Originally posted by tuco It think developing your own BW will eventually be synonymous with shooting BW. Those that are into BW will not even be interested in C-41 BW. That is only for those sticking their feet in the water.
I tried a couple of rolls of XP2 when I first got into film. I was very disappointed with the colour casts in the final prints so I develop and print my own now.
Going back to what you said earlier about not converting digital shots to b&w.... thats what got me back to film. My photo printer makes a wonderful job of printing digital colour shots but just like the C-41 film, its almost impossible to print a digital greyscale without getting a slight colour cast.