Digital BW, The Print

There's another approach to learning digital capture that I think has
some merit.  I'm still a 5x4 Tmax100 man, which I then scan for
digital processing, but digital capture is very tempting - but also
very pricey at the large end of the business.

About a year or so ago I decided I wanted to learn about digital
capture but was definitely not prepared, and I'm still not, for the
mega money that's needed.  I understood that I could learn almost
everything about digital capture if I bought a much more modestly
priced built-in zoom camera that would work well as a family/holiday
camera but would also shoot raw and had plenty of pixels.  I bought a
Canon G6 and it's been a revelation.  Firstly just as a family camera
- the quality is stunning - but more particularly as a tool to learn
what digital capure, conversion to greyscale, etc is all about.  The
7.1 MP is plenty to play with and it cost me a small fraction of any
of the digital SLRs.  I'm now much more informed about digital capture
to the point that I know that's what I want to do and I'm now waiting
for the price performance point that suits me.  But I may be waiting a
good while yet I suspect.  And I've got a superb snappy-cam to be
going on with.  In the mean time 5x4 and Tmax100 will do just fine.

Steve Gledhill
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/