Experiment with ACR 5.2 and Helios-44-7

[Orio]

Like poilu said, ACR 5.2 is a very good software.
I tried a B&W conversion with it, using the split toning tool (very subtly)
The photo was taken with 50D and a Helios-44-7
The photo was extremely difficult exercise, because there is very little room to work when dealing with the white tones of the snow: one step left, and you get grays, one step right, and you clip.



Actual pixels (crop):


Overall I'm decently pleased with the result.
It's not like the best B&W plugins, but it can work.

[Orio]

Another image, always same setup, this time in colour.
The tool to selectively edit, is fantastic.
I could reduce the orangish saturation on the offwhite balcony wall, without affecting the red of the car.



On a side note, the colours rendered by the Helios are fantastic match with the 50D.
It really makes me feel like if they were film colours.
Helios and 50D are really a great match.

[Orio]

Another B&W study for tonalities:

[Razster]

ACR 5.2 for Photoshop CS4? Or is there a stand alone raw editor I don't know of

Edited:

Never mind, I did a search and found out it is CS4. Guess I need to drop some coin again into update for CS3

[piticu]

[karabud]

It`s helios 44m-7 or mc 44m-7 ?

[my_photography]

ACR works well with Canon and Nikon raw. Unfortunately, it is not able to convert Sony raw properly and seems like Adobe has no intention to do anything about it, at least not in the near future.