Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/17

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Subject: [Leica] Re: [OT] Color darkroom worth it?
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:49:31 +1000
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020416221057.046b99b0@pop.alink.net>

>At 07:26 PM 4/16/2002 -0500, Matthew Powell wrote:
>>I'm slowly looking into putting together my own darkroom so I don't have to
>>stick to the university's schedule, but I'm wondering if it's worth the
>>extra expense to also prepare for color work in the digital age. I've got an
>>Epson 1280 and a refurbished Canon film scanner (2710), which may get
>>upgraded at some point in the next year or so.
>>
>>Do the processes for creating prints from slides (Cibachrome?) present any
>>significant advance in quality over a good 1280 print?
>
>
>
>I print Ciba's weekly, if not daily. I have never seen an inkjet 
>print that can even approach the rich color saturation of a good 
>Ciba print. I'll talk to you more later. Gotta go right now...
>
>Jim


Warms my heart to hear this ;-) he says clinging to his darkroom

Cheers
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