This is a somewhat naive and worse case scenario question but here goes. Let?s say in 4-5 years color LF film has disappeared. However, I stash several thousa nd sheets of B&W film in the freezer. Would there be a way to simulate color by :
1) Developing a standard of calibration in PhotoShop so that the density of the primary colors could be associated with B&W neg densities. 2) Shoot a three sheets of a scene, each filter with one of the primary colors ( or is it the compliment?) 3) Scan the three negs. 4) Marry the three negs up in photoshop, and then ?apply? the color based on the neg densities. 5) Make a color light jet print.
I suppose this would be a bit like dye transfer, at least what I know if it, whi ch isn?t much. Sound crazy?
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