Digital BW, The Print

On 7 Oct 2008, at 11:42 AM, Bruce Watson wrote:

> Sixth, and most shaky on this list, is the psychology of it. Some of  
> us
> see B&W better when using B&W films. I don't know why. But I know it's
> true. I speculate that it's learning to see beyond the distraction of
> color -- to see the visual rhythms, structures, harmonies that are  
> under
> the color. And knowing you are making a color capture makes that more
> difficult to do for some reason.

I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel this way!  I've always found it  
strange, but true, that what I see through the viewfinder changes  
depending on whether I've got B&W or color film loaded, or whether I'm  
using a digital sensor.

--John