Re: [Leica] EverColor Luminage/Red Dots in Emeryville

["Gary D. Whalen" <whalen@whalentennis.com>]

Can anyone tell me exactly what an Evercolor print costs?   By the way I don't
believe that this is an exclusive production method.  I believe that it is all
in the equipment which is available to anyone that has the $$$$.

Isaac H Crawford wrote:

> I've done some work with Evercolor...I have not been able to be happy with
> any other prints since then... Their prints are head and shoulders above
> anything else I've ever seen... I am going to try to send them about an
> image per month next year...that's all I can afford!
>
> Isaac
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com>
> To: (unknown) <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 11:04 PM
> Subject: [Leica] EverColor Luminage/Red Dots in Emeryville
>
> >I met with fellow LUGgers George Hartzell and Gib Robinson at Galen
> >Rowell's Mountain Light gallery for the opening of an exhibit of EverColor
> >Luminage prints made from photographs by Galen and by Bill Atkinson.
> >
> >Jim Brick (I think) and perhaps others have told us the the future is
> >digital.  Well guys and gals the future is NOW.  At the present state of
> >the technology, chemical-based film is still the best field technology, but
> >Evercolor's Luminage prints are quite simply stunning.  Bill Atkinson used
> >an audio analogy: cassette tapes vs. CDs.  The Luminage prints have no
> >"tape hiss".
> >
> >During the Q&A session, Bill and Galen addressed the concerns about digital
> >image manipulation and a photographer's credibility when using a digital
> >process.  As several of us have discussed here on the LUG the photographer
> >him/herself has to decide how much digital work is acceptable given the
> >context in which the photograph is used.  It's like books: there are
> >fiction and non-fiction books and as long as the work is clearly identified
> >as one or the other people can (and eventually will) accept both.  Besides,
> >image manipulation isn't limited to the digital "darkroom".  Anyone besides
> >me remember Jerry Ulesman's (sp?) blended images from the 1970's?  What
> >about solarization, and other dumb darkroom tricks?  Fictional photography
> >was been with us  long before Photoshop.
> >
> >Luminage prints are not for the faint of wallet but the cost of the
> >computer technology is constantly and rapidly going down.  Bill's guess was
> >that within 3 years the cost will be more feasible for most photographers.
> >As for our collective investment in premium optics, fear not!  Technology
> >like this will let Leica lenses shine like never before.
> >
> >EverColor's web site is www.evercolor.com.
> >
> >Doug Herr
> >Sacramento