DNG Monochrome for Modified Monochrome DSLR

[Shane]

https://www.fastrawviewer.com/Monochrome2DNG

Several years ago (2013) I corresponded with the author of DNGMonochrome that he originally wrote for Bayer type Leica cameras.

"Turn your Leica M9 or Leica M8 or Leica M or Leica T DNGs into monochrome DNGs"

Basically he modified the raw output from Leica cameras and produced a DNG that mimicked the Leica Monochrom DNG in order that ACR would treat it accordingly. Although not directly of interest to me in its original form, I saw the potential for applying it to my modified Nikon camera. After corresponding with him he tweaked his program to work with my modified Nikon but was limited to only a couple of models. This approach definitely had potential but his limited time did not permit further development.

A similar approach is now offered by Iliah Borg and promises to have more versatility.

[Andrea B.]

Leave it to Iliah! Those guys know their way around a raw photo file. I love their apps. And they are so supportive.

 

Thanks for the link.

 

I have not yet "gone Mono" with any UV cam given that I'm awash in unprocessed UV false-color photographs. But the idea is naturally intriguing having seen the work posted by our Mono-UV Members. I'm pretty sure that sooner or later I will indulge.

 

However, I don't think I would want in internal UV filter in a Mono-Mod because I would want to use it for Visible work also. B)

[Shane]

My original interest back in 2013 was that it had potential for 830nm converted cameras in which the CFA is basically transparent to IR and therefore provides a somewhat similar response to a monochrome conversion with regards to the need to eliminate resolution degrading interpolation implemented by RAW processors.

[Shane]

However, I don't think I would want in internal UV filter in a Mono-Mod because I would want to use it for Visible work also

 

Bobs modified monochrome D800 is configured this way.

[bobfriedman]

Bobs modified monochrome D800 is configured this way.

 

All you need is to replace the filter with BG-38 glass. Turns out that the IR piece is not as good without the microlenses I am told, so I chose the BG-38 spectrum.

 

I just tried Monochrome2DNG but prefer DarkTable as a feature packed raw converter... I will say that Monochrome2DNG is very fast but i would prefer another output to a DNG file.

[Andrea B.]

I would suppose that the reason Mono2Dng outputs a raw format like DNG is so that any additional processing in a subsequent app can be done on the "full-strength" file? If additional processing is not wanted, then it is easy enough to make a DNG-to-TIF conversion or DNG-to-JPG conversion?? But, yeah, there ya go --- the workflow gets longer....and longer..... :D