[Leica] I can't print my petunias!!

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Mark, valid approach. Absolutely agree that the print in your hand is
> everything. Of course a large difference between transmissive
> monitor and reflective print. The soft-proof, colour managed approach is to
> allow you objectively judge tonality and colour before
> you commit to that first work print with expensive ink on more expensive
> cotton rag paper. Once you have a print dried down and
> viewed in appropriate light, you can make any corrections you may desire,
> previewing those corrections as well. And the process is
> repeatable once you arrive at a final print that pleases you. The fine art
> guys will absolutely go through multiple generations of
> proof prints as they work up a final version.
> You can also choose to soft-proof with simulated exhibition lighting, for
> example. The perfect print for nominal daylight will not
> look at all the same under gallery conditions, as you know. Or simulate
> different paper whiteness levels, or ink-sets etc etc.
> 
> Cheers
> Hoppy
> 

Soft proof to you.
Hard copy to me.
Semantics maybe

Darkroom paper is expensive too.


Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com