Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]also nice and interesting podcasts. http://www.lenswork.com/lwb.htm Leo On Jan 15, 2006, at 3:55 PM, David Cochran wrote: > There is a little magazine called LENSWORK. > > There are great photos that are inkjet prints. I visited a lab that > specializes in inkjets or glycee, something like that. I was really > impressed by the prints. > But I have also seen prints by Tillman Crane in the flesh and those > inkjets never compared with them. > > On the latest issue there is a great essay "Trolling for Fools" by > Brooke Jensen. It has to do with the photo market and pricing > > http://www.lenswork.com/ > > peace > > David > On Jan 15, 2006, at 5:44 PM, GREG LORENZO wrote: > >> feli writes in part: >> >>> >>> On Jan 15, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Ted Grant wrote: >>> >>>> We still have people making negative comments about inkjet prints >>>> when they do not have the skills they've learned in the darkroom of >>>> many years. If I had 50 years doing PS as I have in a darkroom I >>>> imagine my B&W prints using the "tools" of PS, I suppose I could >>>> produce inkjet prints that would leave people sucking air in >>>> amazement, equal to when they look at my regular darkroom >>>> prints. ;-) >>> >>> It's not just a matter of skill, but also a matter of technical >>> limitations. With the exception of perhaps the Epson K3 inks, there >>> simply isn't a inkjet process out there (yet) that can produce >>> images >>> with the same range as a wet, glossy fiber print. But we are getting >>> there. I'm guessing we will reach that point in the next 5 years. >>> >> >> I don't know when to expect inkjet output to equal the quality of >> a properly >> printed silver wet print timewise, but I agree with you completely >> that the current technical quality is *NOT* there Yet. A >> 'negative' comment but true none the less. >> >> A lesser quality b&w print with unproven life expectency is not a >> print I would purchase when I have the option to acquire a print >> from the same image in traditional silver (assumes the original >> source is a b&w neg. of course). I would also be prepared to pay a >> premium for the latter. >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> of >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information