rmalarz wrote:
Unlike yourself, I'm a huge fan of black and white. When I am using my digital camera to produce a black and white photo, I use the black and white adjustment in Photoshop. I believe it is in the Image pulldown menu. Although ACR allows the conversion upon being brought into PS, the converted image does not allow certain editing processes to be done on it. The PS black and white conversion process allows me much better control of the conversion.
--Bob
Personally I prefer to use an adjustment layer rather than the menu. I can have different versions on different layers or go back and tweak it much more easily.