Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:46 PM 8/2/99 -0400, you wrote: >I have pretty well given up all of my colour darkroom work. I use a HP >Photosmart scanner and an Epson Photo printer. For 8x10 colour prints, I >am quite happy with the results. If I need anything larger, I go to a pro >lab. > >I still use my darkroom for fibre based b/w printing, but I find that >judicious use of quadtone or tritone printing with photoshop can work >wonders with a b/w image that are impossible to duplicate in a traditional >darkroom. > >And...when I get around to experimenting with the new archival quad inks >for b/w printing, I may give up on the darkroom entirely. > >Dan C. Ditto to everything Dan said. I have the Nikon LS-2000 scanner and the Epson PhotoEx and get 11x17 color prints that beat anything my Ilford Processor and Ilfochrome can do. I'm still working on the b/w but they are introducing new improved inks and papers so quickly that it's impossible to keep up. The archival quadtones they are coming out with now look very promising. I love what you can do in the darkroom with fiber paper but will have no qualms about giving up the chemicals if I can achieve the same or better results digitally. Leically, Tina Tina Manley http://www.tinamanley.com