Am I wasting my time...

[dyuhas]

...shooting and developing B&W film (medium & large format) instead of shooting color film and converting it to B&W?

I don't do my own printing. I scan the negs and send sRGB files to a lab.

What, if any, are the advantages of shooting B&W film vs color given the ability to convert B&W?

 

[CGW]

Tonal range?

 

[Jerevan]

I think you would be better off asking this question over at DPUG instead.

 

[tkamiya]

Many of us stress over every little detail in shooting and processing so that we can get the result we want from our B&W film. If you feel shooting color film and lab processing meets your needs, then why not?

 

[Allen Friday]

There have been several discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of shooting color over black and white film for scanning over on the LF Forum.

 

[Hatchetman]

Do an experiment yourself. It is not easy to recreate the look of B&W film. If you are an expert in Photoshop, just about anything is possible though.

 

[SuzanneR]

This is off topic for APUG... you could try our sister site, DPUG or as someone suggested, the LF Forum might be a good resource.