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>>71715 shooting black-white isn't shooting color and desaturating. black and white shooting was there first, long before color ever got into the game. when color came around people kept shooting BW for many reasons:
- BW puts emphasis on composition and light. colors are distracting - you can develop BW film yourself in all flavors - BW is a lot more flexible then color film - BW captures better dynamics then color films - ...
black-white is a tradition, some feeling you can't do with color films. if you desaturate color film, you are missing out on a lot of things.
I got a nice DSLR but keep shooting my cheap '70s rangefinders with BW film I soup myself. my scanned negatives almost dont require any postprocessing, usually exposure is right. the right developer finishes the job.
shooting BW digitally also misses out on a lot of things. its possible to get nice results, but they require a lot of work (studio light, intensive PP or both) because otherwise it just looks bland. usually I can tell the difference between a digital BW photo and a film BW rightaway, irregardless of obvious giveaways like grain and clipped highlights.
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