Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem with your position, Greg, is that you're basically left with a pad and pencil for all the functions that a computer can handle. Sure, the technology changes - and thank God it does - but that doesn't mean you've got to change at each point. Just get the most bang you can afford with your present buck, and hang onto it for a while. I know people find it hard to believe, but I'm doing all my digital work on a Pentium I 166 MMX, which, by today's standards, is barely a hand calculator. Yes, I've added ram, which is now really cheap, and a second hard drive, also cheap..but I'm in my third year with the computer, and probably won't upgrade for another year. As to the printers, my Epson 700 cost $249, and my recently purchased 750 cost $ 299. Which means that if I keep replacing these things annually, I'm paying about $10 to $15 per week to have a "dark room," and I think that's cheap at any price - after all, I'd have the computer whether or not I was doing photo work... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > Greg.Chappell@bankofamerica.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 6:50 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson paper/ink question > > > "Whatever I buy today will be obsolete tomorrow!" > > Sometimes before tomorrow. What a true statement, and the one > reason I will > not be investing in computer/printer equipment anytime in the > near future. > Even if you like & keep what you've got, no manufacturer will > support it > after 5 or 6 years. How many other industries can get away > with that! Come > to think of it, that's what most camera makers do now. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 1:16 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson paper/ink question > > > At 01:07 PM 10/5/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Tina, > > > >I'm going to upgrade my printer soon, as well. Have you > compared the > >output between the 1200 and the 3000? Are you satisfied that the 3 > >color+B&W inks of the 3000 equal the performance of the 4 > color+B&W of the > >1200. Any other considerations than the capacity of the ink > cartridges? > > > >I have to drive to Washington DC (about 3 hrs) to see this > stuff in the > >flesh, as it were, but your website tells me that your > judgment in what > >makes a good print and mine can't be too far apart. > > > >Thanks for any feedback that you can give me. > > > >Chandos > > > Hi, Chandos - > > It's my understanding that the upgrade will have the ink > capacity of the > 3000 but the 6-color inks of the 1200. The 5000 and 9000 > work like that > now, but I can't afford $10,000 for a printer!!! I have the > Photo EX now > and am tempted to go ahead and upgrade to the 1200, but the > inks are so > expensive in the tiny amounts for the 1200's cartridges. > Somebody figured > out that it costs $8000 a gallon! There is a comparison of > the output of > all of the printers here: > http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/news/dot_comp.html The 17x enlargements really show a difference. There is no doubt that the 1200 looks more photographic but a lot of fine-art photographers are using the 3000 because it will accept any inks in refillable tanks and all kinds of papers. I'd like to have a combination of the two. As with anything related to computers, I'm afraid whatever I buy today will be obsolete tomorrow! They are coming out with new inks and papers everyday. So many choices, so little time! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com