Digital BW, The Print

> WHY: The majority of digital cameras, reflective scanners and some
> film scanners, scan in only one color to obtain a digitized black
> and white image from the original color photo.

I do not believe that is true.  They actually use a percentage of each of
the three colors, and yes, green is typically the highest of the mix.  It
would be nice if the scanner interfaces did allow you to select you own
"mix".

I do agree that it's better to capture in color (for scanners that do not
have a REAL B&W mode, like the Leafscanner ;-) and convert in
PS...but...some scanners have done a great job at determining what "mix"
works best for their particular scanner...so my advice for scanners, is to
try it and see which works for you.

Austin