Digital BW, The Print

K.,

> Why shoot B&W film at all if you know your output will eventually be
> digital? With a push of a button any color pic can be beautifully
> converted to B&W ( with the added benefit of any combination of
> filters in the channel mixer) . Why run around with B&W film in your
> camera and miss a potential color shot that only color film can do
> justice to. The only B&W film I still shoot is ISO 3200.

Because, for me, the results of shooting with B&W film produce the results I
am looking for and are far superior to the results I can get from any Bayer
pattern digital camera, plain and simple.  That's not to say I can't get
great images from doing conversions, I can, and do, and have seen many
others that can/do as well...but it simply isn't the same.  If you want the
look of Tri-X developed in D-76 1:1, and want the high resolution and
tonality of medium format B&W...then you shoot Tri-X with a medium format
camera.  If you want the look of a converted Bayer pattern lower resolution
digital color image...then by all means ;-)

Regards,

Austin