Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your reply Anthony. I appreciate your thoughts. 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony 
Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> 
> > Well after holding out, partly because of money,
> > I'm considering jumping into the digital camera realm.
> 
> And what are your reasons for moving to digital?

To save on film and processing costs not to mention the thousands of 
negs and boxes that take up space. I also do a lot of experimental 
shooting..lots of improvisation. I almost always get great stuff but 
I guess with the digi I could see right away what's working and 
what's not. Plus if I'm not mistaken you can switch "film" speeds on 
the fly with digi.

 
> Note that digital provides B&W results that are significantly 
inferior to
> shooting B&W film.
>


I've seen some nice digi b/w work. I always shoot color film anyway 
and convert it to b/w in PS.

> > I suppose one of the advantages of digital is you
> > can edit on the fly and if the image sucks, just
> > delete it.
> 
> Unless you are very short on memory or other storage, it's best to 
keep all  the images you shoot and then edit them later.
> 

I'm thinking about the obvious duds. Not the borderline stuff. Is 
there a problem with deleting as you go that I should be aware of?

> > Is everyone here who switched from film to digi
> > happy with results.
> 
> I tried to switch to digital some years ago, became disappointed 
after the
> initial honeymoon period, then switched back to film.
> 

I think alot has changed since then. The 10D is supposed to be a 
pretty darn good camera.

Well... we have one fairly negative vote on the switch/add on to 
digital. Anyone have positive experiences?

Tim