Digital BW, The Print

I'm not trying to be confrontational, but after developing and printing 
my own B&W in home darkrooms for 30+ years I was never so glad as when I 
finally got rid of the last of my many film cameras (Minox, Nikons, 
Leicas, Rolleis and a 4x5 Crown Graphic) and associated darkroom 
equipment a half dozen years ago.  (I did keep a half full bottle of 
Rodinal, just for old times' sake, but finally pitched that last year.)  
High resolution sensors give up nothing in terms of sharpness, compared 
to what I was used to on film.  And I personally think I have a LOT more 
control of the final B&W result using digital capture in color and 
near-infinite availability of contrast correction in Photoshop, as 
compared with the 5 contrast filters I used to carry (and rarely use) 
with my film cameras. 

With the ever increasing quality of digital camera sensors, and (I 
assume - correct me if I'm wrong) decline in the variety and 
availability of film, paper and chemistry, what is the attraction of 
chemical capture and processing as compared to digital, especially if 
you're going to use digital output?  (Apart from special circumstances, 
that is - if you're going way up the Amazon I do understand that you may 
be concerned about recharging those digital batteries . . . )

Again, not trying to start a fight, just wondering?

Cheers,
Kip

andy bessette wrote:
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>
> Have made substantial progress on building my own personal B&W medium 
> format wet darkroom. Also have purchased an HP1400 
> for dedicated B&W-only digital printing.
> Please allow me to suggest A&Ihttp://www.aandi.com/mos.htmlfor mail 
> orders, though they're in California.
> Andy
>
> ...I started developing & printing
> my own b&w...
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>
> 


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