Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You used to be able to send files to be "laserprinted" onto photographic paper. I don't know if this is still done or the quality but those I saw a few years ago impressed me. Frank ----- Original Message ---- From: Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> To: lug at leica-users.org Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 2:18:20 PM Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed I'm pretty happy with my M8. It supplements my film camera nicely. The crop doesn't bother me. Of course, without the crop it would be even better, but 5.$$$$$$$$$$ better? Perhaps the images of the M9 will be sharper, clearer.Great. But I'm the type who likes not only the sharpness and contrast of the new lenses, but the look of the 50-year-old ones as well. The different aesthetics of different periods are like diverse tastes. If the M0 gives us another taste, great. We'll have one more to chose from. Nothing wrong with that. But it doesn't mean I have to have one--at least right away. For now, an M6 for film and an M8/8.2 for digital meet my needs. Where I would like to see some more progress is in the printing technology. My feeling about digital printing is that it makes fine posters. The darkroom stuff still looks better. They have the glow that paintings have. The magic is embedded in the paper. Ink on paper doesn't get the same effect. That's probably why the painters use paint and not ink by and large. That said I confess I work both in the darkroom and with Photoshop. I love the control Photoshop provides. If I only had that in the darkroom. But I also love the look of silver prints. If only my printer could do that as well. That's why I hope for big progress in printing. I might also add that negatives always hold more info than you can get on the print. The paper remains a problem common to both. Doug _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information