Digital BW, The Print

Ernst writes:

> Nikon as a whole is having a hard time.

Yeah.  Forty years ago, the leading camera for photojournalist was a Nikon
SLR.  Today, the leading camera for photojournalists is a Nikon SLR.  Hmm.

> And filmscanners are not a product for the future
> but digital cameras are.

Not true.  Even if everyone started shooting tomorrow, all the photos of the
past hundred years are still on film, and still have to be scanned.  That's
a huge market for scanners.

> There's an advantage in digital that you can
> select the sensibility per frame that compensates
> part of the latitude of B&W film.

B&W film can handle eleven stops without any adjustment at all.