Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobodan, It'll be interesting to see if over the long term inkjet prints aren't viewed as more akin to lithographs than conventional silver or platinum prints, in terms of value. DaveR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: It's so easy.. > Easy ain't got nothing to do with it. It's all about market value. A > baryta > (!) photograph, and this is a purposeful usage of the term, will by far > outstrip the investment value over an ink jet print. I think we at this > stage of a techne transition owe it to future generations. And I do make a > distinction between a photograph, as coined originally, and the current > usage of a "print." > S. Dimitrov > > > > From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> > > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:47:46 -0500 > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: It's so easy.. > > > > Bill Lawlor wrote: > >> I will never process RA-4 again, but I'm reserving judgement about B&W > >> because I haven't been able to make a decent B&W print with inkjet, > >> yet. > > > > It's a very personal thing, and I spent a lot of time looking > > for a B&W digital printing solution. I finally settled on the > > Piezography quadtone system and have been very happy (very) > > ever since. The only shortcoming is that there is no glossy > > paper for it. > > > > - Phong > > > > > > -- > > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html