Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon" 
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> 
> 

> Try it and see. I will...though I won't convert to monochrome to get
> my B&W... I never convert to monochrome when I'm printing B&W from
> color (using QTRgui). There seems no reason to convert, since I use 
a
> traditional Zone System frame of reference (ie the real world is 
seen
> in color when you shoot B&W film...I visualize B&W from real-world
> color just as I do when I see color on a monitor and print B&W).
> 
> Djon

Djon,  I am not sure that I understand your comment.  

> This is very interesting. When you say "reasonable," do you mean "as
> good as shooting at 1/100? (ie do you gain two steps, the shutter
> equiv of 2 full f-stops?). 

Yes, to my naked and unprofessional eye.  Canon claims you can gain 
three stops, but I have not tied.