darich
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At this point I think I agree with everyone here that post-conversion beats the software conversion in-camera.
The best bet seems to shoot raw and postconvert to B&W.
The big question here is digital sensors don't have the great dynamic range of film, especially B&W film. What type of post processing techniques do you guys use to bring out more dynamic range?
The only option I know in photoshop is Image>Adjustments>Black&White
This lets you slide around the brightness fo each color channel (RGBCYMK)
Any other tips?
Going from memory here at work there are several ways of going black and white from colour. They're all worth trying because some methods work better with different images.
In PS CS2 -
Image>channel mixer>check the monochrome box at the bottom
Image>calculations>countless options for conversion
Image>saturation>move slider to desaturate
there are probably others that more expert users will tell you but i find i get good results using the calculations method.
All the B&W images on my website started as colour digital and some have come out really well.