Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've done some work with Evercolor...I have not been able to be happy with any other prints since then... Their prints are head and shoulders above anything else I've ever seen... I am going to try to send them about an image per month next year...that's all I can afford! Isaac - -----Original Message----- From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com> To: (unknown) <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 11:04 PM Subject: [Leica] EverColor Luminage/Red Dots in Emeryville >I met with fellow LUGgers George Hartzell and Gib Robinson at Galen >Rowell's Mountain Light gallery for the opening of an exhibit of EverColor >Luminage prints made from photographs by Galen and by Bill Atkinson. > >Jim Brick (I think) and perhaps others have told us the the future is >digital. Well guys and gals the future is NOW. At the present state of >the technology, chemical-based film is still the best field technology, but >Evercolor's Luminage prints are quite simply stunning. Bill Atkinson used >an audio analogy: cassette tapes vs. CDs. The Luminage prints have no >"tape hiss". > >During the Q&A session, Bill and Galen addressed the concerns about digital >image manipulation and a photographer's credibility when using a digital >process. As several of us have discussed here on the LUG the photographer >him/herself has to decide how much digital work is acceptable given the >context in which the photograph is used. It's like books: there are >fiction and non-fiction books and as long as the work is clearly identified >as one or the other people can (and eventually will) accept both. Besides, >image manipulation isn't limited to the digital "darkroom". Anyone besides >me remember Jerry Ulesman's (sp?) blended images from the 1970's? What >about solarization, and other dumb darkroom tricks? Fictional photography >was been with us long before Photoshop. > >Luminage prints are not for the faint of wallet but the cost of the >computer technology is constantly and rapidly going down. Bill's guess was >that within 3 years the cost will be more feasible for most photographers. >As for our collective investment in premium optics, fear not! Technology >like this will let Leica lenses shine like never before. > >EverColor's web site is www.evercolor.com. > >Doug Herr >Sacramento