Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

>I suspect we're going to go through an evolution of custom workflows 
>at the capture end not unlike the printing end.

I found that it's a very different set of Photoshop skills and
sesitivities that's called upon compared to working with scanned negs,
like a completely different track or channel.  It's been about a year
now for me with the Pro-1 and I can look back and see how those skills
have evolved and matured.  

In December I added a pocket sized digicam to the mix, and have found
that each camera has its own unique "signature", that shows up
especially in the BW to color conversion.  It's sort of like
conversing with someone from Texas vs someone from South Carolina <g>.
 There are slight but consistent differences in the way images from
the two cameras have to be treated.  

I guess the most significant thing I've observed during the year is
that the more I've come to understand the digital images and what they
require, the more I've come to enjoy the process and the better I've
gotten at wringing the most I can get out of them.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm