Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "m_misiaszek" 
<m_misiaszek@...> wrote:
>
> I shoot 35mm film and want to print in B/W. Typically, what would give 
> the better B/W print in the end, shooting in color or in B/W? I 
> understand that Digital ICE does not work when scanning in B/W so it 
> would take some more time correcting dust in software. While I would 
> like to think it would be dust free I know that is effectively 
> impossible. 
> ~Mary
>

I too only print B&W.  But my  workflow is to shoot C41 B&W (mostly Ilford XP2) rather than 
color.  I scan, with ICE, in RGB then convert to Lab and toss the a and b channels.  I then 
convert to Grayscale and adjust the black and white points.  I gave up on silver film, partly 
because of the dust problem.  I also like XP2 because of its wide latitude.

The XP2 is developed by a reliable local shop which also provides a CD of jpegs (no prints), 
all for US $10.  The snaps at http://www.pbase.com/hlockwood/folio_2 were all 
processed this way.

Harry