Digital BW, The Print

High Linda and welcome. I print b&w in our portrait business and the 4800 is the printer 
that I use and it does a great job.
As for convertion, yse do that in PhotoShop, not in the camera. There are three ways that 
are mostly acknowledge. Desaturation, Color Mixer and the Lab Method. You cans read 
about all three by searching in Google. i prefer the Lab Method. 
 But it doesn't end there. Printing is a science to itself and you will need special profiles 
done for whatever paper that you choose. It akes time and lots of test prints but it is worth 
the struggle. Do ask any ustions that you want answered, I'm sure one of us can make an 
attempt at an answer.
Jules




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Linda McCarthy" 
<lindalmcc@...> wrote:
>
> By way of intro, I'm Linda McCarthy and decided to join this group 
> because I've recently become interested in black and white photography. 
> Seems that there are several Joe's in the know here to help fill in the 
> blanks.
> 
> Two questions..
> I understand there are two methods of shooting B&W with my camera- a 
> Nikon D80; either by selecting the B&W option in the optimize image 
> menu before shooting, or by converting already-shot color photos using 
> the monochrome function in the retouch menu.  Have any of you 
> experienced one as being the better choice over the other?
> 
> Also.. Looking for the best paper for printing and a good shop in case 
> I need larger prints (I'm in San Diego).  I have an HP inkjet here, and 
> I'm able to realize some above average results, I think..or, at least 
> better than I thought possible.  My dream machine is an E Stylus Pro 
> 4800.  Hoping Santa may surprise me.
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Linda
>