Digital BW, The Print

Ken, I am, indirectly, asking about this also.  I understand that there is bias on all sides, but I also would like input from all sides.  I can remain 'all digital' or I can veer off and incorporate film/MF also---but realize that I will have to incorporate a whole new support system for a different format--and that's not inexpensive.  I'm quite good at PS---and have done b/w conversions for a number of years, so that's not the issue.  The real issue is---will I find that I will end up with a 'better' image than I can with digital.  Today, the assumption by the salesperson was that I'm not 'contemplative' about my photography--with the reality that that is part of most people's approach to digital--lots of shots on a card, etc.  However---I AM slow, contemplative, etc.--its part of my creative nature (if you spent over 20 years as a textile artist/craftsperson with the many MANY layers of 'process'---you learn how to plan and never ever have quick gratification).  So--I'm trying to determine where I want to go with this--and I am most interested in the b/w print.  

I'm grateful for everyone's input.  I've been on this list for years---and have learned so much.  I'm perhaps not as obsessive as some of you that came from 'wet' darkrooms, but I am a very visual person and am very interested in the best I can get from my images.

Diane Fields
  Personally, I'm not doing much if any new film work now.  I can get
  images with the DSLR that I could not have made with the cumbersome MF and
  LF cameras.  Free, free at last from the tripod.  In addition, tools such as
  Convert to B&W Pro and ImagePrint make good b&w digital prints a reality.

    --Ken


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