Digital BW, The Print

The chromogenic films are finer grained than typical 400 speed color 
film... at least from what I've seen.  They also scan much better 
than 400 silver based films.  I would rather scan a 100 speed color 
film over the chromagenic films, but sometimes you need the speed.  I 
have never gotten a good commercial print from a chromogenic BW 
film... but they are good enough for rough proofs to know which one 
is worth the effort of *processing* and printing.

mark

...
> I am curious as to why people who engage in a hybrid-digital B&W 
> workflow (shoot film and scan) would really want to use a 
chromogenic 
> film. As for being true B&W, these films are conceptually as B&W as 
> printing greyscale with a cmyk inkset and without offering any of 
the 
> traditional characteristics of silver based film over that of 
colour 
> print film - eg expanded exposure ranges.
> Almost all the chromogenic are softer (resolving ability) than 
colour 
> print alternatives; and as Photoshop (or similar software) is an 
> inevitable component of the the digital B&W end-to-end workflow, 
> shooting in colour print and converting to B&W in the computer 
surely 
> offers greater flexibility and control over contrast and tonal 
> adjustments ...and surely colour print conversions cant be 
considered 
> any less B&W than the using a chromogenic!
> 
> regards
> Craig