Digital BW, The Print

I've actually switched to shooting all color film, even when I want black and 
white prints. When I want a black and white print, I use the popular Photoshop 
Channel Mixer technique to optimize the monochrome conversion.

It's the best of both worlds: Digital ICE is effective on the dye-based color film, 
and the Channel Mixer lets you try different black and white interpretations of 
the color scene, rather than the one version you'd get with straight black and 
white film (unless you're shooting BW with a bag of color filters). The only 
drawback is that if you appreciate the characteristics of specific black and 
white films, you kind of lose that if you shoot color to black and white.

Conrad

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Doug I." <
puzzolente@e...> wrote:
> Another option is to experiment with the C-41 B&W films so you can use ICE
> and forget about it entirely.