Digital BW, The Print

I keep color film in my camera at all times, so that if I encounter a 
scene that only color film can do justice to, I'm not stuck with a 
B&W roll in the camera. That being said, most of my ouput is B&W, and 
I use the PS channel mixer for the color/B&W conversion.I have 
scanned both B&W as well as color film in the past, and the eventual 
output in the end is identical to my eye.So to answer your question, 
I don't think you are sacrificing anything by shooting color and 
converting to B&W.If anything, you're gaining the advantage of adding 
filters in the channel mixer.
K. Monroe








--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spersky123" 
<spersky@s...> wrote:
> It seems that Black and white film is tough to scan.  Does anyone 
> here use color film or color slide film scans with conversion to 
> black and white in photoshop for strictly black and white digital 
> printing?
> is there a loss of quality in the final print when compared to 
> traditional black and white film.
> 
> I am very close to adopting Mr. Roark's work flow with the UT7 inks 
> when they are available.  I am just trying to figure out what film 
> (color or Black and White) would give me the best results for 
general 
> Black and White printing.
> 
> Thanks