Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Robert Morrison 
<rmorrison@p...> wrote:

> Having been at producing images via a computer since the
> 80's I can safely say that shooting film and developing
> and printing it yourself in a dark room is much, much 
> cheaper in the long run if you don¹t consider time and
> you are in it for the long haul. The $100,000's that I've
> spent on computer and digital gear over that time period
> would have gone a long way for an excellent darkroom and
> a whole lot of film, chemicals and equipment.

But this is the Digital Black and White Printing forum.  So we can 
assume that the computers, Photoshop, monitors, printer(s), 
profilers, etc, are a given.

The ONLY variable being discussed is whether it's cheaper to use a 
film camera or a digital camera.  My claim is that for a serious 
photographer who does lots of shooting digital is cheaper.


> but now I use film 90% of the time because of shooting 
> convenience and flexibility on what I want to do with
> the image down the road.

Could you clarify these?  Why is film more convenient and what can't 
you do with digital down the road?