Digital BW, The Print

Jeff Magidson writes:

> You actually have MORE flexibility if you shoot in color and convert to
> B&W not less.

No, you don't.  Why are photographers so fond of superstition and myth?

> If you shoot in B&W with a yellow, green or red filter in
> front of your lens you are forever stuck with those tonal renditions.

But the whole point is that those renditions are exactly what you want.
And you can't get them by converting color.

> If you shoot in color and use the channel mixer to convert, you have
> more flexibility because you can choose the tonal rendition and color 
> relationships in the digital darkroom rather than while shooting.

Most of the renditions are impossible in color conversions, because they
require information missing from a color image.