That is an interesting observation. There are several possibilities... people don't have the opportunity to shoot B&W - they could be all digital (myself included). People don't normally shoot B&W so buying the "right" film and getting it processed are too much of a bother. People are so comfortable with the digital conversion that they don't want to bother with the actual B&W process.
One can say that for displaying on the web, the difference between a real B&W image and a converted one may not be that much. I've never had a client who wanted a shot in B&W care one whit that it started as a color image. I'm sure there are some fine art type prints that would matter, but the masses probably don't care too much. A funny, but probable gallery that was entitled "Digital" would likely have as many film shots that were digitized in it, as this one has color images converted to B&W. The digital darkroom has certainly had a big impact on the industry. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, July 24, 2004, 5:33:42 PM, you wrote: >snip< GI> Interesting PUG, what surprises me is the amount of colour shots GI> converted into B&W... >snip< GI> Ciao, GI> Gianfranco GI> =====
