Re: Wonderful

[Paul Stenquist]

Yes, I am sold on digital, and I was very dubious about it at first. I 
think you would eventually work out a good digital BW solution. Albano 
seems well on his way. I don't shoot a lot of BW any more, so it hasn't 
been a real problem. Any tonal range can be achieved. Grain is another 
matter. Of course some shooters use digital only for color and film for 
BW. My darkroom is still in place, but I haven't been down there in a 
while. However, I plan to eventually shoot some MF and 4x5 BW. Perhaps 
even some 35 with the Leica. My point was  that digital makes color as 
much fun as BW in the darkroom. Perhaps more fun in many ways.
Paul
On May 14, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Hi Paul ...
You're starting to sound a bit evangelical about digital ;-)) Praise 
be the
Pixel! <LOL>

Seriously, though, my biggest dislike about digital is that it's not 
Tri-X,
or Plus-X.  Even using some of the C41 B&W films, or converting color 
to
B&W, doesn't give me the results that Tri-X and some other films 
provide,
and many times when having made a color conversion or having used
chromogenic B&W the results are unsatisfactory.  Sometimes the 
chromogenic
B&W is fine, but Kodak keeps changing what's available ... one that I 
liked
was discontinued and replaced with something "similar" that didn't give
quite the same results.

Shel

[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Date: 5/14/2005 4:15:40 AM
Subject: Re: Wonderful
One more reason to shoot digital: When shooting RAW, the digital
workflow is an entertaining process that includes many of the control
variables that we enjoyed in the darkroom and a batch more to boot. 
For
the shooter who enjoys trying to perfect an image, digital is far more
entertaining than color film and less messy than BW film.
Paul
PS: However, I too covet the 77 limited.