Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day Jonathan, lovely print and thank you for sharing your comments on the digital print. Despite its ease, I cannot get an image out of my ink jet which matches the quality and depth of the darkroom print. I suspect you have to specialize your printer etc, and I'm only just becoming good in the dark ;-) Cheers Jonathan Borden writes: > > Well, I've been doing a bit of work on my personal website that is making > it possible to start posting photos (In my blog). > > This week I found myself in need to quickly produce a prints of some of my > work (for a charity auction), and my B/W darkroom is not functional. I've > been borrowing an enlarging darkroom for the past year or so and don't > have access for a couple of weeks as my friend is out of town, so in any > case I decided to see how a Photoshop'd print on an Epson 2200 would work. > > I have to say, dodging and burning as well as split toning is quite easy > in photoshop :-)) > > I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the print. And since I did > digitize this negative, I've posted an entry in my blog here: > > http://jborden.org/etc/index.cgi/photos/weston-lake.html > > In comparing the Epson 2200 print (made on Entrada Fine Art Natural) to my > reference print made on Bergger probably developed in either Amidol or > Ansco 130 and gently toned in KRST, this is what I see: > > Sharpness and detail is roughly equivalent. I don't see a huge difference > in tonality. D-max looks better in the FB (glossy air dried) print, but > the the Epson print is matte. > > The biggest difference is that the inkjet print is definitely 'on the > surface' whereas the Fiber print appears below the surface of the print -- > this is not entirely the glossy/matte issue as, e.g., Platinum/Palladium > prints have that 'depth' appearance. > > I am not sure how much of this will be apparent under glass. > > Jonathan > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com