Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/11

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Subject: [Leica] B&W elementary tech
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Aug 11 16:40:40 2005
References: <000601c59e9e$423ca820$6401a8c0@bigguy> <BF210D36.3900%bdcolen@comcast.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050811143129.02c38258@pop.med.cornell.edu>

Hey I find myself in agreement with BD ;-)

On 12/08/2005, at 4:32 AM, Chris Saganich wrote:

> Thanks you BD, there is some sanity out there after all.
> Chris
>
>
> At 02:12 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote:
>> 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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>
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