B+W film is 3D magic....
ACROS100
---------- Post added 12-09-2015 at 09:30 AM ----------
Upon watching one of Ansel Adams' documentaries in Youtube, one of the things he said made a major impression on me. Adams, aside from being a legendary photographer, is also an excellent classical piano player. When comparing photography to a symphony orchestra, Adams commented on the difference between the two principal processes of a photograph, namely the film negative process and the printing process. He considers the film negative as the core of a symphonic orchestra while the printing being the interpretation of a symphony by the orchestra.
For me, it is this explanation by Adams of photography which makes film photography still very relevant today in our digital age. A photographer can continue to use film as the "core" of his photographs, while migrating to the digital process from the classical wet process when "interpreting" the final outcome of his photograph. I have printed some of my 35mm B+W shots by first digitally scanning them using my K5 and having the PP done by an expert printer, and I have to say the result has been amazing.
Comparing it to my prints of B+W photos taken by my K5 DSLR, the results just have more life, texture and depth to it. Before I had these shots of my film photos printed, I was very happy with the print output of the digital B+W shots. But now, when comparing the two, I see the difference, and it is significant in my eyes.
Long live B+W film photography!!