Theres a number of ways to get a good B+W conversion in photoshop, if you have CS3/4 theres the B+W palette, in the earlier versions the channel mixer was one of the better ways, desaturate was about the worst way.
There are a few plug-ins for photoshop giving half decent black and white coversions, virtual photographer is pretty good (and free last time I looked) DXO labs have a film pack that looks promising, it mimics the grain as well, and does some colour films, although I haven't tried it yet.
One I have tried is Nik silver fx pro (see pic) it's a plug-in for photoshop, and while it does a pretty good job, and has some natty features like a sort of zone system, colour filter effect, and some presets like sepia, it is expensive, around £160.
Wayne
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