I love B&W but...

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... I hate to be with a film camera loaded with b&w and come across a rainbow. Or for that matter an exceptional sunset...

I'm a sucker for rainbows or any other weather-related phenomenon.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that photography is all about freedom and not restricting oneself to any method.

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Some people carry bodies loaded with color and b/w as I do with Hasselblad magazines. I am drawn to digital (though mainly a film shooter still) because of low light/high ISO and also I can get a b/w picture when I want one. If you are happy with shooting color print film and then converting it when you need to then congrats to you.
 
beautiful picture.

I shoot BW occasionally for archival purposes but I am a confirmed colour shooter-- preferring K200 and Portra 160-NC (some Reala).

To me, color has to be managed properly so that is does not look crayola-like.
 
If I'm shooting B&W for the day, I'll bring along an XA or XA2 with color film in it. Conversely if I'm shooting color for the day, I'll bring along a compact with some B&W film in it.
 
I solved this easily: with my Hexars loaded with b/w, I simply have a decent pocketable p/s (either a Konica Lexio 70 or Ricoh GR-1) loaded with color. No "problem" at all.


- Barrett
 
Modern digital printers on REAL photo paper, like a Fuji Frontier, can do a very nice job printing b/w from color negs.

It is not perfect, but looks very good. I just never know where the color went!
 
ultimate freedom = anarchy

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mpix.com does "real b&w" from a digital source using a traditional silver based photo paper... check it out. Alternatively, Epson and HP have printers that print using pure black and gray cartridges that produce "real" b&w prints as well... I like the HP inkjet prints better... deeper blacks.
 
Nh3 said:
I don't even know what that is. I have heard of turning b&w into color but I'm sure that's beyond my capabilities and talent.
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Sorry for the delay in replying; I somehow missed the thread for a while.

Starting out with a black and white image, you literally add colour manually. The leading materials are Marshall's Oils and SpotPens. The former is normally worked into the image with Q-Tips or similar; the latter are self-contained, like Magic Markers. My wife Frances Schultz has demonstrated both at photo-shows, including photokina. You can see some of her work here: http://www.rogerandfrances.com/sgallery/g hc 0.html

Cheers,

Roger
 
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mh2000 said:
ultimate freedom = anarchy

🙂

mpix.com does "real b&w" from a digital source using a traditional silver based photo paper... check it out. Alternatively, Epson and HP have printers that print using pure black and gray cartridges that produce "real" b&w prints as well... I like the HP inkjet prints better... deeper blacks.
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B/W has always been a analog format. The greatest photos in the world are B/W prints. I am not a big B/W fan, but I do believe as soon as you add digital pixels to B/W film, as in ( digital printers or cameras or monitors ) you convert a pure format to a electronic one. A collection of electronic pixels is fine for color because color is more about reflections and less to do with depth. Film works perfect for contrast and shades. Why would you take a perfect analog format and add a digital interpretation.
 
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