Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People should not forget that a LightJet print is a silver image. The LightJet printer, prints on photo paper. Cibachrome, Fuji Crystal Archive, whatever... You get a real print, processed in real chemistry. For a lot of my color work, I use a LightJet. Some has to be Cibachrome. I have a Cibachrome print that cannot be reproduced via scanning and LightJet printing. It is impossible to get the nuances and depth into the print that the optical process onto Cibachrome can. I have tried. A store in Carmel that sells my prints chose the Cibachrome version of yet another print. Likewise, I have LightJet prints that are better than can be produced optically on to Cibachrome. Each image must be dealt with separately. It is not a slam dunk one way or the other. Jim At 08:09 AM 5/2/00 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > >I can't comment on the B&W darkroom but for color work, high quality scans >of Leica chromes, Photoshop and the LightJet printer have made a very big >difference. Before this process, people might say "these are very nice". >With digital color prints, people are more likely to say "how much do you >want for it?" For me, color darkroom work has been mostly frustration, >while the digital prints, in my case made with a local lab's LightJet >printer, have been Nirvana. > >Doug Herr