4, M8 & Black and White opinions

[eleskin]

I have had CS2 for some time now and just bought the CS4 Upgrade for my new I-MAC. Just wondering how many of you use CS4 and how do you like the way it works with creating black and white files from the raw M8 files.

 

[benmacphoto]

CS4 works great with converting files to black and white. Camera Raw works very well and has a lot of options even before you go into photoshop. I would recommend it.

 

[nksyoon]

Haven't really used it, prefer using Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro.

 

[bolohead]

I second Silver Efex Pro. One of the best Photoshop plug-ins I've ever used. Color Efex isn't too bad either.

 

[totifoto]

Silver Efex Pro is fantastic with PS CS.
But using Camera raw also works great. What I like about the Silver Efex Pro is the grain it makes.

 

[tbarker13]

Another vote here for silver Efex. I love it.
Here are a few conversions I did last night from a little documentary project I've been doing on a local community theater.
These, I believe, were done as Kodak plux x 125. I know some folks don't care for the film emulators. But I'm enjoying them, at least for now.

M8, 28 summicron

M8, 50 summicron

M8, 28 summicron

 

[isalan]

I also like "Imagenomic" which is able to produce some very good results. Silver Efex Pro is loaded on to my CS4 and also very effective.