Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Grudging Concession to Digital, Made With Regret
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:09:32 +0100
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> The black and white, inks v. silver question, Marc, is one that will
> never be satisfactorily answered. There is no question that Photoshop
> provides far more control over the image than can be achieved in the wet
> darkroom. There is also no question that one can produce truly beautiful
> black and white prints using inks, rather than silver. HOWEVER - there
> is also no question that
> an inkjet print produced by someone who has mastered the process, and a
> silver print produced by a master printer, are two different (dare I say
> it?), separate but equal animals. Both are beautiful; both but they are
> not the same. I am extremely pleased with the results I get with the
> combination of Photoshop, an Epson 1160 printer, and quadtone inks. But
> I know that some silver aficionados will never accept those prints as
> "real." So it really comes down, like virtually everything else in every
> art or craft, to a matter of taste.
>
> B. D.
>
Sorry for yet another newbie question.
I have never actually seen two prints side by side.
Doing tomany things at once as usual i,m also starting in large format.
Would you say the difference between the two is such that it is still
worthwile to learn the traditional process?
thanks
simon jessurun

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