Digital BW, The Print

At 9:51 PM +0000 1/7/04, digikdm wrote:
>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.
>K.Monroe

I thought I might carry both, Monroe, at least for a while. I usually 
carry two cameras anyway, one with 400 film and an image-stabilized 
lens and a battery pack on it and another with 100 film and, instead 
of a battery pack, a plate which the head on my tripod accepts. Not 
that this keeps me from missing shots, even - sometimes, it seems, 
especially - among the ones I take. I know what you mean though.

And I'd also appreciate any advice about which color film to use. 
I've using Supra but have already run out of 400 and 800 and have 
only a month or two of 100 left. I've begun to try Fuji's print 
films, including Superia partly because B&H has it up to 1600. But I 
haven't scanned anything but Supra yet.

Thanks.
--
Sam