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Subject: [Leica] B&W elementary tech
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Aug 11 12:16:15 2005

You're welcome. Bob...BUT...Let me stress that I believe that in the hands
of a skilled practitioner, a digital print can be every bit as "good" as a
good silver print. :-)



On 8/11/05 2:42 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote:

> BD,  Thank you for setting that straight.   Unfortunately that view of
> digital being vastly superior to wet prints seems to be becoming the new
> orthodxy among a lot of photographers.
> 
> 
> 
>> God I never thought I'd end up defending wet prints...but Walt, the
>> suggestion that " Adobe Photoshop, Nikon Coolscan and a good Epson
>> printer(
>> in the right hands) can blow away most wet prints" is complete and utter
>> nonsense, assuming you're referring to wet printing "in the right hands."
>> 
>> Digital printing is digital printing, whether using the OEM inks, or
>> systems
>> such as the Cone quadtones, or MIS inks. And silver printing is silver
>> printing. Both will, in the hands of a competent printer, produce gorgeous
>> results. But neither will be 'better' than the other.
>> 
>> Now, if you want to say that a competent digital printer can more quickly
>> produce, and infinitely more quickly reproduce a print than even the best
>> wet printer, you're absolutely correct. :-)
>> B. D.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/11/05 1:58 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Bill:
>>> 
>>> You can certainly scan you b&w negative and print on an inkjet with good
>>> results. As a matter of fact, a few simple tools can insure better
>>> results
>>> than a Focomat V35.
>>> 
>>> Adobe Photoshop, Nikon Coolscan and a good Epson printer( in the right
>>> hands)
>>> can blow away most wet prints. Most importantly, the results are
>>> repeatable.
>>> 
>>> There are some very good links on the subject  and one of the best is
>>> Clayton
>>> Jones. http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn1.htm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Walt  J.
>>> walt@waltjohnson.com
>>> 
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