What is everybody using and/or doing to generate their B&W images?
I know a few of the regular posters in the dedicated B&W presentation board use dedicated mono cams. The images are definitely nice, but I have avoided going down that path primarily due to the inability to adjust filtration in post.
I know other use dedicated mono software like Silver FX. I've tried it, but have found that I could get to the same end-point in C1>PS which I already owned. Then I moved to all Adobe earlier this year and it took a bit in ACR>PS to get there, but especially with the recent changes to ACR I feel I can do most things pretty well there with the added benefit of having the b&W color-mixer for a high level of tone tweaking.
Next, I recently saw an image tagged as B&W in the basic Sony forum, and it was a stunning capture and beautifully processed. But it wasn't true B&W, it was a desaturation to the point I think most could tell; it came across almost like a split-tone but too complex. Nonetheless it was a fine image and I liked the result and hope I'll see more similar from that photographer. So do any of you de-saturate and tweak from there?
If you care to share, what, how and why do you use whatever you use?
