[Leica] Color vs B&W

[Alastair Firkin <AlastairF@bhs.grampianshealth.org.au>]

This fact brings into question whether shooting on 
b&w stock for digital use has any future at all, or whether it would be 
better to shot everything on colour stock (possibly tranny) and then let the

end use or maybe the subject matter dictate the format (if that is the right

word) that it is finally output as.
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Gerry,

This was exactly my thought as I looked at the images. Shoot colour, and
decide later. As Johnny has shown, even an aweful negative can be rescued to
make an outstanding print with enought electronic wizardry. I have been
doing this with my travels for some time with Kodachrome, and making b/w
images later via the computer, via photo CD scans. I don't have the fancy
printers, inks and paper, but the results have shown that it is quite
feasible. For street shooters, however, print film with its enormous
latitude will probably allow even more freedom to grab the decisive moments.

Cheers

Alastair