Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > ...I believe Eric, asked about the process used to produce what I said were > shockingly good huge - 26x26 in some cases - prints for my upcoming SF > exhibit... > > Turns out they were done with something called a Lambda Durst, which, I > gather, is basically a lightjet...it takes a digital scan - in my case 4000 > dpi, with all the photoshop work done...and then exposes that image on > silver photo paper, which is developed in the "normal" manner.....really > amazing results...perhaps a tad flat for my taste, but given the size, and > given the awful digital prints I've seen in this size range, I can live with > a bit flat. > > B. D. > BD I've noticed that very large prints have a way of wanting to be flatter. Or certainly ending up being flatter. It's probably a combination of reasons, optical, and chemical. And sometimes i think they make the bigger paper differently. As funny as that sounds it actually IS true for sure with color negative paper. It's quite a bit faster for one. Although I've seen plenty of large prints with plenty of punch; deep rich blacks; I've gotten quite used to seeing them printed quite a bit flatter than an 11x14. ... and have kind of gotten used to it. It's a kind of norm. In a way when these shadow areas become large enough to pear into then we want them to be a bit lighter so we can see what's crawling around in there. That's one justification for it! Can you ask them to reprint a few of them with more punch? Show them example prints from the smaller ones you made before? Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html