{"id":45093,"date":"2022-01-06T17:48:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=45093"},"modified":"2022-01-06T18:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:39:33","slug":"black-and-white-conversions-from-sigma-foveon-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/black-and-white-conversions-from-sigma-foveon-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White Conversions from Sigma Foveon Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I gathered some random raw files I shot last year from my Sigma cameras and did some black and white conversions.  Some from color, and some from infrared.  You lose a bit of the drama in converting the near IR photos, but I mostly wanted to see if it’s unique enough to be doing more of in the future.  Wish Kodak would bring back BW400CN film, but don’t think that will happen.<\/p>\n

Technical Notes: Sigma SD10, SD14, and SD15. Converted straight in Sigma Photo Pro or a combination of that and Nikon Capture NX2. Most associate Foveon files with a CG render like sharpness, but for these conversions I knocked down the sharpness a tad. All of these snapshots, the Sigmas weren’t the main option, just a fun alternative to throw in the bag.<\/p>\n

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I gathered some random raw files I shot last year from my Sigma cameras and did some black and white conversions.  Some from color, and some from infrared.  You lose a bit of the drama in converting the near IR photos, but I mostly wanted to see if it’s unique enough to be doing more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151,7],"tags":[174,304,321],"class_list":{"0":"post-45093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photography","8":"category-photos","9":"tag-black-and-white","10":"tag-foveon","11":"tag-sigma","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-bJj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36672,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sigma-sd14-10-year-recap-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":45093,"position":0},"title":"Sigma SD14 10 Year Recap\/Review","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"November 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Gosh, it's been ten years since Seng Merrill loaned me her Sigma SD14 and a couple of lenses.\u00a0 I'd like to thank her for the faith in a young artist\/photographer, and of course thank her late husband Dick Merrill for being one of the architects of the unique Foveon sensor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sigma_SD14_001_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sigma_SD14_001_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sigma_SD14_001_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sigma_SD14_001_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sigma_SD14_001_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4094,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/foveon-strobist\/","url_meta":{"origin":45093,"position":1},"title":"Foveon Strobist","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Technical Notes: Actually a mixture of\u00a0modeling light photos with the Canon and strobist shots with the Sigma SD14. 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