Digital BW, The Print

I started this adventure by scanning LF (8x10 and 4x5) negs and chromes,
with a Linotype-Hell LF scanner.  Wanting to free myself from tripods, I
went to 35mm with the Nikon 4000-ED.  Recently I bought an entry-level
digital SLR (Canon Digital Rebel) and a couple of Canon primes, to see if
that would work for me.  Now, the only time I use film is when I need my
15mm w/a.  The digital image is perfectly acceptable, once you get past
blowing out the highlights, but for me the deciding factor was ease of use,
e.g., changing EI.  The capture workflow is simple.  I open a raw file in
Capture One, adjust the white balance with a WhiBal (www.whibal.com) image,
then set the black and white points and save as a tif.  I'll typically apply
Noise Ninja to the tif, then the file is ready for Photoshop. I don't print
very large, usually on 11x17 or 13x19 with salon borders.

B&W conversion is with Convert to B&W Pro by the Imaging Factory.  It is
flexible and quick.  Now that it appears digital is here to stay, I'll be
looking at a camera upgrade.  The best results I've personally seen are with
a friend's Canon IDMarkII and Leica R lenses.  The only downside to digital
that I can see (aside from cost) is that the camera and a zoom lens (like
the Canon 24-70L) can be very imposing, read huge.  That's why I use the
primes instead.  Hope this helps a little.

  --Ken Carney

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Scott McLoughlin
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:31 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] What do forum folks use most for image capture?
> 
> 
> I guess, I'm looking for a bit of a survey. Digital?  Scanned film?
> Scanned B&W, color or chromes? What film formats? What scanner?
> What B&W conversion mechanism, where applicable.
> 
> What enlargements do folks usually aim to achieve from the 
> different image capture modus operandi. 
> 
> I know folks here aim for fine prints, so I'm curious about 
> what's going on prior to editting and printing the digital image.
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Scott
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