Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim: The high price on Evercolor is based largely on an audience that doesn't know the market. Great scans as available for under $100 at any good prep house, and you can do evercolor test 4 up on an 8x10, and then go to a bigger print. It is expensive, but not outrageous. Tom At 07:34 AM 8/11/98 -0700, you wrote: >Donal is correct. It is true. The Evercolor Pigment Transfer Process is the >best we have today. It cannot be beat for dynamic range, color fidelity >(when wanted), sharpness, everything that makes a dynamite color print. >Some argue that it's a photo print since it is made from separation >negatives, which are made from a digital scan. But I'm not a purist and >when you look at an Evercolor print, there is no mistake. It is the best. > >But as Donal said, your pocket book will suffer greatly. For the first >20x24, plan on dropping roughly $2K, when all is said and done. Reprints, >however, fall into the realm of reality. A C note or two each (I don't >accurately remember painful things.) > >Jim > >At 10:07 PM 8/10/98 -0700, you wrote: >> >>Eric, >>I'm not sure I'd agree with you on the control issue versus Evercolor >>which combines the best of both worlds, it seems. And the Evercolors >>are actually cheaper than dye transfers. I remember a while back trying >>to find material on doing DTs and the one book I found was dismal. Then >>I heard the Kodak had discontinued all the supplies for doing them. Are >>they still available? I believe health and safety was an issue. After >>seeing an Evercolor or twenty, I believe that is the finest system for >>printing currently existing. The only effort is writing the check! >> >>donal >> >>-- >>Donal Philby >>San Diego >>www.donalphilby.com >> > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria