Digital BW, The Print

=Just curious as to what your thinking is in that if we scan 
=the negatives we should just do digital images in the first place?
=
Once you scan, you ARE digital. 

It's just a LOT of extra work.  Processing, scanning plus all the Photoshop
work.  But, add dust removal, etc. to the equation.

Don't get me wrong.  I have two D1s. And, an F100 and Hasselblad 503CW for
film.  Still have a B&W darkroom. 

Right after getting the D1's I was very skeptical for quite a while.  Then I
wound up on a job in Italy and Crete.  I shot EVERYTHING important on both
digital and Provia (35mm).  I am here to tell you that have slides that are
NO better than the digital when printed on EAM.  

I WILL admit if I were making murals or 30x40's I would use the film.  But I
don't do that.  Even in that case I would go to a 4x5 inter-neg.

/r,

Seth