Quote Originally Posted by photophorous
[snip] But you did ask what was the "best" way. That would be B&W film.
I don't think that is true. I don't see how the same image, one taken with film and the other with digital, the film one will be better. Even if they produce different looks, there is no reason to say that the film one is the better photograph. If one likes the so-called film look, then it's his/her own preference; it has nothing to do with the good or bad of the photograph. If you ask which is the easier way to get a b&w picture, I'd vote for digital.