Digital BW, The Print

A different perspective from a Digital B&W newbie...

You will probably be satisfied with the $600 digital camera for a while. 
Use it til you outgrow it or wear it out. In the beginning that Sony 
camera will not be the limiting factor in your pursuit of Digital B&W bliss.

I currently use the Nikon D100 (a 6 megapixel digital camera that shoots 
in color) and am completely satisfied with my B&W prints. I've printed 
18 x 12 prints on my Epson 1280 and couldn't be happier with the 
results. tonality, sharpness, etc are amazing.

Prior to my D100 I had a 3.2 megapixel Nikon Coolpix 990 that produced 
very sharp 8 x 10 prints. The color wasn't always great, but in a B&W 
world, who cares about that!

As you've probably observed on this forum, there are many different 
methods for converting color digital images to black and white, each 
have their merits and limits. My advice is to pick one (simple and 
cheap) horse and run with it.

Good Luck!

Mike

Alan.Huntley@... wrote:

>
> Austin,
>
> Right on! Tri-X in 8x10, anyone? I do shoot digitally, too, but my 
> good 'ole 500C/M will have to be pried from my dead hands someday! <g>
>
> Alan Huntley
>
> > That's purely subjective as to what you believe is "improv[ed]".  I 
> strongly
> > disagree, and believe that the best B&W images one can get is to 
> shoot MF
> > (Medium Format, my preference being Hasselblad) using specific films (My
> > preference being Tri-X and Plus-X), developed in a particular way (D-76
> > 1:1), and scanned in grayscale (not RGB ;-) and printed them using 
> Piezo...
> > But again, that's purely subjective...
>
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