Chapter 3. Defying Logic

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The Black and White on Converting to Black-and-White in Camera, Black-and-White Conversion in RAW Processors, and to Grayscale in Photoshop

Belief is the death of intelligence.

—Robert Anton Wilson

The Camera & the RAW File

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

—Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

Back in the day, which manufacturer of the camera you used did not matter as much as it does today. Camera manufacturers did not make film; they made lenses and camera bodies. They did not concern themselves with what film you used or the chemistry of emulsions and film bases. Their only concern was that the film ...

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