[MacDV] Glorious Black and White

[Jim Zabilla]

I don't know if your Canon takes the color away before or after the image is
created.  It will appear sharper either way since the color is one of the
main problems in creating image sharpness.  I would beware of having a green
tint from the camera in B & W mode.  You may want to do a second pass in
editing and take out the color again.


jim
 
> From: David Thrasher <idave at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "Macintosh Digital Video List"<MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:39:13 -0800 (GMT)
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Glorious Black and White
> 
> I've been thinking about shooting a movie with my camcorder in black and white
> and I had a few questions about some things. I own a Canon Elura IIMC which is
> a single-chip model and I'll be editing in iMovie. I wish I could afford a
> 3-chip camcorder but those are the breaks.
> 
> For shooting black and white, am I going to get better results using the
> camcorder's black and white setting or shooting it in color and using iMovie
> to convert it? If I did have a 3-chip camcorder would there be a quality
> difference for black and white compared to a single ship model? I've been
> thinking I might be able to get around some of the quality limitations of a
> single-chip model by shooting in black and white (of course making films that
> would lend themselves to this format).
> 
> Black and white is used so little these days, except for an effect, that
> people often tend to forget how good it could look. (Look at the
> cinematography in "Casablanca", for instance.) Even though I have a camcorder
> that would be classified as a "toy" by well-financed professionals, I'm going
> to treat it the same as if I did have totally professional equipment and light
> and plan the shots accordingly.
> 
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