Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ROFLOL!!!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rolfe Tessem Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:46 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Why are professional labs unwilling to do pigment dyetransfer and Cibachrome? - --On Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:07:54 AM -0400 Albert Wang <leica_phile@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I called up a few professional labs in the Philadelphia area to check out > their options on color printing and found out there was no one who does > either Pigment Dye Transfer or Cibachrome processing anymore. My question > is why are these standard color processing technique dying out all over? > Why has digital methods taken over? Can a digitally colored print > approximate the quality of the pigment dye transfer or Cibachrome prints? > Personally my gut feelings is that they are not. I suggest you ask Ralph Gibson for the answer to this question. - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html