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Peter^

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Guess what, now there's a software that'll make your images look like real pictures, you know, like with film, like they used to do it. You can even make your pictures grainy. I think I'll get it for Grandpa for Christmas.

http://www.dxo.com/uk/photo
 
So you can finally turn that nasty digital image into Tri-X ... what will they think of next? :D

And it's endorsed by Salgado! :eek:
 
Don't laugh too hard guys. If this SW is as good as Silver Efex Pro 2 it has a place in most tool kits. Having just spent 2 months traveling with digital cameras only, the option of quick pp to get the desired look from digital files is very nice :)
 
No real laughing here!

I think it's a positive to have another choice of software ... keeps the others on their toes! I don't have any software of this type but if I make the choice to get some an extra option is healthy ... I'll be looking forward to seeing some user reports.
 
Keith said:
No real laughing here!

I think it's a positive to have another choice of software ... keeps the others on their toes! I don't have any software of this type but if I make the choice to get some an extra option is healthy ... I'll be looking forward to seeing some user reports.
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On the serious side, I agree good software choices and having more tools for processing digital files is a good thing.

On a less serious note, I do see a huge irony in spending tons of money on cameras, computers, and software to emulate what can be done with "old fashioned" film.

I'm not trying to start a debate - I shoot both. I also have been seriously considering Silver Efex; this might be an alternative. I'll look at the link.
 
Hopelessly in love with film photography, Sebastiao Salgado, one of the greatest photojournalists of his generation, finally turned to digital photography in 2008, right in the middle of his photographic project Genesis, due to technical constraints and to the difficulty of preserving his works.
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Odd that. I guess all us amateurs are oblivious to the technical constraints and the difficulty of preserving our photographs.
 
It seem a little ironic at times that when the film manufacturers were serious there was an effort to give us high speed film with minimal grain ... Tmax comes to mind!

Now the digital crowd wants to sell it back to us! :D
 
This software makes sense...
if you are one of those who think "Only the final image matters, duuude!" :)
 
I'll think I'll download the trial and give it a whirl, I'm always open to trying new things out and if I like it I'll buy while it is discounted. :)
 
I could like digital because it offers something new, achived differently (faster, more effortlessly) than in film world. Why I would bother buying new book which has cover as an old book I already have? :)
 
I know I'm at risk of sounding like a luddite here... why not take the time to learn the craft of photography and just shoot film?
 
I cannot find words to describe how ludicrous this really is. I've seen people spend hours trying to make their DSLR films look like 8 mm. Hey, I know a quicker way to get that look...
USE REAL FILM
 
- Pros need speed, by and large

- digital is more secure at point of use, but in some ways harder to archive

- the, in my view erroneous, idea that ' the image is all that matters' has gained a very high degree of currency and, thus, justifies all sorts of image processing and falsification - digital makes it easier

- there is a real lack of thought or care about why things might matter


I've used v1 and 2 very occasionally, but now just shoot film if I want film.

MIke
 
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