Digital BW, The Print

flyfishingusa2002 writes:

> Who cares what the curves like with Tri-x or any other film for that 
> matter, or how you scan. That's what Photoshop and the like are for.

Photoshop cannot substitute for the curves of true black-and-white film
(or a true black-and-white sensor), for reasons that I shall not explain
for the millionth time.

> If you really knew how to use a digital camera, you would leave
> these things behind. I wouldn't mind betting that if Ansel Adams was 
> still around he would have gone all digital some while ago.

If Ansel Adams were still around, maybe someone would just take his word
for it when he said the above.