Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Dear All, > ? > I have started to do a significant amount of framing and was hoping to get > some input from this community on the pros and cons of glass vs acrylic > for?presenting photographs. Either would need to be UV resistant and > non-glare. Also, acrylic would be needed for larger works simply from a > weight > point of view. > ? > Primarily I'm wondering how this might impact marketability of the image, > or > if it would at all. Does the market prefer glass as it is a bit more > "upscale" > or is acrylic better for some reason. Which provides the best viewing > experience? I cannot afford "museum quality" glass and believe it is a bit > to > delicate (fingerprints are difficult/impossible to remove). > > Thanks, > Bob > Bob Adler You can get in trouble with cheap glass you got from say an Auto windshield company as it can be green. You'll see the slight green tinge on your white matt board. And that can be murder on a black and white prints you'd carefully gotten with the proper print color. And in you were carful to get the green out. Even more so than color prints. If you're selling prints on the internet for 22 bucks its not going to make any difference. But if you're getting stuff up in legit galleries for $222 on up then of course it would. A good source now for supplies as well as info: http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/category.action?categoryId=125 UV-Protective Acrylite? OP-3 is great stuff light and won't break and very professional for when you want to mail something. But cost mucho bucks. Avoid non glare anything its generally looked down upon. I had a wholesale source in Portland for when I'd hang a show. For metal frames too. But now no more. They'd gone under before I left. Corbet. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner