Digital BW, The Print

Wogster,

> Normally I use one to shoot B&W and the other to shoot Colour,
> obviously not
> possible, with only one camera.  However I have long thought that
> B&W is a state of
> mind.  In other words if you compose a scene, as if it were being
> shot on B&W film,
> then even though the film (or sensor) is colour, you can scan (if
> film) sremove the
> colour and print, there will be no difference in the print, from
> one that is shot on
> B&W film in the first place.

There are a couple of reasons I use B&W film, and do not convert from color,
much less shoot B&W with a Bayer pattern sensor.  One is, the
"characteristic" grain/look of the particular film.  I like Tri-X a *real*
LOT, I also LIKE Plus-X a real lot.  I could possibly, at least digitally,
create something *like* the look/characteristic of these films, but why?
It's time I don't have to spend if I simply shoot with my film of choice in
the first place.

The other reason is tonality.  The B&W films have different (IMO better)
tonal response.  They allow me to get near 10 stops (or more) of scene
density on the film, with the tonal separation in the areas I want, with
little to no effort...and I can control the development to give me the
results I want.  With color film, this is either not really possible (as you
get color shifts that you might not want), or at least, it's more work.

Regards,

Austin