Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

> I lugged the pair up a steep trail
> in Yosemite a couple days ago, and the weight was an annoyance, but no
> worse.

I really shouldn't complain about size/weight though, as I lug a Hasselblad
205 all around with the 110/2...but the current issue is I have three small
children, and lugging a camera that can't be handled in one hand doesn't cut
it...so I primarily use a Contax G2 right now.

> I'm also such a computer nut that I prefer looking at pictures on
> my monitor
> than on paper...

Well, me too, that's why I scan, and I find the Piezo output from my 3000
from negatives scanned in grayscale (as the Leaf45 does using a single ND
filter) give me better prints than I was ever able to do in the darkroom,
and I was no slouch in the darkroom.

> so the convenience of getting double prints means
> nothing to
> me.

Yeah, try telling that to my Greek mother-in-law ;-)

> I only print what I intend to hang on the wall, or give away
> to friends,
> which is only a tiny fraction of what I shoot.

You apparently don't have kids, and a Greek mother-in-law!  When my kids get
a bit older, I'll be able to go back to carrying around MF, I hope!

> I'd love a monochrome DSLR, too. It would be cool if someone could come up
> with some witches' brew to wash the Bayer filter off a standard
> sensor. I'd
> be happy to dedicate one DSLR body to B&W and IR.

Someone actually does...but only selected models.

Regards,

Austin