Digital BW, The Print

Austin writes:

> Who cares about that, but you?

A lot of people.  Many photographers use colored filters for black and
white, in order to change the response to light.  A red filter, for example,
darkens the sky considerably.

> You know, if this just doesn't work, then how
> come it DOES in fact work?

It _doesn't_ work.

> I see B&W images made from color ALL the time,
> and they look VERY close to "same" B&W images
> shot with B&W film...

Very close is not the same.  And sometimes it's not even very close.

> So, how is it that thousands of people already
> do what you claim impossible?

They don't.

> I can manipulate the color image tonality such that
> it VERY closely matches the tonality from the scanned
> B&W image.

Show me.  Use Tri-X as the black and white film.  Also, do the same thing
with a narrowband yellow filter over the B&W exposure.