Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure if Salgado uses a lowly inkjet (even if it is an Epson 1000 or HP Z6100 etc.) or an imagesetter etc. Any case, here's what Dan wrote to me, YMMV: *** And indeed, you can make an Ilford MG IV (or other fine silver paper) print from a digital negative and have no evidence that it's not from a camera-original neg. The quality is stunning. We've had master printers bring their final print along with the original neg. We scan the neg, spend maybe 20 minutes tweaking and retouching the scan, and then output the neg on an Epson 3800 (now a 3880) printer and then print it on Ilford paper. That final print is better than the master silver print the artist produced from the original negative. *** It really comes down to two things: - I really like the look of the FB prints. I know many are happy with inkjet matt or gloss paper. I like them too, but just not as much as a FB print - it will take me a long time to master the darkroom advanced techniques... I can get an OK starting workprint but beyond that, it's just much easier for me to do using LR or Photoshop. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > This is how Salgado works now, but I've not had any firm information > on the way he writes his negs from the digital files. Maybe film > writers have improved, but I can't see why any manufacturer would be > putting any effort into them. The ones I tried 5-10 years ago were > terrible. I've experimented with contact printing inkjet negs and it > works, but it didn't work for enlarging when I tried it. I still > think that glossy FB silver paper is the nicest surface there is for a > photo to be in. > > Marty > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > I know about resources such as Dan Burkholder, Mark, Nelson, > > hybridphoto.cometc. > > > > However, just wondering if any LUGgers are into this process. I have all > the > > stuff set up, can't wait until it gets dark so my darkroom (garage) has > less > > light leak. > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]