Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/9/05, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > BD, > > Better means, of course, prints that I prefer. They are subjectively > better. You're lucky, Bob. Back in the 70'ies and 80'ies I prided myself on being a good printer. I set up a darkroom, a standing darkroom in a bombshelter, a few years ago. For the life of me I cannot produce a print that I think is better than what I can print through Photoshop on a $40 Epson printer (C86 with carbon inks). So I gave up. The boys use the darkroom now for their poker nights. I probably could, with a lot of effort, make a print that is as good, in my eyes, as the digital prints, but the time involved is not worth it. I print scads of prints all the time. I love to have stacks of prints under the couch, on the night stand, strewn around to browse through and study. I'm my worse critic. It just would not be practical, for me, to do that in a wet darkroom. I'm too sociable. I like being with people. But I can admire the excellent prints that others do in the darkroom. I see it every time on the LUG print-exchange group. > I am interested in how they look to > me, and glossy fiberbase prints, airdried, have a look that I just love, > and > I have never produced, nor seen, an inkjet print that has anything like > that > look. Bob, Permajet Portrait Classic can go a long way towards matching those fiberbased prints. Daniel