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“Where the HECK is Digital B&W?!?”
Mike Johnston’s Sunday Morning Photographer column this week asks: Where the HECK is Digital B&W?!? You will be nodding your head in agreement if you consider yourself to be a black and white photographer.
“Another way this plays out these days is that the “tyrannical” market wants color. Most clients prefer it, most consumers take it for granted. Thus, most digital cameras, and printers, and programs take color as a given.
So, okay. The only trouble with that is that a small minority of us happen to be black-and-white photographers. I came of age at the very tail end of the era in which B&W was considered the only “serious” artistic medium. Worse, I prefer B&W. Virtually all my work is black-and-white, and, believe it or not, that’s by intention.”
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#1 Todd
Mike column this morning makes me suspect he has little or no experience with digital cameras, especially the high-end stuff that would fit his needs. Setting aside the anti-market tirade that kicks off the column, the main complaint, that there are no b&w digital cameras, is patently false. My 3-year old point and shoot Canon S10 features b&w mode, using the various color sensors to capture various degrees of luminosity and, consequently, a richer image than its color shots. I suspect a little research on his part would yield a high quality b&w inkjet, as well.
Mike describes himself as a "curmudgeon in training" but this article indicates he's well into advanced studies.
11:23 pm - Sunday, July 27, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
I believe the Epson Stylus 2100/2200 is supposed to be one of the best inkjet printers for black and white prints - many people have sold off their darkroom kit and bought this printer. At £520 it's not cheap, but certainly more affordable and convenient than a complete darkroom setup.
As for black and white photographs from a digital camera, most people take their shots in colour then convert to black and white in Photoshop. There are quite a few different techniques for doing this that yield similar results to traditional b&w film.
Mark
2:41 pm - Monday, July 28, 2003