Digital BW, The Print

Hi Dennis,

> The reason I make this assertion is that it used to be so common as
> to be almost standard to use a green filter when doing B&W
> portraiture. (I'm sorry, but I do not remember the filter number; it
> was one of the standard Kodak filters.)

I believe that the reason the green channel is given the highest weight when
converting from color to B&W is it simply carries the most information
(middle of the spectrum), and it is the cleanest channel (the least bloom
and smear of a CCD sensor).  I don't believe the reasons for using it are
not related at all to using a green filter for B&W portraiture (which I,
personally, never heard of...but I never did any B&W portraiture ;-).

Regards,

Austin