Digital BW, The Print

So ... getting back to the topic of the list, what are your preferences when
shooting black and white?  Do you ever shoot B&W digitally?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 18:47
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Cost of digital (was full-format yada yada )


> On 5/20/03 8:40 AM, "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@...> wrote:
>
> >> They only see the cost of the body but they
> >> fail to take into account the cost of the film
> >> and processing ...
> >
> > Rather like digital photographers who only talk about the cost of film
and
> > processing, and sweep the $10,000 they've spent on gear under the rug.
>
> I believe the expression is penny wise, pound foolish.
>
> Having been at producing images via a computer since the 80's I can safely
> say that shooting film and developing and printing it yourself in a dark
> room is much, much cheaper in the long run if you don\ufffdt consider time and
> you are in it for the long haul.  The $100,000's that I've spent on
computer
> and digital gear over that time period would have gone a long way for an
> excellent darkroom and a whole lot of film, chemicals and equipment.
>
> For my pro work...when I use digital it is always about time...when I use
> film it always about quality.  For my art work...I have tried digital (D1
> and D1x for about three years now)...but now I use film 90% of the time
> because of shooting convenience and flexibility on what I want to do with
> the image down the road.
>
> Robert