Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not the Velvet Fine Art yet. I guess I have two new paper to try next. Thanks. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Richard, > > Have you tried Epson Velvet Fine art? Of all the cotton rag art papers I > have tried, this one had the deepest blacks. I'm using Epson printers with > Ultrachrome ink (2200 and R2400). I have lately been using the Ilford Gold > Fiber a lot as well. > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-424-0897 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > On 3/11/10 1:45 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > > In printing for my next portfolio review, here are some comments on > inkjet > > paper that I tried this time. > > > > Firstly, at the last portfolio review, I did ~12 darkroom prints on Adox > > MCC. There really is nothing that beats the silver gelatin print look... > > > > Second, my monitor is a calibrated ColorEdge CE240W - a reasonably > > "middle-end" color correctable monitor. The next step up would be > something > > 3x-4x more expensive at $5000+. > > > > My printer is a Z3100 and I make all my ICC profiles. > > > > - Best value: Epson Ultra Presentation Matte / Enhanced Matte / Archival > > Matte etc. They change the names a few times, but it's their "low end" > > stuff, over the cheap "photo paper." It's quite good. The best matte > paper > > is probably no more than 10-15% better, by any measure. If you like > matte, > > this can be your work print paper, or even for exhibit and sales. > > > > - Hahnemuhle Fine Arts Pearl. A few years ago, I quite like it. > Semi-gloss > > luster look. Now it's totally out classed by the new paper. Not > recommended. > > > > - Hahnemuhle photo rag, photo rag bright white etc. There are at least > 2-3 > > variations. One of the best fine arts matte paper. My biggest complaint > is > > that it's very fragile. You look at it funny and then there's a scratch > on > > the print! > > > > Now a general commentary on matte paper. They look like... fine arts > paper, > > like watercolor. I found the dark is not quite dark enough, and in fact, > if > > you have a very dark print (e.g. night time), it can look downright > muddy. > > My wife, coming from a traditional artist background, like matte paper > more > > than the ones below. I think they work best for art work reproduction. > > > > - Ilford Gold Fibre. This is one of the first and still more expensive > > Baryta paper. It has the best dynamic range that I can see. It prints > more > > contrasty than my screen, this would be the one I'd use if I want that > > slight gloss look. > > > > - Harman FB Fiber Matte, Warmtone and normal. This is currently my > favorite > > paper. It's matte but less flat than the photo rag matte. The prints > match > > my screen more than other paper. Only thing it does not do well on is the > > night shots. Again it just looks muddy. > > > > While the above two have baryta and suppose to look like darkroom prints, > > they don't. OTOH, they look more like darkroom prints than the older > paper. > > > > **** > > YMMV etc. etc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]